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Sir Simon Rattle pays homage to a composer he holds close to his heart with Haydn - An Imaginary Orchestral Journey. Sir Simon's focus is on Haydn as innovator, showcasing his most forward-looking and outlandish works in 50 minutes of uninterrupted performance. In a selection meticulously arranged to best demonstrate Haydn's intelligence, wit and thoughtfulness Rattle has pieced together excerpts from symphonies, oratorios and operas spanning a 40-year period. The result is a clear image of a

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LSO Live presents the first release in a new Mendelssohn symphony cycle featuring Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Offered in sets containing both SACD and audio/video Blu-ray discs, Gardiner's interpretations can be seen and heard to full effect. Mendelssohn's Symphony No.3 and Hebrides Overture were both inspired by his travels to the British Isles, and are among the composer's most popular works. Also featured on this release is the Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires performing Schumann's Piano

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The Ludwigshafen Experience allows further insight into the artistic inner life of Jone's superb and uncommonly vital orchestra. The team consisted of a number of young luminaries of the time: trumpeters such as Freddie Hubbard and Benny Bailey, saxophonists such as Sahib Shihab. The program included evergreens like Summertime and compositions like Stolen Moments that were to become such. The mood on stage was relaxed, if only because the orchestra was hailed in Europe as a groundbreaking big

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PAL/Region 0. The three perform in various combinations, mixing jazz with flamenco in this 55 minute, 5 song performance that highlights their individual and combined talents. It is not an overly visual show, although the camerawork is pretty sound and anyone wanting to get a good look at lightning fingers in action will be pleased to know that they will get plenty of opportunities. Neither is there an over abundance of banter between the three, or with the audience, but the emphasis of the

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Valery Gergievs swansong recording with the LSO, these live performances from Londons Barbican Center combining the ethereal mysticism of Scriabins Symphony No 3 The Divine Poem and Symphony No 4 The Poem of Ecstasy were arguably one of the most significant of all Valery Gergievs projects with the London Symphony Orchestra and released during his final tenure as LSO Principal Conductor..

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Valery Gergiev's performances and recordings of Mahler's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra have garnered international acclaim. They have performed the works in Europe, North America and the Far East and their recordings have received numerous awards. The symphonies were originally released between 2008 and 2011 and will now be made available together for the first time as a specially priced and beautifully packaged ten SACD boxed set. Each of Mahler's symphonies could be considered

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It is 40 years since Maria Callas died (16th September 1977), but she lives on as the epitome of the operatic diva. She has never lost her place among the top-selling classical artists. To mark this anniversary alongside the luxury boxset – 0190295844707 Maria Callas Live - Warner Classics also releases two compilations: 2CD Digipak 1LP Standard 180gr. These two collections benefit from the superb new remastering and convey thus Callas’ compelling genius as a singing actress with a new

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Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli grew up in Lajatico, a rural village in Tuscany, where his family still farms nearby. Last July, on the slopes of his ancient hill town, a special theater was constructed for a one-night-only concert of his greatest popular hits along with new songs performed to honor the occasion. Some famous musical friends dropped by and the magical result is Andrea Bocelli - Vivere - Live in Tuscany, premiering this December on PBS. Joining Andrea for the new songs are

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A Verdi Requiem with a dream line-up of soloists and the forces of La Scala, Milan, directed by one of the greatest maestros of our time.If you were to devise a dream casting for this most theatrical of sacred masterpieces you might well come up with Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann and Rene Pape, plus the Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, under their current maestro, Daniel Barenboim... I was blown away by this Requiem... Kaufmanns first entry was like an erupting volcano.

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For this live recital from Zaragoza in Spain, Jorge Luis Prats complements his performance of five of Granados's Goyescas and El pelele with Villa-Lobos's Bachiana brasileira No. 4, contrasting one form of nationalism with another. Then, continuing with encores by Carlos Fariñas, Ignacio Cervantes and Ernesto Lecuona, he makes his Latin sympathies abundantly clear. In rapid-fire conversation, Prats confirms such sympathy, while adding that he plays an exceptionally wide repertoire..

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This highly anticipated box set brings together Valery Gergiev's acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninov symphonies. He leads the London Symphony Orchestra in performances recorded between 2008 and 2015. These masterful accounts are accompanied by his Symphonic Dances and and two symphonic poems by Mily Balakirev that echo the luxurious textures present throughout Rachmaninov's music. This four-disc set allows the option of listening to the complete program on three SACD's or one Pure Audio

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This East Coast performance brought classical music, in the form of Bach, to the younger Fillmore audience. By this point in time, Virgil Fox had established a reputation as a flamboyant guru of classical organ music. He made his concerts not only audio experiences, but a visual ones as well, featuring light shows and screen projections not unlike the psychedelic bands that frequented Bill Graham's venues. This made him a controversial figure among his peers in the classical music world,

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Liza Minnelli is Hollywood royalty, but it is on Broadway that she made her most distinctive mark, where her stage persona began to take shape and where she returned throughout her career to rediscover her adoring public. Live at the Winter Garden from January 1974 captures what may be the best of those memorable visits.Minnelli was already a Broadway veteran, winner of a Tony Award in 1965 followed by, in 1973, Academy and Emmy Awards. At the crest of that incredible wave, Minnelli returned

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One year from their landmark album, A Musical Affair, inspired by classic Broadway musicals, Il Divo will release a very special CD/DVD, Live In Japan. Filmed and recorded at Tokyo's famous Budokan Theatre in March of 2014, this impressive collection features 18 songs on the DVD and 15 songs on the CD. Live In Japan is available for pre-order here. Il Divo; Urs Buhler, Carlos Marin, Sebastien Izambard and David Miller; are joined by Tony and Olivier Award winning special guest, Lea Salonga for

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This 1976 live performance showcases the incredible Mikhail Baryshnikov, at the peak of his talents, shortly after arriving in the West.ISBN: 0-7697-12991. Color. Running Time: 50 minutes. Performers: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland. Ballet Performance.

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Sviatoslav Richters first North American tour in 1960 solidified his international standing as one of the 20th centurys most exciting, provocative and original Russian pianists. His Carnegie Hall debut consisted of five sold-out recitals within twelve days in October, with two recitals added in December. The complete recordings from these concerts - previously only available in two separate editions Sviatoslav Richter - The Complete Album Collection and Great Moments at Carnegie Hall - are

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This enthralling recital by the young American pianist George Li, silver medallist at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, marks his recording debut and launches a new relationship with Warner Classics. Captured at a live performance in the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St Petersburg, it presents a dramatically conceived programme of works by Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt: a descent into deep darkness; re-emergence into the light, and a concluding, boisterous celebration. Li, now