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UNITEL and CLASSICA present Renée Fleming Sophie Koch Diana Damrau Franz Hawlata Jonas Kaufmann Franz Grundheber Der Richard Strauss ROSEN- KAVALIER Münchnerh Philharmonikerhilh ik · ChristianCh i i Thielemannhi l Renée Fleming · Sophie Koch · Diana Damrau · Franz Hawlata · Jonas Kaufmann · Franz Grundheber Richard Strauss Der ROSEN- KAVALIER Music by Richard Strauss he best of the best assembled on stage,” wrote Germany’s leading newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Conductor Christian Thielemann “T Zeitung after the premiere of Richard Strauss’ “Der Orchestra Münchner Philharmoniker Rosenkavalier” at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Indeed, it Chorus Philharmonia Chor Wien would be hard to !nd a more ideal cast for this late-Romantic Chorus Master Walter Zeh Rococo pastiche anywhere in the world. As the Marschallin, Feldmarschallin Renée Fleming stellar soprano Renée Fleming uses her velvety tones and Octavian Sophie Koch autumnal shadings to complement the youthfully lyrical and Sophie Diana Damrau dynamic voice of Sophie Koch as her young lover Octavian. Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Franz Hawlata Diana Damrau’s Sophie enhances the trio’s sparkle with her An Italian Singer Jonas Kaufmann ethereal high notes. Next to Franz Hawlata as a swaggering Herr von Faninal Franz Grundheber Baron Ochs and the always impressive Franz Grundheber as Marianne Leitmetzerin Irmgard Vilsmaier Faninal, the Baden-Baden production rounds off its male leads Valzacchi Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke with international tenor star Jonas Kaufmann as the “Italian Annina Jane Henschel Singer.” After the original stage production by Herbert Wernicke Leading his Münchner Philharmoniker, acclaimed Directed by Brian Large Romantic specialist Christian Thielemann revels in Strauss’s lustrous melancholy and obtains a rarely heard transparency Length approx. 200' from the brass and woodwinds. Bolstered by these solid By courtesy of Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG orchestral underpinnings, Herbert Wernicke’s Salzburg Festival production – which also scored a great success at A production of UNITEL Paris’ Opéra de la Bastille – has been polished and trimmed in coproduction with ZDF/3sat and CLASSICA here by Alejandro Stadler. It places the cast of fabulous singers in cooperation with Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in a sumptuous setting of timeless elegance dominated by a shot in HDTV 1080 play of mirrors re$ecting the shifting emotions of the lead Cat. no. A05017185 trio. Recorded in high de!nition by UNITEL CLASSICA in Baden-Baden, this “deluxe Rosenkavalier” (The Sunday Times) sets a standard that will long be unsurpassed. Design: luebbeke.com WORLD SALES: C Major Entertainment Photos: © Andrea Kremper All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories +49-(0)3030306464 · [email protected] BEETHOVEN 9 hristian Thielemann, one of the most recognized THE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES conductors of our time, joins forces with the prestigious Wiener Philharmoniker and UNITEL, the world’s Conductor Christian Thielemann C leading audiovisual production company for classical music, in a Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker monumental project: BEETHOVEN 9, the recording of all nine RECORDING SCHEDULE symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven for TV, DVD and New Media: the “Beethoven cycle of the 21 st century”! Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36 Using the newest technology of our century, UNITEL Coriolan Overture, op. 62 and Austrian Television (ORF) produce this “super-cycle” in the Recording: December 2008 – already available Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein in HD and 5.0 Surround Sound. BEETHOVEN 9 kicked off in December 2008 with the Symphony No. 3 in E "at major, op. 55 “Eroica” recording of the First and Second Symphonies. At the rate of two Symphony No. 4 in B "at major, op. 60 recordings per year, the cycle will be completed by April 2010. Recording: March 2009 – available in June 2009 The genesis and unfolding of this project will be accompanied by a Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 documentary lmed in HD . Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 Between 2010 and 2013 the orchestra will crown the Egmont Overture, op. 84 venture with special event performances of the complete cycle in Recording: November 2009 major cities around the world. These concert cycles will rank among Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 the musical highlights of these years. They will be accompanied by Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale” the recordings, which will be released prior to the start of the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral” world tour, when international attention is at its peak. Music lovers Annette Dasch, Mihoko Fujimura, Piotr Beczala, Robert Holl, can enjoy Beethoven’s symphonies either live in the host cities or Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien on television, Internet or DVD. Live transmission from the Golden Recording: April 2010 Hall is possible already during the recording stage. All recording dates and the cast (Symphony No. 9) are subject to change. BEETHOVEN 9 brings to a new climax the longstanding Please contact us for the exact recording dates, the post production schedule and the possibility of live transmissions before each concert. collaboration between Thielemann, who enjoys a sterling reputation as an interpreter of Beethoven and the German Romantics, and From the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein the Wiener Philharmoniker, which has been cultivating the music of Beethoven since its founding nearly 170 years ago and is one of the A production of UNITEL and ORF few great orchestras to have preserved its unique sound. UNITEL in coproduction with CLASSICA CLASSICA can look back on more than 40 years of collaboration with the Wiener Philharmoniker and on its pioneering cycles of shot in HDTV 1080 Beethoven’s symphonic works with Herbert von Karajan and Cat. no.: A045005410000 Leonard Bernstein. Design: luebbeke.com WORLD SALES: C Major Entertainment All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories +49-(0)3030306464 · [email protected] Photos: © ORF – Ali Schafler UNITEL and CLASSICA present Rolando Villazón Handel Arias Handel Arias Rolando Villazón ROLANDO VILLAZÓN – HANDEL ARIAS t would be hard to imagine a more seductive hero, a more passionate performer, a more glorious interpreter of the great Romantic roles of Verdi and Puccini than Music by George Frideric Handel RolandoI Villazón. Yet the singer’s temporary withdrawal from the spotlight in 2007 opened up a wealth of new possibilities for the singer. Among the “new paths” that Villazón envisioned for Conductor Paul McCreesh the future were “adventures” such as Baroque music. Next to Orchestra Gabrieli Players a recording of works by the early Baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi (available from UNITEL CLASSICA), he now offers a Soloist Rolando Villazón (Tenor) selection of arias by George Frideric Handel. Rebecca Bottone (Soprano) Timothy Travers-Brown (Countertenor) This intimate concert featuring Villazón and the Gabrieli Players under Paul McCreesh was !lmed in a setting that ideally Video Director Henning Kasten suits the style of the music, St. Paul’s Church in Deptford, near London, one of Britain’s !nest Baroque churches. It was built Length Different lengths available between 1712 and 1730, almost exactly when Handel was writing Recorded at St. Paul’s Church in Deptford his most celebrated operas and oratorios. A production of UNITEL Villazón proves that he is a master of dazzling coloratura, in coproduction with ZDF and CLASSICA virtuoso runs and expressive cantabile melodies. Among the highlights of the concert – which also includes two purely orchestral works – are the beloved arioso “Ombra mai fù” from Serse , shot in HDTV 1080 Grimoaldo’s aria “Pastorello d’un povero armento” from Rodelinda , Cat. no. A025045370000 the lyrical, longing “Scherza in!da” from Ariodante , and Bajazet’s spirited aria “Ciel e terra armi di sdegno” from Tamerlano . Villazón is joined by soprano Rebecca Bottone and countertenor Timothy Travers-Brown in the death scene of Bajazet from Tamerlano . Design: luebbeke.com WORLD SALES: C Major Entertainment Photos: © Jochen Hermann All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories +49-(0)3030306464 · [email protected] UNITEL and CLASSICA present Anne-Sophie The Project UNITEL celebrates Mendelssohn’s 200 th Birthday ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER ne of the world’s foremost violinists, Anne-Sophie THE MENDELSSOHN PROJECT Mutter is a musical celebrity known even by ocountless people who rarely listen to classical music. The artist and teacher, who promotes young musicians and Music by Felix Mendelssohn commissions new works from contemporary composers, made her spectacular breakthrough under Herbert von Karajan at Conductor Kurt Masur (Violin concerto) the 1977 Salzburg Easter Festival. She has since concertized Orchestra Gewandhausorchester Leipzig at every major venue throughout the world. In 2008 she was Soloists Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin) awarded not only the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music André Previn (Piano/Trio) Award, but also the Leipzig Mendelssohn Award. The award Lynn Harrell (Cello/Trio) ceremony in March 2008 was crowned by a gala concert at Leipzig’s Gewandhaus with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Kurt Masur, at which Mutter performed the Mendelssohn Program 1 VIOLIN CONCERTO 50' Violin Concerto in E minor op. 64 presented here. Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64 32' Cat. no. A05512289 The recording offers a selection of masterpieces by Encounters