Wiener Festwochen 1963 - Wiener Philarmoniker - Hans Knappertsbusch | DVD | (03/11/2003)
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| RRP A performance of Act One of Wagner's Die Walkure at the Wiener Festwochen in 1963. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch.
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Herbert Von Karajan - Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 In E Minor Op. 95 From The New World | DVD | (01/10/1999)
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro -- 1966 Salzburg Festival/Bohm | DVD | (19/09/2003)
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| RRP A performance of Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro featured at the Salzburg Festival in 1966. Karl Bohm conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mozart - Violin Concertos 1-5, Sinfonia Concertante (Kremer) | DVD | (10/04/2006)
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New Year's Concert 2005 | DVD | (31/01/2005)
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Various Composers - New Year's Concert 2006 (Jansons) | DVD | (30/01/2006)
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New Year's Concert 2003 -- The Director's Cut | DVD | (17/02/2003)
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| RRP Neujahrskonzert 2003 (New Year's Concert 2003)Part 1:Johann Strauss:Kaiser Franz Joseph I. - Rettungs-Jubel-MarschSchatz-WalzerNiko-PolkaScherz-PolkaJoseph Strauss:Delirien WalzerPele-Mele Polka schnellPart 2:Weber/Berlioz:Aufforderung zum TanzeJohann Strauss:Secunden-Polka francaiseHellenen-PolkaKaiser-WalzerBauern-PolkaLob der Frauen Polka MazurJohann Strauss Vater:Chineser-GaloppJohannes Brahms:Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 5Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 6Johann Strauss:Kronungslieder WalzerLeichtes Blut Polka schnellEncores:Johann Strauss:Furioso PolkaAn der schonen blauenDonau WalzerJohann Strauss Vater:Radetzky-Marsch
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New Year's Concert 2009 | DVD | (09/02/2009)
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Wiener Festwochen 1963 - Wiener Philarmoniker - Hans Knappertsbusch | DVD | (03/07/2006)
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| RRP A performance of Wagner's Die Walkure at the Wiener Festwochen in 1963. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch.
New Year's Concert 2004 | DVD | (09/02/2004)
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| RRP The New Year's Concert recorded in Vienna featuring the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Riccardo Muti. The theme of this concert is Johann Strauss Father and Sons and celebrates the two hundredth anniversary of the elder Johann Strauss' birth.
L'Upupa Und Der Triumph Der Sohnesliebe - Henze | DVD | (06/12/2004)
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| RRP Hans Werner Henze: L'UpupaUnd der Triumph der SohnesliebeEin deutsches Lustspiel in elf Tableaux aus dem ArabischenRecorded live at the Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburg 12-26 August 2003.
Wiener Festwochen 1962 - Wiener Philarmoniker - Hans Knappertsbusch | DVD | (29/09/2003)
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| RRP Hans Knappertsbusch and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra perform at the Wiener Festwochen, 31st of May 1962. Programme:Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3Beethoven: Piano Concerto in G Major (Wilhelm Backhaus on piano)Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel & Liebestod (Birgit Nilsson, soprano)
New Year's Day Concert 2001 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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| RRP The 2001 Vienna New Year's Day Concert was always bound to strike sparks. Having built his reputation in Baroque and early music, Nikolaus Harnoncourt has recently brought his re-creative insights to the standard Classical repertoire. How typical then that he should open proceedings with the original version of the Radetzky March--urbane compared to the familiar version, whose hearty militarism closes the concert in style. In between there's an enterprising selection of Strauss waltzes and polkas from Johanns I and II, the subtle and underrated Josef, and three numbers by Josef Lanner, whose restrained lilt provides the link between Schubert and the Strauss Family. Harnoncourt brings out the rhythmic vigour of this music, the astringent sound of woodwind and brass often heard over the strings, though there's no doubting the expressive sweep of the inevitable Blue Danube waltz. On the DVD: Directed for video by Brian Large, the atmosphere of the occasion comes over in full, aided by the tangibility of 16:9 picture format and 5.1 surround sound--though PCM Linear Stereo is also an option. Three ballet sequences, including a hilarious steam train race to Johann II's Excursion Train polka, are sensibly included as an appendix. Each of the 17 concert tracks is separately indexed, but still-frame histories of the event and of the Musikverein venue, edited from Clemens Hellsberg's booklet article, make for a poor special feature. Why no documentary film? However, this remains the best concert of its kind for almost a decade, and can safely be invested in as such. --Richard Whitehouse
New Year's Day Concert 2002 | DVD | (13/02/2002)
