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When the Salzburg Festival presented its 100-year anniversary season with more than 200 perfor-mances in 15 venues over 44 days in Salzburg, London, Paris, Moscow, Tokyo and New York in November 2019, the preparations for this largest and most important classical music festival were already in full swing and the expectations for an extraordinary summer of music were enormous.Barely four months later, not only society faced one of the greatest challenges since the end of the Second World War, but also the Salzburg Festival. Founded in 1920 as a project in a time of greatest need against the crisis (World War I was followed by the Spanish Flu), the Festival coura-geously recalled its founding idea – art as “food” and meaning of life – and decided not to cancel the anniversary festival: The Festival came up in time with a security concept and presented an incredible 110 performances in 30 days at 8 venues.

The Salzburg Festival finally became not only a triumph for the arts under completely different external conditions, but also the strongest, most vital and most essential signal for the music world around the globe!

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JEDERMANNPETER LOHMEYER · TOBIAS MORETTI · EDITH CLEVER

CAROLINE PETERS · GREGOR BLOÉB AND OTHERSSTAGED BY MICHAEL STURMINGER

Salzburg 2005 – Verdi's La Traviata hits like a bomb: never before have opera stars been so seemingly close enough to touch, never before so present in the media. Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón in the leading roles are not on stage together for the first time – but here in Salzburg they finally become superstars. The two main protagonists share their emotions with the audience 15 years after this legendary performance. Willy Decker chats out of the sewing box. The little-known film footage of the rehearsal work gives an intimate and personal insight into the atmosphere on the set. La Traviata in Salzburg 2005: A celebration of the highest vocal artistry and lifelike acting.

It is the centerpiece of the Salzburg Festival and an incontrovertible institution: For its 100th anniversary, the Salzburg Festival is offering an opulent, effective Jedermann

by Hugo von Hofmannsthal:

“Tobias Moretti plays with great commitment, Caroline Peters gives a brilliant performance”

Salzburger Nachrichten

Video Director: André Turnheim | Length: approx. 110' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50134

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FROM AUSTRIA TO THE WORLD

MAX REINHARDTTHE MAGICIAN’S DREAM THE SOUND OF SALZBURG

A film by Hannes M. Schalle

Setting international standards – that’s what the Salzburg Festival usually does, and they succeeded in doing so also in the crazy year 2020. With the worldwide spread of the novel Sars-CoV-2 virus, the entire cultural scene not only in Austria came to a standstill. Rarely has the vulnerability of culture been felt so drastically as in recent months. But who, if not the Salzburg Festival, which was founded after World War 1 to give Austria and all of Europe a new cultural identity, can also defeat a pandemic?!

After months of stagnation, the Festival became a feast of joy for the music-hungry public. Shortened and modified according to the new patterns of art, checkered and distant, with mask and disinfectant, this year’s festival season became a worldwide signal to the cultural world: “Art must always remain relevant,” is the credo.

In this new documentary about Salzburg’s extraordinary 2020 anniversary season, the artists have their say and, of course, those who made it all possible: President Helga Rabl-Stadler and Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser.

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The film by Chris Weisz portrays the world’s largest classical music festival and traces its incredible rise: From its beginnings as a peace project after the First World War, through the myth of the Jedermann (Everyman) to the present day. What makes the Salzburg Festival so special and unique? Answers are provided by the festival organizers and some of the most internationally renowned festival artists – including Tobias Moretti, Daniel Barenboim, Teodor Currentzis, Anne-Sophie Mutter or Peter Sellars.

The renowned stage director Max Reinhardt was known as the “magician” of the theatre. For Salzburg he developed the dream of a great festival for the genres of theatre and opera with the genius of Mozart as its driving force. Exactly 100 years after the founding of the Salzburg Festival, the film traces the roots of the festival on the basis of Reinhardt’s autobiographical sketches. Numerous well-known actors report anecdotes from 100 years of the Salzburg Festival and their own experiences with the institution. Among the stars are Senta Berger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Peter Simonischek, Veronica Ferres, Cornelius Obonya and Tobias Moretti. But also the life and work of Max Reinhardt are the subject of the documentary, which is accompanied by the sound of the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg and the Wiener Philharmoniker.

In the 100th year of the famous Salzburg Festival, this high-quality docufiction offers a glimpse of the dramas and unknown events that took place backstage, from its founding in 1920, through Hitler’s seizure of power to the Karajan era and also a look at the present. Unknown film material from 30 archives worldwide and numerous private films show new facets of the festival. The scenery of the plot is Schloss Leopoldskron, where the key figures in the history of the festival meet for a special dinner. Their dialogues are based on authentic statements of the historical characters. A highly elaborate cinematic journey through time with a top-class cast of film and theatre actors, above all Florian Teichtmeister as the servant of Max Reinhardt’s dinner party.

THE MIRACLE OF SALZBURG

A film by Madlene Feyrer & Teresa Vogl

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Nicole Chevalier Leonore (Fidelio) · Eric Cutler Florestan · Gábor Bretz Don Pizarro Christof Fischesser Rocco · Mélissa Petit Marzelline · Benjamin Hulett Jaquino · Károly Szemerédy Don Fernando

Johannes Bamberger First Prisoner · Dumitru Mădăraşăn Second Prisoner Arnold Schoenberg Chor · Roger Díaz Cajamarca, Viktor Mitrevski Chorus Masters

Wiener Symphoniker · Manfred Honeck Conductor

Christoph Waltz Stage Director

Video Director: Felix Breisach | Length: 131' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50125

On the occasion of Beethoven’s 250th birthday Academy award winning Austrian-German actor and director Christoph Waltz has been engaged for the stage direction of the new production of Fidelio at the Theater an der Wien. There, at one of the oldest opera houses in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven was what one would call today a composer-in-residence. And he was this in two respects: here he lived for two years in an apartment in the wing of the building. And it was here that he premiered many of his most famous orchestral works, symphonies and his only opera: Fidelio. Two of the three versions were first heard at the Theater an der Wien, in 1805 and in 1806.In his third opera production Waltz brilliantly stages the second version of the opera in the breathtaking set designed by the German-American architectural practice Barkow Leibinger. The abstract staircase landscape in the form of a double helix, symboli- zing prison, extends space into the back theatre and is infinitely changeable in the cinematic lighting concept of Hollywood

regular Henry Braham. Manfred Honeck at the rostrum of the dynamic Wiener Symphoniker leads a superb and versatile cast of “vocally oustanding” (Der Standard) singers: Nicole Chevalier, claimed by Die Zeit as “one of the currently most exciting opera singers”, bewitches vocally and dramatically on her stage debut as Leonore, Eric Cutler gives Florestan a powerful voice. Chris-tof Fischesser, Gábor Bretz, Mélissa Petit, Benjamin Hulett and Károly Szemerédy complete the strong ensemble. But the production, which was sold out months before, never saw its stage premiere, as the Theater an der Wien sadly had to shut down due to the Covid 19 pandemic a few days before. Thanks to an incredible effort by all participants, the opera house was converted into a film studio at short notice so that Christoph Waltz’s “convincing production” (Die Zeit) of Beethoven’s flaming musical plea for freedom and humanity could be preserved for posterity.

Waltz, an Oscar-winning actor in his third stint as opera director, creates a realist but understated dramatic tone that is well-suited to the camera.

The imposing set of twisted, concrete stairwells proves remarkably telegenic.Financial Times

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Video Director: Xavi Bové | Length: approx. 160' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 930 50018

Composed in 1900 to a libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, Dvořák’s most successful opera was premiered on March 31, 1901 at the Prague National Theater. Almost 120 years later, the year is 2020 AD: The world is entirely occupied by COVID. Well, not entirely... One major opera house of indomitable Spanish still holds out against the pandemic. And life is not easy... In this setting – with masks and keeping distance – the Teatro Real makes the impossible pos-sible: Mesmerizing soprano Asmik Grigorian stars in the title role of Christoph Loy’s timeless and evocative staging of Dvořák’s

tragic take on the Little Mermaid fable, featuring tenor Eric Cut-ler as the smitten prince and bass-baritone Maxim Kuzmin-Kara-vaev as Rusalka’s father, Vodník (The Water Goblin). Karita Mattila steps smoothly into the royal persona of the foreign princess. General Music director of the Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, wills the Orchestra to deliver its beauties with an extra kiss of sensuous-ness and extra jabs of drama. “On an overwhelming level that will leave its mark on the lucky ones who can enjoy it.” (El Español)

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“In a word, she interprets in the most beautiful sense of the term.”

