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Aftenstemning - Musikk til middagen
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MUSIKK TIL DIN LESNING
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kr 29 (kr 79)
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VÅRSTEMNING
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kr 29 (kr 79)
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5CD-BOX: Choral Classics from Cambridge
This set of 5 CDs showcases the celebrated choral music tradition that is at the heart of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular choral favourites from composers such as Mozart, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Purcell, and an in-depth exploration of Renaissance lamentations, this set also features a recording of Evensong and Vespers at King's, evoking the college's tradition of daily choral singing.
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kr 99 (kr 179)
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The Romantic Cello
This invaluable survey of that most Romantic of instruments includes both the classic concertos of the era, by Dvorak and Saint-Saens, as well as a generous selection of encores and showpieces, performed by a variety of cellists from this and earlier generations. Including Zara Nelsova, in whose classic interpretation of the Dvorak one may readily hear the admiration evinced by the composer's friend Brahms who, on hearing the work, remarked that he would have composed a concerto for the instrument himself had he realised the possibilities inherent in a combination that may present certain problems of balance, pitting the mellow voice of the solo instrument against a full orchestra, but that yet may be overcome through a sensitive songfulness that came beautifully and naturally to Dvorak. Brahms, of course, can be considered to have made good his omission with the late flowering of the Double Concerto. His expansive E minor Sonata is here, alongside the deft turns of Mendelssohn's first sonata (in a performance by Luca Fiorentini on a rare Strad cello), as well as more lyrical sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, treasured by cellists for their juicy melodies and the opportunity to engage with the idioms of composers who largely wrote for the piano.The last disc opens with perhaps the most famous of all cello encores, The Swan, from Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals, which seems perfectly to capture the potential both for melancholy and for imitation of the human voice which places the cello alone among the string family.
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Russian Ballets (3 CD)
Towards the end of the 19th century, ballet was declining in popularity in Western Europe but acquired an increased significance in Russia. This was thanks in part to the music for dancing which had been part of native operas ever since Glinka founded a school and tradition with Ruslan and Ludmila and A Life for the Tsar. However, it was also due to a succession of gifted French choreographer such as Marius Petipa that the St Petersburg ballet flowered. Minkus, Delibes and Adam, among many others, were commissioned for scores by Petipa, but it was with Tchaikovsky that ballet music would alter radically, away from its incidental, accompanimental role and towards a symphonic status which is recognized by the ballets on this compilation being at least as famous for their music as their dancing. Petipa was responsible for commissioning the composer’s most familiar ballet – perhaps the best-loved ballet of all, The Nutcracker, on which the composer exercised all his mastery of timing and orchestration. Although Serge Diaghilev was the great innovator in commissioning and choreographing music for dancing at the turn of the last century, his example was ignored in Russia under Soviet rule. The great state companies in Leningrad and Moscow continued the 19th century tradition of full-evening ballets to which these examples by Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and the more rarely encountered Stone Flower) and Khachaturian (Spartacus and Gayaneh) belong. ‘Dancing,’ said the Danish choreographer August Bournonville, ‘is an expression of joy, a desire to respond to the rhythm of the music.’ That joy is amply illustrated by the suites from eight ballets in this compilation, which would make an invaluable introduction to the artform.
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kr 79 (kr 129)
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Armenian Composers
Mariam Sarkissian, mezzo-soprano
Artur Avanesov, piano
This year's commemoration of the Armenian Genocide has drawn attention to the rich cultural heritage of this "hidden" country, with its unique language, script and folklore.
This new recording presents three Armenian composers of three generations.
The song cycle "Emerald Songs" by Romanos Melikyan is written on words by 8 contemporary Armenian poets, in a spicy Ravelian language inspired by Armenian folk music. Mansuryan is of the same generation and blood group of Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Pärt and Kancheli. Young Avanesov's piano cycle "Feux follets" is in postmodern style, free and associative.
Sung with great intensity and feeling for the idiom by Armenian mezzo soprano Mariam Sarkissian, who recently received an "Orphée d'or" for her CD of vocal works by Tchaikovsky and Cui.
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kr 49 (kr 89)
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Per Anni Circulum, Gregorian Chant
Schola Gregoriana Benedetto XVI / Don Nicola Bellinazzo
This new recording of Gregorian Chant presents a journey through the complete Liturgical Year: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time, the ever-recurring spiritual cycle, caught in the timeless medieval melodies of Gregorian Chant, as it was and as it always will be.
