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HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL JEDERMANN PETER LOHMEYER · TOBIAS MORETTI · EDITH CLEVER SALZBURGER CAROLINE PETERS · GREGOR BLOÉB AND OTHERS FESTSPIELE STAGED BY MICHAEL STURMINGER

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 It is the centerpiece of the Salzburg Festival and an incontrovertible institution: th November 2019, the preparations for this largest and most important classical music festival were For its 100 anniversary, the Salzburg Festival is offering an opulent, effective Jedermann already in full swing and the expectations for an extraordinary summer of music were enormous. by Hugo von Hofmannsthal: 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 “Tobias Moretti plays with great commitment, Caroline Peters greatest need against the crisis (World War I was followed by the Spanish Flu), the Festival coura- gives a brilliant performance” geously recalled its founding idea – art as “food” and meaning of life – and decided not to cancel Salzburger Nachrichten 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!

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

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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 ANNA NETREBKO & highest vocal artistry and lifelike acting. Video Director: Anaïs Spiro ROLANDO VILLAZÓN Length: 43' | Shot in HD | Cat. A 050 50742 SING LA TRAVIATA Photo: ORF / Ali Schafler Photos: Photo: Tourismus SalzburgPhotos: Tourismus Photo:

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In the 100th year of the famous Salzburg Festival, this MAX REINHARDT The renowned stage director Max Reinhardt was known as high-quality docufiction offers a glimpse of the dramas THE MAGICIAN’S DREAM the “magician” of the theatre. For Salzburg he developed and unknown events that took place backstage, from its the dream of a great festival for the genres of theatre founding in 1920, through Hitler’s seizure of power to THE SOUND OF SALZBURG and opera with the genius of Mozart as its driving force. the Karajan era and also a look at the present. Unknown Exactly 100 years after the founding of the Salzburg film material from 30 archives worldwide and numerous Festival, the film traces the roots of the festival on the private films show new facets of the festival. The scenery basis of Reinhardt’s autobiographical sketches. Numerous of the plot is Schloss Leopoldskron, where the key figures well-known actors report anecdotes from 100 years of in the history of the festival meet for a special dinner. the Salzburg Festival and their own experiences with the Their dialogues are based on authentic statements of the institution. Among the stars are Senta Berger, Klaus Maria historical characters. A highly elaborate cinematic journey Brandauer, Peter Simonischek, Veronica Ferres, Cornelius through time with a top-class cast of film and theatre Obonya and Tobias Moretti. But also the life and work of actors, above all Florian Teichtmeister as the servant of Max Reinhardt are the subject of the documentary, which Max Reinhardt’s dinner party. is accompanied by the sound of the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg and the Wiener Philharmoniker. THE GREAT WORLD THEATRE Length: 54' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50140 SALZBURG AND ITS FESTIVAL Length: approx. 45' | Shot in UHD HDR Cat. A 040 50144 A film by A film by Beate Thalberg 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 THE MIRACLE in Austria came to a standstill. Rarely has the vulnerability The film by Chris Weisz portrays the world’s largest classical of culture been felt so drastically as in recent months. But OF SALZBURG music festival and traces its incredible rise: From its who, if not the Salzburg Festival, which was founded after beginnings as a peace project after the First World War, World War 1 to give Austria and all of Europe a new cultural through the myth of the Jedermann (Everyman) to the identity, can also defeat a pandemic?! 100 YEARS SALZBURG FESTIVAL present day. What makes the Salzburg Festival so special After months of stagnation, the Festival became a feast of and unique? Answers are provided by the festival organizers FROM AUSTRIA joy for the music-hungry public. Shortened and modified and some of the most internationally renowned festival TO THE WORLD according to the new patterns of art, checkered and artists – including Tobias Moretti, Daniel Barenboim, Teodor distant, with mask and disinfectant, this year’s festival A film by Chris Weisz Currentzis, Anne-Sophie Mutter or Peter Sellars. season became a worldwide signal to the cultural world: “Art must always remain relevant,” is the credo. Length: 51' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50131 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. A film by Length: 40' | Shot in HD | Cat. A 040 50150 Madlene Feyrer & Teresa Vogl

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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

