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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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Le Concert d'Astree / Sabine Devieilhe, Franco Fagioli, Sara Mingardo, Michael Spyres / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jun/2017 ] Emmanuelle Haïm directs Le Concert d'Astrée with a star-studded cast including Franco Fagioli, Sara Mingardo, Michael Spyres, and exclusive Erato artist Sabine Devieilhe. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Salzburg Easter Festival / José Cura, Dorothea Röschmann, Carlos Álvarez, Benjamin Bernheim / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2017 ] A superb new Otello from the Salzburg Easter Festival: 'Cura is a commanding Otello with his richly coloured tenor and both fragile delicacy and fiery ardour' Südwestpresse. 'Röschmann as Desdemona guarantees effortless perfection' Neue Musikzeitung. |
![Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10560/10560371.jpg)
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Martin Summer, Yasmin Özkan, Martin Piskorski, Fatma Said, Till von Orlowski / Ádám Fischer (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2017 ] Accompanied by a luxurious team of professionals, consisting of the renowned stage director Peter Stein, stage designer Ferdinand Wöger and conductor Ádám Fischer, Teatro alla Scala presents Mozart's Zauberflöte. In this production, orchestra,... |
GOUNOD / RAVEL / BIZET
New York City Ballet in Paris BLU-RAY New York City Ballet, Orchestre Prométhée, Daniel Capps [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2017 ] The New York City Ballet, with its collection of extraordinary dancers and its unique repertoire, is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the world. This exceptional production, performed in Paris after eight years of absence, revolves... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Paris Opera / Thomas Johannes Mayer, John Graham-Hall, Nicky Spence / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2017 ] Moses und Aron, Arnold Schönberg's masterpiece, at the Paris Opera in a glorious and poetic staging by Romeo Castellucci and conducted by Philippe Jordan, now available on DVD and Blu-ray! A profound, powerful and yet unfinished opera, Moses und Aron... |
PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta, Alexander Tsymbaluk / Riccardo Chailly(cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2017 ] "A firm recommendation for this eminently watchable offering from the theatre of the opera's premiere." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month April 2017 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Gloucester Cathedral (concert recorded in 2015) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD + Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Package Contains BluRay, NTSC DVD and Audio CD This is Priory's 14th issue in their "Grand Organ Series." Jonathan Hope is the organist in this comprehensive and fascinating insight into this unique " neo classical"English organ. As with previous... |
LIGETI / WAGNER / ELGAR / STRAVINSKY
Sir Simon Rattle & Sol Gabetta (Recorded live at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014) BLU-RAY Sol Gabetta (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Apr/2017 ] The Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta made her Philharmoniker debut at the 2014 Easter Festival in Baden-Baden with Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, the final great work of the composer. "Sol Gabetta's Elgar Concerto is one of the best around, a... |
TARIK O'REGAN
O'Regan: Mata Hari (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Dutch National Ballet / Anna Tsygankova & Matthew Rowe / Matthew rowe (cond) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2017 ] The turbulent life of the Dutch spy and dancer Mata Hari is at the heart of this large-scale ballet production by Dutch National Ballet. As the exotic, mysterious Mata Hari, she became one of the most famous dancers of her day.. |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUSTAD / GRIEG
Europakonzert 2016 from Røros, Norway - Beethoven: Symph. No 3 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto BLU-RAY Vilde Frang (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2017 ] "[Frang] is predictably fine in the Mendelssohn, technically accomplished and emotionally engaged. And what a joy it must be to play this concerto with the Berliners, whose sensitivity to Mendelssohn's instrumental imaginings is second to none." |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Hanna Herfurtner (sop), Gaia Petrone (alto), Michael Schade (ten) Christian Immler (bass) / Salzburger Bachchor & Bach Consort Wien, Rubén Dubrovsky [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Described by librettist Charles Jennens with typical English understatement as "a fine entertainment", Handelʼs Messiah was initially controversial as a biblical oratorio written for secular theatres. Within years it was however being "received with... |
![Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera Live from the Arena di Verona, 2011] BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10558/10558596.jpg)
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera Live from the Arena di Verona, 2011] BLU-RAY Arena Di Verona / Ermonela Jaho, Francesco Demuro & Vladimir Stoyanov / Julian Kovatchev (conductor) [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] La Traviata is not only one of Giuseppe Verdi's best known works but ranks among the most popular operas of all times. Based on the novel and play La Dame aux camélias by Alexander Dumas (fi ls), the tragic story of the terminally ill courtesan... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Bavarian State Opera / Piotr Beczala, George Petean, Anja Harteros, Okka von der Damerau, Sofia Fomina / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Musically things are more than fine. Beczała pulls off this one hell of a tenor role…with style and confidence. Harteros gives her usual tightly focused emotional performance." Gramophone Magazine - Blu-ray of the Month - May 2017 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Box Set: Rinaldo / Saul / Giulio Cesare (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, 2005-2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese, Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies / Orchestra of the Age of Enligh [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Dantone conducts a strongly characterised performance founded on the alert playing of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment." (BBC Music on Rinaldo) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY San Francisco Ballet / Maria Kochetkova & Davit Karapetyan / Martin West (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Choreography by Helgi Tomasson With passionate choreography, spine-tingling swordsmanship, and a celebrated score by Sergei Prokofiev, San Francisco Ballet's passionate retelling of the Bard's greatest tragedy has packed houses around the world.... |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Giselle (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Royal ballet, Covent Garden / Marianela Nuñez & Vadim Muntagirov / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Peter Wright's landmark production for The Royal Ballet does full justice to the work's emotional and atmospheric power, with John Macfarlane's designs beautifully capturing the contrast between the human and supernatural worlds. |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder (Complete 'opera' recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Burkhard Fritz, Emily Magee, Anna Larsson, Markus Marquard / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Begun in the year 1900, amidst the art nouveau curlicues of Klimt and the Jugendstil, Schönberg's grand cantata is written in a lush, late-romantic style indebted to Wagner and Mahler and pre-dating his pioneering atonal works. This setting of the... |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in December 2016) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter / Lothar Koenigs [ Nonesuch Classics Blu-Ray+DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "conducting, singing, direction: they're all of a piece, working to domesticate Berg's feral beast, and making it the funniest, least absurd and most approachable Lulu on film" Gramophone |
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
Liebermann: Frankenstein (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Federico Bonelli, Laura Morera, Steven McRae / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Royal Ballet Principals Federico Bonelli, Laura Morera and Steven McRae dance the lead roles in Liam Scarlett's new ballet, based on the world's most famous work of horror fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This ambitious theatrical collaboration... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Manuela Uhl, Christopher Maltman, Peter Lodahl, Ilker Arcayürek / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Filmed for DVD, Kasper Holten's colourful production lifts the spirits and a hard-working cast is swept along" Financial Times |
