Below is a list of all In Stock classical DVD titles.
W. A. MOZART / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT / DVORAK / etc
Menahem Pressler: The Pianist (recorded live 2011-2014) Menahem Pressler (piano) / Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Quatuor Ebene [ Euroarts DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2016 ] "the playing is eloquent in its simplicity, and the final reprise of the melody, with the piano doubled by the first violins on their own, is infinitely touching. Pressler is sympathetically accompanied throughout by Paavo Järvi" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2015) Metropolitan Opera / Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva, Željko Lučić, Chad Shelton, Dimitri Pittas, Jennifer Johnson / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 24/Sep/2016 ] Directed by the Tony Award winning and six time MET director, Bartlett Sher, this lavish production of Verdi's operatic masterpiece Otello features one of the most exciting young opera singers of her generation, Sonya Yoncheva, and the Metropolitan... |
W. A. MOZART / JOSEF HAYDN
Mozart: Ouverture Spirituelle / Haydn: The Seasons (recorded live in 2012 & 2013) Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade Sylvia Schwartz, Elisabeth von Magnus / Vienna Philharmonic, Concentus Musicus, Nicolaus Harnoncourt [ EuroArts / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2016 ] "this is a splendid, inspiriting performance of a life-giving work. It's superbly executed by a 60-strong VPO...Boesch is a robust, genial Simon in the earlier parts of the oratorio." (Gramophone on the Haydn) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' Isabelle Faust (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 22/Sep/2016 ] "Faust makes light of the technical difficulties of Beethoven's sometimes awkwardly-written Violin Concerto." BBC Music Five Stars |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Eine Alpensinfonie [Alpine Symphony] / Lieder (recorded live in 2011) Renee Fleming (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "In all, this is clearly a treat for Straussians and Fleming fans; she has been both better and worse, but overall, she's lovely here." (International Record Review) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 (Recorded live from the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier, Paris 2014-15) Ricarda Merbeth, Daniela Sindram, Robert Dean Smitm, Günther Groissböck / Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Philippe Jordan [ Arthaus DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "A seasoned Beethovenian will likely conclude that a lot of care and thought went into the interpretations as well." Classical-Net |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (Recorded live at the Shakespeare's Globe, 2015) Globe Theatre / Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Kurt Egyiawan, Trevor Fox, Mariah Gale, Dennis Herdman [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] Shakespeare set this darkest of comedies in Vienna to cloak a scathing critique of hypocrisy in the corrupt authority of his own London. Purity and mercy do win out in the end, but not before audiences are treated to the lighter side of depravity in... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi in Mantua: the Genius of the Vespers The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] The BBC's Sacred Music journey continues with Monteverdi in Mantua - the story of a Renaissance duke and the composer who worked for him and how their volatile relationship would create one of the most revolutionary and beautiful collections of music |
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy / Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Franco Fagioli / Corrado Rovaris [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Set: Alessandro Camera Costume Designer: Andrea Viotti Lighting Designer: Antonio Macchitella A classic work of its genre and historical period, Artaserse was premièred in Venice in 1730 by the most famous singers of the day: Farinelli in... |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Saul & David (complete opera recorded in 2015) The Royal Danish Opera / Johan Reuter, Ann Petersen, Morten Staugaard, Susanne Resmark / Michael Schønwandt (cond) [ Dacapo DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "a riveting performance by Johan Reuter in both voice and acted intensity...Pountney's direction and the conducting of Michael Schonwandt help make much of characters who might easily remain sinecures." (Gramophone DVD of the Month March 2016) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] BBC Music Magazine August 2014 - Orchestral Choice |
WOOD / PARRY / BAINTON / STANFORD / NAYLOR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Anthems From King's - English Choral Favourites Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Stephen Cleobury conducts the choir of King's College, Cambridge in this memorable recital of English Romantic choral music, exquisitely sung and superbly recorded in stereo and 5.1 surround sound in the college's famous chapel. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I vespri Siciliani (complete opera recorded in 1990) La Scala Opera / Giorgio Zancanaro, Enzo Capuano, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 25/Dec/2015 ] Verdi's 1855 Paris opera which followed Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La Traviata is treated to a performance of blazing energy and intimate refinement with a superb cast which includes Cheryl Studer and Chris Merritt. |
CHOPIN / STRAVINSKY / BARBER / ADAM / BAYER / etc
Kirov Classics [incls 'Petrushka' & 'Chopiniana'] Kirov Ballet / Fiorenza Cedolins, José Cura, Carlo Guelfi, Cheyne Davidson, Paoletta Marrocu / Stefano Ranzani (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD plus CD / DVD/CD - released 22/Dec/2015 ] The history of dance in Russia goes back to 1738 and has brought forth uncounted generations of wonderful dancers. From 1977 onwards, the ballet was directed by Oleg Vinogradov, a graduate of the important Vaganova school of Leningrad and an active... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Recorded live at the Shakespeare's Globe, July 2014) Globe / George Irving, Catherine Bailey, Sam Cox, Anthony Howell / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Julius Caesar is Shakespeare's tense drama of high politics, one which reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power, with themes that still resonate even today. Staged in Elizabethan dress with Roman accessories and with music played... |
PUCCINI / BIZET / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Callas at Covent Garden: London 1962 & 1964 Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [ EMI Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] These are the only professional video recordings of Callas in performance on stage. The DVD contains footage of Callas performing arias in concert. Even without staging and costumes, she demonstrates her mesmerising stage presence. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) Royal Opera / Lise Lindstrom, Marco Berti, Eri Nakamura, Raymond Aceto, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, etc / Various conductors [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Three magnificent Royal Opera productions of three of Puccini's greatest operas. Featuring a host of international opera stars, this collection is brimming with the drama and sumptuous music that have made Puccini a household name. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Anthony and Cleopatra (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, 2014) Globe / Clive Wood, Eve Best, Jolyon Coy, Phil Daniels / Jonathan Munby (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Antony and Cleopatra is Shakespeare's great historical love story, a tragedy infused with comic elements that explores the conflicting claims of sex and power, expressed in poetry of breath-taking beauty. Conveying the polarities of Rome and... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, 2014) Globe / William Houston, Indira Varma, Obi Abili, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Ian Gelder / Lucy Bailey (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] ''You leave the theatre feeling both harrowed to the marrow and disconcertingly elated.'' The Daily Telegraph |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |