"Actor: Berlin"

• Mahler/ Boulez: Symphony No. 2 (EUROARTS 2054424) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• 20th April 1939 - Adolf Hitlers 50th Birthday - 2 DVD BOX | DVD | (21/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the 20th April 1939 one of the biggest and most elaborate birthday parades to ever be staged in Germany was about to take place. With the day already declared a national holiday by the German government two days before, hundreds of thousands of people came from throughout Germany to the Reich capital to join the celebrations and mark the 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler. With thousands in attendance, including a selection of prominant figures and over 20,000 official guests, Hitler used this opportunity to show off his military strength and issue a warning to the Western powers.This DVD shows Berling preparing itself for Hitler's birthday parade in 1939 using a selection of rare archive footage, parts of which have been painstakingly restored and can now be presented in colour for the first time. Several extracts used in this documentary were taken by members of the public which have only just been discovered and are presented here for the very first time. These eyewitness films help to show an extremely important and personal documentation on the events of that day, five months before the outbreak of World War II.

• Verdi: Otello -- Berlin Staatskapelle/Barenboim | DVD | (15/11/2002) from £13.40   |  Saving you £11.59 (86.49%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the opening gale-force blast of storm music, through the crunching and stabbing accompaniment of Iago's "Credo" to the shimmering strings of Desdemona's "Willow Song", he doesn't miss a trick. Everything works at the highest pitch of intensity and the orchestra sticks to his beat like glue. It's a necessary compensation for the shortcomings of the staging: the stolid chorus remains unperturbed by the storm and is directed to perform with unison movements; the acting (apart from Valeri Alexejev) is non-committal, and Alexandre Tarta's video direction somewhat flat-footed. She doesn't manage to make much small-screen sense of an impenetrably murky opening scene, for example, and doesn't seem fond of reaction shots. That said, Christian Franz and Emily Magee both have large-scale voices that they know how to shade into mo! ments of intimacy, and George Tsypin's sets are impressive: the murder of Desdemona is set against a brilliant lake of fire. On the DVD: Otello is presented in 1.78:1 ratio with PCM Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound options. The picture quality is clear, although much of the lighting of this live production is low-level and thus many details do not come over well. Nor does the stage microphone system avoid some muffling of sound. There are subtitles in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish. --Warwick Thompson

• Jacques Offenbach; Walter Felsenstein: Hoffmanns Erzählungen | Blu Ray | (01/03/2021) from £40.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Waldbuhne in Berlin, 1998 -- Latin American Night | DVD | (08/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Maurice RavelBoleroGeorges BizetCarmen Suite No. 1I. PreludeII. AragonaiseIII. IntermezzoIV. Les dragons d'AlcaraV. ToredorsAlberto GinasteraMalambo from Estancia op. 8Ernesto LecuonaLa ComparsaErnesto LecuonaMalaguenaHoracio SalganA Don Agustin BardiAstor PiazollaAdios NoninoCarlos GardelEl dia que me quierasGerardo Matos RodriguezLa CumparsitaAstor PiazollaDecarissimoMariano MoresEl FiruletePaul LinckeBerliner Luft.

• Waldbuhne In Berlin 2000 | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded at the Waldbuhne Berlin June 25 2000. Tracklist: He Got Rythm (Hommage a George Gershwin) - Jean Pascal Beintus La Valse - Maurice Ravel Hi-Ten-Yu - Isao Matsushita Utage - Eitetsu Hayashi My Favourite Concubine - Zhao jiping Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 - Maurice Ravel Fascinating Rhythm - Gershwin The Man I Love - Gershwin Nice Work - Gershwin Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin Summertime - Gershwin I Got Rhythm - Gershwin Berliner Luft - Paul Lincke

