"Actor: Vienna Philharmonic"

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  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.

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Karl Bohm - In Rehearsal and Performance (Strauss Don Juan) | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (60.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Karl Bohm In Rehearsal & Performance

• Mozart - Amadeus | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD collection features pivotal performances of Mozart's operatic master-pieces - a classical hit parade of past and present vocal legends in an unprecedented tribute to this most popular of composers.Excerpts from:Don Giovanni - Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail - Le Nozze Di Figaro - Die Zauberflote - Cosi Fan Tutte - Mitridate Re Di Ponto - Idomeneo - Requiem.

• Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Dramma giocoso in due atti K588 in two acts.Recorded live at The Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburg August 1983.

• Pierre Boulez In Rehearsal | DVD | (21/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An insight into the rehearsal techniques of Pierre Boulez plus an extensive interview. Includes 'Berg - Three Pieces For Orchestra - Opus 6' and 'Boulez - Notations 1 To 4'.

• New Year's Concert In Vienna | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The television broadcast from Vienna of the New Years Day concert has attracted to the podium across the past 40 years or so a number of starry conductors, but none more so than Carlos Kleiber, that elusive maestro who in some respects represents the antithesis of the late-20th century model (consider his slim discography). In this 1989 concert he brings to life the music of the Strauss family in an extraordinarily vital manner. Caught on film under the vigilant eye of director Brian Large, Kleiber, with an economical set of gestures including a seemingly extended left arm that sends the music winging on its way, has the Vienna Philharmonic strings giving off a lustrous shine unique even by their standards, while the brass (trumpets and horns) ring out with an Alpine freshness that sends a tingle down the spine of the listener. The programme blends firm favourites such as the waltzes--Accelerations, The Blue Danube and Artists Life--with less-often played pieces such as the The Dragonfly polka where Kleibers arm at one moment seems to be drawing the insects flight-path. Theres one break from tradition in that there is no dancing in this film. Brian Large knows the music inside out, providing close-ups at key moments such as the lovingly shaped introduction to the Artists Life waltz, which begins with a breathtakingly played account of the opening tune on oboe. The orchestra, in morning dress, join in with song during At Home with Us. Play this at the end of a weary day and be transported to another world of unadulterated musical luxury. On the DVD: there are no extra features, just a set of advertisements for current Deutsche Grammophon DVDs including Kleibers own Der Rosenkavalier. --Adrian Edwards

• Wiener Festwochen 1962 - Wiener Philarmoniker - Hans Knappertsbusch | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £47.85   |  Saving you £-31.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Beethoven / Wagner: Knappertsbuch At The Wiener Festwochen