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BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Herbert von Karajan Memorial Concert (concert recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Berlin Philharmonic / Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Seiji Ozawa (cond) [ Unitel Classics / Medici Arts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "For Anne-Sophie Mutter the saying "Make every note count" becomes less a vague cliché and more a matter of fact. Her violin playing has an imagination, a curiosity and a near-endless reserve of psychic energy." The New York Times |
J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 BLU-RAY Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Medici Arts / Euro Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Blu-Ray "The playing is stylish throughout: ornaments are apt, all the more telling for their restraint; trills are paced to match mood, languid in slow movements, sparkling in allegros." (BBC Music) |
SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / SCARLATTI / etc
Live From Verbier Festival [recorded 2009 & 2010] BLU-RAY Martha Argerich (piano) David Guerrier (trumpet) Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "(Martha Argerich) sets about the down-to-earth matter of sublime music-making, pulling all her colleagues into her spell." (BBC Music) |
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 / Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Martha Argerich (piano) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Martha Argerich has long been hailed as one of the greatest and most uniquely imaginative pianists. |
IL SISTEMA
El Sistema - Music to change life (a film by Paul Smaczny & Maria Stodtmeier) BLU-RAY Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "This inspiring film, subtitled "music to change life", takes us behind the scenes of the worldwide phenomenon of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in Tokyo in 2007) BLU-RAY Staatsopernchor Dresden / Kurt Rydl, Anke Vondung, Anne Schwanewilms, Elisabeth Wilke/ Fabio Luisi (cond) [ EuroArts Medici Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "This Dresden Rosenkavalier captured on tour in Japan has to be seen for Anne Schwanewilms's Marschallin, one of the most consummate operatic performances I've ever seen" (BBC Music) |