Classical Music

• Nas: Time Is Illmatic - Limited Edition Dual Format Steelbook | Blu Ray | (22/12/2014) from £10.78   |  Saving you £12.21 (113.26%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of one of the most influential rap albums ever released Dogwoof is pleased to present Nas: Time is Illmatic to DVD in a special edition dual format Steelbook™ on 15 December. Released in 1994 rapper Nas released his début album Illmatic to universal acclaim and huge commercial success this remarkable film traces how this seminal record came into being; 75 minutes of exclusive DVD extras include unseen interviews and a song by song breakdown from artists such as Alicia Keys Pharrell Williams Q-Tip and many more. Bonus Features: Unseen Interviews Breakdown of Nas' 1994 Debut album NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC featuring Alicia Keys Pharrell Williams Q-Tip and many more.

• Herbert Von Karajan 1908-1989 : A Portrait | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Herbert von Karajan was without doubt one of the most fascinating personalities in twentieth century musical life. His work exerted a decisive influence on all realms of classical music after the end of the second world war yet he was far from being an uncontroversial figure in his roles as conductor director and music festival manager. This film documentary by Gernot Friedel in association with the Herbert von Karajan Centre follows the life and work of the great conductor reve

• Humperkinck: Hansel and Gretel | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Christine Sch''fer Alice Coote and Vladimir Jurowski triumph in Humperdinck's first and most successful opera - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. This irresistibly delicious new English-language production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel is the first 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series' release following EMI Classic's recent collaboration with the Met. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale a timeless children's favourite features a sophisticated score and this intriguing new staging will appeal to audiences of all ages. Alice Coote and Christine Sch''fer are charming as Hansel and Gretel. The role of the Witch written for a mezzo-soprano is sometimes sung by a tenor - as is the case in this production - with Philip Langridge in the role. Vladimir Jurowski one of the world's most sought-after conductors leads Germany's dearest opera with a sensitive account of Humperdinck's enchanting score. Hansel and Gretel is considered by many as the salvation of German opera bringing relief from the murky Wagnerian depths of Teutonic myth and initiating a return to the shimmering world of the fairy tale. In 1923 Hansel and Gretel became the first complete opera to be broadcast on radio from Covent Garden ; Eight years later it was the first to be broadcast from the New York Met. It is significant therefore that this is one of the eight operas chosen to be in this season's Met HD transmissions. Beautifully staged by Richard Jones and moodily designed by John Macfarlane this dark and eccentric production is tough and dark sparse and savage an exploration of deprivation cruelty and gluttony in a contemporary always-always-land. (Financial Times)

• Bob Dylan -Masterpieces | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Tracklist 1. All Along The Watchtower 2. Its Alright Ma (Im Only Bleeding) 3. Just Like A Woman 4. Gotta Serve Somebody 5. Masters Of War 6. Dont Start Me Talkin 7. Highway 61 Revisited 8. Takes A Lot To Laugh 9. Takes A Train To Cry 10. Mr Tambourine Man 11. Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35

• Super Karaoke Hits 2012 | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £6.30   |  Saving you £1.69 (21.20%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Super Karaoke Hits 2012, does what it says on the cover and features 20 of the greatest tracks from a great year. You can sing a long to some amazing covers of pop classics from such artists as Adele, One Direction, Jessie J, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and many more. 2012, surely a year to be celebrated and remembered as one of the great ones and with Super Karaoke Hits 2012, you too can join in the fun! Tracklisting: 1. Rumour Has It - As made famous by Adele 2. What Makes You Beautiful - As made...

• Kalman - Grafin Mariza (Bibl, Schellenberger, Schukoff) | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kalman - Grafin Mariza (Bibl Schellenberger Schukoff)

• Puccini: La Rondine | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £20.45   |  Saving you £4.54 (22.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Filmed at the 53rd Puccini Festival in Italy 2007.

• Shut Up And Play The Hits | Blu Ray | (08/10/2012) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-1.04 (-3.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  On April 2nd 2011, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM played its final show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. LCD frontman James Murphy, disbanding one of the most celebrated and influential groups of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensured that the band would go out on top with the biggest concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza featured special appearances by Arcade Fire and Reggie Watts and moved the crowd of thousands to tears of joy and grief. S...

