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- Based on Oscar Wilde's lurid play, it is an intense exploration of the Salome story. Its sumptuous vocal and orchestral writing seethes and pulsates as Strauss conjures up the brutality of Herod's corrupt court.
- Six couples meet in a restaurant. Over the course of the meal and the following morning, they break up, leaving six abandoned lovers. Sung throughout to Claudio Monteverdi's compete fourth book of madrigals.
- A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
- A captivating re-imagining of the romantic ballet with a powerful choreography that succeeds in updating this story while remaining true to its roots.
- A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are tested as far as they can be pushed before their owner goes over the edge.
- Using restored material, this film presents the great tenors from Enrico Caruso to Iussi Björling and, together with accounts by contemporary witnesses and analyses by experts offers a deep and inspiring insight into the art of bel canto.
- The first comprehensive study of German artist Otto Dix looks at the life and work of the maligned German artist, blacklisted by the Nazis for his depictions of the horrors of war.
- While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose--except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: "Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly...Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect".
- The film is about a very special moment in the famous composer's artistic life. Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as "The Draughtsman's Contract", "The Ogre", "Man on Wire", and most famously for Campion's "The Piano", he has reached an international audience. But now, Michael Nyman is about to become a filmmaker himself. Featuring unprecedented access to the composer and his working life, this film shows one of the great composers of our time in all his diversity and endless energy. From London to Berlin, in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands and Portugal the film is also a journey through the musical world today. It shows Michael Nyman, the musician, in his concerts with The Michael Nyman Band and live collaborations with other internationally known musicians or orchestras. But throughout his journeys, this film discovers Nyman's increasing passion for filming and photography. Witnessing the development of his visual works from the very first moment of inspiration, it gives a unique insight into Michael Nyman's personal views, his thoughts and emotions; his world.
- During the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, a small band of Carmelite nuns struggle to hold on to their faith amid the growing chaos and the ever-present threat of the guillotine. Some stand fast, some falter; all must finally make a harrowing decision.
- Naxos Musical Journeys are virtual tours to the world's cultural heritage sites accompanied by classical music skilfully chosen and synchronized with the footage, all within the reach of your television.
- Pushkin folk tale as comedic opera whose sultry elements expand an Oriental influence. Korsakov portrays the story of Tsar Nicholas II, punished for his cowardice and despotism, using satire to condemn Russia's autocratic ruler.
- Maestro Barenboim opens the doors of his house in Berlin and performs Beethoven's famous "Geistertrio", with his son Michael Barenboim on violin and Kian Soltani on cello. He also shares some memories in an interview with Annie Dutoit.
- Learning from the Legends presents world-renowned trumpet soloist Rolf Smedvig teaching Hummel's Trumpet Concerto. Aspiring trumpet players can now take their playing to the next level with this essential repertoire. Eduard Laurel provides complete and detailed piano accompaniment students can use to practice along with in the comfort of their home. Includes a downloadable special edition of the trumpet sheet music edited by Rolf Smedvig and Matthew Carson at www.learningfromthelegends.com
- One of Donizetti's most emotionally raw operas, Roberto Devereux ossia Il conte di Essex was also the third to be loosely based on episodes in the life of Queen Elizabeth I.
- The plot of La cambiale di matrimonio; which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old; revolves around the farcical attempts of Tobia Mill; a rich English merchant; to combine business with pleasure by forcing his daughter; the lovely Fanny ("the merchandise") to marry Slook; his rich colonial correspondent.
- Set during the turbulence of the German Peasants revolt in the early 16th century, the focus is on artistic freedom of expression and human isolation during a time of plague, repression and violence.
- The opera was based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller and features a Great cast of singers including Marcelo Álvarez, Leo Nucci, Fiorenca Cedolins and Giorgio Surian.
- Learning from the Legends presents world-renowned violin soloist Lara St. John teaching Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 26. Aspiring violinists can now take their playing to the next level with this essential repertoire. Lara St. John provides complete and detailed lessons on all three movements of Bruch's famous work. Using the format of a private music lesson delivered right to their screen, students will watch as Lara breaks down each movement measure-by-measure, teaching advanced techniques and some extra-special tricks that the top performers use to dazzle and amaze their audiences. Includes a downloadable special edition of the violin sheet music edited by Lara St. John and Joey Corpus.
- Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet payed homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera as his second home after New York City Ballet. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity of the choreographer's repertoire and sources of inspiration, but also his love of music and his all-embracing attitude to the performing arts. Jerome Robbins brought new energy to classical dance, introducing 20th century urban rhythms, confirming its status as a modern entertainment form and instilling it with the interrogations of contemporary theatre.
- Learning from the Legends presents world-renowned trumpet soloist Rolf Smedvig teaching Hummel's Trumpet Concerto. Aspiring trumpet players can now take their playing to the next level with this essential repertoire. Rolf Smedvig provides complete and detailed lessons on Movement 1 of Hummel's famous work with a focus on Tone and Technique. Using the format of a private music lesson delivered right to their screen, students will watch as Rolf breaks down Movement 1 measure-by-measure, teaching advanced techniques and some extra-special tricks that the top performers use to dazzle and amaze their audiences. Includes a downloadable special edition of the trumpet sheet music edited by Rolf Smedvig and Matthew Carson at www.learningfromthelegends.com Rolf Smedvig has been called "One of our finest trumpet trumpeters" by The New York Times and "Brilliantly virtuosic" by the Los Angeles Times while the American Record Guide describes his playing as "Absolutely Gorgeous". These are excellent pedagogical videos... they are Rolf's parting legacy for young trumpeters and their teachers. - Barry Kilpatrick Reviewer, American Record Guide These instructional videos are professionally recorded and they are at the highest level. As a private teacher, I would find them invaluable. As a conductor, they reinforce much of what is worked on and hopefully accomplished in any rehearsal. In addition, the recordings provide a play-along track, which is extremely helpful. - William V. Johnson President, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)
- Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
- 2000–20031hTV EpisodeThis tour of Germany and, in particular, Thuringia, takes us to places associated with Johann Sebastian Bach, to his birth-place, Eisenach, to Arnstadt where he had early employment, and to Leipzig, where he spent the last 27 years of his life. We also see the historic town of Gotha with Schloss Friedenstein and its surviving baroque theatre, Erfurt, and Naumburg, with its Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. The music for this tour of Germany is taken from three keyboard concertos by Bach, originally written for harpsichord but here heard on the piano, an instrument only beginning to develop in Bach's time. Bach's keyboard concertos, many of them arrangements of earlier works for other solo instruments, were written in Leipzig, where, in 1729, Bach took over direction of the University Collegium Musicum. This ensemble of talented amateurs and professionals met on Wednesday afternoons at Gottfried Zimmermann's coffee-house or in summer on Friday evenings in his garden outside Leipzig.
- 2000–200358mTV EpisodeNorthern Italy has been ruled by various powers over the centuries. The Southern Tyrol, seen here, retains much of its Austrian past, with some regions predominantly German-speaking and others Italian. Scenes are shown of the Dolomites, the strangely shaped rock formations, a typical castle and mountain lakes. There are also views of the neighboring Swiss-Italian canton of Ticino. Music for the tour is by Beethoven, with his Violin Concerto, written and first performed in Vienna, and one of his two Romances for solo violin and orchestra, independent pieces perhaps intended as slow movements for another concerto that was never completed.