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Becoming Traviata
RecommendedA film by Philippe Béziat from Verdi's Opera
Natalie Dessay (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Ludovic Tézier (Germont), Jean-François Sivadier (director)
London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée
the film is as much about how our relationship to this most famous opera changes with each encounter as it is about the process by which [Dessay] assumes the central role...Some will accuse... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, DVD Award Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Opera Choice
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Italy - Rome
Piazzas, Fountains and the Remains of Empire
Joseph Banowetz (piano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi
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Janowski works thoughtfully with Dejours on translating musical ideas into sound through unselfconscious gestures. — More…
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Dame Janet Baker (The Angel), John Shirley Quirk (The Priest & The Angel of the agony) & Peter Pears (Gerontius)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
Boult’s handling of the Prelude, and his masterly accompaniment – especially to Janet Baker’s radiant final benediction – is so beautiful, so magisterial in its intensity, that it feels as though... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, DVD of the Month
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Music - A Journey for Life - Riccardo Chailly
A Portrait by Paul Smaczny
Lars Vogt (piano), Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
As a snapshot... it makes for fascinating, often charming viewing, and it gives a valuable insight into both Chailly’s approach to what he conducts – he loves rehearsing, but always keeps something... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, DVD of the Month
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Katharina, Wagner's great granddaughter, is now, with her half-sister Eva, co-chief of the Bayreuth Festival. This documentary was made in 2007 about rehearsals for her festival production of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, DVD of the Month
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Schumann at Pier2: The Symphonies
A concert film by Christian Berger (with complete performances of the Symphonies)
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, DVD of the Month
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Lintu has always had an interesting analytical perspective on the symphonies but he delves even further here...To describe this as an important snapshot of orchestral Helsinki in 2015 is to... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, DVD of the Month
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