Classical DVD New Releases
Classical DVD New Releases
Below is a list of all classical DVD titles released in the last 90 days.
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Il Borgomastro di Saardam (complete opera recorded in 2017) Festival Donizetti Opera / Giorgio Caoduro, Juan Francisco Gatell, Andrea Concetti, Irina Dubrovskaya / Roberto Rizzi Brignoli [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] "The opera fizzes along under Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, the general frivolity offset by tender music for the lovers." Gramophone Magazine July 2018 DVD/Blu-ray of the Month |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Globe Collection Globe / George Irving, Catherine Bailey, Clive Wood, Eve Best, John Light, Pearce Quigley, Brendan Hughes, Naomi Frederick, and many others [ Opus Arte DVD / 23 DVD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2020 ] An invitation to stand with kings in battle, to fall in love, to witness the brutal machinations of politics, and to laugh with rogues in this 23-disc collection. |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violanta (complete opera recorded in 2020) Teatro Regio Torino / Annemarie Kremer, Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Norman Reinhardt, Peter Sonn / Pinchas Steinberg (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "The lyric sound of the soprano Annemarie Kremer is well suited to the title role - and the orchestra likewise revels in the opera's eroticism." Seth Colter Walls - The New York Times |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - A ballet by Christian Spuck (complete ballet recorded in 2019) Ballett Zürich / Philharmonia Zürich, Michail Jurowski (conductor) Christian Spuck (director) [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Inspired by Prokofiev's vivid music and the timeless quality of Shakespeare's tragedy, choreographer Christian Spuck and the Ballett Zürich narrate the love story using strong images that are full of enthralling theatricality and touching emotion. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera) Arena di Verona / Luca Salsi, Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Dolora Zajick, Riccardo Fassi / Pier Giorgio Morandi (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 22/May/2020 ] It's an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer: the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. The 2,000-year-old roman amphiteatre with its gigantic stage dimensions is one of... |
Giacomo PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera directed by Robert Wilson) Teatro Real / Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet, Andrea Mastroni / Nicola Luisotti (cond) [ Bel Air DVD / DVD - released 22/May/2020 ] Giacomo Puccini wrote what was supposed to be his last opera at a time where, riddled with disease and old age as he was, he felt like his own turmoil was reflected in the outside world. |
J. S. BACH
Yo-Yo Ma: The Bach Project: Cello Suites - Live from Athens Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 22/May/2020 ] "In 2018, Yo-Yo Ma began a two-year journey, setting out to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's six suites for solo cello in one sitting, across 36 locations on 6 continents. For Yo-Yo, Bach's 300-hundred-year-old music is one extraordinary example of... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (complete opera recorded in 2019) Berlin Deutsche / Elena Tsallagova. Emily Magee, Philipp Jekal, Flurina Stucki / Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2020 ] Based on Oscar Wilde's story The Birthday of the Infanta, Zemlinsky's single-act opera Der Zwerg is the tragic tale of a dwarf who is presented at court, falls in love with the beautiful Donna Clara, but is ultimately forced to see himself as others... |
STEFANO LANDI
Landi: Morte d'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2018) Dutch National Opera / Cecilia Molinari, Renato Dolcini, Alexander Miminoshvili, Gaia Petrone / Christophe Rousset, conductor [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2020 ] Stefano Landi wrote the operas La morte d'Orfeo (1619) and Il Sant'Alessio (1632), as well as masses, psalms, madrigals and arias. He was maestro di cappella in Padua and Rome, and later a singer in the Sistine Chapel. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded live in 2019) Bayreuth Festival / Stephen Gould, Lise Davidsen, Elena Zhidkova, Markus Eiche / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] "In his Bayreuth debut, Valery Gergiev conducts with such verve that at multiple turns it was like hearing the score anew." Limelight |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (complete opera) Glyndebourne Opera / David Portillo, Sofia Fomina, Björn Bürger, Brindley Sherratt / Ryan Wigglesworth [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] Celebrated Canadian directing duo Barbe & Doucet make both their British and Glyndebourne debuts here with their new Die Zauberflöte, a veritable "theatrical feast of eccentricity." (The Guardian). |
FRANK MOON / DAVID PRICE
Moon/Price: The Mother (complete ballet) Natalia Osipova, Jonathan Goddard [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] "The Mother is a powerful, narrative dance production choreographed and directed by Arthur Pita - a master storyteller. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's dark tale, The Story of a Mother. |
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THOMAS LARCHER
Larcher: Das Jagdgewehr [The Hunting Gun] (complete opera) Bregenz Festival / Sarah Aristidou, Giulia Peri, Olivia Vermeulen, Robin Tritschler, Andre Schuen / Michael Boder (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] "a clear, powerful text, some striking imagery and a luminous score of great beauty and originality ensure this opera's success." (The Observer) |
GASPARE SPONTINI
Spontini: Fernando Cortez (La conquète du Mexique) (complete opera recorded in 2019) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Dario Schmunck, Alexia Voulgaridou, Luca Lombardo, Gianluca Margheri / Jean-Luc Tingaud (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] Gaspare Spontini's rare opera 'Fernand Cortez' is now available on DYNAMIC. Recorded in October 2019 at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, this production is a WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO RECORDING of the first modern times performance |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Thomas Gazheli, Marjorie Owens, Mikhail Petrenko, Bernhard Berchtold / Fabio Luis (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] At Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, maestro Fabio Luisi gives "a superb performance" (Operawire) of Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), the forerunner of grand Wagnerian dramas. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Eric Cutler, David Portillo, Annett Fritsch, Eleonora Buratto / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Mozart's third venture into the "opera seria" genre, demolished its traditional boundaries to open the way to lyric drama. Blending youthful earnestness with mature mastery, Mozart uses - while profoundly changing - the elements of a genre based on... |
