Classical Music

• Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Concert | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £21.92   |  Saving you £-2.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Dmitri Hvorostovsky In Concert

• Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday | Blu Ray | (28/10/2013) from £19.05   |  Saving you £-2.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  'Move Me Brightly' is a film based around a musical gathering at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, California to mark what would have been Jerry Garcia's 70th birthday on 3rd August, 2012. The revolving line-up of performers included fellow Grateful Dead members along with many guest artists who joined together to celebrate Jerry Garcia's life and work. The evening's programme was originally conceived by film director Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill, and the compl...

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 | Blu Ray | (04/04/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Crazy Heart/ Walk The Line Double Pack | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £6.92   |  Saving you £6.07 (87.72%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Crazy HeartIn a career filled with unforced, naturalistic performances, Jeff Bridges gives one of his finest in Crazy Heart. His oft-married, booze-soaked troubadour Bad Blake has just rolled into Santa Fe when he meets Maggie Gyllenhaal's journalist Jean. "Where do all the songs come from?" she asks during their initial encounter. "Life, unfortunately", he sighs. Against Jean's better judgement, her fling with Blake blooms into a full-fledged relationship. Between gigs, Blake hangs out with the divorcée and her 4-year-old son, with whom he establishes an instant rapport, possibly because the musician is just an overgrown kid himself (and also because he hasn't seen his own boy in years). While Blake plays juke joints, his protégé, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell, cast against type to fine effect), plays stadiums, but just when director Scott Cooper's debut seems to be going down the same path as A Star Is Born, Sweet offers his mentor an opportunity that could revive his reputation--at the expense of his still-healthy ego. Between Jean and Tommy, things start looking up for Blake until a critical error puts his stab at redemption in jeopardy. Once Robert Duvall enters the scene as Blake's favourite bartender, it's clear that Cooper has Tender Mercies in his sights, but Crazy Heart, which features music by T-Bone Burnett and rough-hewn singing by its Golden Globe-winning star, plays more like a sincere cover version than a strikingly original composition. Still, like Duvall's in Tender Mercies, Bridges's performance is Oscar-worthy. --Kathleen C. FennessyWalk The LineCharting the life stories of both legendary musician Johnny Cash and singer June Carter, Walk The Line has proven to be among the most popular music biopics of all time. And with good reason. Spearheaded by two superb performances (which we’ll come to shortly), the film’s main focus is on Cash himself, from his childhood, early successes, eventual troubles through to the legendary concert of Folsom Prison. His journey also takes in drug problems, the tragedy that haunted him and bumpy relationships with the women in his life. Throughout, of course, there’s Cash’s enviable body of musical work, which not only helps provide markers for his story, but makes for an excellent soundtrack to the movie as a whole. As a film, Walk The Line is resolutely formulaic, with a structure that’ll be familiar to anyone who regularly watches biopics of this ilk. What really helps this one stand tall though are Joaquin Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon. Pheonix is utterly compelling in the lead role, while Witherspoon is back on the form she displayed back in the days of Election. James Mangold’s direction is fine and uncluttered, and while his film clearly chooses which elements of Cash’s life to focus on (there’s certainly far more to know than you get in the two and a quarter hours here), it works extremely well as an entry point into the life story of a great musician. Even the casual viewer will get a lot from Walk The Line, and it may even compel them to expand their CD collection off the back of it.--Simon Brew

• Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge UNCUT | Blu Ray | (16/11/2018) from £5.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jazz On A Summers Day | DVD | (28/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: In 1958, celebrated photographer Bert Stern was inspired by a friend to "take pictures" of the Newport Jazz Festival. Following a turn of events, Stern decided to produce a full fledged motion picture. It would become his only film. By breaking many cinematic taboos, Stern recreated the look of his still photography into motion with a dazzling display of rich human observation and some of the most remarkable scenes of live jazz ever brought to the screen. When it premiered at the Venice Film Festival rumours of an American "New Wave" swirled. Although the principle emphasis of JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY is on the performances of such legendary artists as Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Mahalis Jackson, and Thelonious Monk, Stern's camera also fills us with illuminating images of America at its best. Whether it's a birds eye view of the rich in their yachts or young from Brooklyn on a tour of Newport's picturesque streets and beaches, this is more than just a jazz film, it's the film of an era. ...Jazz on a Summer's Day ( Bert Stern's Jazz on a Summer's Day )

• Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (-33.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Part concert, part documentary, part travelogue, this video hit duplicates the success of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's albums and underscores his unique crossover appeal. Critical response to Bocelli has been confined to fusillades of scorn from classical and opera writers, but the bullet-proof superstar is better understood in the context of a mainland European tradition of pop-classical fusion. Bocelli cheerfully ignores the supposed wall between high (classical) art and low (pop) kitsch with his mix of operatic chestnuts, soft pop and traditional Italian songs.Indeed, despite interview segments in which he proclaims his love of opera or proudly recalls an apprenticeship to operatic veteran Franco Corelli, Bocelli comes across as more fan than virtuoso. But if his voice can prompt technical cavils from hard-core opera buffs, the blind singer's emotional directness and relative lack of onstage preening explain much of his populist appeal. Featured songs include warhorse arias, leading off with the "Louie, Louie" of tenor showpieces, Turandot's "Nessun Dorma" and duets with gruff Italian pop-rocker Zucchero and sopranos Nuccia Focile and Sarah Brightman (who buddies up for the tear-jerking closer, "Time to Say Goodbye"). Even with the marquee bonus of those guests, however, A Night in Tuscany gets its biggest boost from the seductive Italian countryside, prominently featured in between-song segments, and in the romantic concert setting, Pisa's Piazza dei Cavalieri. --Sam Sutherland