Sung with devotion and clear intonation by the Schola Gregoriana Benedetto XVI from Bologna, and recorded in the spacious and warm acoustics of the St. Christina’s Church in Bologna.
The booklet contains excellent liner notes as well as the sung texts.
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kr 49 (kr 89)
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Piano Music for Children
Klára Würtz, piano
Prima La Musica / Dirk Vermeulen
This new compilation presents a charming selection of piano music for children. Alongside the familiar melodies of Beethoven's Für Elise and Mozart's Rondo alla Turca are Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young and Debussy's exuberant Children's Corner, including the famous 'Golliwog's Cakewalk'. Robert Schumann's playful Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) include pieces with titles such as 'At the Fireside', 'Frightening' and 'Blind Man's Bluff', which are sure to enchant children of all ages. The orchestral players of 'Prima La Musica' join the piano for the well-known Andante from Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21, with its dreamlike melody heard in the violin and piano parts. Children will undoubtedly be captivated by the variety of delightful music offered in this tailor-made collection.
Hungarian pianist Klára Würtz is one of Brilliant Classics' most prolific artists, enjoying an international career. Having won prizes in Dublin and Milan, she signed to a New York-based management company, leading to performances at Carnegie Hall and other prestigious concert venues throughout the US and Canada. She currently teaches at the Conservatory of Arts in Utrecht.
This CD is a reissue of one of the most successful Brilliant Classics recordings, Piano Music for Children, a simple and powerful concept aimed at a wide audience of music lovers, teachers, parents, grandparents and (of course..) children.
Included are the popular Kinderszenen by Robert Schumann, Children's Corner by Claude Debussy and a selection from the Album for the Youth by Tchaikovsky, and not to forget the most iconic work for a child ever written: Beethoven's Für Elise.
Hungarian pianist Klára Würtz plays with a natural, direct expression, warm and communicative.
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kr 49 (kr 89)
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Norwegian Memories
This CD brings together three works for guitar and strings which are inspired by the majestic landscape of Norway, its fjords, mountains, springs and woods, the silence and mystique.Italian guitarist and composer Giorgio Mirto wrote his Concerto Norwegian Memories on the basis of old legends and fairy tales. The 'Viking Concerto' by Norwegian composer Gisle Krogseth is a 20th century pendant of Peer Gynt, its three movements named 'Returning from Abroad', 'Night in the Woods' and 'A Feast, a Fight and a Funeral'.Played with great intensity by the master himself, Giorgio Mirto, accompanied by the Florence String Ensemble.World Premiere recordings!
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kr 49 (kr 89)
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A Song of Farewell
A Song of Farewell
Music of Mourning and Consolation
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor
"... This album ... serves as a vital reminder that there is more depth of feeling, emotional power and intellectual stimulation to the art of music-making than we can ever hope to truly understand. All we can do is applaud."
Classic FM Magazine
Continuing Signum's new partnership with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Cosort following the triumphant success of Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts (SIGCD280), their next release will be a recording of the groups renowned a cappella programme of music for mourning and consolation. This is a beautifully poignant programme of British choral music, including works by composers as diverse as Morley and Dove, Sheppard and Walton and featuring Howells' sublime Requiem.
Praise for Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts :
BBC Music Magazine - *****
Classic FM Magazine - *****
Classical Music Magazine - *****
Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice Music Web International - One of 2011s Recordings of the Year
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kr 99 (kr 159)
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Triple Bill
Also available on Blu-ray: OA BD7074
MacMillan's vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet's style and repertory, and what better way to appreciate his art than with this rare chance to experience three contrasting works in a single performance. Abstract, dramatic, humorous - this programme gives a wonderfully varied introduction not just to MacMillan's work but to the beauty and dramatic power of ballet itself. Concerto, to Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, contrasts moments of exuberance and elegiac reflection. The Judas Tree places a single woman among 13 men to enact a harrowing event that is recognizably contemporary but with biblical overtones. Elite Syncopations completes the programme with a sparkling evocation of a dance hall that brings ragtime rhythms to the dance, and a ragtime band to the stage.