• Mozart-Requiem | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £20.32   |  Saving you £-3.33 (-19.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Here is the historic 1971 Vienna concert of Mozart's most popular final work - a monumental drama of the end of time - conducted by the legendary Karl Bohm.

• Paavo Jarvi Meets Elisabeth Leonskaia | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £15.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (0.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1936 and since then has hosted most of the worlds greatest conductors and soloists. In this DVD the orchestra welcomes one of the great conductors of our time Paavo Jrvi as well as the renowned pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. The DVD features the Michail Glinka Russian and Ludmilla overture Brahms concerto for piano and orchestra and Schumann Symphony no.1

• Tchaikovsky - the Nutcracker (Mariinsky Ballet Orchestra) | Blu Ray | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, performed by Artists of the Mariinsky Ballet, Students of the Academy of Russian Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, and conducted by Valery Gergiev.

• Live | DVD | (10/07/2012) from £12.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Various Composers - New Year's Concert 2006 (Jansons) | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  New Year's Concert 2006 (Various Artists)

• Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  From the renowned opera house in Barcelona, TDK presents a new production of Ponchielli's Romantic opera La Gioconda, realised in cooperation with the Arena di Verona and successfully shown in the famous opera festival's 2005 programme. The Barcelona production features internationally acclaimed singers as well as acclaimed soloists and ballet dancers from the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The Title role is sung by American Deborah Voigt, one of the most important dramatic sopranos of her generation. As her blind mother Polish Contralto Ewa Podles spreads the overwhelming warmth and broad range of her voice while convincingly conveying the character's suffering. Canadian tenor Richard Margison as the exiled nobleman Enzo and Italian baritone Carlo Guelfi as the spy and agent provocateur Barnaba excel opposite the two female characters. The overall approach is simplicity and clarity - the costumes are dark and elegant with only some recognisable and significant colourings. The atmosphere of the city of Venice is depicted as the harbinger of death - in director Pier Luigi Pizzi's words, Venice is 'metaphysical and cold, moving us to tears. ...The carnival is not associated with pleasure and illusion but is felt to be a way of exorcising the fear of death.

• Live At Montreux 2006 & 2011 | Blu Ray | (15/10/2012) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-4.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Disc 1: Live At Montreux 2006 1. Pictures Of Home 2. Things I Never Said 3. Strange Kind Of Woman 4. Rapture Of The Deep 5. Wrong Man 6. The Well-Dressed Guitar 7. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 8. When A Blind Man Cries 9. Lazy 10. Keyboard Solo 11. Space Truckin' 12. Highway Star 13. Smoke On The Water 14. Hush 15. Too Much Fun 16. Black Night Disc 2: Live At Montreux 2011 1. Highway Star 2. Hard Lovin' Man 3. Maybe I'm A Leo 4. Strange Kind Of Woman 5. Rapture Of T...

• Zoom Karaoke DVD - Rock 'N' Roll Superhits Karaoke - 60 Songs | DVD | (16/11/2010) from £15.85   |  Saving you £-7.86 (-98.40%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Track Listing A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts All Shook Up - Elvis Presley At The Hop - Danny And The Juniors Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran Come Back My Love - Darts Crocodile Rock - Elton John Daddy Cool/The Girl Can't Help It - Darts Dancin' Party - Showaddywaddy (Do) The Hucklebuck - Coast To Coast Do You Wanna Dance - Cliff Richard Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard Great Balls Of Fire -...

