Classical Music

• Jan Akkerman - Live In Concert | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This high quality CD and DVD box set complete with booklet and bonus extras. Born in Holland guitarist Jan Akkerman first reached world acclaim in the 1970s when he was seen as the centrepiece of both the Dutch rock bands Focus and Thijs van Leer. He was voted Best Guitarist in the World in 1973 by the readers of UK magazine Melody MakerHe was a member of Johnny and The Cellar Rockers The Hunters and Brainbox and joined the Thijs van Leer Trio in late 1969. They continued under the name Focus and scored several world hits in the seventies. Whether you want to watch Jan live in action or just play his music in the background this is a performance not to be missed. Tracklist: 1. Answers Questions 2. Anonymous 3. Palace Of The King 4. Tranquilizer 5. Dance The Blues Away 6. In The Mood 7. Slowman 8. Hocus Pocus 9. Sylvia 10. Urban String 11. You Do Something To Me

• Various Artists - Greatest Love | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Original hits & video clips.
  
  Tracks include:
  01 Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings
  02 Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try
  03 Paul Carrack - When You Walk In The Room
  04 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)
  05 Colourfield - Thinking Of You
  06 David Grant & Jaki Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
  07 Adrian Gurvitz - Classic
  08 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss
  09 Living In A Box - Room In Your Heart
  10 Marillion - Kayleigh
  11 Robert Palmer - She ...

• The Jesus Lizard - Club | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £16.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Underground heavyweights The Jesus Lizard return to the stage and this DVD is from the first show of their reunion tour. The original band (David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims, Mac McNeilly) was untouchable back in the '90s and are the exception that proves the rule when it comes to punk reunion shows/tours. Always an insanely tight live band, this show proves they still got it when it counts. Singer David Yow is the demented James Brown to the rest of the band's Famous Flames. Blood, sw...

• Baroque Christmas Concert | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A baroque Christmas concert set in the cathedral in Freiburg. Includes music from J.S. Bach: Concerto in D Major BWV 972 Allegro and Suite in D Major BWV 1068 Air W.A. Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV 427 and G.F. Handel: Messiah.

• Strauss - Arabella | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Tracklist: 1. Strauss: Arabella - Opening Credits 2. Die Karten fallen besser als das letzte Mal 3. Sie wollen alle Geld! 4. Matteo! 5. Ich danke Frulein 6. Aber der Richtige wenn's einen gibt fr mich 7. Das ist der Schlitten vom Elemer 8. Zum Preis hat sie sich selber eingesetzt 9. Lat uns allein meine Kinder 10. Mandryka! 11. Als in dem Brief an meinen sel'gen Onkel 12. Das ist der Fall von andrer Art 13. Bist du nicht fertig? Ja was hast du denn gemacht die ganze Zeit? 14. Das ist ein Engel 15. Sie sehn nicht aus wie jemand 16. Sie wolln mich heiraten sagt mein Vater 17. Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein 18. Der Ball begehrt nach seiner Knigin 19. Und jetzt sag ich Adieu 20. O Arabella gibt es was Schneres 21. Ein Feigling bin ich 22. Und wenn hier viele Arabella heissen 23. Einleitung 24. ber seine Felder 25. Ich komme heim vom Ball und gehe auf mein Zimmer gute Nacht! 26. Welch ein erregtes Tte--tte 27. Ich gratuliere Ihnen Herr Leutnant 28. Papa Mama! 29. Sehr gut. Jetzt habe ich mein richtiges Vis--vis 30. Mandryka! 31. Kann Ihr Diener im Hof zum Brunnen gehn 32. Das war sehr gut Mandryka

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mozart 22 - Appollo Et Hyacinthus/Schuldigkeit Des Ersten Gebots | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• The Chemical Brothers - Live in Japan (Limited Edition Packaging) | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Tracklist:1. Junior Parker - Tomorrow Never Knows (Intro)2. Another World (Live from Japan)3. Do It Again (Live from Japan)4. Get Yourself High (Live from Japan)5. Horse Power (Live from Japan)6. Chemical Beats (Live from Japan)7. Swoon (Live from Japan)8. Star Guitar (Live from Japan)9. Three Little Birdies Down Beats (Live from Japan)10. Hey Boy Hey Girl (Live from Japan)11. Don't Think (Live from Japan)12. Out of Control (Live from Japan)13. Setting Sun (Live from Japan)14. It Doesn't Matter (Live from Japan)15. Saturate (Live from Japan)16. Believe (Live from Japan)17. Escape Velocity / The Golden Path (Live from Japan)18. Superflash (Live from Japan)19. Leave Home / Galvanize (Live from Japan)20. Block Rockin' Beats (Live from Japan) / End Credits

• Elvis Golden Records Vol 2 | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

• Up All Night: Live Tour | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (72.30%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Na Na NaStand UpI WishI Gotta Feeling & Stereo HeartsValerie & TornMomentsGotta Be YouMore Than thisUp All NightTell Me A LieEverything About YouUse SomebodyOne ThingSave You TonightI WantWhat Makes You Beautiful

• Mozart - Die Zauberflote | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (20.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Hamburg Philhharmoni State Orchestra and Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera.