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“delicate and expressive, navigating through the famous melody with easiness and subtly”

Opera Wire

“virtuoso performance by Loy”El PaisAsmik Grigorian Rusalka · Eric Cutler The Prince · Karita Mattila The Foreign Princess

Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev The Water Goblin, Katarina Dalayman Ježibaba · Manel Esteve The GamekeeperJuliette Mars The Kitchen Boy · Julietta Aleksanyan First Wood Nymph · Rachel Kelly Second Wood Nymph

Alyona Abramova Third Wood Nymph · Sebastià Peris The HunterCor Titular del Teatro Real · Andrés Máspero Chorus Master

Klevis Elmazaj Choreographer

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real · Ivor Bolton Conductor

Christof Loy Stage Director

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UMBERTO GIORDANO

ANDREA CHÉNIERJonas Kaufmann Andrea Chénier · Anja Harteros Maddalena di Coigny · George Petean Carlo Gérard · Rachael Wil-son Bersi · Helena Zubanovich Countess di Coigny · Larissa Diadkova Madelon · Andrea Borghini Roucher · Johannes

Kammler Pierre Fléville · Christian Rieger Fouquier-Tinville · Ulrich Reß The Abbé · Kevin Conners IncroyableChorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper · Stellario Fagone Chorus Master

Bayerisches Staatsorchester · Marco Armiliato Conductor

Philipp Stölzl Stage Director

Video Director: Brian Large | Length: 135 ' | Shot in HD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 050 50560

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Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros, the dream team of opera, continue their successful collaboration in a new production of Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at the Bayerische Staats -oper in Munich. Alongside the superb baritone George Petean, the superstars show how love triumphs over death in the shadow of a terrifying regime. In the opulent staging by film direc-tor Philipp Stölzl, Marco Armiliato conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester.Andrea Chénier, Giordano’s verismo opera, casts light upon the turbulent times of the French Revolution, and doesn’t shy away from its dark side. Embedded in the great historical panorama, which is being laid out before the spectator, are the personal fates of the opera’s protagonists. Star soprano Anja Harteros sings the young aristocrat Maddalena di Coigny, “a role that seems to be tailored to her” (FAZ). When Maddalena loses every-thing in the upheaval of the revolution and is in grave danger as aristocrat, she turns to the young poet Andrea Chénier for help, who had impressed her with his criticism of the nobility’s mer-cilessness before. Chénier, sung by star tenor Jonas Kaufmann “with a dark, alluring, longing timbre” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), falls in love with her, but is being arrested and accused of high treason

by Carlo Gérard. George Petean is utterly convincing in his role as Chénier’s rival. Now a powerful member of the Revolutionary tribunal, Gérard has been in love with Maddalena since his time as servant for the Coigny family. But when she offers herself in exchange for Chénier’s life, Gérard is moved by her willingness to sacrifice herself and tries everything to free Chénier. Despite his efforts, the poet’s execution is inevitable and in the face of death, Chénier and Maddalena declare their undying love for each other. Fierce and passionate, Harteros’s Maddalena is “a marvel” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) in this fast-paced narrative. With tableaux vivants, historical costumes and scenic parallelism, stage director and designer Philipp Stölzl provides a powerful, filmic imagery, contrasting the upper classes of society and their lavish feasts with the living conditions of their servants, who are crammed together in the basement. With the joint forces of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and the Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, conductor Marco Armiliato brings all the drama of revolutionary France to life. “A sensational Anja Harteros brings the house down! Kaufmann is perfect for the role – full of vitality and radiance! World-class!” (BR Klassik)

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An “extraordinary show“ New York Times

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

ALCINACecilia Bartoli Alcina · Philippe Jaroussky Ruggiero · Sandrine Piau Morgana

Kristina Hammarström Bradamante · Christoph Strehl Oronte · Alastair Miles MelissoSheen Park (Vienna Boys Choir) Oberto · Rouven Pabst, Hector Buenfil, Palacios, Stefano De Luca, Tomaz Simatovic,

Robert Söderström, Joan Aguilà, Cuevas, Edward Pearce, Erick Odriozola DancersBachchor Salzburg · Markus Obereder Chorus Master

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco · Gianluca Capuano Conductor

Damiano Michieletto Stage Director

Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: approx. 190' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50120

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At Salzburg Festival, Handel’s Alcina is a true celebration of sing-ing: Cecilia Bartoli shines in the title role of the sorceress Alcina as does Philippe Jaroussky in the role of Ruggiero. At their side, Sandrine Piau as Morgana and Kristina Hammer-ström as Bradamante are “ravishing” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). Director Damiano Michieletto stages his first baroque opera and creates a convincing mixture of psychological interpretation and associative imagery. Unlike the libretto, which is based on Ludovico Ariosto’s epic Orlando furioso, the Venetian Michieletto

moves the setting of Alcina’s magic island to a mysterious hotel with a mirror wall. The look in the mirror of an aging woman, who has an oppressive fear of no longer being desired, is the obvious core of the production. Gianluca Capuano conducts the Musiciens du Prince – Monaco prudently and with a slim orchestral sound, the Bachchor Salzburg is excellently rehearsed. Capuano “perfectly combines drama with precision and poetry” raves Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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RUGGERO LEONCAVALLOZAZÀ

Svetlana Aksenova Zazà · Enkelejda Shkosa Anaide · Dorothea Herbert Floriana / Madame DufresneJuliette Mars Natalia · Nikolai Schukoff Milio Dufresne · Vittoria Antonuzzo Totó Dufresne

Christopher Maltman Cascart · Tobias Greenhalgh Bussy · Paul Schweinester CourtoisIvan Zinoviev Duclou · Johannes Bamberger Marco / Augusto · Patrick Maria Kühn A Gentleman

Ena Topcibasic Claretta · Liliya Namisnyk SimonaArnold Schoenberg Chor · Erwin Ortner Chorus Master

ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien · Stefan Soltész Conductor


Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: 127' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50134

With Ruggero Leoncavallo’s rarity Zazà, the Theater an der Wien scored a coup with the grandiose house debutante Svetlana Aksenova in the title role. Christof Loy delivers a striking stag-ing of the Verismo drama and conductor Stefan Soltész spiri- tedly leads the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien through the highly acclaimed evening. At the center of the piece is the provincial variety theatre artist Zazà who soon finds herself between two men, but also between the life she has been used to up to now and the hope for the happiness of a secure mid-dle-class existence through marriage and love. One is Cascart, her stage partner and former lover, whom she keeps afloat like her alcoholic mother. The other is the Parisian businessman and

bon vivant Milio, whom she falls head over heels in love with, unaware that he has a wife and child in the capital. She finally sets him free and remains fatally unhappy in this piece.“It would take a whole newspaper page to praise all the per-formers appropriately”, praises Der Standard. Of particular note is Svetlana Aksenova as Zazá who “suffers the whole spectrum from intimate affection to raging jealousy and mute despair”, Nikolai Schukoff (Milio) “shows himself as a daredevil and a depressed mourner”, Christopher Maltman as Cascart “leads energetically and touchingly his already lost fight for his beloved.” An evening worth seeing and hearing!

“Svetlana Aksenova is grandiose as Zazà – also as actress of this torn figure” Salzburger Nachrichten

“An intense, touching, musical chamber drama” Kurier

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WOLFGANG A. MOZART

COSÌ FAN TUTTEMarianne Crebassa Dorabella · Elsa Dreisig Fiordiligi · Andrè Schuen Guglielmo · Bogdan Volkov Ferrando,

Lea Desandre Despina · Johannes Maria Kränzle Don AlfonsoKonzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor · Huw Rhys James Chorus Master

Wiener Philharmoniker · Joana Mallwitz Conductor


Video Director: Michael Beyer | Length: 146' | Shot in UHD HDR | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50133

“This production of Così fan tutte will be long remembered. It is pure joy, a wonder, a celebration”

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“Remarkably cohesive and so moving” The Times

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At Salzburg Festival the new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte is a magic moment in Mozart interpretation, a true feast for the eyes and ears: A masterfully clever staging, a ravishingly young cast and, with Joana Mallwitz, for the first time a woman stands at the podium of the Wiener Philharmoniker for a staged opera production at the Festival. “The sovereignty and prudence with which conductor Joana Mallwitz steers her ensemble and the Wiener Philharmoniker through Mozart’s musical cosmos is phenomenal”, praises BR Klassik, “the orchestra likes to be car-ried away by her, playing with enthusiasm and brilliance.” For this shortened version of Mozart’s masterpiece the young conductor joins forces with none other than the internationally renowned

director Christof Loy. The celebrated stage director brings unex-pected psychological elements to his strikingly modern mise en scène which is coherent down to the smallest detail. On the simple black and white stage, the emotional tragedy takes its course: The sisters Fiordiligi (sung by stunning French soprano Elsa Dreisig) and Dorabella (beautifully presented by Marianne Crebassa) are subject of a bet made by their betrothed Ferrando (exquisite and sunny voiced Bogdan Volkov) and Guglielmo (hot tempered Andrè Schuen) with Don Alfonso (surprisingly uncyn-ical Johannes Martin Kränzle): true faithfulness would not exist with women. In the end, Don Alfonso should be right and still, this game causes deep wounds for all involved!

