Browse: Blu-Ray Video, Haydn (composer)
Haydn: The Seasons
Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade & Florian Boesch
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Nicolaus Harnoncourt
this is a splendid, inspiriting performance of a life-giving work. It's superbly executed by a 60-strong VPO, given a quasi-period makeover by Harnoncourt, and the elite of the Vienna State Opera... — More…
Haydn: The Creation
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor), Daniel Schmutzhard (baritone); Insula Orchestra, Accentus, La Fura dels Baus; Laurence Equilbey, Carlus Padrissa
Bernstein was periodically accused of self-indulgence in other repertoire. That’s a charge that could never stick in these joyous performances of three G major symphonies…Rather, there is grace,... — More…
Europakonzert 2001 from Istanbul
Recorded live at the Hagia Eirene church, Istanbul, 1 May 2001
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons
Berlioz's flamboyant score sounds lusciously alive in the resonant acoustic...The triumphant concert also features Emmanuel Pahud...immaculately beguiling in Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 2, plus... — More…
Offer, Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Yo-Yo Ma (solo cello/director), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Peter Serkin (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), James Taylor (vocals/guitar)
Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, David Zinman,...
If this all sounds rather eclectic, well, yes it is – but it all hangs together beautifully as a celebration of the festival’s diversity and joie de vivre. The performance styles, too, come together... — More…
Offer, Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne
Recorded live in Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sussex, 24th April 1999.
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano) & Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Sparkling harmony …the combined talents of Bryn Terfel and Cecilia Bartoli… raise the temperature… Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro… is charged with intrigue and sexual tension and they captured the... — More…
Offer, Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven & Haydn
Judith Blegen (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Claes H. Ahnsjö (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
Offer, La Bête et la Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Recorded at the Theatre du Capitole, Toulouse, October 2013
Julie Loria (The Beauty), Takafumi Watanabe (The Beast) & Kazbek Akhmedyarov (Toroador)
Ballet du Capitole
Weber: Missa Sancta No. 1 'Freischützmesse'
Lucia Popp, Doris Soffel, Horst Laubenthal & Kurt Moll, Krisztina Laki, Marga Schiml, Josef Protschka & Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker & Chor der Bamberger Symmphoniker, Rafael Kubelik, Horst Stein