Classical Music

• Mozart: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor KV 550 / Symphony No. 31 In D Major - Paris KV 297 | DVD | (22/12/2004) from £4.93   |  Saving you £10.06 (67.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A performance by the RSO Stuttgart and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg in 1991.

• Yo Yo Ma - Cello Suites No. 1 And No. 2 | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-6.57 (-82.20%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Musician Yo Yo Ma and the Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello by Bach. The Music Garden: 'What if we created a garden inspired by Bach?' In their quest for the answer Yo-Yo Ma and garden designer Julie Moir Messervy journey from Boston to Toronto across bureaucratic miles of frustration and through seasons of changing hope. Their remarkable tale is movingly documented by filmmaker Kevin McMahon. The Sound Of The Carceri: Imagine Giovanni Battista Piranesi's daz

• Mahler: Symphony No. 5 | Blu Ray | (19/05/2014) from £25.75   |  Saving you £4.24 (16.47%)   |  RRP £29.99

  As Riccardo Chailly points out, 'The Fifth begins with a dark, gloomy, and tragic tone, but then is enlivened in the Scherzo and Adagietto, and eventually ends with a more positive character in the Finale - perhaps for the last time in Mahler's life. The Adagietto is a revelation, a spiritual oasis. It is not an expression of pain, but rather Mahler's declaration of love to Alma - a song without words.' With the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Chailly gives the piece an unsu.

• Charpentier - Le Tombeau (Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale) | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £20.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (22.30%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Tracklisting:In honorem Sancti Ludovici regis GalliaeMiserereElevation Ave verum corpusDialogus inter Magdalenam et JesumO dulce o meffabile conviviumElevation pour la paix O bone Jesu dulcisEpitaphium CarpentariiMors Saulis et Jonathae

• The Wörld Is Ours - Vol 1 Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else | Blu Ray | (21/11/2011) from £20.89   |  Saving you £3.10 (14.84%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Tracklist:1. We Are Motorhead 2. Stay Clean 3. Get Back In Line 4. Metropolis 5. Over The Top 6. One Night Stand 7. Rock Out 8. The Thousand Names Of God 9. I Got Mine 10. I Know How To Die 11. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch 12. In The Name Of Tragedy 13. Just 'Cos You Got The Power 14. Going To Brazil 15. Killed By Death 16. Ace Of Spades 17. Overkill 18. Rock Out 19. The Thousand Names Of God 20. Killed By Death 21. We Are Motorhead 22. Stay Clean 23. Be My Baby 24. Get Back In Line 25. I Know How To Die 26. Born To Raise Hell 27. Get Back In Line 28. I Know How To Die

• The Paris Opera Ballet - Romeo And Juliet | Blu Ray | (25/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Rudolf Nureyev's Romeo & Juliet

• Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier | Blu Ray | (12/01/2009) from £36.43   |  Saving you £-6.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

• Various Composers - Passion Callas | DVD | (20/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Maria Callas: Passion Callas

• Tavener - Fall And Resurrection | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fall and Resurrection was conceived by Sir John Tavener, perhaps the leading present-day composer of British spiritual music, to mark the new Millennium. Its premiere, preserved on this recording, took place at St Paul's Cathedral in January 2000, the acoustic of that historical venue contributing much to an intensely emotional experience for the audience, the singers and the musicians. It is an epic, tonal poem in which Tavener sublimates his own artistic achievement in a series of primordial movements and chants which encapsulate moments before, during and after Creation, ultimately offering a vision of divine hope which is tumultuous and profoundly moving. The performances, particularly from soprano Patricia Rozario and bass Stephen Richardson, are absorbing; Richard Hickox at the helm of the City of London Sinfonia ensures that all due attention is paid to the complexity and detail of Tavener's score, which is based on a Byzantine chant and including a variety of ancient instruments, from the kaval to Tibetan temple bowls. As Tavener explains in the accompanying interviews, he sees music as "liquid metaphysics", and truly sacred music can only be achieved through the total self-effacement of the composer. Thus he sets the listener--and viewer--a daunting task. Rising to it is not merely an auditory challenge. It requires an almost physical surrender. This is music which is absorbed as much as heard. On the DVD: Fall and Resurrection, presented in 16:9 anamorphic format, is splendidly delivered via a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio track which transports the viewer to the vaulting interior heights of St. Paul's Cathedral. Extras include two interviews with Tavener in which he talks with fascinating intensity about his own faith, the role of the composer and the complex musical and spiritual images encompassed by this work. --Piers Ford

