Joyce DiDonato: In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music (DVD) Recorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this DVD is the companion to Joyce DiDonato's award-winning album In War and Peace: Harmony through Music. Seeking answers to the existential question "In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?", it makes a compelling piece of music theatre as DiDonato journeys through arias by Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Leo and Jommelli with Il Pomo d'Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. On stage, In War and Peace: Harmony through Music makes a compelling piece of music theatre. In Barcelona, as on the European and North American tours she made in late 2016, DiDonato was joined by the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro and it's principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. May and June 2018 bring further performances in Portugal, France, Germany, Turkey and Hungary. Includes Bonuses: Joyce DiDonato presents "In War & Peace" project. Joyce DiDonato in Athens with el Sistema Greece directed by Josh Allott. Video Clip Lascia ch'io pianga directed by James Darrah

Known for their incredible musicianship and rich arrangements, this hugely talented group have taken some of the greatest love songs of all time and given them the Annie Moses Band treatment. Filmed live at the iconic Grand Ole Opry, and backed by a full symphony orchestra, they present classic love songs, famous the world over, in their inimitable style, including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Let's Stay Together, And I Love Her and Evergreen.

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Pierre Boulez - "Wagner" - A legendary staging on video: the unrivalled Bayreuth Centenary Ring by Boulez/Ch�reau on 4 Blu-ray Video Discs in remastered HD-quality, with audio layers in DTS-HD Master Audio Surround 5.1 and 24-bit Stereo PCM. Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German. Plus: The Making of - The Making of the Ring for the first time on one additional Blu-ray Video Disc. In English with subtitles in French, Spanish, Japanese, German

'Just Dance the Steps' is a personal portrait of the Dutch choreographer Hans Van Manen in the run-up to his 90th birthday. For over five years director Willem Aerts followed and observed this internationally acclaimed master of contemporary ballet during his life and work at Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam, in the studio of the Ballett am Rhein in Du�sseldorf and at Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague. This powerful tribute and inspirational portrayal looks back at van Manen's remarkable artistic legacy, and documents a life that remains inseparable from dance and choreography.

'Just Dance the Steps' is a personal portrait of the Dutch choreographer Hans Van Manen in the run-up to his 90th birthday. For over five years director Willem Aerts followed and observed this internationally acclaimed master of contemporary ballet during his life and work at Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam, in the studio of the Ballett am Rhein in Du�sseldorf and at Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague. This powerful tribute and inspirational portrayal looks back at van Manen's remarkable artistic legacy, and documents a life that remains inseparable from dance and choreography.

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For years the undisputed Rossini tenor par excellence, Juan Diego Fl�rez at last makes his debut in the hugely demanding role of Arnold and 'masters his part with seemingly effortless perfection' (Die Presse). Graham's Vick 2013 production gives the opera uncut in it's original French version, complete with the often omitted ballet music. The William Tell legend of patriotic and political intrigue in 14th-century Switzerland is interpreted by Vick as a timeless class conflict with dramatic and unforgettable images. A 'perfect cast' is conducted with 'verve and intensity' (Opera Today) Composer: Gioachino Rossini Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna Conductor: Michele Mariotti Director: Graham Vick Bonus: William Tell - Behind the Scenes. Sound: PCM 16-bit Stereo / DTS-HD MA 24-bit Surround Recorded: 2014 Region code: 0 (Worldwide) Nicola Alaima (Tell), Marina Rebeka (Mathilde), Juan Diego Fl�rez (Arnaud), Amanda Forsythe (Jemmy), Veronia Sieoni (Hedwige), Simon Orfila (Walter Furst), Luca Tittoto (Gesler), Alessandro Luciano (Rodolphe), Wojtek Gierlach (Leuthold/Un chasseur), Celso Albelo (Ruodi) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti.

Blu-ray. To celebrate their 15th Anniversary and the release of their Timeless album, the groundbreaking classical crossover group Il Divo embarked on their 6-continent tour in 2018 bringing them to Tokyo's Budokan Stadium for this magical concert. The songs are a classic mix of favorite pop and traditional standards in four languages including 'Regresa a Mi (Unbreak My Heart)', 'What A Wonderful World', 'Smile', 'All Of Me', 'Angels', and their acclaimed cover of Adele's smash hit 'Hola (Hello)'.

Join Andre Rieu for a night of romance, fun and festivity along the canals of Venice. Brimming with Italian vitality and romance, Love in Venice features a selection of well-known Italian melodies performed in Rieu's unique and unforgettable way, plus much more. Filmed in the outdoor town square in Andre's home town in the Netherlands, LOVE IN VENICE features over 2 1/2 hours with Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra.