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LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

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Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is one of those operas whose plot cannot simply be stated in brief. That’s why it’s best to do without it altogether. However, Austrian actor and cabaret artist Alfred Dorfer – known to many for his film adventure India – proves in his first opera production at the Theater an der Wien that the libretto is still highly topical. “Le nozze is a piece about love

and power, power without love as well as love without power” (Alfred Dorfer). The stellar cast is led by veteran Count Alma-viva, embodied by Vienna favorite Florian Boesch, the Concen-tus Musicus performs under the direction of Stefan Gottfried a shortened version, which was performed exclusively for the recording.

Florian Boesch Il Conte di Almaviva · Cristina Pasaroiu La Contessa di Almaviva · Giulia Semenzato Susanna Robert Gleadow Figaro · Katie Coventry Cherubino · Enkelejda Shkosa Marcellina · Maurizio Muraro BartoloAndrew Owens Basilio · Johannes Bamberger Don Curzio · Ekin Su Paker Barbarina · Ivan Zinoviev Antonio

Arnold Schoenberg Chor · Erwin Ortner Chorus Master

Concentus Musicus Wien · Stefan Gottfried Conductor

Alfred Dorfer and Kateryna Sokolova Stage Directors

“The punchlines are spot on, Dorfer has woven the intrigues better than many professional opera directors, with his sense of timing familiar from the cabaret stage.”

Die Presse

“Alfred Dorfer’s first opera production (…) scores with transparency and lightness.”Der Standard

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DER MESSIASBY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

ARRANGED BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Elena Tsallagova Soprano · Wiebke Lehmkuhl Alto · Richard Croft TenorPhilharmonia Chor Wien · Walter Zeh Chorus Master

Les Musiciens du Louvre · Marc Minkowski Conductor

Robert Wilson Stage Director


Known as a creator of astonishing images, stage director and visual artist Robert Wilson delivers a magnificent production of Mozart’s adaption of Handel’s Messias. Mozart was commis-sioned by Gottfried van Swieten to modernise the score almost fifty years after Handel’s popular composition (1742), mainly by arranging the wind parts and partially re-composing them. With Marc Minkowski a conductor has been engaged who

understands perfectly how to combine baroque style with the tonal possibilities of an orchestra of the classical period like the Musiciens du Louvre. The excellent soloist quartet with Elena Tsallagova, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Richard Croft and José Coca Loza merges perfectly into Wilson’s enormous flood of images. “A complete artwork”, praises Opernglas.

“stunningly beautiful” BR Klassik

“Minkowski is the most imaginative, dynamic and passionate of all baroque conductors”Süddeutsche Zeitung

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OLGA NEUWIRTH

ORLANDOBASED ON THE NOVEL BY VIRGINIA WOOLF

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Orlando is the first work commissioned from a woman for the Vienna State Opera. Olga Neuwirth, for a long time one of the great composers of the present, succeeds with this opera in creating a captivating arc across many musical genres.

An exciting, socially critical production by Polly Graham who puts a fantastically singing and playing Kate Lindsey in the center of the action. Opernwelt made it “First performance of the year” in its annual hit list.

Kate Lindsey Orlando · Anna Clementi Narrator · Eric Jurenas Guardian Angel Constance Hauman Queen / Purity / Friend of Orlando’s child · Agneta Eichenholz Sasha / Chastity

Leigh Melrose Shelmerdine / Greene · Justin Vivian Bond Orlando’s child et al.

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper · Matthias Pintscher Conductor

Polly Graham Stage Director

WORLDPREMIERE “The premiere of the season” Die Zeit

“A dazzling panorama of semantic ambiguity”Opernwelt

“First Performance of the Year” Opernwelt

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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU

PLATÉE

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Robert Carsen’s dazzling production of Rameau’s comic opera Platée at the Theater an der Wien, with the musicians of Les Arts Florissants under the supreme direction of William Christie trans-fers the mythological action in the high fashion scene – Karl Lagerfeld, his cat Choupette and the world’s most famous fash-ion editors included. Jupiter, in a ploy to rid his wife, Junon, of jealousy over his amorous exploits, courts the vain but unsightly swamp-nymph Platée. When Junon, styled as Coco Chanel, catches sight of Platée, her jealousy evaporates and everyone

mocks the deceived and deflated nymph. Vanity, is seems, afflicts everyone on stage, but only Platée, touchingly embodied by Marcel Beekman, pays a price. The baritone Edwin Crossley- Mercer is an imposing Jupiter, and the soprano Jeanine de Bique brings her distinctive style to La Folie’s bravura music. What car-ries the production and caused cheers at the premiere is pre-cisely the excess it seeks to criticize and not least Nicolas Paul’s sensational choreography of Rameau’s dance pieces.

Marcel Beekman Platée · Jeanine De Bique La Follie · Cyril Auvity Mercure / Thespis · Marc Mauillon Cithéron / Momus, Edwin Crossley-Mercer Jupiter · Emmanuelle de Negri Clarine / Amour

Emilie Renard Junon · Ilona Revolskaya Thalie · Padraic Rowan MommussArnold Schoenberg Chor · Erwin Ortner, Roger Díaz-Cajamarca Chorus Masters

Les Arts Florissants · William Christie Conductor

Robert Carsen Stage Director

“a sensational success at the house”Salzburger Nachrichten

“Furious fashion show”Kurier

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GIOACHINO ROSSINILA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO

Carlo Lepore Tobia Mill · Giuliana Gianfaldoni Fannì · Davide Giusti Edoardo Milfort Iurii Samoilov Slook · Pablo Gálvez Norton · Martiniana Antonie Clarina

Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini · Dmitry Korchak Conductor

Laurence Dale Stage Director


The Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro brings a delightful new pro-duction of Rossini’s early work La cambiale di matrimonio (The Marriage Promissory Note) on stage. Particularly noteworthy is the excellent young cast, mainly young singers from the Pesa-ro-based Accademia Rossiniana, one of the most successful tal-ent factories in Italy. “Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Carlo Lepore, Davide Giusti, Iurii Samoilov, as well as Pablo Gálvez and Martiniana Antonie in the smaller parts please with lean, profound voices and a mature ensemble performance that can only be achieved with careful rehearsal work”, applauds Der Tagesspiegel. The plot of La cambiale di matrimonio, based on patterns of the Comme-dia dell’arte, is quickly told: A greedy, foolish old man wants to

marry his daughter to a rich American against her will. The lat-ter, however, unexpectedly takes the side of the unhappy young woman, appoints her penniless lover as his heir and thus sets the course for a happy outcome. Rossini’s comic farce is stylisti-cally audibly influenced by Mozart, rich in beautiful melodies and ensemble scenes, but with his lively parlando style and several strettas already a typical Rossini. The 42-year-old Russian Dmitry Korchak, who is also a regular Rossini tenor in Pesaro, appeared here for the first time on the conductor’s podium, outstanding above all his handling of the recitatives. Laurence Dale, who came to Pesaro for the first time as a stage director, also provides an appealing aesthetic.

“The little opera is a small gem and the ROF has fully enhanced it”Classical Music Daily

“A truly outstanding ensemble”Das Opernglas

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LUIGI ROSSI

IL PALAZZO INCANTATO

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While Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo was of capital historic importance for the development of opera in 17th century France, one can hardly find any works of the composer on the schedules of the opera houses today. Only recently the rarely performed opera Il palazzo incantato was brought to Opéra de Dijon by Leonardo García Alarcón and Fabrice Murgia. The libretto, written by Car-

dinal Rospigliosi, later to become Pope Clement IX, was the first adaptation of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, a masterpiece of Italian poetry with a long lyric history. Numerous singers, actors, acro-bats and dancers turn Fabrice Murgia’s opulent staging of Rossi’s masterpiece into a festive celebration of total art. “A super rich and very dense show” (ForumOpera.com).