• A Great Day In Harlem | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Track Listing:1. Esquire Shoot2. Legendary Strides3. Early Call4. Idols & Contemporaries5. Loading The Film6. Surrendering To The Art7. The Magic Moment8. End Titles 1. Red Allen2. Buster Bailey3. Count Basie4. Emmett Berry5. Art Blakey6. Lawrence Brown7. Scoville Browne8. Buck Clayton9. Bill Crump10.Vic Dickenson11.Roy Eldridge12.Art Farmer13.Bud Freeman14.Dizzy Gillespie15.Tyree Glenn16.Benny Golson17.Sonny Greer18.Johnny Griffin19.Gigi Gryce20.Coleman Hawkins21.J.C. Heard22.Jay C. Higginbotham23.Milt Hinton24.Chubby Jackson25.Hilton Jefferson26.Osie Johnson27.Hank Jones28.Jimmy Jones29.Jo Jones30.Taft Jordan31.Taft Jordan Jr.32.Max Kaminsky33.Gene Krupa34.Eddie Locke35.Marian McPartland36.Charles Mingus37.Miff Mole38.Thelonious Monk39.Gerry Mulligan40.Oscar Pettiford41.Rudy Powell42.Luckey Roberts43.Sonny Rollins44.Jimmy Rushing45.Pee Wee Russell46.Sahib Shihab47.Horace Silver48.Zutty Singleton49.Stuff Smith50.Willie The Lion Smith51.Rex Stewart52.Maxine Sullivan53.Joe Thomas54.Wilbur Ware55.Dickie Wells56.George Wettling57.Ernie Wilkins58.Mary Lou Williams59.Lester Young Disc 1 - Bonus Features 1.Stories From The Making Of: A Great Day Harlem2.Art Kane3.The Next Generation: Bill Charlap & Kenny Washington4.The Copycat Photos Main FeatureDisc 1A Great Day In Harlem DocumentaryChapters:1.Esquire Shoot2.Legendary Strides3.Early Call4.Idols & Contemporaries5.Loading The Film6.Surrendering To The Art7.The Magic MomentBonus FeaturesDisc 1• ‘Stories from the Making of A Great Day in Harlem’ Featurette•‘Art Kane’ Featurette•‘The Next Generation: Bill Charlap & Kenny Washington’ Featurette•The Copycat Photos’ FeaturetteDisc 2•‘Explore the Photo/Musicans A to Z’–Video profiles of every musician featured in the picture

• The Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £14.83   |  Saving you £5.16 (25.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This two disc DVD set contains a complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet as well as a reference guide that can be used for years to come. It includes the definitions of terminology basic technique movements and steps the beginner student will need to know as well as detailed visual instruction on how to execute all of the movements positions and steps. The class is performed at two levels for beginner and advanced beginner student. As the class is taught to help familiarize and reinforce the terminology of the movements and steps are recited in the ballet class.

• Various Artists -Punk Revolution Nyc | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £15.45   |  Saving you £0.54 (3.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When in 1964 an in-house songwriter for the Pickwick label was introduced to the Welsh viola player from avant-garde composer La Monte Young's group, few predicted the profound effect this coming together would have on the development of rock music. But before the year was out this unlikely couple had formed a band, hooked up with Pop-Art supremo Andy Warhol and were recording a collection of songs that many believe started it all. It was later claimed that The Velvet Underground & Nico - for this is the record in question - only sold 5000 copies upon its release, but everyone who bought it went out and formed a band. Certainly David Johansen, Richard Hell, Tom Verlaine, Alan Vega, Wayne County, most of the Ramones, half of Blondie, Patti Smith and David Byrne did just that - the rest, as they say, is history. This documentary film traces the entire history of New York's punk movement; the VU years, the Warhol influence, the Dolls reign, and the handover of power to the bands who, despite their differences in sound, shared the sensibilities and attitude introduced to the city's musical landscape a decade before. These were the groups and musicians who claimed the lower east side of the city as their playground and CBGBs as their HQ. With the aid of performance footage, rare archive, exclusive interviews and some of the most exciting music ever recorded, this programme offers a visual experience of these events second only to having lived through them. Features brand new interviews with Richard Hell & Richard Lloyd from Television, Suicide's Alan Vega, Gary Valentine from Blondie and Elda Gentile from Debbie Harry's previous band The Stilletos, The Voidoids' Ivan Julian, ex-Ramones manager Danny Fields, Warhol acolytes Jayne County and Leee Black Childers, scene photographer Roberta Bayley, writers Robert Christgau & Simon Reynolds, and the man who recorded the New York sound in the 70s, Craig Leon - Ramones, Blondie & Suicide.

• Great Operas: Great Voices | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £17.64   |  Saving you £0.35 (1.90%)   |  RRP £17.99