GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Maria Bayo; Daniela Barcellona; Francesco Meli; Carlo Lepore; Prague Chamber Choir; Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia/Renato Palumbo;Jean-Louis Martinoty, director; NTSC All Region; DTS 5.1; PCM Sterio 2.0; Color; 16:9; 183 mins; Subtitled in Italian, English, Fr GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Bianca e Falliero.

PAGANINI: Violin and Guitar Works

PAISIELLO: Due Contesse (Le) / Il Duello Comico

CORBETTA, F.: Varii scherzi di sonate / Mantovana / Sinfonia

Directed by Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera. Starring Priscille Laplace, Filippo Adami, Alberto Rinaldi. Actors: Anna Maria Panzarella, Priscille Laplace, Filippo Adami, Alberto Rinaldi, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Directors: Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Fabrice Levillain, Writers: Baldassare Galuppi, Giovanni Bertati. customer review - "I loved every minute of this opera. I don't know what Galuppi had access to in order to write such perfection. For me it was as if the entire opera was a continuous brain orgasm. Better than drugs really. (Speaking metaphorically - of course). Packed with good humor and interest."

CAVALLI: Vespero delle cinque Laudate ad uso della cappella

MOZART, W.A.: Lucio Silla (Teatro la Fenice, 2006)

Recorded at Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, January 2008

Motezuma is Vivaldi’s only opera set in the New World. The manuscripts for this rarely performed and rarely heard opera were only rediscovered in 2002 and currently only one CD version exists recorded by Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco.

Of the CD recording, BBC Music Magazine wrote: “The instrumentalists of Il Complesso Barocco are on excellent form as indeed is Vivaldi himself in a rewarding score”.

Alan Curtis, one of the leading experts of Baroque music, returns again with the same orchestra, renowned Baroque specialist Vito Priante and another expert cast for the World Premiere Recording on DVD.

Region Code: 0 (All)
Sound format: 16:9
Picture format: LPCM 2.0
Running Time: 153 min. + extras
Booklet notes: Ita / Eng / Fre / Ger
Subtitles: Fre, Eng, Ger, Spa, Ita

This comic opera tells the story of Geronimo, a wealthy citizen of Bologna, who is trying to arrange aristocratic marriages for his two daughters, Carolina and Elisetta. What he doesn�t know is that his youngest daughter Carolina is already secretly married to Paolino, his young secretary. Through a series of humorous situations the young couple confess their marriage and all ends well. Giovanni Antonini conducts the Wallonie Royal Opera Orchestra for this performance of Cimarosa's two-act comic opera 'Il Matrimonio Segreto' ('The Clandestine Wedding'), recorded live at Liege in February 2008. Soloists include Cinzia Forte, Priscille Laplace and Damiana Pinti. Directed by Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera. Starring Cinzia Forte, Alberto Rinaldi, Damiana Pinti. Language: Italian Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

The Christmas Story

PAGANINI: 15 Quartets for Strings and Guitar (The), Vol. 4

This DVD, filmed during last year�s festival, is a worthy tribute to Maestro Puccini and the Old Theatre, which has served so well during more than forty years. The stage is wide and occasionally one feels that it is at odds with, at least, the setting of the first and last act of La Boh�me, which takes place in a small attic in Paris. However, set designer Jean-Michel Folon�s inventive solutions reduce the problems and from the outset the viewer is engrossed by the performance. All through the four acts the action takes place on a slightly raised �stage-within-the-stage� in the shape of an artist�s palette. In the second act, at Caf� Momus, the brightly colored table-cloths become spectacular splashes of paint. A large screen, covering the greater part of the background, is used entertainingly and informatively to underline aspects of the performance. We are shown the roofs of the surrounding houses, as seen from the attic and in the opening scene of act one, where Rodolfo is writing a poem and Marcello is painting � obviously he was a fore-runner to Mark Rothko � and on the screen well-known and lesser known paintings march past. It is certainly a stimulating production � one to return to and enjoy.

Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Sonata for 2 Violin

Paganini: Works for Guitar

To celebrate Verdi's 200th birth anniversary Dynamic is featuring a fascinating collection of performances recorded during the best period of Maria Callas' artistic career. Some moments of the greatest poignancy can be listened in Forza del Destino and Ballo in Maschera where the American born Greek soprano's interpretative art is expressed with it's full beauty.