Victor Sicard Orlando · Arianna Venditelli Angelica · Fabio Trümpy Ruggiero Deanna Breiwick Bradamante / La Peinture, Mark Milhofer Atlante · Lucía Martín-Cartón Olympia / La Musique / Écho

· Mariana Flores Marfisa / La Magie / Doralice · Grigory Soloviov Gigante / Sacripante / GradassoKazper Szelążek Prasildo / Le Nain · André Lacerda Elcete et al.

Choeur de l’Opéra de Dijon · Chœur de Chambre de Namur · Anass Imat Chorus Master

Cappella Mediterranea · Leonardo García Alarcón Conductor

Fabrice Murgia Stage Director

“A successful show, of a rare power, called to seduce the widest audience, without concession nor demagogy. An exceptional success.”

Forum Opera

“a remarkable work of intelligence and powerfully poetic.”Le Monde

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RICHARD STRAUSS

ELEKTRAAušrinė Stundytė Elektra · Asmik Grigorian Chrysothemis · Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Klytämnestra

Derek Welton Orest · Michael Laurenz Aegisth · Tilmann Rönnebeck Orest’s tutor · Verity Wingate TrainbearerValeriia Savinskaia Confidante · Matthäus Schmidlechner A young servant · Jens Larsen An old servant

Sonja Saric The overseer · Bonita Hyman, Katie Coventry, Deniz Uzun, Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Natalia Tanasii Five Maidservants

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor · Ernst Raffelsberger Chorus Master

Wiener Philharmoniker · Franz Welser-Möst Conductor

Krzysztof Warlikowski Stage Director

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“Triumphant” The Times

“Highlight of the centenary season” The Telegraph

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In its 100th anniversary edition, the Salzburg Festival celebrates a real triumph with a mind-blowing new production of Elektra, one of the most famous masterpieces of opera history by the two festival founders Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmanns-thal. The Lithuanian soprano Aušrinė Stundytė as vengeful and traumatized Elektra turns the opening of the Festival into a real knockout performance! Her sister Chrysothemis is sung by her compatriot Asmik Grigorian, who made her international break-through as acclaimed Salome at the 2018 Salzburg Festival, and whose performance once again draws the audience into spell.

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Klytämnestra, Derek Welton as Orest and Michael Laurenz as Aegisth complete an ensemble of top-notch singers. The staging by Krzysztof Warlikowski of this work about matricide, obsession, revenge and physical degra-dation is a deep psychological study of a broken family. Franz Welser-Möst, who just recently celebrated an overwhelming success with Strauss’ Salome in Salzburg brings his trademark flair to the pit where the brilliantly effervescent and then again heartrendingly gentle playing Wiener Philharmoniker create glo-riously exultant Strauss moments.

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RICHARD STRAUSSDER ROSENKAVALIER

Camilla Nylund Feldmarschallin · Michèle Losier Fürstin Werdenberg, Octavian · Nadine Sierra SophieGünther Groissböck Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau · Roman Trekel Herr von Faninal

Anna Samuil Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin · Karl-Michael Ebner ValzacchiKatharina Kammerloher Annina · Atalla Ayan An Italian Singer · Erik Rosenius A Police Inspector

Florian Hoffmann The Marschallin’s Majordomo · Linard Vrielink Faninal’s MajordomoJaka Mihelač A Notary · Andrés Moreno García An Innkeeper · Lorenzo Torres A Paper Artist

Olga Vilenskaia, Anna Woldt, Verena Allertz Three Noble OrphansVictoria Randem A Milliner · Jin Hak Mok A Vendor of Pets

Staatsopernchor Berlin · Anna Milukova Chorus Master

Staatskapelle Berlin · Zubin Mehta Conductor

André Heller Stage Director

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110 years ago, Richard Strauss celebrated an overwhelming suc-cess with Der Rosenkavalier and was catapulted overnight into the Olympus of the greatest composers of all times. But the success of this work is equally based on Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s biting libretto that traces the last days of Viennese society of the Dan-ube monarchy with a pointed pen. Austrian artist, author, poet, singer, songwriter and actor André Heller makes his debut as an opera director with a “lush, tasteful, opulent” (Süddeutsche Zei-

tung) production at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Xenia Hausner, regarded as one of the most important artists of her generation, set the stage in fin-de-siècle Vienna. The star cast, in opulent costumes by internationally acclaimed designer Arthur Arbesser, includes Günther Groissböck as Ochs, Nadine Sierra as Sophie, Michèle Losier as Octavian and Camilla Nylund as the Marschallin. Zubin Mehta's Rosenkavalier “sounds like memory and farewell” (Berliner Zeitung).

“A Rosenkavalier with a dream cast” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“One has hardly ever seen a more splendid, elegant and opulent Rosenkavalier”

Süddeutsche Zeitung

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RICHARD WAGNER

PARSIFALTómas Tómasson Amfortas · Alexei Tanovitski Titurel · John Relyea Gurnemanz · Thomas Gazheli KlingsorJulian Hubbard Parsifal · Catherine Hunold Kundry · Adrian Dwyer, Dmitry Grigoriev Knights of the Grail

Elisabetta Zizzo, Sofia Koberidze, Alena Sautier, Talia Or, Maria Parsifal · Catherine Hunold KundryAdrian Dwyer, Dmitry Grigoriev Knights of the Grail

Elisabetta Zizzo, Sofia Koberidze, Alena Sautier, Talia Or, Maria Radoeva, Stephanie Marshall FlowermaidensElisabetta Zizzo, Sofia Koberidze, Ewandro Stenzowski, Nathan Haller Four Esquires

Stephanie Marshall Voice from above

Orchestra, Coro & Coro di voci bianche del Teatro MassimoOmer Meir Wellber Conductor · Ciro Visco, Salvatore Punturo Chorus Masters

Graham Vick Stage Director


In the magnificent Teatro Massimo in Palermo, British stage director Graham Vick and Israeli conductor Omer Meir Well-ber bring Richard Wagner’s last opera Parsifal in a suspenseful interpretation to the stage. In this Parsifal, the myth of the Holy Grail is woven into real-life events, a parable of the suffering of those who flee war and conflict zones to freedom. Omer Meir

Wellber makes a highly successful debut as music director in Pa- lermo where Richard Wagner composed this monumental opera during a long stay. The singers are excellently cast, above all a passionately singing Julian Hubbard as Parsifal and Tómas Tómas-son embodies Amfortas superbly as a glorified prophet figure.

“Graham Vick strips Parsifal of mysticism to deliver a powerful indictment of divisive ideologies”

Musical America

“Conductor Omer Meir Wellber chose Wagner’s opera of renewal to inaugurate his tenure as music director of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, architecturally and artistically

one of Italy’s most impressive opera houses... With the Teatro Massimo’s excellent orchestra he succeded in a reading that was absolutely straight forward”

Opera Today

“Julian Hubbard as Parsifal is a sensation”neue musikzeitung

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MAHLER, LIVE

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The ballet evening Mahler, live at the Vienna State Opera is already making dance history: It presents a world premiere by new ballet director Martin Schläpfer, performed by 102 dancers, and a Vienna premiere by master choreographer Hans van Manen who designed his ballet Live, premiered in 1979, as a “video ballet”: Two dancers are on stage, but the pas de deux becomes a pas de trois, as the camera follows each scene. A woman is alone, the cam-era is her partner and mirror image at the same time. Five little

piano pieces by Franz Liszt form the musical basis for this gripping chamber play. Schläpfer contrasts his large-scale work with the simple title 4 with this chamber play. It is his first choreography at the Vienna State Opera: all the dancers of the Staatsballett per-form to Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. At the podium is Axel Kober, who knows how to exploit the philharmonic advantages of this orchestra and carefully carries Schläpfer’s filigree weave.