• Waldbuhne 1992 - French Night | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £6.49   |  Saving you £14.76 (282.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  French Night is subtitled "An Exceptional Summer Concert from Waldbuhne Berlin, 1992" and was recorded on June 27 of that year with the Berlin Philharmonic delivering a programme of French favourites under the baton of Georges Pretre. The concert begins with Berlioz' Roman Carnival Overture and though the orchestra work hard the full daylight in the amphitheatre setting negates any real engagement. Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand follows and is the most serious part of the programme, soloist Leon Fleischer making the most of his showcase, though Debussy's L'Après-Midi d'un Faune is really too intimate for such an event. Night has descended for Bizet's Carmen Suite and the show really takes off as the famous tunes fill the arena. The audience equally appreciate Ravel's Bolero before the French part of the evening is capped by some lively dance music from Offenbach and Bizet. Then, to restore local patriotic pride, the Berlin Philharmonic launch into an enthusiastic version of Johann Strauss' Radetzky-March, the familiar closing number from the Vienna Philharmonic's annual New Year's Day concerts. The finale is Paul Lincke's Berliner Luft, a whistle-along favourite which produces some entertainingly diverse audience reaction. A fun evening for all which would have been better had they waited for nightfall. On the DVD: French Night on disc has promos for nine further TDK classical music DVDs but otherwise no extras. The 4:3 picture has all the flaws of live concert footage shot on video, with little detail in long shots, highly noticeable light trails and a gauze-like effect across many scenes. The sound defaults to a good PCM stereo mix, but while subtly employed the Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks offer a much more absorbing atmosphere, the latter in particular providing a real sense of three-dimensional presence. --Gary S Dalkin

• Die 12 Cellisten (Anniversary Edition) (Annette Dasch/ Till Brönner/ Die 12 Cellisten der Berlin Philharmoniker) (Euroarts: 2059314) | Blu Ray | (17/09/2012) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  EURA 2059314; EURARTS - Germania; Classica in genere

• The Berlin Philharmonic Story | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Berlin Philharmonic are rated the world's best orchestra by many music lovers. This documentation shows them close up.A fascinating documentary telling not only the history of the famed Berlin Philharmonic but the history of 20th Century Berlin as well.There are interviews with conductors Roger Norrington, Simon Rattle and Bernard Haitink, as well as with a number of players in the orchestra, all of which offer fascinating insights into the orchestra's behind-the-scenes activities and convey an impression of how the Berlin Philharmonic reached their remarkably high standard.We follow the string of conductors associated with the BPO including Hans von Bulow, Arthur Nikisch, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado.The portrait is rounded off with rare archive recordings and excerpts from great performances including a brief excerpt from an incredible Brahms Symphony No. 4 with Furtwangler and a short sound clip of Arthur Nikisch conducting.

• Joint Concert - Tel Aviv | DVD | (17/07/2001) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Some concerts are important simply as occasions: The Joint Concert--Tel Aviv was a celebration of reconciliation, a performance shared by the Berlin Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic that would have been inconceivable a few years earlier. Zubin Mehta takes a massive band consisting of both orchestras through performances of Ben Haim's fascinating Psalm, Ravel's La Valse and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The Ravel is particularly impressive--a work that can often slip into feyness or the too overtly sinister--here has a depth of complexity to its sound that saves it from either, and the sheer volume of the harps in a couple of passages gives the performance an interesting and individual strangeness. The Beethoven is monumental in its scale--rarely has the transition between the "Scherzo" and the "Finale" sounded so like Forster's goblins walking across the universe. Young and promising soloists--Viviane Hagner (violin) and Sharon Kam (clarinet)--play the Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with the Israel Philharmonic and the Weber Concertino with the Berlin Philharmonic; we grow so rapidly used to the sound of the orchestras playing together that their individual sounds strike us as almost delicate.On the DVD: The DVD has menus in English, French, German and Spanish and is presented in 4:3 screen ratio with PCM stereo sound, relegating a description of the importance of the event to the booklet. --Roz Kaveney

• Berlin Philharmonic - A Romantic Opera Night | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded at the Waldbuhne in Berlin. Includes the works:- 'Don Juan' & 'Till Eulenspiegels' by Richard Strauss and 'Ride Of The Valkyries' & 'Prelude to Die Meistersinger' by Richard Wagner.

• Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - An Evening Of Yes | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe was made up of four fifths of the 'Classic Yes' line up of the seventies. Put together by Jon Anderson who wanted to get back to the musical ideals made popular by 'Yes' during the bands massively successful albums of the early to mid seventies the band recorded one self titled album released in 1989 and then embarked on an extensive and hugely successful worldwide tour. This performance was captured on the American leg of the world tour and finds the band performing not only material from the self titled album but also classic material from 'Yes' including Starship Trooper Close To The Edge and also And You And I. The tour was not however without its problems and bassist on the tour Tony Levin was unfortunately taken ill and had to drop out at the last minute to be admitted to hospital. This left the band in dire straits as the tour was put in jeopardy and the band had also scheduled the filming of this particular performance. Enter bassist Jeff Berlin who had curiously enough like Tony Levin played with Bill Bruford. With only a short period of rehearsal Jeff threw himself into the gap vacated by the departed Tony Levin. Jeff's performance was incredible as was the rest of the band and captured on film for posterity. The film was previously briefly available on VHS before being deleted. Now on DVD this magnificent fan favourite comes in a double digipack with original Roger Dean artwork and also a beautiful DVD photo booklet along with new sleeve notes. Tracklist 1. Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 2. Jon Anderson Solo: Time And A Word/Teakbois/Owner of A Lonely Heart 3. Steve Howe Solo - The Clap/Mood For A Day 4. Rick Wakeman Solo: Gone But Not Forgotten/Catherine Parr/Merlin the Magician 5. Long Distance Runaround 6. Birthright 7. And You And I 8. I've Seen All Good People 9. Close to the Edge 10. Themes 11. Brother of Mine

• European Concert 1995 | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded live at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and features Beethoven's Fidelio Overture Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No.8 Stravinsky's Petruschka and more.

• Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - Berliner Philharmoniker - Abbado | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A performance of Beethoven's Symphonies by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the Accademia Nazionale De Santa Cecilia in Rome in May 2000 and February 2001; conducted by Claudia Abbado.

• Mussorgsky - Pictures at An Exhibition (Von Karajan) | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Herbert Von Karajan: Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition

• European Concert 1991 | DVD | (15/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The programme recorder live in the Smetana Hall Prague on the 1st May 1991 includes music by Mozart - 'Overture To Don Giovanni' and 'Symphonies Nos 29 and 35'.

• Die Berliner Solisten | DVD | (27/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Die Berliner Solisten

• Various: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Waldbuhne: Italian Night | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  As one of the most beautiful open-air venues in Europe, the Berlin Waldb�hne draws more than twenty thousand people per year to enjoy popular classical music performed by the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic under the beguiling canopy of a summer night's sky. While some of the most famous conductors have already taken the podium at these concerts, repeated performances have most notably been given by the Italian maestro Claudio Abbado. The programme of Abbado's 1996 ''Italian Night'' at the...

• Berliner Luft - New Year's Concert | DVD | (20/04/2001) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the things DVD can do is capture the sense of an occasion: Berliner Luft admirably gives us the feeling of how it was to be at this 1997 gala in the Unter den Linden State Opera of a reunited Berlin. Daniel Barenboim gives us a mixture of light and very light music; the weightiest items here are the duet "La ci Darem" from Mozart's Don Giovanni performed with charm and energy by Dorothea Roeschmann and Rene Pape, and Saint-Saens' Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso given with real fire by the young violinist Raphael Christ. Much of the rest of the programme is standard German lightweight cheerfulness--with songs such as "Untern Linden", Gluhwurmchen-idyll" and "Berliner Luft"--but Barenboim also gives us a couple of slightly rarer items: Shostakovich's "Tahiti Trot", an endlessly inventive paraphrase of "Tea for Two" and Kurt Weill's celebratory "Berlin im Licht" performed with aplomb by the gravel-voiced HK Gruber. All this accompanied by cutaways of waltzing couples and magicians moving among them doing interesting things with cards and handkerchiefs... --Roz Kaveney

• European Concert 1992 | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded at the Basilica of the Monastery El Escorial. Conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Excerpts include Verdi's 'La Forza De Destino' and 'Don Carlo' Berlioz's 'La Damnation De Faust' Schubert's 'Symphony No.7' Wagner's 'Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg' plus Wagner's 'Die Walkure' and 'Gotterdammerung'.