Classical Music

• King Of Swing | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The Kings Of Swing Over 50 Of Their Most Memorable Songs.The men, their voices, their humour, became the trademark of top class entertainment the world over. Together, and separately, they wowed the world with their five star performances and we are delighted to present this 'special edition' DVD set showcasing the matchless talents of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, performing in their own inimitable style the songs that transformed them into household names the world over. Each of the 3 DVDs displays their individual talents with such classics as 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now' (Dean), 'What Kind Of Fool Am I (Sammy) and 'Fly Me To The Moon' (Frank) plus footage of their hilarious on-stage antics including a host of Sammy's hallmark impressions (whenever he's allowed!). As individuals these men gave the world some of the finest and most enduring ballads of modern times, but together their entertainment value knew no bounds, and in this magnificent DVD set we give you three of the best artistes the world has seen singing the songs they made their own.

• The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Tour | DVD | (31/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rolling Stones (The) - Voodoo Lounge In Japan

• Kurtis Blow - The Hip Hop Anniversary Tour | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Kurtis Blow was the first commercially successful solo Rap artist and the first rapper to sign an album deal with a major label with mainstream success. Along with this accolade came other firsts such as the first who received certified gold for one of the first mainstream Rap hits (The Breaks in 1980) and the first hip hop artist who went on a national and international concert tour. Commercially speaking he was also the first rapper to record a national commercial for Sprite the first rapper to use the sample loop and finally the first rapper with a music video clip (Basketball). Kurtis Blows also branched out into production and scored major success as a producer producing artists like the Fat Boys Run DMC. He was also voted Rap's producer of the year 1983 / 85 and considered to be the first Hip Hop millionaire. He released 10 albums over 11 years with an endless list of hit songs. This DVD captures Kurtis on the Hip Hop Anniversary tour of Germany in 2008 and finds Kurtis in his element in front of a wildly enthusiastic audience.

• Giordano - Andrea Chenier (Questa, Del Monaco, Stella) | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Zoot Sims - In a Sentimental Mood | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £13.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (12.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a film shot just months before he died in 1985, legendary saxophonist Zoot Sims plays such jazz classics as Gone with the Wind, In a Sentimental Mood, Autumn Leaves and Castle Blues. With Red Mitchell on bass and Rune Gustafsson on guitar.Throughout his career, Sims played with renowned bands, including Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Stan Kenton, and Buddy Rich. Sims was also one of Woody Herman's Four Brothers, and he was known among his peers as one of the strongest swingers in the field. He frequently led his own combos and sometimes toured with his friend Gerry Mulligan's sextet, and later with Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band.Tracklist:In A Sentimental MoodGone With The WindCastle BluesSweet Lorraine'tis AutumnAutumn Leaves

• A Prairie Home Companion: 30th Broadcast Season Celebration | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Every Saturday just before 5 p.m. the crowd in the Fitzgerald Theater settles down and the ON AIR light flashes red and A Prairie Home Companion goes out live coast-to-coast on the radio airwaves into the homes and cars of its countless fans most of whom have never laid eyes on the show. Now thanks to an innovation called Video they can. The disc in this box contains not only audio but also full-color moving images of a live performance of the radio show including the signature News from Lake Wobegon monologue a Guy Noir Private Eye thriller a western episode with Dusty and Lefty and much more - gospel star Jearlyn Steele jazz sweetheart Inga Swearingen killer country band BR549 the distinguished The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with piano wizard Richard Dworsky plus the timeless Tim Russell insouciant Sue Scott and sound-effects genii Tom Keith and Fred Newman and hosted by Garrison Keillor.

• Angela Gheorghiu-Opera Recital | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Angela Gheorghiu live from Convent Gardens includes : Handel (1685-1759) Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga (Act II). Mozart (1756-1791) Le nozze di figaro: Pordi amor (Act II). Massenet (1842-1912) Manon: Allons ! Il le faut pour lui-meme... Adieu notre petite table (Act III). Chapentier (1860-1956) Louise: Depuis le jour (Act III). Puccini (1858-1924) Turandot: Tu Che di gel sei cinta (Act III) Madama Butterfly: Un bel di Verdremo (Act II). Cilea (1866-1950) Lecouvreur: Ecco: respiro appena. Io son I'umile appena.Io son I'umile ancella (Act I). Bellini (1801-1835) Norma: Casta Diva... Ah! bello a me ritorma (Act I). Encores/Zugaben/Bis Puccini Gianna Schicchi: O mia babbino caro. Brediceanu (1877-1988) La Seceris: Cate flori pr deal in sus. Loewe (1901-1988) My Fair Lady: I couls have danced all night (Act I). Angelo Gheorghiu sopran/sopran orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

• Bellini - Norma (Theodossiou, Palacios, Ventre, Zanellato) | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £19.31   |  Saving you £5.68 (22.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Bellini - Norma (Theodossiou Palacios Ventre Zanellato)