• Pathe Collection -Fabulous Fashions Of The 1940s | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £16.29   |  Saving you £-1.30 (-8.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Since its earliest days cinema has been the world's shop window for fashion. In the darkened emporium British Path'' Cinemagazines initially focussed on the Parisian modes but by the 1940's the emphasis was equally on the home grown fashions. From the ground-breaking glamour now synonymous with that era to the plight of war-time women trying to make the most of their clothing coupons Path'' Cinemagazines captured it all. This is the definitive collection of those newsreels and reports presented on DVD for the very first time. Service Into Civvies explores how much (and what) a Wren can buy with her demob money and Something Borrowed is a bittersweet story about women having to borrow their wedding dresses from the British War Relief fund. Make Do And Mend items include a demonstration of how to make a swimsuit from face towels and a great film showing how to make a jaunty hat from one of your hubby's old ones. There is also a wonderful film demonstrating how to create the perfect turban - essential 1940's headgear. Another item discusses the very real wartime worry of how ladies can get their hands on some decent nylons. Export Figures Revealed deals with the export trade in British lingerie items - a good excuse to see ladies in their underwear on the catwalk! Mainly For Women looks at Britain's supremacy in the new synthetic fabrics. For Path'' during the 40s the emphasis was definitely on how the ordinary woman in the street could make the most of her clothing coupons by making things herself mending things she already had and buying clothes for practical durability.

• George Strait - for the Last Time Live | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £125.83

• Ascension Oratorios - J.S. Bach - Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen BWV 11 / C.P.E. Bach - Die Auferstehung | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £31.70   |  Saving you £-11.71 (-58.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded live at the Church of St Nikolai Leipzig 16 May 2004 The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Oratorio for Ascension Day by Johann Sebastian Back

• Acoustic Guitar for Dummies | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Neck, frets, strings, tuning, chords, scales, strumming, single note playing, finger style and much more. And of course learning to play your favorite song...Songs on Acoustic Guitar For Dummies include: Imagine, House of the Rising Sun, Loosing My Religion, Layla, Stand By Me, Sounds of Silence and many more...

• Sir John Tavener - Choral Ikons | DVD | (11/10/2002) from £16.89   |  Saving you £3.10 (15.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Tavener has described his works as being like "Ikons in sound" and so it's a neat idea to bring visuals and music together in Choral Ikons. The driving creative force behind his music is his Orthodox Christian faith, and he talks eloquently about it and his belief in universality in the documentary "Manifestations of God". He also discusses the "muses beyond the grave" who gave their names to his Song for Athene and A Parting Gift for Tam Farrow, and offers some fascinating comments on William Blake (two of whose poems are set here). It's an illuminating glimpse into the mind of this erudite, yet musically approachable figure. The musical performances themselves, by James Whitbourne's small (14-voice) choir, are extremely compelling. They were recorded in the epic, arching spaces of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (in its time a church, then mosque and now museum). Highlights include the sustained and enthralling The Hymn of the Unwaning Light and the simple but memorable The Lord's Prayer. Unfortunately, visually the presentation is a mess, with an overload of technological trickery. This ranges from the irritating ruse of fading in and out single singers against a backdrop of frescoes and Blake paintings to the virtual reconstruction of how the Hagia Sophia might have looked in the sixth century, complete with Byzantine lighting. The result looks cheap, reminiscent of the crude graphics of early computer games. But if you can get over that obstacle you're in for an aural treat. On the DVD: Choral Ikons on disc includes Tavener's own commentary, plus a 12-minute introduction to Ikon painting (in Dutch with subtitles) by Robert J Roozemond, director of the Ikon Museum in The Hague. It's fascinating and strangely moving, which pretty much sums up the appeal of this issue. The disc is region-free and comes with Dolby surround or LPCM stereo options and impressively sharp 16:9 anamorphic picture. There are optional subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. A user-friendly booklet includes comments from Tavener, the virtual reality designers and background information. --Harriet Smith

