"Actor: Britten"

• Operation Amsterdam | DVD | (29/08/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  First time on DVD! The best kept secret of WWII! One of the covert operations at the beginning of World War II is enacted in this fast-paced thriller about a government-approved diamond heist. A Major from the British army (Tony Britton) joins up with a Dutch diamond expert (Alexander Knox) and another adventurous Dutchman (Peter Finch) to steal a fortune in diamonds from a bank vault in Amsterdam before the Nazis completely close off the city. The trio are launched under the covering fire of a British battleship in the harbour and then chauffeured into Amsterdam by Anna (Eva Bartok), one of many people they encounter who could be either friend or foe. There is no time to waste in emptying the bank vault because it is estimated that the city will be overrun by the Nazi army in just fourteen hours. Meanwhile, the war is intensifying all around them, and the Nazi soldiers already on patrol are a continual threat. Starring Peter Finch (A Town Like Alice), & Eva Bartok (The Crimson Pirate) Based on a true story and the adapted from the book Adventure in Diamonds by David E Walker

• Schubert - Winterreise - Britten | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £6.48   |  Saving you £8.77 (168.01%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This DVD is part of the Britten-Pears DVD Collection. This collection features four historically and musically significant films from the BBC archives of works and performances by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears one of the greatest English tenors and Brittens long-term partner and artistic inspiration. None of these films have been available before on any home video format. Two recitals with Peter Pears accompanied by Benjamin Britten at the piano. The 1964 black-and-white ""Celebrity Recital"" film of the pair performing a selection of Britten's folk song arrangements is unique for featuring Britten performing his own music. The 1970 colour film of Peter Pears singing Schubert's great song cycle Winterreise (sung in German) was produced by the legendary Decca producer John Culshaw. The songs are staged (Britten accompanying on the piano is not in view) and introduced with a brief voice-over.

• Benjamin Britten - in Rehearsal & Performance | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £18.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (3.70%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Benjamin Britten in rehearsal and performanceNocturne for Tenor 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings Op. 60Peter Pears tenorCBC Vancouver Chamber OrchestraTelecast of April 29 1962

• Britten-Let's Make An Opera | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £14.72   |  Saving you £0.27 (1.83%)   |  RRP £14.99

  City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Symphony Youth Chorus.The Coull QuaretRoger Coull and Philip Gallaway, violins David Curtis, viola John Todd, cello.

• Fischer-Dieskau-Autumn Journe | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Autumn Journey is a filmed portrait of the life and work of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau one of the great musical giants of the 20th century. Along with Richter Oistrakh Menuhin Rostropovich Casals and Callas he represents a truly golden era of great artists not only remembered for their extraordinary live performances but whose musicianship has also left to the world an unrivalled legacy of recordings. Filmed on the occasion of his 70th birthday Fischer-Dieskau reveals for the first time many of the secrets of his outstanding success. In typically modest style this prolific singer talks about his life the remarkable influences which have guided his career musical interpretation his colleagues and his attitude towards Italian Russian and French repertoire. Performance extracts include works by Schubert Schumann Strauss Brahms Mahler Wolf Bach Verdi Mozart Wagner Reimann Berg Henze and Britten. This special DVD package includes an 85-minute recital of 23 songs by Franz Schubert from the Opera Theatre of Nuremberg in which Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is accompanied by Hartmut H''ll.

• Oboe Fantasy (Keller Quartet, Heinz Hollinger) | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £29.68   |  Saving you £-6.69 (-29.10%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Oboe Fantasy

• Britten/Schubert - String Quartet No. 3/String Quintet in C | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  To be able to see the Amadeus Quartet if full colour playing congenial repertoire in one of their favorite venues and at the height of their powers is a wonderful privilege. To those of us who were fortunate enough to attend some of their concerts it will bring back imperishable memories.