The Takacs Quartet performs Beethoven's String Quartet in F, Op. 59, No. 1 "Razumovsky," Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 "Death And the Maiden,' and Haydn's String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3 "The Bird," filmed at Hopetoun House in Scotland.

Ann-Sophie Mutter plays Beethoven's five violin sonatas with pianist Lambert Orkis.

A star-driven benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holaender's farewell after 19 years of one of the world's leading and most famous opera houses. The program incorporates an impressive musical review of the Holender era from 1991 to 2010, presenting excerpts from 40 of the 93 premieres, in many cases performed by members of the original cast, but also screening parts of the original productions.

Andr� Rieu/Johann Strauss Orchestra -"What A Wonderful World - Music For A Better World" Andr� Rieu commemorates a remarkable 30 years since the founding of his beloved Johann Strauss Orchestra. The Magic of Maastricht - 30 Years of the Johann Strauss Orchestra. Features interpretations of uplifting, feel-good classics arranged and performed as only Andr� and his orchestra can. Key tracks include "Highland Cathedral," "Love Me Tender" and "Ballade Pour Adeline."

David Garrett brings listeners along on a roller coaster ride of genres colliding on his DVD, ROCK SYMPHONIES. ROCK SYMPHONIES displays Garretts love of both classical and rock, marrying the two genres with a fierce intensity. Featuring new interpretations of his favorite rock anthems by U2, Nirvana, Metallica and Aerosmith to name a few, Davids virtuosic violin playing shines through with precision and power, backed by his band and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

ALFRED BRENDEL PLAYS AND INTRODUCES SCHUBERT

If you see one opera this year, make it The Exterminating Angel, ran the headline in the New York Times after the US premiere of Thomas Ad�s' "stunningly inventive" opera based on Luis Bu�uel's surreal and satirical 1962 film El �ngel exterminador. Like the British composer's score, Tom Cairns' production is both spectacular and surprising. "Ad�s keeps the listener on edge," wrote Opera magazine, "because one never knows where his dazzling palette of possibilities will take him next." Thomas Ad�s TITLE: Ad�s: The Exterminating Angel (MET)(Blu-ray) Label: PRX/Warner Classics/Parlophone Language: English Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish Number of discs: 1 Run Time: 142 minutes

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Also Available, a two disc set: Love’s Labour’s Lost & Love's Labour’s Won, on DVD and Blu-ray.

Talbot: The Winter's Tale

On Midsummer's Night, the real and fairy worlds collide. Four young lovers, faced with the prospect of unhappy marriage or worse, flee the court of Athens and stumble into an enchanted forest. Nearby, a group of amateur actors rehearse a play to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding. As these mere mortals cross paths with a warring fairy King and Queen, chaos reigns in the natural world. The lines between reality and illusion start to blur and no one but mischievous Puck knows what is true and what is magic. Let Shakespeare's captivating comedy transport you to the most magical of midsummer nights. Director Eleanor Rhode's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is both epic and intimate, and completely full of wonder

Take a step into a life dedicated to music, chamber music, the guitar, and how the paths of 2 remarkable people converged into one of the most important guitar duos of our time. This DVD contains interviews, performances, historic video, and photos.

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Before starting to work at Nabucodonosor, which will later become his iconic Nabucco, Giuseppe Verdi was on the verge of abandoning music, discouraged as he was by the flop of his second opera. He then received a libretto by Temistocle Solera almost by chance, as it was destined to another composer. Verdi was very reluctant to put himself to work, but later he referred that one night he “threw the manuscript on the table […]. the booklet opened: unwillingly, my eyes were drawn to the page that was before them and on these verses: ‘Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate’”. So he started focusing on the task and “one day one verse, the next day another verse, a note and a phrase at a time, […] little by little the opera was composed”. The rest is history. Nabucodonosor was a triumph, the public of La Scala, on the night of 9th March 1842, repaid him with an unprecedented success hailing all the numbers of the opera with warm ovations and paying a special tribute to the chorus Va’, pensiero, sull’ali dorate, which in Italy has since become a sort of second national anthem. The reasons of such a success were that the opera possessed such force in itself, such simplicity and smoothness of style that made it the perfect example of tragic opera. This production has been filmed at the 2019 Festival Verdi in Parma. It’s a very powerful and engaging creative project by 2018 Abbiati prize winner duo Ricci/Forte. The most striking feature of this staging is that the action takes place in 2046 on a military ship, which reminds us of an Ark. This performance portrays a dystopic society where we can find many references to real contemporary events. Nabucco is turned into an oppressive dictator who is obsessed with his own image. The Hebrew slaves are portrayed as refugees wearing life vests, while on the ship deck various screens are used to display the regime’s propaganda.