Concerto
Music: Dmitry Shostakovich
Artists: Marianela Nuñez, Yuhui Choe, Steven McRae
Conductor: Dominic Grier
Elite Syncopations
Music: Scott Joplin & other Ragtime composers
Artists: Sarah Lamb, Valeri Hristov, Steven McRae
Conductor: Robert Clark
The Judas Tree
Music: Brian Elias
Artists: Carlos Acosta, Leanne Benjamin, Edward Watson
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, March 2010
Extra features:
Introductions to each ballet piece by Deborah MacMillan
"There has never been a choreographer that I can think of who could produce three such contrasting works, and you sit watching in wonderment at the fertile imaginings of his mind. "
(Telegraph)
"It's grisly, and yet horribly exciting in its momentum, as the men show off to each other like skateboarders, flinging themselves into barrel turns while knotting and unknotting their legs."
The Independent
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kr 198 (kr 299)
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Rite of Spring / Jeu de cartes
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kr 39 (kr 79)
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A Beethoven Journey
Leif Ove Andsnes is undoubtedly one of the top pianists of our age. For four years he has been performing and recording the five Beethoven piano concertos, primarily with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra but also with the major conductors & orchestras worldwide - such as Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic. Award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky has been with him throughout.
The film is much more than a portrait of a great pianist on tour - it is an in depth exploration into the much misunderstood life of Ludwig van Beethoven, as revealed by these five masterworks. The relationship between Beethoven and his world is mirrored by the relationship between the pianist and orchestra in these concertos. Grabsky's acknowledged skill is biography and he believes that many people know too little about arguably the greatest composer of all time.
This is an exciting, beautifully cinematic film offering a fresh look at Beethoven through the widely acclaimed performances and articulate insight of the great Leif Ove Andsnes.
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kr 159 (kr 239)
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Wozzeck
Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers
Orchestra & Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre
Teodor Currentzis
Stage direction and set design: Dmitri Tcherniakov
In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg's masterpiece 'Wozzeck'. Dmitri Tcherniakov's truly historic production is now available in this HD DVD.
The Russian director's aim with this bold, sensitive transposition was "to highlight the hidden sorrows of a late 20th-century man dwelling in a megalopolis." The redoubtably complex title role was entrusted to Austrian baritone Georg Nigl. Nigl studied with Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek. Over the last few years he has worked with, among others, Thomas Hengelbrock and his Baltasar Neumann Ensemble, Jordi Savall and his Hesperion XXI Ensemble, and Giovanni Antonini and Luca Pianca and their Il Giardino Armonico.
American soprano Mardi Byers plays Marie. A native of Colorado, she made her international debut as 'Tosca' in Lübeck and Elisabetta in 'Don Carlos' in Wiesbaden and Basel. She has also sung Donna Anna and Suor Angelica at the New York City Opera, as well as Elisabeth in 'Tannhäuser' and Ariadne. The Proms audience saw her in Mahler 8 in 2010 with Jiri Belohlavek.
Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis directs the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus. Artistic director of the Perm Opera and founder and musical director of the Musica Aeterna ensemble, Currentzis is now to be seen in the world's leading venues: the Opéra de Paris, Opernhaus Zurich, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Teatro Real in Madrid.
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kr 199 (kr 299)
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Un giorno di regno
Loconsolo, Porta, Antonacci, Marianelli, Magrì, Bordogna
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma / Donato Renzetti
Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi
Bonus: Introduction to the opera
Un giorno di regno is the rare case of a musical comedy by Verdi. But his second stage work proved a complete fiasco when unveiled at La Scala, Milan, in 1840 and more than half a century was to pass before he attempted a second comedy with his final opera, Falstaff. Today, conversely, Verdi's early melodrama giocoso enjoys increasing popularity thanks to its wellspring of musical ideas and effervescent melodies.