• Rush Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £26.99   |  Saving you £-13.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Rush’s “Time Machine” shows in 2010 / 11 were one of the most anticipated tours ever. Celebrating 30 years since the 1981 release of their classic bestselling album “Moving Pictures” the band performed the entire album live for the first time as the centrepiece of the concerts. The shows also featured favourite tracks from across their lengthy career and two new songs expected to feature on their next studio album. As ever the concerts were a visual feast and sounded great with the band playing at the top of their form. Reviews for the tour have been amazing from both fans and critics alike and this DVD release is guaranteed to appeal to Rush fans everywhere. Bonus Features Alternative ending for “The Real History Of Rush: Episode 2” Outtakes from “History Of Rush: Episodes 2 & 17” Outtakes from “I Still Love You Man” Live from Laura Secord Secondary School (full clip from BLTS) Live from Passaic, NJ (full clip from BLTS).

• Paul Carrack - in Concert | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tracklisting: Silent Running / The Way I'm Feeling Tonight / Satisfied / Running Out Of Time / Together / Better Than Nothing / Eyes Of Blue / The Only One / Love Will Keep Us Alive / My Kind / Inspire Me / Satisfy My Soul / The Living Years / If You'd Ever Needed Someone / Tempted How Long / Over My Shoulder / Make Your Mind Up / My Kind (Promo Video) / Satisfy My Soul (Promo Video)

• Bruce Hornsby & The Range: The Way It Is | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-3.09 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Tracklist 1) A Night on the Town 2) The Valley Road 3) The Show Goes On 4) Jacob's Ladder 5) Defenders Of The Flag 6) Mandolin Rain 7) Lost Soul 8) The Way It Is 9) Across The River 10) Look Out Any Window 11) Another Day 12) On The Western Skyline 13) Not Fade Away 14) The Wild Frontier 15) Medley: Jumping Jack Flash / It Takes A Lot To Laugh

• Riccardo Muti & the Wiener Philharmoniker - New Year's Concert 2021 | DVD | (12/02/2021) from £11.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ayreon: 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves | Blu Ray | (17/05/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Pixies: Doolittle | Blu Ray | (09/12/2016) from £19.12   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sommernachtskonzert 2023 / Summer Night Concert 2023 | Blu Ray | (14/07/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• War of Being | Blu Ray | (15/09/2023) from £14.13   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• One Last Time Live In Concert & Celebrate! | Blu Ray | (24/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tina Turner - One Last Time/Celebrate!

• Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 | Blu Ray | (29/11/2010) from £24.54   |  Saving you £-4.55 (-22.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Più di quattro ore di musica, interviste ed immagini di backstage, registrate dall'ultimo Crossroads Guitar Festival, tenutosi lo scorso 26 giugno a Chicago. Performance eccezionali di Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, ZZ Top, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Ronnie Wood, Sheryl Crow, Pino Daniele, Los Lobos, John Mayer ed altri, di fronte ad un pubblico di 30.000 persone.

• Les Miserables - Limited Edition Digibook (Blu-ray + Digital Copy + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (13/05/2013) from £8.00   |  Saving you £21.99 (274.88%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France,Les Misrables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption - a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. Featuring an incredible cast who give truly outstanding performances including: Hugh Jackman, Oscar winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, and Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. Filmed by the visionary Academy-Award Director of The King's Speech, Tom Hooper. Special Features: The Original Masterwork: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables Les Miserables: A Revolutionary Approach (The Start of Les Miserables) The West End Connection Les Miserables on Location Creating the Perfect Paris Battle at the Barricade Les Miserables Singing Live Feature Commentary with Director Tom Hooper

• Slowhand At 70: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (BR) | DVD | (13/09/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Various Artists - Irish Showbands Greatest | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £11.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (55.22%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This Greatest Hits DVD and 2CD is a collectors limited edition set featuring the greatest artists and hits songs from the Showband era. It is beautifully packaged in a special gift set box containing many nostalgic photographs from this era. The artists include: Philomena Begley Brendan Bower Billy Brown The Cadets Joe 'Boots'' Clarke Brian Coll The College Boys Larry Cunningham Muriel Day Dean Dunphy The Epic Showband Sean Fagan The Freshmen Dave Glover George Jones Sonny Knowles Margo & Trevor Frankie McBride Billy McFarland The Melody Aces Butch Moore Tony Morrelli Brendan O'Brien Dermot O'Brien Dickie Rock Gene Stuart Tina The Witnesses.