On the occasion of Beethoven’s 250th birthday Academy award regular Henry Braham. Manfred Honeck at the rostrum of the winning Austrian-German actor and director Christoph Waltz has dynamic Wiener Symphoniker leads a superb and versatile cast LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN been engaged for the stage direction of the new production of of “vocally oustanding” (Der Standard) singers: Nicole Chevalier, Fidelio at the Theater an der Wien. There, at one of the oldest claimed by Die Zeit as “one of the currently most exciting opera FIDELIO opera houses in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven was what one singers”, bewitches vocally and dramatically on her stage debut would call today a composer-in-residence. And he was this in two as Leonore, Eric Cutler gives Florestan a powerful voice. Chris- Nicole Chevalier Leonore (Fidelio) · Eric Cutler Florestan · Gábor Bretz Don Pizarro respects: here he lived for two years in an apartment in the wing tof Fischesser, Gábor Bretz, Mélissa Petit, Benjamin Hulett and Christof Fischesser Rocco · Mélissa Petit Marzelline · Benjamin Hulett Jaquino · Károly Szemerédy Don Fernando of the building. And it was here that he premiered many of his Károly Szemerédy complete the strong ensemble. Johannes Bamberger First Prisoner · Dumitru Mădăraşăn Second Prisoner most famous orchestral works, symphonies and his only opera: But the production, which was sold out months before, never saw Arnold Schoenberg Chor · Roger Díaz Cajamarca, Viktor Mitrevski Chorus Masters Fidelio. Two of the three versions were first heard at the Theater its stage premiere, as the Theater an der Wien sadly had to shut Wiener Symphoniker · Manfred Honeck Conductor an der Wien, in 1805 and in 1806. down due to the Covid 19 pandemic a few days before. Thanks In his third opera production Waltz brilliantly stages the second to an incredible effort by all participants, the opera house was Christoph Waltz Stage Director version of the opera in the breathtaking set designed by the converted into a film studio at short notice so that Christoph German-American architectural practice Barkow Leibinger. The Waltz’s “convincing production” (Die Zeit) of Beethoven’s flaming Video Director: Felix Breisach | Length: 131' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50125 abstract staircase landscape in the form of a double helix, symboli- musical plea for freedom and humanity could be preserved for zing prison, extends space into the back theatre and is infinitely posterity. changeable in the cinematic lighting concept of Hollywood

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“In a word, she interprets in the most beautiful sense of the term.” Toute la culture Photos: Monika Rittershaus: Monika Photos:

“delicate and expressive, navigating through the ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK famous melody with easiness and subtly” RUSALKA Opera Wire “virtuoso performance by Loy” Asmik Grigorian Rusalka · Eric Cutler The Prince · Karita Mattila The Foreign Princess El Pais Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev The Water Goblin, Katarina Dalayman Ježibaba · Manel Esteve The Gamekeeper Juliette Mars The Kitchen Boy · Julietta Aleksanyan First Wood Nymph · Rachel Kelly Second Wood Nymph Composed in 1900 to a libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, Dvořák’s most tragic take on the Little Mermaid fable, featuring tenor Eric Cut- Alyona Abramova Third Wood Nymph · Sebastià Peris The Hunter successful opera was premiered on March 31, 1901 at the Prague ler as the smitten prince and bass-baritone Maxim Kuzmin-Kara- Cor Titular del Teatro Real · Andrés Máspero Chorus Master National Theater. Almost 120 years later, the year is 2020 AD: vaev as Rusalka’s father, Vodník (The Water Goblin). Karita Mattila Klevis Elmazaj Choreographer The world is entirely occupied by COVID. Well, not entirely... One steps smoothly into the royal persona of the foreign princess. Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real · Ivor Bolton Conductor major opera house of indomitable Spanish still holds out against General Music director of the Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, wills the the pandemic. And life is not easy... In this setting – with masks Orchestra to deliver its beauties with an extra kiss of sensuous- Christof Loy Stage Director and keeping distance – the Teatro Real makes the impossible pos- ness and extra jabs of drama. “On an overwhelming level that sible: Mesmerizing soprano Asmik Grigorian stars in the title role will leave its mark on the lucky ones who can enjoy it.” (El Video Director: Xavi Bové | Length: approx. 160' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 930 50018 of Christoph Loy’s timeless and evocative staging of Dvořák’s Español)

