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• Jess Franco: Complete Collection | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The Man The Myth The Legend: Jess Franco With over 190 movies to his name Jess Franco is without a doubt one of the most active and prolific directors in the history of European cinema. His unique style and creativity have garnered him a vast cult following over the years and a reputation as being the master of erotic exploitation. This is a collection of fifteen sexually-charged classics from the underrated genius of superlative art-house. Containing digitally mastered versions of his most revered work including Eugenie: Marquis De Sade's Philosophy in the Boudior (starring Christopher Lee) Barbed Wire Dolls Jack The Ripper (starring Klaus Kinski) and Mansion Of The Living Dead this is the definitive collection for any Jess Franco fan.

• Various Composers - Marilyn Horne in Recital | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £22.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (10.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  HANDEL: Semela Awake Saturnia ... Iris hence awayBEETHOVEN: In questa tomba oscura. Ich liebe dich. Busslied.ALVAREZ: La Partida.MONTSALVATGE: Cancion de cuna.GRANADOS: La Maja dolorosa.OBRADORS: El VitoROSSINI: Semiramide Ah quel giorno ... Oh come da quel diDUPARC: L'invitation au voyage. Extase. Le manoir de Rosemonde.COPLAND: Simple Gifts. Ching a Ring chaw. Long Time Ago. At the River.DONIZETTI: Lucrezia Borgia Il segreto per esser felice (Brindisi).ROSSINI: Se il vuol la molinara.FOSTER: Beautiful Dreamer. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.Live Performance June 2 1981. Teatro alla Scala Milan.

• Marilyn Horne: A Portrait | DVD | (17/07/2001) from £31.70   |  Saving you £-11.71 (-58.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As one of America's most treasured and delightful opera singers, mezzo soprano Marilyn Horne was justly lauded in this 1994 profile, originally made for the South Bank Show arts programme. At work as one of the finest bel canto singers of the 20th century or at rest looking poignantly back at her career--the making of the film coincided with her 60th birthday--Horne is splendid company. She was born with singing in her blood, trying her hand at everything from the church choir to jingles, pirate pop singles--she did a mean Kay Starr impersonation--and supplying a singing voice for Dorothy Dandridge in the 1954 film of Carmen Jones before embarking on a career as a classical artist. Horne effectively learned her trade during four years at Gelsenkirchen, going on to form a legendary singing partnership with Joan Sutherland and blazing a trail for the mezzo soprano roles--Arsace in Semiramide has been her signature--through the world's greatest opera houses. But for all her success, Horne has retained a down-to-earth openness which permeates this documentary and has rendered her equally at home on the recital stage or in grand opera costume. She speaks with simple brilliance about the singer's technique and about her desire to broaden the appeal of opera. A fascinating portrait of one hell of a dame. On the DVD: At just 52 minutes, the original programme is too short to do Horne full justice. Even so, the film is packed with enough archive footage to whet the appetite of the novice fan. The sound format is Dolby Digital 2.0--adequate enough to do justice to Horne's extraordinary range and genius for ornamentation, and the picture format can be adjusted from the standard 4:3 to 1.78:1 although both do little more than replicate the look and feel of the original television transmission. Detailed booklet notes compensate for the lack of extras on the DVD itself--a biography or career chronology would have been more than handy. --Piers Ford