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ID: OA0817D
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Kolektion: DocumentaryActors: Judith Howarth, Christopher Robinson, BBC Philharmonic
Format: Anamorphic, Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, PAL
Language: French
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Opus Arte
DVD Release Date: 27 Mar 2002
Run Time: 78 minutes
Francis Poulenc was a tantalising character, part-monk and part-rascal according to the critic Claude Rostand. As in Stabat mater his music reflects this Janus-like persona, tears never far beneath the surface of even his most jovial offerings. Early on he had renounced the devout Catholicism of his family but rediscovered his faith after the premature death of a close friend, the composer and patron Pierre-Octave Ferroud. It was this event that prompted Poulenc's pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Rocamadour, who nestles benevolently, high up in the rock face.
An important body of sacred works ensued, not least his Stabat mater, a personal memorial to Ferroud. This is performed here by the combined Cambridge choirs of St John's, Clare and Gonville, and Caius; they're pleasingly mellifluous and disciplined but sound utterly un-French. The work can take it, but this is not the most tender performance. The strange and haunting Motets (Claire and Gonville and Caius Choirs) are dramatically the high point of this concert, while the otherworldly beauty of the ethereal (female-voice) Litanies tugs at the heart-strings. As a visual experience, we get two different locations but there's not a great deal you can do with a bunch of singers. The best things are the close-ups of a fabulous Chagall window (which comes from another church entirely, but who cares?). |
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ID: ERP10117
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Kolektion: BalletSubkolektion: Orchester
PAL
Stereo: 16:9
Region: All
Total time: 60:46
Ballet by Eduard Tubin in two acts. World première on Mar 31st, 1943 in Vanemuine Theatre. Première at the Estonian National Opera on Sep 18th, 2015. Brand new! Released on DVD on Oct 22nd, 2017.
“The story of Kratt is one of refusals, rewriting, lost scores and resurrection; my father polished the music for 20 years. The staging has developed from rural storytelling to a timeless visual knockout, inspired not least by the cinema classics my parents loved.” (Eino Tubin)
Cast
The Master: Denis Klimuk
The Devil: Anatoli Arhangelski
The Goblin: Eneko Amorós
Farmhand: Jevgeni Grib
Daughter: Marika Muiste
Farmhand’s friends: Adam Ashcroft, Svetlana Danilova, Carlos Garcia, Heidi Kopti
The Devil’s entourage: Elisabetta Formento, Alexandre Konarev, Nanae Maruyama, Zachary Rogers, Oksana Saar, Ali Urata
Night’s herdsmen: Nadežda Antipenko, Helen Bogatch, Aljona Burdanova, Svetlana Danilova, Ana Gergely, Heidi Kopti, Seili Loorits-Kämbre, Ashleigh McKimmie, Urve-Ly Voogand, Marita Weinrank, Greete Kivisild, Eveli Heinapuu, Kati Jaanimäe, Airike Kolk, Ludmilla Kõrts, Maria Leppoja, Danna Malõško, Airi Sepp, Valentīna Tāluma, Kairi Tammaru, Kristiina Under
Satanists: Adam Ashcroft, Iago Bresciani, David Ekman, Andrea Fabbri, Carlos Garcia, John Rhys Halliwell, Lauren Janeway, Daniel Kirspuu, Abigail Mattox, Vadim Mjagkov, Hanno Opperman, Svetlana Pavlova, Yana Savitskaja, Ksenia Seletskaja, William Simmons, Caspar Stadler, Lucinda Strachan, Benjamin Thomas, Paula Veiler
Conductor: Vello Pähn |
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ID: GM4.0040
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Subkolektion: Orchester
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ID: MKM163
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Kolektion: World MusicSubkolektion: Orchester
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ID: CDB1700-1-2
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Historische AufnahmenSubkolektion: Orchester
Thanks to the collaboration with the Swedish National Archive of recorded Sound and Music Images, Sweden first gramophone records have been woken from their 'Sleeping Beauty' trance at EMI's central archive in Middelsex, UK. This is truly an echo from the 19th century. A mix of storytelling, Opera arias, folktunes and melodies paints a picture of the very first steps of music reproduction. |
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ID: SIGCD173
CDs: 2
Type: SACD
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Kolektion: Orchestral WorksSubkolektion: Orchester
Acknowledged as the UK’s foremost musical pioneers, with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing. Together with its relationships with the most sought-after artists, most importantly its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia Orchestra is at the heart of British musical life.
Esa-Pekka Salonen made his London conducting debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra in September 1983 and he has returned to conduct the Orchestra on a regular basis ever since. This is the first in our series of Philharmonia releases that feature Salonen as conductor and is a hybrid SACD/CD in both stereo and surround. Forthcoming recordings as part of Salonen’s new partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Signum include Mahler’s 6th and 9th symphonies and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
“[Salonen] brought this extravagant manifestation of late Romanticism to a suitable blazing climax.”
The Evening Standard
“The Philharmonia played as if the music really mattered, with beautifully moulded textures and impeccable attacks.”
The Financial Times |
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ID: IDIS297-98
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Orchestral WorksSubkolektion: Orchester
Mozart: Symphonies Nos.5, 35, 40, 41; Beeethoven: Overtures |
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