Classical Blu-Ray Disc New Releases
Classical Blu-Ray Disc New Releases
Below is a list of all Classical Blu-Ray Disc titles released in the last 180 days.
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CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Summer Night Concert 2018 BLU-RAY Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev reunite in the SommernachsKonzert 2018. Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with Netrebko performing arias from Cilea, Puccini, and Leoncavallo. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / John Osborn, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Muraro, Michèle Losier / Sir Mark Elder (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/May/2018 ] With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and personal freedom, Hector Berlioz went straight for the grand gesture with his first completed opera. Returning to it years after initial production debacles,... |
HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato DVD / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/May/2018 ] ""DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance." Opera Now |
CHARLES IVES / JOHN ADAMS / IGOR STRAVINSKY / ANTONIN DVORAK
From The New World (recorded live in 2011) BLU-RAY Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/May/2018 ] "Nelsons makes the Symphony sound fresh and vibrant, finding a genuinely new and effective perspective...the playing [in Song of the Nightingale] is superb and Nelsons manages to surprise and delight" BBC Music |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS AUBER / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
The Art of David Hallberg at the Bolshoi: Marco Spada & Sleeping Beauty (complete ballets) BLU-RAY Bolshoi Ballet / David Hallberg, with Evguenia Obraztsova, Olga Smirnova, Maria Allash, Svetlana Zakharova, etc [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2018 ] "This release is a superb achievement … Alexei Bogorad and the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra play the score as if they had been familiar with it for years … a real treat." MyusicWeb (Marco Spada) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello / Alexander Titov (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2018 ] With lightness and irony, this journey into the universe of Mozart tips its hat to the 1700s also with the scenery and costumes, and fills the garden with fun and passionate virtuoso dances, which follow each other dynamically and quickly. |
DVORAK / STRAVINSKY / RICHARD STRAUSS / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH
New Year's Eve Concert 2017 BLU-RAY Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2018 ] With her flexible, slender but dark-timbred mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato is the star guest at Sir Simon Rattle's side during the New Year's Eve Concert, singing Richard Strauss's lavishly beautiful orchestral songs. The programme also includes works... |
HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017) BLU-RAY Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance." Opera Now |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The Proms don't come more stellar than this! Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra would have comfortably filled the hall on their own, while Martha Argerich could have filled it three times over" - The Independent The West-Eastern... |
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DAQUIN / HAYDN / LIGETI / RAVEL / ADAM / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Three Ballets of Kader Belarbi [La Bête et la Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Le Corsaire, La Reine Morte] BLU-RAY Ballet du Capitole / Maria Gutierrez, Davit Galstyan, Takafumi Watanabe, Artjom Maksakov / Various conductors [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Mar/2018 ] Three masterworks by Kader Belarbi shine in these stunning Ballet du Capitole productions. |
BRITTEN / DUTILLEUX / CAVALIERI / MESSIAEN / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / etc
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: Grand Opening Concert (rec 2017) BLU-RAY Philippe Jaroussky, Bryn Terfel, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Ensemble Praetorius, etc [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Mar/2018 ] "As a record of an extraordinary musical event, it comes highly recommended." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month Sept 2017 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "Musically, standards are extremely high, led by Mariss Jansons's inspired presence in the pit...Aksenova sings a steely Lisa..Diadkova is remarkable as the Countess - singing rather than growling her role." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month March 2018 |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2018 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Mar/2018 ] The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It was be broadcast on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 40 million viewers. Broadcast on BBC2,... |
LALANDE / CHIEN / COLIN / ANONYMOUS / etc
Les Funérailles Royales de Louis XIV BLU-RAY + DVD Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler / Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi Blu-ray + DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] The funeral of Louis XIV mirrored his reign: grandiose and filled with pathos. Raphaël Pichon has chosen the setting of the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, built 'for the use' of the Sun King, to present a musical reconstruction of the event, with... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth / Il Trovatore / La Traviata (complete operas recorded 2002 - 2011) BLU-RAY Royal Opera / Simon Keenlyside, Liudmyla Monastryrska, Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Renee Fleming, Joseph Calleja / Antonio Pappano & Carlo Rizzi ( [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] This trio of unforgettable Royal Opera productions features some of the most cherished and admired examples of Verdi's operatic genius. |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Fedora (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Carlo Felice / Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Daria Kovalenko / Valerio Galli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2018 ] The soprano Daniela Dessì died suddenly on 20th August 2016, aged 59. She was hailed by critics and colleagues as one of the finest voices the world of opera has ever known. Dynamic pays tribute to the great soprano with this recording, filmed just... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "Stemme is an involving Leonore, with a lovely rich lower and mid-register tone, but she is strained and variable above the stave...Krasteva throws herself into cowgirl Preziosilla with gusto. Mehta conducts effectively." International Record Review |
