"Actor: Margaret Price"

• Miss Marple Box Set: Murder Ahoy / Murder At The Gallup / Murder Most Foul / Murder, She Said | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £8.99   |  Saving you £26.00 (289.21%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Murder Ahoy (1964): Miss Marple investigates the murder of one of her fellow trustees of a fund which rehabilitates young criminals... Murder At The Gallop (1963): The old and wealthy Mr. Enderby dies of a heart attack but the ever suspicious Miss Marple has her doubts... Murder Most Foul (1964): Miss Marple is the only member of a jury who believes that an accused is innocently charged with murder and sets out to uncover the real killer... Murder She Said (1961): While on board one train Jane Marple witnesses a murder on another train. Can she expose the murderer before all the passengers disembark?

• Peter Sellers Collection | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (50.03%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring a collection of Peter Sellers' best films. Includes: 1. Heavens Above! (Dir. John Boulting & Roy Boulting 1963) 2. I'm Alright Jack (Dir. John Boulting 1959) 3. Only Two Can Play (Dir. Sidney Gilliat 1962) 4. Very Best Of Peter Sellers

• Verdi: Aida -- San Francisco/Navarro | DVD | (11/05/1998) from £16.22   |  Saving you £1.77 (10.91%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This spectacular 1981 San Francisco production of Aida, directed by Sam Wanamaker, boasts production values more commonly associated with Hollywood to portray scenes from the time of the Pharaohs, notably a striking interior for the temple of Vulcan from where Radames is sent forth on his mission to conquer the invading Ethiopian army. With Margaret Price in the title role and Luciano Pavarotti as Radames, there is much going for this version, both musically and visually. Price and Pavarotti are in superb voice throughout. Pavarotti sings his initial aria, "Celeste Aida", very much as a showpiece, ignoring Verdi's quadruple pianissimo ending for the very opposite, milking (dare one say it) the audience for a thunderous round of applause which he duly receives! Initial doubts about his commitment to the drama, however, are dispelled in Act 3 when he denies Amneris his hand and bids farewell to life entombed in the same temple from where he'd once been sent forth as conqueror. Margaret Price may not be a natural actress but her singing throughout, particularly in the concluding farewell with Pavarotti ("O terra, addio"), is very touching. Stefania Toczyska is a compelling Amneris and no more so than when she's offering Radames a lifeline at the start of the last act. With assured conducting from Garcia Navarro, this Aida is a very desirable acquisition. On the DVD Aida on disc has both subtitles and surtitles, depending on the picture image, in the main European languages. Brian Large's direction for video homes in on the salient points of the drama and also picks up on an uncomfortable looking extra or two in the "Grand March" where space on stage seems at a premium. The picture quality and sound are satisfactory.--Adrian Edwards

• The Stars Look Down | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the novel by A.J. Cronin this moving drama tells of a group of coalminers who through the greed of their pit-owner boss are buried alive ...

• Verdi: Requiem | DVD | (04/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Produced by the BBC in association with RM ARTS from the Usher Hall, Verdi's 'REQUIEM'.

• Parasite | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On an abandoned oil rig in the middle of the North Sea Dr. Christine Hansen (Saskia Gould) is charged with the task of testing an experimental fluid that could revolutionise the oil industry. A crew of engineers accompany Hansen but within hours one of them goes missing in mysterious circumstances. Things quickly go from bad to worse when an environmental activist and his associate seize control of the rig and hold everyone hostage. However soon the captors and captives will have to

• Celibidache And Bruckner's Mass In F Minor | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A fascinating film by Jan Schmidt-Garre documenting the legendary Celibidache's rehearsal and performance of Bruckner's mighty Mass in F minor. This sixty-minute film records the process of preparing this magnificent work and includes rare footage of Celibidache discussing his special relationship to Bruckner and his F minor Mass.