"Actor: Johannes Brahms"

• 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.

• Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Op 73 In D Major / Bizet: Symphony No. 1 In C Major | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Austrian-Latvian Conductor Ilmar Lapinsch conducts Brahms' Symphony No. 2. Lapinsch's passion for the works of Brahms dates back to his adolescence. Since then Brahms has accompanied this extraordinary artist throughout his career and the recording in hand perfectly demonstrates Lapinsch's intensive analysis of this complex piece of music. The recordings for this DVD took place in Spring 2002 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory famous for its unique acoustics and it presents artistic and technical quality at the highest level.