"This is how Verdi should be played"
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Tutto Verdi
NTSC
Region Code 0
Picture Format: 16:9, HD
Sound Format: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM 2.0
Running Time: 129 minutes (Opera 119 minutes, Bonus 10 minutes)
Booklet: English, German, French
Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
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kr 199 (kr 299)
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Roberto Devereux (DVD)
In the last and most dramatic aria in “Roberto Devereux,” one of the four Tudor period operas composed by Donizetti in 1837 (along with “Anna Bolena,” “Maria Stuarda,” and “Il Castello di Kenilworth,”) the protagonist, Queen Elizabeth I of England, exclaims: “I do not reign, I do not live.” This statement encapsulates great operatic themes, and it is the culmination of an opera that reveals the passions of characters who live among palace intrigues. Written in the mature period of the leader of Italian romanticism, the opera displays a great vocal virtuosity, and is an example of Donizetti prizing the voice above all in the genre. The staging, by South African director Alessandro Talevi, who has been very successful in great opera houses as well as with more experimental theatre, places the play in an undetermined period, focusing on the chiaroscuro. Bruno Campanella conducts the production with Mariella Devia in the lead. “This was a most promising start to the season, a first-class rendition of a neglected work and a joyful confirmation of Mariella Devia’s well-deserved place in bel canto history.” (Bachtrack.com)
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kr 199 (kr 299)
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Don Giovanni
Stage direction: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costumes: Dmitri Tcherniakov & Elena Zaitseva
Lighting Gleb Filshtinsky
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence - 07/2010
Bo Skovhus [Don Giovanni]
Kyle Ketelsen [Leporello]
David Bizic [Masetto]
Colin Balzer [Don Ottavio]
Marlis Petersen [Donna Anna]
Kristine Opolais [Donna Elvira]
Kerstin Avemo [Zerlina]
Anatoli Kotscherga [Il Commandatore]
English Voices / Freiburger Barockorchester
Louis Langrée
A new 'Don Giovanni' in Aix from renowned Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, awarded best director at the International Opera Awards 2013, and conductor Louis Langrée.
More than two centuries after its creation, the emotional pull of this supreme opera remains absolutely intact. Dmitri Tcherniakov duly revisits the myth and makes the seducer of Seville a 'man without qualities', a cipher whose words have a hypnotic power over women. His words will disrupt the proprieties ruling the Commandatore's family. His words are also what makes Don Juan such a subversive figure and the embodiment of one of the most powerful modern European myths.
Leading the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is one of the best Mozart conductors, Louis Langrée. Bo Skovhus portrays a dispirited Don Giovanni, old playboy and anti-hero. Kyle Ketelsen is his servant Leporello, currently a shoe-in for this rôle.
The superb female trio is composed of Marlis Petersen (Donna Anna), Kristine Opolais (Elvira) and Kerstin Avemo (Zerlina).
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kr 199 (kr 349)
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Tosca
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano
Tosca: it is opera, it is Italy. It is desire, passion and murder...
Featuring opera superstars Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi, with musical direction by the world-renowned Antonio Pappano.
Prestige of official selection at Venice Film Festival, a comprehensive and successful commercial run in cinemas and outstanding critical acclaim.
10th anniversary special edition, with exclusive DVD bonus features including a new 10th anniversary interview with soprano Angela Gheorghiu, a collector's booklet and a "Costume Design" featurette plus original 2001 interviews with Angela Gheorghiu on her role as Tosca, director Benoît Jacquot on creating Tosca as film and Antonio Pappano on Puccini's music for the opera.
"brings this opera vividly to life... this is a classic of the future" The Guardian
"gripping and very well sung" Opera Now
"superb" Gramophone Magazine
"Gheorghiu gives a performance that cuts to the core of Puccini's tragedy... Pappano's conducting; a rich reading that conjures the ideal mixture of syrup and bitterness" Independent on Sunday
Audio: Dolby Stereo & Optional 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Feature Running Time: 120 mins
Italian with optional English subtitles
Bonus Features Running Time: 41 mins
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kr 149 (kr 239)
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L'Orfeo
...With his new production for NETHERLANDS OPERA of Orfeo, Pierre Audi has completed a well-received cycle of Monteverdi’s major stage works. On stage we saw the usual Audi juxtaposition of elements: some vast tree trunks, a stone wall, an immense round pond, and later, fire. The prologue was magnificently sung by the counter-tenor David Cordier as La Musica. … The chorus sang with such spirit and refinement that one regretted that they did not have more to do. … Stephen Stubbs, seconded by Emmanuelle Haïm playing various keyboard instruments, led his ensemble Tragicomedia with obvious affection and understanding. All the instrumentalists played with fluent ease, a long way from the scratchy ‘authentic’ bands of 20 years ago...
(Opera)
Ljudformat: DTS Surround Sound, LPCM-stereo
Bildformat: 16:9
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kr 248 (kr 349)
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Carmen
From the Glyndebourne Opera House...
