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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Berliner Philharmoniker: New Year's Eve Concerts Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Menahem Pressler (piano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), etc / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philhar [ EuroArts DVD / 20 DVD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2018 ] It is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin - and beyond: On New Year's Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and... |
DVORAK / STRAVINSKY / RICHARD STRAUSS / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH
New Year's Eve Concert 2017 Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - 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... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / SCARLATTI / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / BARTOK / etc
Argerich: Anniversary Compilation Martha Argerich (piano) with David Guerrier (trumpet) Mischa Maisky (cello) Joshua Bell (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yuri Bashmet (viola) & more [ EuroArts DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "(Martha Argerich) sets about the down-to-earth matter of sublime music-making, pulling all her colleagues into her spell...Takacs-Nagy partners Argerich sensitively." (BBC Music) |
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
The Menuhin Century - The Violin of the Century [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] Re-released in 2016 on the occasion of Yehudi Menuhin's centenary, this film is devoted to the artistic heritage of a personality who ranked among the most extraordinary musicians of his time, even as a child. Menuhin was not a mere musician: he was... |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens with Jörg Widman's Con brio and are then joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. |
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GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
The Gilbert & Sullivan Collection [6 popular operettas] Opera Australia / Anthony Warlow, David Hobson, Christine Douglas, Heather Begg, Colette Mann & many others [ ABC Classics DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2018 ] Opera Australia and ABC Classics present a new collection of six classic productions of the best-loved Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. Deliciously funny plots, poking at the underside of just about every respectable institution of society. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / ADAM / DELIBES / VERDI / MOZART / PUCCINI / etc
An Evening with the Royal Ballet & Royal Opera The Royal Opera & Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Miah Persson, Jonas Kaufmann, Sarah Connolly, Diana Damrau [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2018 ] Take a seat in the stalls at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for an unforgettable evening of ballet and opera highlights performed by world-renowned stars of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet past and present. This special two-DVD set... |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY & OTHERS
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2018 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 8/Mar/2018 ] "Muti's conducting of the old favourites, Strauss Jr's Blue Danube and Sr's Radetzky March, bristles with Italianate swagger and brio" Sunday Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS / ANTON BRUCKNER / HUGO WOLF
Renee Fleming in Concert (recorded live in 2011 & 2012) Renee Fleming (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 5/Mar/2018 ] Two unforgettable evenings showcase the artistry of Renée Fleming alongside Christian Thielemann's mastery of the Austro-German Romantic idiom...."Beautifully filmed and recorded … worthy of special praise." (MusicWeb Nov 2013) |