LIVEFranz Liszt Music

Hans van Manen Choreographer Shino Takizawa Piano

Olga Esina, Marcos Menha Dancers

4Gustav Mahler Music Hans Schläpfer Choreographer Slávka Zámečniková Soprano Wiener Staatsballett

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper · Axel Kober Conductor

WORLDPREMIERE

"a sensational start." Süddeutsche Zeitung

"The Swiss-born composer distills from the refined Mahler composition a cornucopia of brilliantly structured scenes and flowing images"

Der Standard

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CAPPELLA MEDITERRANEASONYA YONCHEVA · LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN

“The Bulgarian Sonya Yoncheva currently has one of the most sensual soprano voices in the

world of opera. Yoncheva stirs and soothes, with delicately sparkling melodic jewels of Stradella, Monteverdi, Cavalli and Caldara, but also with

Spanish, Gibbons, Dowland and Purcell”Die Welt

Alessandro Stradella: “Queste lagrime e sospiri” (San Giovanni Battista) Claudio Monteverdi: “O rosetta, che rosetta” (Scherzi musicali) · “S’apre la tomba” (Voglio di vita uscir) · “Adagiati, Poppea” – “Oblivion soave” (L’incoronazione di Poppea) Francesco Cavalli: “Luci mie, che miraste” (Xerse) Antonio Caldara: Ciacona in B flat major No. 12 (Trio Sonata for Two Violins and Basso Continuo, Op. 2) Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz: Jácara por primer tono José Marín: Ojos, pues me desdeñáis Henry Purcell: “Thy Hand Belinda” – “When I am Laid in Earth” (Dido and Aeneas) · “With Drooping Wings ye Cupids Come” (Dido and Aeneas) Anonymous: Zableiano mi agunce Francesco Cavalli: “Sinfonia de La Notte” (L’Egisto) Santiago de Murcia / Diego Fernández de Huete: Tarantela John Dowland: Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Envite Simón Díaz: Pasaje del olvido Anonymous: No hay que decirle el primor Björn Ulvaeus / Benny Andersson: Like An Angel Passing Through My Room Leonardo García Alarcón: “Y a tus plantas Nisea” (El Prometeo)

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“A crazy program ... A fascinating and crazy border crossing, never in danger of falling. And the audience is cheering”

Die Welt

CAMERATA SALZBURGPATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA · INGO METZMACHER

GYÖRGY LIGETI Concerto for Violin and Orchestra · Ligatura-Message to Frances-Marie

(The Answered Unanswered Question), Op. 31b · “Ruhelos” from Kafka-Fragmente, Op. 24

AUGUST NÖRMIGERToden Tanz from Tabulaturbuch auff dem Instrumente

ANONYMOUSByzantine Chant on Psalm 140

FRANZ SCHUBERTString Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Der Tod und das Mädchen”

JOHN DOWLANDPavane “Lachrimæ Antiquæ Novæ” for String Quintet

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CAMERATA SALZBURGDANIEL OTTENSAMER · MANFRED HONECK

ARVO PÄRTCantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell

WOLFGANG A. MOZARTConcerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622

RICHARD STRAUSSMetamorphosen. A study for 23 solo strings, o. Op. 142

MAN & MYTH – CULTURE AS A CRIME:PROMETHEUS

HÅKAN HARDENBERGER · PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARDCONCERTGEBOUWORKEST ORCHESTRA · ANDRIS NELSONS

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENDie Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43

BRETT DEANDramatis personae for trumpet and orchestra

ALEXANDER SKRIABINProméthée. Le Poème du feu, Op. 60 for clavier à lumières, piano, chorus and orchestra“Rarely has the warmth that this miraculous movement evokes in people

been so intense as in the matinee of the Camerata Salzburg on Sunday. Ottensamer’s interaction with the orchestra brought about another,

for many, last unforgettable moment of this festival summer”Salzburger Nachrichten

“Excitingly phrased and full of unexpected details”Trouw

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C A M E R A T A S A L Z B U R G C O N C E R T G E B O U W O R C H E S T R A

Winner of 2020 International Classical Music Award

THE BEETHOVEN MARATHONExperience the sparkling and award-winning Beethoven Symphony Cycle

(ICMA Recording of the year 2020 and Opus Klassik Award) by Ádám Fischer and his Danish Chamber Orchestra.

DANISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRASOFIE ELKJÆR JENSEN · MORTEN GROVE FRANDSEN · JACOB SKOV ANDERSEN

HENNING VON SCHULMAN · DANISH NATIONAL CONCERT CHOIRÁDÁM FISCHER

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphonies Nos. 1-9

BEETHOVEN 9 AND CIRCAMAIJA KOVALEVSKA · JACQUELINE DARK · PAUL O’NEILL · WARWICK FYFE

CIRCA CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · BENJAMIN NORTHEYLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

DEBORAH CHEETHAMMELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · BENJAMIN NORTHEYDEBORAH CHEETHAM

Long Time Living Here (Acknowledgment of Country) Dutala, Star Filled Sky

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“It awaits with surprises and new discoveries from the inner life of these great compositions.”

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“Wild heroic works”Kristeligt Dagblad

“Beethoven Marathon ends in triumph”Kristeligt Dagblad

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“...the voice of Netrebko grabs you as hard as it does. Already her first appearance is wonderful stage magic. Still she has this unstrained big full height, still she

crawls into every role and lets all her vocal power shine out from there”Süddeutsche Zeitung

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ANNA NETREBKO AND YUSIF EYVAZOVAN EVENING WITH TCHAIKOVSKY

MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA SALZBURGSZILVIA VÖRÖS · MIKHAIL TATARNIKOV

PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKYIntroduction from The Queen of Spades, Op. 68

“Ostanovites, umolyayu vas!” (Stay, I beg of you!) from The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66

Tatiana’s letter scene from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 “Kuda, kuda vy udalilis” (Where, oh where have you gone) from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 “Tvoye molchaniye neponyatno” (I do not understand your silence) from Iolanta, Op. 69

IVOR BOLTONROSA FEOLA · KATHARINA MAGIERA

SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP · PETER KELLNERBACHCHOR SALZBURG

WOLFGANG A. MOZARTMass in C minor, K. 139 “Waisenhaus”

Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K. 546 Vesperae solennes de Confessore in C major, K. 339

“An unearthly melody characterized the Mozart Matinee on Sunday”


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FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI · ROB VAN DE LAARANDREW MANZEWOLFGANG A. MOZART

Symphony in D major, K. 385 “Haffner” Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E flat major, K. 417 Serenade in G major, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. 537 “Coronation Concerto” Sonata for Piano No. 18 in D major, K. 576 – II. Adagio

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JULIA LEZHNEVA · GIANLUCA CAPUANOWOLFGANG A. MOZART

Symphonies in A major, K. 201 and in G minor, K. 183 “Quel nocchier che in gran procella” from La Betulia liberata, K. 118

“Voi avete un cor fedele” Aria for soprano and orchestra, K. 217 “Ch’io mi scordi di te?” Recitative and rondo for

soprano with piano and orchestra, K. 505 “Exsultate, jubilate” Motet for soprano and orchestra in F major, K. 165

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL “Lascia la spina” from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

“MOZART’S CONCERT VIOLIN”CHRISTOPH KONCZ AND LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE

WOLFGANG A. MOZARTConcerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, K. 218 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A major, K. 219

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ÁDÁM FISCHERWOLFGANG A. MOZART

Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K. 16 Serenade in D major, K. 203 “Colloredo”

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

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recording Mozart’s violin concertos on this instrument and even-tually, his dream has come true. Koncz’s recording of the violin concertos K. 218 and K. 219 was to be in the spirit of the original sound - including original cadenzas of Salzburg’s genius loci, in order to offer the most authentic listening experience possible. He is accompanied by an orchestra that also plays in the spirit of Mozart on original instruments: Les Musiciens du Louvre.

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RUDOLF BUCHBINDERLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

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CARINA CANELLAKISLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60

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Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415

VALENTIN SILVESTROVThe Messenger – 1996 for String Orchestra and Piano

JOSEPH HAYDNSymphony No. 96 in D major, Hob. I:96 “The Miracle”

ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADAFELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11

WOLFGANG A. MOZARTSymphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

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ANNA VINNITSKAYA · GUIDO SEGERS · VALERY GERGIEVSERGEI PROKOFIEV

Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classique”

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICHConcerto in C minor

for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra, Op. 35

FRANZ SCHUBERTSymphony in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”

RENAUD CAPUÇON · ALAIN ALTINOGLUBERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN

Giostra Genovese

MAURICE RAVELSonata for Violin and Piano (Version for Violin and Orchestra)

Le Tombeau de Couperin. Suite for Orchestra Tzigane. Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra

PAAVO JÄRVIJEAN SIBELIUSKarelia Suite, Op. 11

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”

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MATÍAS PIÑEIRA · VALERY GERGIEVGIOACHINO ROSSINIOverture to La Cenerentola

WOLFGANG A. MOZARTHorn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92


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MAO FUJITA · VALERY GERGIEVLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

JOHANNES BRAHMSSymphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

MICHAEL VOLLE · VALERY GERGIEVMODEST MUSSORGSKY

“Songs and Dances of Death” for Bass and Orchestra (orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICHSymphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70

ELISABETH KULMAN · SEMYON BYCHKOVGUSTAV MAHLER

Kindertotenlieder

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁKSymphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

LEONIDAS KAVAKOS · GAUTIER CAPUÇONVALERY GERGIEV

JOHANNES BRAHMSConcerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 (Double Concerto)

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90




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BEETHOVEN MASS IN C MAJOROp. 86

ELLA MILCH-SHERIFFDer ewige Fremde

ORCHESTRA & CHORUS OF THE TEATRO MASSIMO PALERMOELI DANKER · LAURA GIORDANO · MARIANNA PIZZOLATO

LUIS GOMES · EVAN HUGHESOMER MEIR WELLBER

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Together with the excellent choir and a shining soloist quartet, Omer Meir Wellber reveals the immense

expressiveness and novelty of this undeservedly neglected composition by the jubilarian Beethoven.