An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as "the first ever musical", and in his new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, Carmen is restored to the original Opera. Comique as Bizet wrote it, stripping away subsequent re-workings which turned it into a grand opera. Philippe Jordan makes his Glyndebourne debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Glyndebourne Chorus and a cast that includes Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri and Lisa Milne. This double disc set also includes extensive extra features on costume, dance, characters and the gardens of Glyndebourne.
Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Haddock Laurent Naouri, Lisa Milne
Glyndebourne Chorus / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Philippe Jordan
Stage Director David McVicar
TV Director: Sue Judd
Penguin Guide - 3 stars
Diapason d'Or
DVD BEST BUY - Classic fM Magazine
DISCS OF THE YEAR 2003 - Musicweb
Regions: NTSC
Picture Format: 16:9 / 4:3
Sound Type: DOLBY SURROUND / LPCM STEREO
Subtitles: EN
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kr 298 (kr 399)
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Wozzeck (BD)
Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck)
Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich / Fabio Luisi
Andreas Homoki, Stage Director
The soldier Wozzeck (Christian Gerhaher) flits through a world that he is unable to decipher. The doctor torments him with absurd medical experiments; the captain humiliates and ridicules him. And Wozzeck’s lover, Marie (Gun-Brit Barkmin), with whom he has a child, cuckolds him with the drum major. Wozzeck becomes a murderer, stabbing Marie to death. Georg Büchner’s drama fragment, on which Alban Berg based his first opera, is an unflinching case study of social injustice and human suffering. But it is also a grotesque piece that thrives on exaggeration – and in which only a fine line separates the unfathomable from the ridiculous. Accordingly, director Andreas Homoki forgoes all realism. His nightmarishly radical production is inspired by puppet theatre. Christian Gerhaher’s role début as Wozzeck can only be described as sensational: his capacity for vocal and dramatic subtlety is simply breath-taking. At the rostrum of the Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi explores both the expressionistic and the more intimate aspects, reminiscent of chamber music, in Berg’s seminal score.
Picture Formats: 16:9 NTSC, FULL HD
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Running time: 100:58 min
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kr 279 (kr 389)
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Wozzeck
ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10
SOUND QUALITY: 10
(CLASSICSTODAY.com)
Calixto Bieito’s controversial but visually stunning production of Wozzeck is set in a grisly, chaotic, post-industrial maze, giving a contemporary edge to the disturbing and hair-raising intensity of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece. The all too human drama is emphasised, with terrifying beauty, by the stupendous cast of singing actors with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, producing a strong, relentless musical experience under the inspired baton of maestro Sebastian Weigle.
Wozzeck: Franz Hawlata
Marie: Angela Denoke
Drum Major: Reiner Goldberg
Margret: Vivian Tierney
Doctor: Johann Tilli
Captain: Hubert Delamboye
Andres: David Kuebler
Plus
Documentary, including interviews with Sebastian Weigle & Calixto Bieito
Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery
Reviews
‘The quite sensational Chorus and Orchestra, revealed a world-class theatre company, with a conductor London should book soon. Sebastian Weigle read the score with suavity, so that it seemed as if Wozzeck was more than a little influenced by Mahler; and how thankful I felt for that ingratiating, mellow and fierce sound!’
(Musical Opinion)
‘…it is a very theatrically effective, coherent production.’ (baybuzz.com)
PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9
SOUND: DTS 5.0
LENGTH: 129 Mins
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kr 198 (kr 299)
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Bohème (La)
Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo), Hibla Gerzmava (Mimì), Gabriele Viviani (Marcello), Inna Dukach (Musetta), Kostas Smoriginas (Colline), Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard), Jeremy White (Benoit), Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andris Nelsons (conductor) & John Copley (director)
John Copley's enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman and an excellent cast headed by Hibla Gerzmava and Teodor Ilincai, this 2009 revival, in which conductor Andris Nelsons makes a distinguished Royal Opera House debut, does full justice to Puccini's masterpiece. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.
"[Ilincai] gave a thoroughly assured and engaging performance. ... Sumptuously sung, Gerzmava's portrayal was sensitive and well-rounded - timid yet warm and attractive in her first scene with Rodolfo, intimate rather than melodramatic in her final death-bed moments." Classical Source
Extra features:
Cast gallery
Interview with Jonathan Copley
Interview with Andris Nelsons
Running time 121 mins
Region code All regions
Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4
Disc size: BD50
Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9
Sound format 2.0 LPCM & 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Menu language EN
Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
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kr 198 (kr 299)
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