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| RRP The annual New Year's Day Concert is the traditional Strauss gala with the Vienna Philharmonic marking the turn of the calendar in the spectacularly beautiful Musikverein. For the first time in 2002 the concert was conducted by Seiji Ozawa and the light-hearted nature of the event finds this always engaging conductor at his most impishly playful. The works of Joseph and Johann Strauss more-or-less alternate, opening with Johann's Zivio! march and closing, 108 minutes later, with the traditional clap-along to the Radetzky-March. Among the polkas and waltzes, including a ravishing encore of the Blue Danube waltz, other highlights include the overture to Die Fledermaus, which gets the second half of the concert off to a rousing start. Johann's little known Perpetuum mobile controversially brings politics to the occasion, being used to mark the introduction of the Euro. Perhaps this is why it is immediately followed by a Danse Diabolique by Joseph Hellmesberger jnr, the one none-Strauss work in the programme? However, sly satire is soon forgotten as the delightful Elisen-Polka sweeps devilish thoughts away with its delightful melody. A wonderful time is had by all and while watching on TV can never recreate the atmosphere of being there it is all still hugely enjoyable. On the DVD: The New Year's Day Concert 2002 has possibly the first classical music DVD "director's cut", as prepared by the ever dependable veteran of classical music videos, Brian Large. What this means is that the four filmed inserts which were included in the broadcast version of the concert appear here as extras, the concert playing complete without ever leaving the hall. These and the concert itself are presented in an excellent 16:9 anamorphic picture. Sound defaults to good PCM stereo but there are options for a superior Dolby Digital 5.0 mix, and a wonderfully rich and atmospheric 5.0 DTS track. There are four trailers for further TDK music DVDs, a picture gallery of Seiji Ozawa, and a tourism promotional video for Vienna with noticeably poorer picture quality than everything else on the disc.--Gary S. Dalkin
Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera - Verdi | DVD | (01/04/2005)
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| RRP John Schlesinger directs Placido Domingo in Verdi's opera...
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Valery Gergiev Conducts The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | DVD | (01/07/2002)
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| RRP Valery Gergiev's career knows few bounds, and this concert from the 2000 Salzburg Festival finds him guiding the Vienna Philharmonic through three 20th-century Russian classics with typically edge-of-seat charisma. After a ponderous start, Prokofiev's Classical Symphony goes with style and subtlety. Alfred Schnittke's Viola Concerto has the extreme emotional range expected of this still-controversial composer, but soloist and dedicatee Yuri Bashmet covers all bases in this powerfully focused account. The concert ends with Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird in its complete 1910 version (ignore what it says in the next-to-useless booklet note). If lacking the vividness that Gergiev's Kirov orchestra would bring to it, there's no doubting the sophistication or the commitment of the Vienna players. Gergiev's conducting grows more unorthodox by the year--at times evoking a shamanistic Max Bygraves--but his energy and communicating zeal are something else. On the DVD: Valery Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is presented on DVD in a 16:9 aspect ratio that reproduces Brian Large's incisive direction with the expected clarity; plus there's a choice of PCM Stereo, Dolby 5.1 or DTS options. The special feature--subtitled in four European languages--consists of a chat with Gergiev on Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and a lengthier conversation with Bashmet on his association with Schnittke and the genesis of the Viola Concerto, with enough amusing anecdotes to keep listeners intrigued while listening to the music. --Richard Whitehouse
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Johann Strauss Gala | DVD | (05/04/2000)
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| RRP Not only did 1999 mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss Sr., but the centenary of the passing of his son, Johann Strauss, "The Waltz King". To commemorate, on the evening of May 29, 1999 in Vienna's grand Heldenplatz almost 8,000 people gathered for a gala concert. This Wiener Philharmoniker performance was conducted by Zubin Meta (who had previously conducted the The Three Tenors, one of whom, José Carreras is here joined by soprano Andrea Rost for two duets from Strauss operettas). At 103 minutes this DVD offers 19 selections, but either there was an interval after just six pieces, or considering how rapidly it gets dark between "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka" and the "Overture" from Die Fledermaus, there has been some cutting. Given such a great orchestra and the wonderful setting, it would have been nice to see people dancing to what is after all, real dance music. Despite the static nature of the event, the music is still uplifting, moving even the staid Vienna audience to clap along by the finale of the rousing "Radetzky March".On the DVD: Other than some useful booklet notes there are no special features, and unlike most other Arthaus titles the sound is offered only in stereo Dolby Digital and PCM stereo. This is presumably due to the difficulties associated with outdoor acoustics and live recording which nearly prevented the concert going ahead. The anamorphically enhanced picture generally makes the most of the spectacular location, having a clarity in the close-ups such that it is virtually possible to count the hairs on the musicians heads.--Gary S. Dalkin
Karl Bohm - Mozart Symphonies 2 | DVD | (10/07/2006)
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Karl Bohm - Mozart Symphonies 1 | DVD | (10/07/2006)
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| RRP Mozart: Symphonies 29 40 41 34 35 (Bohm)
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Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 | DVD | (27/02/2006)
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| RRP The recording took place in the St. Florian Church (Stiftskirche St. Florian) in Linz Austria; it is here that Bruckner is buried where he was organist and where themes of this symphony were first heard in an organ improvisation played by him in 1886Boulez's much discussed interpretation is unique in its clarity of the musical structure without losing the rich expression of the symphony.
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