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Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros, the dream team of opera, by Carlo Gérard. George Petean is utterly convincing in his role continue their successful collaboration in a new production of as Chénier’s rival. Now a powerful member of the Revolutionary Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at the Bayerische Staats tribunal, Gérard has been in love with Maddalena since his time -oper in Munich. Alongside the superb baritone George Petean, as servant for the Coigny family. But when she offers herself in the superstars show how love triumphs over death in the shadow exchange for Chénier’s life, Gérard is moved by her willingness UMBERTO GIORDANO of a terrifying regime. In the opulent staging by film direc- to sacrifice herself and tries everything to free Chénier. Despite tor Philipp Stölzl, Marco Armiliato conducts the Bayerisches his efforts, the poet’s execution is inevitable and in the face of Staatsorchester. death, Chénier and Maddalena declare their undying love for ANDREA CHÉNIER Andrea Chénier, Giordano’s verismo opera, casts light upon the each other. Fierce and passionate, Harteros’s Maddalena is “a Jonas Kaufmann Andrea Chénier · Anja Harteros Maddalena di Coigny · George Petean Carlo Gérard · Rachael Wil- turbulent times of the French Revolution, and doesn’t shy away marvel” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) in this fast-paced narrative. With son Bersi · Helena Zubanovich Countess di Coigny · Larissa Diadkova Madelon · Andrea Borghini Roucher · Johannes from its dark side. Embedded in the great historical panorama, tableaux vivants, historical costumes and scenic parallelism, Kammler Pierre Fléville · Christian Rieger Fouquier-Tinville · Ulrich Reß The Abbé · Kevin Conners Incroyable which is being laid out before the spectator, are the personal stage director and designer Philipp Stölzl provides a powerful, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper · Stellario Fagone Chorus Master fates of the opera’s protagonists. Star soprano Anja Harteros filmic imagery, contrasting the upper classes of society and their sings the young aristocrat Maddalena di Coigny, “a role that lavish feasts with the living conditions of their servants, who are Bayerisches Staatsorchester · Marco Armiliato Conductor seems to be tailored to her” (FAZ). When Maddalena loses every- crammed together in the basement. With the joint forces of the Philipp Stölzl Stage Director thing in the upheaval of the revolution and is in grave danger as Bayerisches Staatsorchester and the Chorus of the Bayerische aristocrat, she turns to the young poet Andrea Chénier for help, Staatsoper, conductor Marco Armiliato brings all the drama of Video Director: Brian Large | Length: 135 ' | Shot in HD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 050 50560 who had impressed her with his criticism of the nobility’s mer- revolutionary France to life. “A sensational Anja Harteros brings cilessness before. Chénier, sung by star tenor Jonas Kaufmann the house down! Kaufmann is perfect for the role – full of vitality “with a dark, alluring, longing timbre” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), falls and radiance! World-class!” (BR Klassik) in love with her, but is being arrested and accused of high treason

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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL An “extraordinary show“ ALCINA New York Times Cecilia Bartoli Alcina · Philippe Jaroussky Ruggiero · Sandrine Piau Morgana Kristina Hammarström Bradamante · Christoph Strehl Oronte · Alastair Miles Melisso At Salzburg Festival, Handel’s Alcina is a true celebration of sing- moves the setting of Alcina’s magic island to a mysterious hotel Sheen Park (Vienna Boys Choir) Oberto · Rouven Pabst, Hector Buenfil, Palacios, Stefano De Luca, Tomaz Simatovic, ing: Cecilia Bartoli shines in the title role of the sorceress Alcina with a mirror wall. The look in the mirror of an aging woman, Robert Söderström, Joan Aguilà, Cuevas, Edward Pearce, Erick Odriozola Dancers as does Philippe Jaroussky in the role of Ruggiero. who has an oppressive fear of no longer being desired, is the Bachchor Salzburg · Markus Obereder Chorus Master At their side, Sandrine Piau as Morgana and Kristina Hammer- obvious core of the production. Gianluca Capuano conducts ström as Bradamante are “ravishing” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). the Musiciens du Prince – Monaco prudently and with a slim Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco · Gianluca Capuano Conductor Director Damiano Michieletto stages his first baroque opera orchestral sound, the Bachchor Salzburg is excellently rehearsed. Damiano Michieletto Stage Director and creates a convincing mixture of psychological interpretation Capuano “perfectly combines drama with precision and poetry” and associative imagery. Unlike the libretto, which is based on raves Süddeutsche Zeitung. Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: approx. 190' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50120 Ludovico Ariosto’s epic Orlando furioso, the Venetian Michieletto