• A Night With Handel | DVD | (25/10/1999) from £16.24   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sultry sopranos and contraltos brood in candle-lit churches or at the top of a shopping mall escalator; a shaven-headed tough menaces enemies with a knife, singing of vengeance and death in a terrifying counter-tenor rasp; a couple sing of fulfilment in the back of a limousine. Jonathan Keates remarks in his accompanying lecture that the heroes and heroines of Handel's opera are real people, whose passions transcend the baroque libretti they are singing; by taking them out of full-bottomed wigs and panniered frocks and putting them at large in contemporary London at night, this interesting documentary reminds us of the immediacy of these arias. This would not work, of course, were not the performances exemplary in their own right and presented with a driving urgency that takes us away from the pieties of the oratorio tradition and reminds us what a superb and popular man of the theatre Handel was. --Roz KaveneyOn the DVD: The DVD comes with the narration in English, French and German, and subtitles in those languages. The arias are also playable as audio only. --Roz Kaveney

• Sylvan - Posthumous Silence | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Sylvan: Posthumous Silence - Live At Kampnagel

• Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019 | Blu Ray | (09/12/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Powerwolf: The Metal Mass Live | Blu Ray | (29/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Live in Offenbach 1978 | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Weather Report the Zawinul estate isproud to release this live DVD document of the band‘s performance in Offenbach, Germany, on September 29th, 1978.The recording features arguably the most individual group ever to mix elements of jazz, rock and electronics and they‘re captured here at their absolute best. Led by two musical visionaries, pianist and keyboard player Joe Zawinul and tenor and soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter, the group was also unique in that it eschewed the then fashionable guitar.Also on board were flamboyant electric bassist Jaco Pastorius, a genuine innovator, and newly arrived drummer Peter Erskine a master technician brought into the group to add more of a jazz feel. Prior to this line up an additional percussionist had always been present but this auxiliary role was dropped to allow greater space in the music. Track listing: 1. Black Market2. Scarlet Woman3. Young and Fine4. The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat5. A Remark You Made6. River People7. Thanks for the Memories8. Dolores / Portrait of Tracy / Third Stone from the Sun9. Mr. Gone10. In a Silent Way11. Waterfall12. Teen Town13. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good / The Midnight Sun Will Never Set On You14. Birdland15. Introductions16. Fred and Jack17. Elegant People18. Badia.

• Donizetti: Don Pasquale | Blu Ray | (12/07/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (-22.70%)   |  RRP £21.99

  John Del Carlo’s impressive singing and acting chops as the Don are given every boost by Otto Schenk’s hilarious staging and James Levine’s witty conducting. Leading this opera for the first time at the Met, the renowned maestro demonstrates that his gifts suit Donizetti as perfectly as Wagner. Mariusz Kwiecien and Matthew Polenzani scintillate as Malatesta and Ernesto.When Norina slaps Pasquale, the old man sees how deluded he has been to believe that the young beauty loves him. The San Francisco Chronicle paid homage to this turning point thus: “Netrebko captures the moment that gives the opera a heart it otherwise would lack”.

• Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concertus Musicus Vienna : A Concert of Music By Bach | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Glorious Bach is a simple, straightforward record of a concert at the Benedictine Abbey of Melk of three Bach works for the season of Advent. All of them are, in different ways, meditations on the imminent arrival of Christ, both as child and as Messiah, and on the role of Mary as his mother. Nikolaus Harnoncourt has this music in his bones and so do his impressive team of soloists and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir; the Concentus Musicus of Vienna by now play original-style instruments so smoothly that one has almost to remind oneself of how shocking the authenticity movement sounded a few short years ago. Ian Bostridge is especially fine in the extended tenor part of the less well-known piece Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland; Bostridge combines an absolute vocal purity with a fierce intelligence in his approach to the words--the advantage of the DVD is that it lets us see him and his fellow soloists thinking as well as singing. Christine Schafer is particularly fine in the Magnificat in D, in which Harnoncourt lets his orchestra rip, reminding us why this is such a popular festival piece. On the DVD: The DVD, presented in 16:9 visual ratio, has sumptuous Dolby Digital sound, subtitles in English, German, Italian, Spanish and French and no other frills whatsoever. --Roz Kaveney

• Poulenc/Menotti - La Voix Humaine/the Telephone (Serebrier) | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £25.45   |  Saving you £2.54 (9.10%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Carole Farley in LA VOIX HUMAINE and THE TELEPHONE or L'amour a trois.

• Beethoven String Quartets Vol.1 | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £15.23   |  Saving you £0.76 (4.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ludwig Van Beethoven String Quartets Played By Alban Berg Quartett.Recorded Live At The Mozart-Saal, Konzerhaus, Vienna, 9 and 11 June 1989.

• Jacqueline Du Pre - Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jacqueline Dr Pre was an artist with an exuberant personality and seemingly infinite talent who already in her youth was recognised as one of the finest cellists of the century. It is a tragedy that her career was cut short when she was 28 years old. She died in 1987 as the age of 42. This film directed by Christopher Nupen and now available on DVD for the first time contains previously unpublished footage that is at once inspiring and intimately revealing - you can see the musician her friends knew and how spontaneous and natural was her response to the music. The film also contains landmark performances of great music including an excerpt from her memorable performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto.