Classical Music

• 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 £25.00   |  Saving you £100.83 (403.32%)   |  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 £21.29   |  Saving you £-1.30 (N/A%)   |  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 £23.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (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

• Classic Rock Legends - Van Der Graaf Generator | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Live music concert recorded at Metropolis Studios Filmed and recorded in late December 2010 this Van Der Graaf Generator concert took place in an intimate club atmosphere with just 120 guests jammed into Metropolis Studios London. The atmosphere of this concert was simply incredible and will never be recaptured. It includes the new songs Your Time Starts Now; Bunsho and Mr. Sands. Also included in the 89 minute concert set are many of the band's greats like Man-Erg. Footage and menus include rehearsal and setup for the concert. Tracklist: Interference Patterns Nutter Alert Your Time Starts Now Lemmings Lifetime Bunsho Childlike Faith Mr. Sands Over The Hill We Are Not Here Man-Erg

• Mirella Freni - Live in Concert | DVD | (27/09/2019) from £11.68   |  Saving you £1.31 (10.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mirella Freni - Live In Concert

• Berlioz Rediscovered - Gardiner | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  This new DVD brings together two concert performances with Gardiner a leading Berlioz interpreter conducting his Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique. This is a new and unique coupling of two fabulous live concerts! The Symphonie Fantastique is a glorious orchestral tour de force which is central to the repertoire of every major orchestra. It is performed here on original instruments in its original 1830's orchestration in the atmospheric old hall of the Paris Conservatoire where it was first heard. The other work is the first performance of the newly discovered Messe Solennelle. Written when Berlioz was just 20 years old it was thought lost until its rediscovery in 1992. The first performance of this large-scale Mass for 150 years was filmed in London's Westminster Cathedral and is a very special musical occasion. Gardiner's period-instrument orcehstra gives characteristically idiomatic performances of these seminal works (which are also linked thematically through Berlioz's extensive re-use of material from the Messe).

• Deva, Premal and Miten:In Concert with Manose | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (-7.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Yoga of Sacred Song and Chant Deva Premal & Miten in concert with special guest Manose recorded live in Byron Bay Australia 2008. Tracklisting: 1. GAYATRI MANTRA 2. TWAMEVA 3. CALMA E TRANQUILIDADE 4. MAHA MRITYUNJAYA MANTRA 5. AWAKENING 6. SO SINGS RASIKA 7. SHAMNO MITRA 8. MOTHER INSIDE 9. YOU GOTTA MOVE 10. TUMARE DARSHAN 11. FREE SPIRIT (ASHES TO ASHES) 12. RADHE GOVINDA 13. SO MUCH MAGNIFICENCE 14. MOOLA MANTRA INVOCATION (REPRISE)

• Beatles 1 -30, Karaoke Backings | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  With illuminated lyrics on screen, it's never been easier to sing along to your favourite Beatles tracks thanks to this comprehensive karaoke collection. With 30 brilliant tracks including 'Love Me Do', 'All You Need Is Love' and 'Let It Be', this is your chance to be the next Lennon or McCartney!
  
  Track Listing: 1 Love Me Do 2 From Me To You 3 She Loves You 4 I Want To Hold Your Hand 5 Can't Buy Me Love 6 A Hard Day's Night 7 I Feel Fine 8 Eight Days A Week 9 Tick...

• James Brown - Live at Montreux | DVD | (28/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Trashes the World | DVD | (11/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Track Listing: 1.Trash2.Billion Dollar Babies3.I'm Eighteen4.I'm Your Gun5.Desperado6.House Of Fire7.No More Mr. Nice Guy8.This Maniac's In Love With You9.Steven10.Welcome To My Nightmare11.Ballad Of Dwight Fry12.Gutter Cats VS The Jets13.Only Women Bleed14.I Love The Dead15.Poison16.Muscle Of Love17.Spark In The Dark18.Bed Of Nails19.School's Out20.Under My Wheels21.Only My Heart Talkin

• Nielsen - Complete Symphonies (Dausgaard, Danish Nso) | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Dacapo's recording of Carl Nielsen's symphonies by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR conducted by Michael Schonwandt has already established itself as a reference recording on the international classical CD market. Now the same outstanding interpretation of all six symphonies can be experienced on DVD with a new opportunities for in-depth study of both the music and a stimulating 60 minutes documentary that offers new perspectives on Denmark's national composer.Plus: The Light And The Darkness - On Carl Nielsen's Life and Music.

• Italo Disco: the Sparkling Sound of the 80s | DVD | (29/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A