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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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Vanessa (Complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Emma Bell, Virginie Verrez, Edgaras Montvidas, Rosalind Plowright / Jakub Hrůša (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Abandoned by her lover Anatol, Vanessa retreats from the world, waiting and hoping with only her mother and her niece Erika for company. But when, 20 years later, Anatol's handsome young son arrives unexpectedly, he shatters the calm of this... |
PIERRE GAVEAUX
Gaveaux: Leonore (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera Lafayette / Kimy McLaren, Pascale Beaudin, Jean-Michel Richer, Keven Geddes / Ryan Brown (cond) [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2019 ] "The orchestra under Ryan Brown play with spirit. This is an enterprising and rewarding production, well worth 82 minutes of your time." Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Salzburg Opera / Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ludovic Tézier / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2019 ] Premiered in 1900 with huge success, Puccinis 'melodramma' Tosca is a political thriller with a heart-breaking love story. With his gripping opening scene, stage director Michael Sturminger sets the tone for a cinematic, richly detailed Tosca which... |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "If you see one opera this year, make it The Exterminating Angel," ran the headline in the New York Times after the US premiere of Thomas Adès' "stunningly inventive" opera based on Luis Buñuel's surreal and satirical 1962 film El ángel exterminador.... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso (complete opera recorded in 1989) BLU-RAY San Francisco Opera / Marilyn Horne, Susan Patterson, Jeffrey Gall, William Matteuzzi / Randall Behr (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2019 ] Pier Luigi Pizzi's 1979 production of Orlando furioso in Verona marked the beginning of contemporary international interest in Antonio Vivaldi's operas. Ten years later the same director once more produced this work at the San Francisco Opera. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) BLU-RAY Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
DONIZETTI / BELLINI / MOZART / PONCHIELLI / VERDI / PUCCINI / ROSSINI
Casta Diva: Famous Italian Arias and Scenes BLU-RAY Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, Yvonne Kenny, Eva Marton, Ann Murray, Dame Joan Sutherlan and others [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2019 ] This collection of Famous Arias and Scenes, opera's finest, most exciting moments, will dazzle opera lovers and newcomers alike. |
The Vienna Boys' Choir [Wiener Sängerknaben]
SILK songs along the ROAD and time BLU-RAY [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Curt Faudon brings to life a never before seen, intimate view of the Vienna Boys' Choir, the most famous boys' choir in the world. Being a combination between fly-on-the-wall documentary and cinematic elements . |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2019 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Feb/2019 ] The 2019 New Year's Concert will be conducted for the first time by Christian Thielemann. A native of Berlin, Thielemann has been a regular and welcome guest of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2000, with the result that his first New Year s Concert may... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Gun-Brit Barkmin, Daniel Brenna, Eric Halfvarson, Shenyang / Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2019 ] 24-bit, 96 kHz Stereo and Surround Recordings This unique programme is the first time that all the ballet music from Verdi's operas has been brought together in a single recording. Although The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani (The Sicilian... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town (complete musical) L'Opera de Toulon / Jasmine Roy, Rafaëlle Cohen, Dalia Constantin, Lauren Van Kempen / Larry Blank [ BelAir Clasiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jan/2019 ] For the first time on DVD & Blu-ray in scenic version, and to celebrate Leonard Bernstein's centennial, the delightful Wonderful Town filmed during its French premiere at the Opéra de Toulon!With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of... |