• Handel: Teseo (Pal) | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £20.20   |  Saving you £7.78 (45.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera in Five ActsRecorded Live from the 8th to the 11th of July 2004 at the Schlosstheater Neues Palais Potsdam

• Legendary Performances: Tammy Wynette | DVD | (30/09/2010) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Collection of rare television performances from the '50s '60s and '70s by major country stars. Many of these clips housed in the CMF archives are being released on DVD for the first time making these the definitive DVD collections from country music royalty. Tammy Wynette reigned supreme on the country charts scoring dozens of hits on her way to becoming the First Lady Of Country Music. With rarely-seen versions of Stand By Your Man Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad and D-I-V-O-R-C-E plus two unreleased interviews wedding footage and more this DVD traces the rise of one of country music's finest performers.

• Manassas -The Lost Broadcasts | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £11.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.33%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Tracklisting:1. Soundcheck2. Bound To Fail 1 3. Bound To Fail 2 4. Bound To Fail 3 5. It Doesnt Matter 1 6. It Doesnt Matter 2 7. Hide It So Deep 8. Song Of Love 9. Rock N Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass 1 10. Jet Set (Sigh) 11. Anyway 12. The Treasure 13. Rock N Roll Crazies 2 14. Rock N Roll Crazies 3 15. Rock N Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass/Jet Set (Sigh) Jam

• Cage - One" With 103 for Large Orchestra | DVD | (01/04/2016) from £16.35   |  Saving you £4.64 (22.10%)   |  RRP £20.99

• Beethoven's 3rd/Beethoven's 4th | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Beethoven's 3rd: Everyone's favorite St. Bernard is back in an all-new adventure-filled comedy that will leave you begging for more! The story begins as Richard Newton his wife Beth daughter Sara and son Brennan prepare for a cross-country drive to a family reunion. For Richard it's a dream vacation. For his family it's boredom on wheels - until the appearance of a surprise passenger: the huge rollicking slobbering lovable dog Beethoven. Richard has promised to take Beethoven to the reunion and deliver him to his owner Richard's brother. Beth and Brennan are less than thrilled with this news especially when the excitable Beethoven unleashes a string of canine calamities! But when two bumbling thieves threaten the safety of the Newtons it's Beethoven who sets out to put the bite on the bad guys and forever win a place in his new family's hearts. (Dir. David M. Evans 1999) Beethoven's 4th: It's double trouble as America's most lovable dog Beethoven is back in an all-new hilarious adventure! When Beethoven's lack of social graces gets to be too much for the Newtons the kids secretly enroll him in an obedience school. A Beethoven-style twist on the tale of the Prince and the Paw-per is unleashed when during a walk in the park Beethoven gets loose only to find himself mixed up with Michelangelo a perfectly-trained dog who looks just like him! While the Newtons can't believe how well-behaved their dog has suddenly become the real Beethoven wreaks havoc in the home of the rich and snooty Sedgwick family. As chaos reigns - will the dogs ever find their rightful owners? Judge Reinhold (Beverly Hills Cop) and Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live Pat) returns as the Newton parents in this laugh-out-loud comedy that proves you can teach an old dog new tricks. (Dir. David M. Evans 2001)

• Classic Archive - Mstislav Rostropovich | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rostropovich / Richter - Classic Archive