Browse: DVD Video, Arnold Schoenberg Chor (choir)
Offer, Salzburg Festival – Overture Spirituelle
Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor)
Concertus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereingung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Offer, Salzburg Festival 2012: Ouverture Spirituelle
Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Elisabeth Von Magnus (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) & Florian Boesch (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Ovenden has a pleasing voice, but seems incapable of singing a trill...Boesch is impressive though somewhat stentorian in 'Dona nobis pacem' — More…
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Natalie Dessay (Mélisande), Stéphane Degout (Pelléas), Laurent Naouri (Golaud), Philip Ens (Arkel), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Geneviève), Tim Mirfin (Physician/Shepherd), Beate Ritter (Yniold)
Radio-SymphonieOrchester Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Bertrand De Billy, Laurent Pelly
a stellar cast featuring Natalie Dessay, Stéphane Degout and Laurent Naouri lead a performance in which the subtle psychological and emotional strangeness of the opera is enhanced by Laurent... — More…
New, Offer, Claudio Abbado: The Last Years
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Orchestra Mozart, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado
Janáček: From the House of the Dead
Olaf Bär, Eric Stocklossa, Stefan Margita, Heinz Zednik & John Mark Ainsley
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Presently the only DVD version of Janácek's last opera, and it's a good one - even if it doesn't match the Scottish Opera/Welsh National staging many will remember. — More…
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Handel: Messiah
Susan Gritton (soprano), Cornelia Horak (soprano), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Richard Croft (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone)
Ensemble Matheus & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
there are some penetrating ideas lurking behind the underlying premise, which in essence orbits around the moral, theological and familial fallout surrounding a suicide...the singing blazes with... — More…
Offer, Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D732
Olaf Bär, Luba Orgonasova, Alfred Muff, Thomas Hampson & Endrik Wottrich
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Christoph Homberger, Mireille Delunsch, Jerry Hadley, Dale Duesing, Olaf Bär, David Moss, Malin Hartelius, Franz Supper, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Kerstin Slawek, Daniel Eberle, Daniela Mühlbauer, Andreas Bettinger
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Marc Minkowski, stage direction...
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Christianne Stotijn (Isabella), Maxim Mironov (Lindoro), Marco Vinco (Mustafà), Ruben Drole (Haly), Giorgio Caoduro (Taddeo), Elisaveta Martirosyan (Elvira) & Sabina Willeit (Zulma)
Arnold Schönberg Choir & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza (conductor) & Toni Servillo (director)
Aix-en-Provence is generally a guarantor of musical excellence and this performance is no exception. Maxim Mironov may not be as well known as Flórez but he is rightly the tenore digrazia of... — More…
Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert
Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Javier Camarena (tenor), Paolo Fanale (tenor) & Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra Mozart Bologna & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado
the presentation is suave and refined, the camerawork standard for this style of concert performance (ideal for those intent on studying the late conductor's technique). — More…