Gidon Kremer, violin. Symphonieorchester de Bayerischen Rundfunks. Sir Colin Davis, conductor.
Studio: Arthaus Musik. Format: DVD Full screen.
UPC: 807280211795. Daedalus Item Code: 25800
Gidon Kremer masterfully traverses Berg's powerful, haunting, and lyrical composition, while the accompanying BBC documentary (The Secret Life of Alban Berg) explores myriad revelations about ... (Read More)
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Art Blakey, drums. David Schmitter, tenor saxophone. Bill Hardman, trumpet. Mickey Tucker, piano. Cameron Brown, bass.
Studio: TDK Marketing. Format: DVD Full screen.
UPC: 824121000080. Daedalus Item Code: 25893
At a time when many jazz musicians were experimenting with electronics and fusing their music with pop, the Jazz Messengers were a mainstay of straight-ahead jazz. This live concert from the 1976 ... (Read More)
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Ekaterina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Irina Kolpakova & others.
Studio: Video Artists International. Format: DVD Full screen.
UPC: 089948447597. Daedalus Item Code: 35039
This collection begins with gravity- and physiognomy-defying artistry by Rudolf Nureyev and Veronica Tennant, (the Grand Pas de Deux from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty) and ends with Jerome ... (Read More)
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Winner of the Van Cliburn Competition and the Grand Prix Clara Haskil, Russian Bach specialist Evgeni Koroliov was deeply inspired by Glenn Gould's playing yet he offers a more lyrical approach, with ... (Read More)
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This concert was taped live in St. Petersburg during Tureck’s historic 1995 tour of Russia. Because of the connection between St. Petersburg and the teachers who guided her musical development, ... (Read More)
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Deborah York, Bogna Bartosz, Klaus Mertens & others. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Ton Koopman, conductor.
Studio: Euroarts. Format: DVD Widescreen.
UPC: 880242534194. Daedalus Item Code: 25842
In a live performance taped at St. Thomas, Leipzig (the church for which Bach conceived many of his greatest works), Baroque maestro Ton Koopman conducts one of the master’s greatest choral pieces, ... (Read More)
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John Mortimer. Sir Michael Hordern, George Rose, Leueen MacGrath, Jeanne Marsh & others. Stuart Burge, director.
Studio: Kultur. Format: DVD.
UPC: 032031274792. Daedalus Item Code: 25657
Here are two hilarious one-act plays from John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey. In "The Dock Brief," a highly incompetent lawyer prepares to defend a man who, by his own admission, ... (Read More)
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Dimitra Theodossiou, Nidia Palacios, Carlo Ventre & others. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini. Giuliano Carella, conductor.
Studio: Dynamic. Format: 2 DVDs Widescreen.
UPC: 8007144334932. Daedalus Item Code: 35454
This is one of the better filmed versions of Bellini's 1831 masterpiece. Greek soprano Dimitra Theodossiou's roles include that of Elizabeth I and Cleopatra, and she is commanding as the wronged ... (Read More)
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Handmade Benedetto archtop instruments played in a warm, intimate setting by stellar guitarists: not only that, but this lengthy gig features 17 songs, including "My One and Only Love," "Kiwi Bird," ... (Read More)
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Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge, Martyn Hill, Josephine Barstown & others. Kent Nagano, conductor. Margaret Williams, director.
Studio: Kultur. Format: DVD Widescreen.
UPC: 032031292390. Daedalus Item Code: 25659
Thirty years after the original broadcast, this opera returned to the small screen in a new version by the highly regarded music and arts director Margaret Williams, who reveals through a vivid film ... (Read More)
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Few conductors have made a greater contribution to our understanding of Bruckner than Günter Wand (1912–2002), whose readings of his symphonies concentrated on their texture and, hence, their spirit. ... (Read More)
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An elegant but rarely performed Haydn symphony is paired with a work by a later master of the form in this live program from the 1996 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
