Notes and Editorial Reviews
11 Great Videos in a Limited-Edition, 13-Disc Set
Drawn from the Unitel catalog, these are some of the greatest videos ever recorded
Titles included in this set:
The Making Of West Side Story / Bernstein, Te Kanawa, Carreras, Troyanos
"This documentary is a must; there isn’t one boring moment in it." -- Fanfare
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 / Pollini, Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic (only
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available in a
concertos set)
Bizet: Carmen / Karajan, Bumbry, Vickers, Freni
Mozart: Violin Concertos 4 & 5 / Mutter, Camerata Salzburg (only available in a
concertos set)
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Furtwängler, Siepi, Grümmer, Edelmann, della Casa
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber, Jones, Fassbaender, Popp (2 DVDs)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Fonteyn, Nureyev, Lanchbery
Verdi: La Traviata / Rizzi, Netrebko, Villazón, Hampson
"The hit of the 2005 Salzburg Festival, this is the most moving performance of the opera I've ever come across. Its honesty touches the heart and the stars shine gloriously." -- ClassicsToday.com
Verdi: Messa Da Requiem / Karajan, Price, Pavarotti
Wagner: Die Walküre / Boulez, Jones, Hofmann, McIntyre (2 DVDs)
Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf / Sting, Abbado
"The interplay of childhood and experience accounts for much of the power and appeal of Prokofiev’s music, and it’s the same in this whimsical but knowing storybook production." -- Fanfare
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Works on This Recording
1.
Carmen by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano),
Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
2.
Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano),
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
3.
Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Conductor:
Karl Böhm
Period: Classical
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria
4.
Swan Lake, Op. 20 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
5.
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Sting (Voice)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; USSR
6.
Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Dame Gwyneth Jones (Soprano),
Donald McIntyre (Bass)
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
7.
Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Camerata Salzburg
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria
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