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MOZART REQUIEMRequiem in D Minor, K. 626

CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONAVITTORIA YEO · SONIA GANASSI SAIMIR PIRGU · ALEX ESPOSITO

MARCO ARMILIATO

Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: approx. 60' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 000 50075

Mozart’s Requiem is performed for the first time at the Arena di Verona, and dedicated to the victims of the Coronavirus in Verona.

“An event of great symbolic impact”connessidellopera.it

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PLÁCIDO DOMINGO AT THE ARENA DI VERONAFAMOUS ARIAS BY VERDI AND GIORDANO

ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONAPLÁCIDO DOMINGO∙SAIOA HERNÁNDEZ

JORDI BERNÀCER

GIUSEPPE VERDISinfonia from Giovanna d’Arco · “Per me giunto è il dì supremo… O Carlo, ascolta” from Don Carlo

“Tacea la notte placida” from Il Trovatore · “Udiste?... Mira, d’acerbe lagrime” from Il Trovatore Preludio from I Masnadieri · Scene and Duet Violetta and Germont from La Traviata, Act II

UMBERTO GIORDANO Intermezzo from Fedora · “La mamma morta” from Andrea Chénier

“Nemico della patria?!” from Andrea Chénier

“Domingo performed with bravura,.. alternating with the spectacular Saioa Hernández“

operaactual.com

SONYA YONCHEVA · VITTORIO GRIGOLOTHE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE DUETS

SONYA YONCHEVA · VITTORIO GRIGOLO · MIHAELA MARCU · DAVIDE LUCIANOORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO

Charles Gounod: Overture to Roméo et Juliette ∙“L’amour… Ah! Lève-toi, soleil!” from Roméo et Juliette “Amour, ranime mon courage” from Roméo et Juliette ∙“Va! Je t’ai pardonné” from Roméo et Juliette Jules Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs Giacomo Puccini: “Mario! – Son qui!” from Tosca ∙Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut ∙“Mimì?! – Speravo di trovarvi qui… Mimì è una civetta… Donde lieta uscì…Dunque è proprio finita” from La Bohème Georges Bizet: Entr’acte from Carmen Jules Massenet: “Toi! Vous! – Oui... C’est moi!” from Manon Giacomo Puccini: “Un bel dì vedremo” from Madama Butterfly “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca Giuseppe Verdi: “Libiam ne’ lieti calici” from La Traviata

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450 YEARS STAATSKAPELLE BERLINThe official concert celebrating the 450th anniversary

DANIEL BARENBOIM

PIERRE BOULEZ Initiale for seven brass instruments

RICHARD WAGNERPrelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

JÖRG WIDMANNZeitensprünge – 450 Takte für Orchester (World premiere of the commissioned work)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Video Director: Beatrix Conrad | Length: approx. 60' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 055 51448 0000

STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN · DANIEL BARENBOIMLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Length: 37' | Cat. No. A 05551478

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Length: 37' | Cat. No. A 05551479

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral” Length: 43' | Cat. No. A 05551480

Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Length: 29' | Cat. No. A 05551481

Video Director: Henning Kasten | Shot in UHD HDR

With the performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 8, the Staatskapelle Berlin – under the direction of its principal conductor Daniel Barenboim – celebrates the out-standing composer and jubilarian in whose sign the year should

actually be, before the Beethoven Year 2020 turned into a year in the grips of the pandemic that turned not only the music world upside down.

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“Fluid, but without hectic, Barenboim let the endless melody blossom, strength and tenderness were no opposites. Emmanuel Pahud from

the Berliner Philharmoniker played the flute [...] and was not the only celebrity in the orchestra: in addition to Barenboim’s son Michael as concertmaster and Kian Soltani as solo cellist, the conductor

and pianist Lahav Shani, the successor of Zubin Mehta at the head of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, was on the double bass”

Die Presse

WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRAEMMANUEL PAHUD · DANIEL BARENBOIM

RICHARD WAGNERSiegfried Idyll for Chamber Orchestra, WWV 103

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERGChamber Symphony No. 1 in E major for 15 solo instruments, Op. 9

PIERRE BOULEZMémoriale (…explosante-fixe… Originel) for solo flute and eight instruments

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENGroße Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 (Version by Daniel Barenboim, 2020)

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“Evgeny Kissin is one of the best technicians on the keys”Süddeutsche Zeitung

WIENER PHILHARMONIKEREVGENY KISSIN · GUSTAVO DUDAMEL

FRANZ LISZTConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat major

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPINWaltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 “Minute Waltz”

IGOR STRAVINSKYL’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)

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W E S T - E A S T E R N D I V A N O R C H E S T R A W I E N E R P H I L H A R M O N I K E R

WIENER PHILHARMONIKER ELĪNA GARANČA · CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN

RICHARD WAGNERWesendonck Lieder

Five Poems for female voice and piano, WWV 91 (Orchestration: Felix Mottl) I. Der Engel (The Angel) · II. Stehe still! (Be still!) · III. Im Treibhaus (In the Greenhouse)

IV. Schmerzen (Sorrows) · V. Träume (Dreams)

ANTON BRUCKNERSymphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic”

“Ignited monumental chamber music: Together with an orchestra that breathes with her, Garanča proved that she currently represents the non plus ultra in the

mezzo-soprano category. Grandiose the fusion of intensity and noble sound”Der Standard

“Even when the musicians had long since left the stage, the conductor was called out again and again. A more than heartfelt

thank you for a great concert truly worthy of a festival.”klassikinfo.com

Video Director: Michael Beyer | Length: 102' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 045 50147 0000 Video Director: Benedict Mirow | Length: 64' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50148

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WIENER PHILHARMONIKERCHRISTIAN THIELEMANN

ANTON BRUCKNERSymphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 (1877 Version)

To mark Anton Bruckner’s bicentenary in 2024, Christian Thiele-mann, the Vienna Philharmonic and Unitel are recording the first Bruckner cycle with a single conductor in the orchestra’s history. The series, which already includes Symphonies No. 2, 4 and 8, was continued with Symphony No. 3 (2nd version). It was recorded under studio conditions in the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musik-verein, where Anton Bruckner himself premiered the work with the Vienna Philharmonic. Under Christian Thielemann’s baton

the sound is resonant and glowing, the buildup of tension and release perceptively handled and each solo impeccably played by some of the world’s best musicians. “There is no doubt in the music world that Thielemann is the right choice for this under-taking. He has found a symbiosis with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra that makes unrivalled interpretative statements pos-sible, especially for this repertoire.” (Die Presse)

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WIENER PHILHARMONIKERANDRIS NELSONSGUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 6 in A minor

“Mahler’s ‘tragedy’ as a cathartic experience in Salzburg. Standing ovations for the Wiener Philharmoniker under Andris Nelsons

with Mahler’s devastating 6th Symphony”Die Presse

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CAMILLA NYLUND · PIOTR BECZAŁA · MICHAEL SCHADEWIENER SYMPHONIKER · MANFRED HONECK

“AN EVENING WITH LEHÁR”Arias and Ensembles from The Merry Widow, The Count of Luxembourg, Friederike, The Tsarevich, Giuditta and

The Land of Smiles including the hits “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß” or “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”

FRANZ LEHÁR – THE MAN OF SMILESA FILM BY THOMAS MACHO

Portrait of the famous composer based on a fictional interview, but with real answers: about his work and his artistic ambition, about his loves and his wife Sophie, and also about his closeness

to Hitler and his artist friends – singers, librettists – who had to flee from the Nazis or were murdered by them.

Video Director: Thomas Macho | Length: approx. 53' | Shot in HD | A 045 50134 0000

Length: approx. 75' | Shot in HD | A 040 50145

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Sonata in F minor, Op. 2/1Cat. no. A 055 51389 0001Length: 20’

Sonata in A major, Op. 2/2Cat. no. A 05551389 0002 Length: 27’

Sonata in C major, Op. 2/3Cat. no. A 055 51389 0003 Length: 29’

Sonata in E flat major, Op. 7 “Grande Sonate” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0004 Length: 33’

Sonata in C minor, Op. 10/1Cat. no. A 055 51389 0005Length: 20’

Sonata in F major, Op. 10/2 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0006Length: 14’

Sonata D major, Op. 10/3 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0007 Length: 26’

Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”Cat. no. A 055 51389 0008Length: 20’

Sonata in E major, Op. 14/1 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0009Length: 17’Sonata in G major, Op. 14/2Cat. no. A 055 51389 0010Length: 18’Sonata in B flat major, Op. 22 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0011Length: 30’Sonata in A flat major, Op. 26Cat. no. A 055 51389 0012Length: 23’Sonata in E flat major, Op. 27/1 “Sonata quasi una fantasia” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0013Length: 18’Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 “Moonlight Sonata”Cat. no. A 055 51389 0014Length: 18’Sonata in D major, Op. 28 “Pastoral”Cat. no. A 055 51389 0015Length: 30’Sonata in G major, Op. 31/1 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0016Length: 26’

Sonata in D minor, Op. 31/2 “The Tempest” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0017Length: 26’Sonata in E flat major, Op. 31/3 “The Hunt” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0018Length: 24’Sonata in G minor, Op. 49/1 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0019Length: 9’Sonata in G major, Op. 49/2 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0020Length: 9’Sonata in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0021Length: 28’Sonata in F major, Op. 54 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0022Length: 13’Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” Cat. no. A055 51389 0023Length: 25’Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0024Length: 11’

Sonata in G major, Op. 79 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0025Length: 9’Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0026Length: 19’Sonata in E minor, Op. 90 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0027Length: 15’Sonata in A major, Op. 101 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0028Length: 22’Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier” Cat. no. A 055 51389 0029Length: 52’Sonata in E major, Op. 109 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0030 Length: 23’Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0031Length: 22’Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 Cat. no. A 055 51389 0032Length: 31’

DANIEL BARENBOIMBEETHOVEN

PIANO SONATASPROJECT

FO R TH E F I R S T T I M E I N 4K U H D

“No matter how many times you play them there are always freshpersonal

perspectives waiting to be discovered”Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim is one of the most accomplished Beethoven experts of our time. From the very beginning of his career, he has been intensively and repeatedly engaged with the composer’s manifold works. Barenboim marked the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth by recording his thirty-two piano sonatas at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal. The exceptional musician has been

exploring Beethoven’s music for more than seven decades and his fifth complete survey of the sonatas arose from a period of deep immersion in Beethoven’s scores due to the cancellation of public concerts because of the coronavirus pandemic. With this sonata cycle, the great Daniel Barenboim has set himself a legacy!

Video Director: Frédéric Delesques | Length: approx. 710' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 055 51389 0000Length: 42' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 055 13577 0059

DANIEL BARENBOIM ON THE BEETHOVEN SONATASAccompanying the music recordings and masterclasses, Daniel Barenboim shares his lifelong dedication to and preoccupation with Beethoven in an extensive interview that captivates with wit, anecdotes as well as profound truths.

MASTERCLASSES

But it would not be Daniel Barenboim if he were not also concerned about sharing his knowledge and ideas about the importance of the sound, modulation, phrasing, fingering and articulation of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with young musicians. In 32 masterclasses recorded at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Daniel Barenboim coaches some of the world’s rising pianists and

takes each player through their chosen sonata, illustrating the importance of structure and the relationships between tempo, harmony and dynamics. In this sense, there are remarkable wisdoms and substantial observations through a very cordial exchange of viewpoints with these young pianists.

Andrei Gologan (Op. 31 No. 3)Giuseppe Guarrera (Op. 2 Nos. 1 & 3)Julia Hamos (Op. 49 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 110)Benjamin Hochman (Op. 10 Nos. 1, 2 & 3, Op. 78)Alexandre Kantorow (Op. 2 No. 2)Yoav Levanon (Op. 27 No. 1)Selim Mazari (Op. 7)Giuseppe Mentuccia (Op. 22)Natalia Milstein (Op. 28, Op. 31 No. 1, Op. 90)

Joseph Moog (Op. 79)Fabian Müller (Op. 27 No. 2, Op. 57, Op. 106)Itai Navon (Op. 26, Op. 31 No. 2, Op. 101)Schaghajegh Nosrati (Op. 13, Op. 111)Aaron Pilsan (Op. 14 Nos. 1 & 2)Sergei Redkin (Op. 81a, Op. 109)Alexander Ullmann (Op. 53, Op. 54)

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“The states of mind that are incomprehensible in words, as Beethoven set them in music tragically, sadly, comically, lonely, solemnly, cheerfully, wrathfully, pathetically,

or parodistically in the Diabelli Variations, Daniel Barenboim conveys in manifold elegance”Salzburger Nachrichten

DANIEL BARENBOIMLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Sonata for Piano No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 “Diabelli Variations”

Lenghts: approx. 85' & 100' (including laudation) Video Director: Elisabeth Malzer | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 045 50145 0000

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IGOR LEVITLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

THE LAST THREE PIANO SONATASNo. 30 in E major, Op. 109

No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

“Igor Levit tackled the wide-ranging program with characteristic technical brilliance and emotional engagement”

The New York Times

Video Director: Michael Beyer | Length: approx. 70' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 045 50164 0000

“A tremendous pleasure”BR Klassik

“The amazement of his piano playing will not let you go”

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Levit's Beethoven contains a whole cosmos”Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF IN WEIMARJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother in B flat major, BWV 992

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENPiano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 “Pastoral”

FRANZ SCHUBERTThree Late Piano Pieces , D. 946

Hungarian Melody in B minor, D. 817

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“The virtuosic and at the same time musical brilliance made the audience hold its breath. An experience”

Der Standard

ANDRÁS SCHIFFFRANZ SCHUBERT

Four Impromptus, D. 935 · Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840 “Reliquie” Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, D. 899 · Moment musical No. 3 in F minor, D. 780

LEOŠ JANÁČEKIn the Mists (V mlhách)

Piano Sonata in E flat major – 1. X. 1905, From the Street Dobrou noc! (Good Night!)

BÉLA BARTÓKKanásztánc (Swine-herd’s Dance) from For Children


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MARTHA ARGERICH · RENAUD CAPUÇONLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3 Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer Sonata”

SERGEI PROKOFIEVSonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

CÉSAR FRANCKSonata for Violin and Piano in A major

FRITZ KREISLERLiebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

“The manual skills, the virtuosic and differentiated use of the pedal and the relaxed arm position and sound quality of 79-year-old

Argerich are simply unique. A great moment of chamber music”BR Klassik


THE SALZBURG RECITALJUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ · VINCENZO SCALERA

“You have to start with the encore. Then you can understand why there were standing ovations and thunderous applause for Juan Diego Flórez, why the words

’great moment of the festival’ were heard among the audience. For the encore Juan Diego Flórez comes on stage with his guitar...a tango, then ’Cielito Lindo’,

he lets the audience sing along, ’Ay ay ay ay’. A born entertainer”BR Klassik

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46 · Der Kuss, Op. 128 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Venetianisches Gondellied” (Songs Without Words, Op. 30/6) Richard Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10/1 · Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27/3 · Cäcilie, Op. 27/2 Vincenzo Bellini: “Almen se non poss’io” (Sei ariette da camera) · “Ma rendi pur contento” (Sei ariette da camera) · “Meco all’altar di Venere…” – “Me protegge, me difende” (Norma) Giuseppe Verdi: “Brezza del suol natio… Dal più remoto esilio” – “Odio solo” (I due Foscari) · “Il cielo d’Italia” Romanza senza parole in F major for piano solo Edouard Lalo: “Vainement, ma bien-aimée” (Le Roi d’Ys) Jules Massenet: “Ah, fuyez, douce image” (Manon) · Méditation (Thaïs) Giacomo Puccini: “Che gelida manina” (La Bohème) Carlos Gardel: El día que me quieras Quirino Fidelino Mendoza y Cortés: Cielito lindo Tomás Méndez: Cucurrucucú Paloma Gaetano Donizetti: “Pour mon âme, quel destin” (La Fille du régiment) “Nessun dorma” (Turandot)

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“As gripping as the Belcea Quartet performed this listening adventure, no question marks remained at the end”


BELCEA QUARTETLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59/3 “Rasumovsky”

