Blu-Ray Video, Prokofiev (composer)
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, DVD of the Month
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Opera, July 2010, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Prokofiev: War and Peace
Olga Kulchynska (Natasha), Andrei Zhilikhovsky (Andrei), Arsen Soghomonyan (Pierre), Violeta Urmana (Marya Dmitriyevna Akhrosimova), Olga Guryakova (Peronskaya), Bekhzod Davronov (Anatole), Christina Bock (Marya Bolkonskaya)
Bayerische Staatsoper, Vladimir Jurowski, Dmitri Tcherniakov
The video is definitely worth seeing. If you have a good knowledge of the opera already from a more standard version, you’ll appreciate the in-jokes, such as the decision to take Prokofiev’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Video (Opera)
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New. Fairytale Ballets - Cinderella; Coppélia; the Sleeping Beauty; Swan Lake
Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Fumi Kaneko, Kristen McNally, Gary Avis, Bennet Gartside, Luca Acri, Claire Clavert, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels, Barry Wordsworth
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Francoise Joullié (Cendrillon), Dominique Lainé (Stepmother), Jayne Plaisted & Danièle Pater (The Sisters)
Ballet and Orchestra of the Lyon National Opera, Yakov Kreisberg
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Federico Bonelli (Romeo), Lauren Cuthbertson (Juliet), Alexander Campbell (Mercutio), Bennet Gartside (Tybalt), Dawid Trzensimiech (Benvolio), Vale Rihristov (Paris), Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet), Christina Arestis (Lady Capulet) & Gary Avis (Escalus Prince of Verona)
Orchestra of...
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Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies & Concertos
Orchestra & Chorus of the Marinksy Theatre, Valery Gergiev
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Gambler
Asmik Grigorian (Polina), Sean Panikkar (Alexey), Violeta Urmana (Babulenka), Juan Francisco Gatell (The Marquis)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Timur Zangiev, Peter Sellars
This production, sympathetically recorded, and filmed with flair, is a complete triumph and it makes us realise what a masterpiece The Gambler actually is. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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A Romantic Take - Martha Argerich & Guy Braunstein in Concert
Guy Braunstein (violin), Martha Argerich (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
Ausrine Stundyte (Renata), Bo Skovhus (Ruprecht), Natascha Petrinsky (Hostess/Abbess), Elena Zaremba (Fortune-Teller), Nikolai Schukoff (Agrippa von Nettesheim/Mephistopheles)
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Constantin Trinks, Andrea Breth
With both the setting and aspects of the story radically altered, the opera becomes even darker and more powerful...Aušrinė Stundytė has in recent years made the role of Renate her own; and... —
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Prokofiev: Cinderella
Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
Kessels conducts this score with an uncanny sense for insightful phrasing: in particular, his tempo choices and accenting are always right on target, and he manages to draw splendid playing... —