• America Music Legacy - Country & Western | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £8.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (43.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  America Music Legacy: Country & Western

• Leaving Home - Orchestral Music In The 20th Century - Vol. 4 - Three Journeys Through Dark Landscapes | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle the foremost British conductor of our day this series forms a fascinating introduction to and overview of the music of the 20th century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler t

• Beethoven - Symphony No 3 / Coriolanus Overture | DVD | (02/04/2002) from £16.67   |  Saving you £-5.42 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Two of Beethoven's most powerful orchestral works, the third symphony ("Eroica") and the Coriolanus Overture, get vigorous, refined performances from the Czech and Slovak orchestras, but music is only part of this package. More important is the splendid panorama of Paris and Versailles presented for nearly an hour. While the orchestras play Beethoven's musical essays on heroism, the camera wanders from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, Sacré Coeur, Les Invalides, the Bibliothèque Nationale, and the Arc de Triomphe; it browses the city's open-air markets and bookstalls, views the Seine's bridges and busy boat traffic, the city's wonderful variety of parks and fountains, its drivers and pedestrians. The pictures' flow seems correlated to the music's mood, pace, and dynamics. The "Eroica" is a logical choice for a musical journey through Paris because the Symphony No. 3 was inspired by Napoleon, who shows up in portraits and memorabilia during the slow movement. --Joe McLellan

• Robert Farnon Conducting The London Phlharmonic Orchestra - 100th Anniversary Concert | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £8.65   |  Saving you £1.34 (15.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  On Sunday 31 January 1971 a capacity audience filled London's Royal Albert Hall for one of a series of special concerts to mark the centenary of this world-famous venue. This DVD features the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing compositions and arrangements by Robert Farnon with the maestro conducting, and after thirty-six years it is wonderful to see Farnon again in full command of the forces of one of Britain's great symphony orchestras. During his long career he conducted all of the four major symphony orchestras of the capital. By the time that this concert was staged Farnon had been in demand in concert halls throughout Europe and America, where he appeared at Carnegie Hall. He had made highly praised recordings with Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Lena Horne, Eileen Farrell, Vera Lynn, Sheila Southern and Tony Bennett, and with Tony Bennett it was only natural that they should be paired for this very prestigious event celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall. Robert Farnon was widely regarded as the world's greatest composer of Light Orchestral music during the second half of the twentieth century. He was also revered as an arranger of superb quality, having influenced most of the top writers on both sides of the Atlantic during the second half of the 20th century. A great lover of jazz, some of his closest friends were Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Sir George Shearing, George Benson and J.J. Johnson. TRACK LISTING 1. FARNON FANTASY MEDLEY - A Star Is Born, Peanut Polka, Jumping Bean, Westminster Waltz, Portrait Of A Flirt, State Occasion 2. A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE 3. FROM THE HIGHLANDS 4. "PORGY AND BESS" SUITE

• Mozart: Violin Sonatas | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-9.38 (-40.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Mozart: Violin Sonatas (Shaham)

• Naxos Musical Journey: Night Music, Vols. 1 and 2 | DVD | (05/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Waldbuhne 1995 - American Night | DVD | (10/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A compilation of music conducted by Simon Rattle. Includes the works:- `Rhapsody In Blue` and `Summertime` - George Gershwin `Candide` - Leonard Bernstein and `Berliner Luft` - Paul Lincke.

• Don Cherry's Multikulti | DVD | (15/02/2010) from £13.43   |  Saving you £7.82 (64.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Don Cherry (1936-1995) created an influential legacy by contrasting his Bebop-style Jazz with genres such as Free Jazz and World music. His rise to prominence came in the late 1950s performing Free Jazz with Ornette Coleman. Their music not only shook up the Jazz community with their avant garde sound and inventive compositional structure, but became part of the liberating social revolution that resonated in 1960s American culture. '...one of the most lyrical and important jazz trumpeters'- ...

• Ace Frehley -Behind The Player | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £15.61   |  Saving you £-3.62 (-30.20%)   |  RRP £11.99

  New !!! Neuf !!! Neu !!! Nuovo !!! Nuevo !!!

• Mozart - Amadeus | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £4.44   |  Saving you £12.81 (402.83%)   |  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.

• The Mills Brothers - Harlem Roots Vol.3 - Rhythm In Harmony | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The films included in this compilation are known as Soundies. Over two thousand of these films were made between 1941 and 1947. Using the best possible sources, Storyville Films has painstakingly restored the Soundies in this program. In some cases the available prints were not up to our usual excellent standards. We have chosen to include those films because of their historic value.Artists Include:The Mills Brothers.The Delta Rhythm Boys.The Deep River Boys.The Charioteers.The Jubalaires.

• Vivaldi - Gloria and Other Sacred Music | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £17.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (10.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Vivaldi - Gloria And Other Sacred Music