ANTON WEBERNSlow Movement for String Quartet

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENString Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59/1 “Rasumovsky”

String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 – V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo


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MINGUET QUARTETTJOHANNES OCKEGHEM

“Fors seulement l’attente que je meure” · “Qu’es mi vida preguntays” “J’en ay dueil que je ne suis morte” · “Malheur me bat”

GIUSEPPE VERDIAve Maria. Enigmatic scale harmonized

for four mixed voices from Quattro pezzi sacri

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENString Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 – III. “Heiliger Dankgesang

eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart”

LUIGI NONO“Fragmente – Stille, an Diotima” for String Quartet

“The search goes into silence, occurs above all in the many intervals between

the quietest and softest string sounds”FAZ

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“The performances of the Salzburg percussion star with the Percussive Planet Ensemble always have something sporty and relaxed about them. How these breathtakingly virtuoso patterns finally culminated in three-four time techno

touched even younger generations. An elementary concert event.”Salzburger Nachrichten

“Mr. Carpenter defies tradition with his interpretations and personality. He has pushed the boundaries of organ technique to breathtaking

heights, meshing virtuosity with musical intelligence.”New York Times

THE PERCUSSIVE PLANET ENSEMBLEMARTIN GRUBINGER

WOLFGANG RIHM Tutuguri VI (Kreuze)IANNIS XENAKIS Pléïades

STEVE REICH Drumming (Part One)

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CAMERON CARPENTER AT THE KONZERTHAUS BERLIN

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 552 Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer: Marche héroïque Modest Mussorgsky: The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54/6 Joe Hisaishi:

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, “Romantic” III. Allegro con brio

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MUSICAL GREETINGS FROM THE MELK ABBEY BAROQUE FESTIVAL

MICHAEL SCHADE · AGNES PALMISANO & TRIOLENA KUCHLING · GEORG BUXHOFER · STEFAN GOTTFRIED

Henry Purcell: Music for a while∙Now that the sun has veiled its light Anonymus: Witches Dance John Dowland: Fine Knacks for Ladies · Now, o now · Can She excuse my wrongs? · Lachrimae Pavan · Come, heavy sleepPrelude I must complain · Say Love if ever thou did’st find ∙ What poor astronomers they are · Come again

Agnes Palmisano & Trio: Es tuad ma lad · Kumm tiafa Schlaf Tobias Hume: Love’s Farewell · Pollish Ayre Thomas Robinson / John Danyel: Passamezzo Gaylard Matthew Locke: Suite in E Minor

Robert Johnson: Have you seen but a white lily grow Georg Buxhofer & Lena Kuchling: Come again Richard Smarte: Mounsiers Allman

Video Director: Volker Werner | Length: 78' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 045 50156 0000

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A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH GRAFENEGGMUSICIANS FROM TONKÜNSTLER ORCHESTRA

RUDOLF BUCHBINDER

Franz Schubert: Variation movement from “The Trout Quintet” · Impromptus op. 90 Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25

Frédéric Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu Ludwig v. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 (“Gassenhauer Trio”)

Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight Sonata”) Alfred Grünfeld: “Soirées de Vienne”

Wolfgang A. Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452

Video Director: Felix Breisach | Length: 57' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 045 50128 0000

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Quinte e sensSymphony for the Elements

Video Directors: François-René Martin & Gordon | Length: 50' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 015 50197 0000

Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – The Rite of Spring (excerpts)

Claude Debussy La Mer. 3 esquisses

Olivier Messiaen Des Canyons aux Étoiles: L’Appel interstellaire (From the Canyons to the Stars: Interstellar Call)

Orchestre de ParisConducted by Paavo Järvi & Daniel Harding

Images and camera movements like from an action film in Cinemascope – how does that fit with a classical concert? Quinte et Sens, the new film by François René Martin & Gordon, shows us. You've never seen the

Philharmonie de Paris like this before: In spectacular images, the cameras capture an extraordinary concert. The Orchestre de Paris plays a “Symphonie imaginaire pour les éléments” with works by Stravinsky, Debussy and Messiaen. Whether shots from a bird's eye view, from the roof of the Philharmonie or tracking shots over the mysteriously illuminated orchestra – the visual impressions are extraordinary!

“Between heaven and earth [..] lies the Philharmonie de Paris, the Orchestra’s residence.”

Espac Press

“Everything is beautiful and surprising in this fascinating audiovisual object.”

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THE HAVANA LYCEUM ORCHESTRA AND GUESTSSARAH WILLIS · JOSÉ MÉNDEZ PADRÓN

MOZART Y MAMBO A CUBAN JOURNEY WITH SARAH WILLIS

A FILM BY MAGDALENA ZIĘBA-SCHWINDTogether with hornist Sarah Willis we travel to Havanna, where she realizes a long held dream: to create her "Mozart y Mambo" program, merging classical music from Europe with traditional Cuban rhythms like Mambo, Salsa, Rumba and Son. Her partners in crime are classically trained musicians from Cuba, as well as musicians with a focus on traditional Cuban music. This irresistible musical encounter culminates in a big concert and joint celebration of Mozart, the likes of which has never been seen – or heard – before.

Length: 29' | Shot in HD | A 055 51355

Wolfgang A. Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 ∙ Horn Concerto in E flat major, K. 447 Joshua Davis & Yuniet Lombida: “Rondo alla Mambo” based on the Rondo from W. A. Mozart’s Horn Concerto in E flat major, K. 447 Pérez Prado: “Qué Rico el Mambo”(arranged by Joshua Davis) Edgar Vero: “Sarahnade

Mambo” based on Eine kleine Nachtmusik by W. A. Mozart Isolina Carrillo: “Dos Gardenias” (arranged by Jorge Aragón) Moisés Simons: “El Manisero” (arranged by Jorge Aragón)

Video Director: Magdalena Zięba-Schwind | Length: 55' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 055 51356 0000

CARMEN: OBSESSION IN ISOLATIONAN OPERA FILM BY BERGEN NATIONAL OPERA

The classic Carmen story updated to pandemic 2020, featuring music from Bizet's beloved opera: Carmen, a global internet star, is murdered in Oslo in 2015. The man suspected of her murder, Joseph Navarro, flees the scene, his whereabouts are unknown. Oslo journalist Mina Jensen, is given the task of unearthing the truth about what really happened to Carmen…

Ketovan Kemoklidze Carmen ∙ Freddie De Tommaso Joseph NavarroAndrej Kymach Eskil Murov ∙ Beate Mordal Mina Jensen

The Edvard Grieg Kor ∙ The Bergen Philharmonic Chorus & OrchestraEivind Gullberg Jensen Conductor

Video Director: Anders Lindstad | Length: 40' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 805 50028

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In 2019 – on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death on 16th July – the world will remember one of the great conductors of the 20th century: Herbert von Karajan, who is represented in the Unitel catalogue with nearly 50 hours of music recorded at the peak of his artistry. Karajan’s association with Unitel has produced such musical treasures as the complete cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Franco Zeffirelli’s legendary 1965 Bohème production from La Scala, the Verdi Requiem with the young Luciano Pavarotti, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s filming of Madama Butterfly with Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo and Christa Ludwig,

and many other great productions.

The Unitel catalogue also contains numerous award-winning documentaries on the life of the maestro and pioneer of music recording, such as Robert Dornhelm’s “Beauty As I See It” or Eric Schulz’s “The Second Life”.

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Elektra by Richard Strauss was the absolute highlight of the Salzburg Festival in the COVID-19 year 2020. The Cleveland Orchestra’s longtime principal conductor, Franz Welser-Möst, who celebrated his 60th birthday a few days after the premiere

in Salzburg, led the Vienna Philharmonic to a musical triumph. This documentary accompanies the Austrian conductor during the rehearsal process and provides insights into the meticulous preparation that makes such a brilliant success possible.

www.unitel.de

REHEARSING WITH FRANZ WELSER-MÖST

Video Director: Robert Neumüller | Length: 45' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50147

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Leonard Bernstein’s legendary Mahler cycle was captured on film and then preserved frozen in the Unitel archives. In collaboration with NHK, the original film material has been scanned and remastered in 8K Super High Vision, offering this milestone of music history in a quality never seen before.

REMASTEREDTHE LEGENDARY

LEONARD BERNSTEIN MAHLER CYCLE

WIENER PHILHARMONIKER

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC

Available in 8K, UHD and HD.

Cat. Nos. A05500586, A05004526, A05004516, A05004517, A05004518, A05004544, A05004538, A05005353, A05004511, A05004496, A05500587

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