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“Svetlana Aksenova is grandiose as Zazà – also as actress of this torn figure” Salzburger Nachrichten RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO “An intense, touching, musical chamber drama” ZAZÀ Kurier With Ruggero Leoncavallo’s rarity Zazà, the Theater an der Wien bon vivant Milio, whom she falls head over heels in love with, Svetlana Aksenova Zazà · Enkelejda Shkosa Anaide · Dorothea Herbert Floriana / Madame Dufresne scored a coup with the grandiose house debutante Svetlana unaware that he has a wife and child in the capital. She finally sets Juliette Mars Natalia · Nikolai Schukoff Milio Dufresne · Vittoria Antonuzzo Totó Dufresne Aksenova in the title role. Christof Loy delivers a striking stag- him free and remains fatally unhappy in this piece. Christopher Maltman Cascart · Tobias Greenhalgh Bussy · Paul Schweinester Courtois ing of the Verismo drama and conductor Stefan Soltész spiri- “It would take a whole newspaper page to praise all the per- Ivan Zinoviev Duclou · Johannes Bamberger Marco / Augusto · Patrick Maria Kühn A Gentleman tedly leads the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien through formers appropriately”, praises Der Standard. Of particular note is Ena Topcibasic Claretta · Liliya Namisnyk Simona the highly acclaimed evening. At the center of the piece is the Svetlana Aksenova as Zazá who “suffers the whole spectrum from Arnold Schoenberg Chor · Erwin Ortner Chorus Master provincial variety theatre artist Zazà who soon finds herself intimate affection to raging jealousy and mute despair”, Nikolai ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien · Stefan Soltész Conductor between two men, but also between the life she has been used Schukoff (Milio) “shows himself as a daredevil and a depressed to up to now and the hope for the happiness of a secure mid- mourner”, Christopher Maltman as Cascart “leads energetically Christof Loy Stage Director dle-class existence through marriage and love. One is Cascart, and touchingly his already lost fight for his beloved.” An evening her stage partner and former lover, whom she keeps afloat like worth seeing and hearing! Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: 127' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50134 her alcoholic mother. The other is the Parisian businessman and

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“Remarkably cohesive and so moving” The Times “This production of Così fan tutte will be long remembered. It is pure joy, a wonder, a celebration” FAZ Photos: Monika Rittershaus, Bernd Uhlig

At Salzburg Festival the new production of Mozart’s Così fan director Christof Loy. The celebrated stage director brings unex- WOLFGANG A. MOZART tutte is a magic moment in Mozart interpretation, a true feast pected psychological elements to his strikingly modern mise en for the eyes and ears: A masterfully clever staging, a ravishingly scène which is coherent down to the smallest detail. On the COSÌ FAN TUTTE young cast and, with Joana Mallwitz, for the first time a woman simple black and white stage, the emotional tragedy takes its stands at the podium of the Wiener Philharmoniker for a staged course: The sisters Fiordiligi (sung by stunning French soprano Marianne Crebassa Dorabella · Elsa Dreisig Fiordiligi · Andrè Schuen Guglielmo · Bogdan Volkov Ferrando, opera production at the Festival. “The sovereignty and prudence Elsa Dreisig) and Dorabella (beautifully presented by Marianne Lea Desandre Despina · Johannes Maria Kränzle Don Alfonso with which conductor Joana Mallwitz steers her ensemble and Crebassa) are subject of a bet made by their betrothed Ferrando Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor · Huw Rhys James Chorus Master the Wiener Philharmoniker through Mozart’s musical cosmos is (exquisite and sunny voiced Bogdan Volkov) and Guglielmo (hot phenomenal”, praises BR Klassik, “the orchestra likes to be car- tempered Andrè Schuen) with Don Alfonso (surprisingly uncyn- Wiener Philharmoniker · Joana Mallwitz Conductor ried away by her, playing with enthusiasm and brilliance.” For this ical Johannes Martin Kränzle): true faithfulness would not exist shortened version of Mozart’s masterpiece the young conductor with women. In the end, Don Alfonso should be right and still, Christof Loy Stage Director joins forces with none other than the internationally renowned this game causes deep wounds for all involved!

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

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WOLFGANG A. MOZART “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.” LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Die Presse “Alfred Dorfer’s first opera production (…) scores with transparency and lightness.” 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 Bartolo Der Standard Andrew Owens Basilio · Johannes Bamberger Don Curzio · Ekin Su Paker Barbarina · Ivan Zinoviev Antonio Arnold Schoenberg Chor · Erwin Ortner Chorus Master Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is one of those operas whose plot and power, power without love as well as love without power” Concentus Musicus Wien · Stefan Gottfried Conductor cannot simply be stated in brief. That’s why it’s best to do without (Alfred Dorfer). The stellar cast is led by veteran Count Alma- it altogether. However, Austrian actor and cabaret artist Alfred viva, embodied by Vienna favorite Florian Boesch, the Concen- Alfred Dorfer and Kateryna Sokolova Stage Directors Dorfer – known to many for his film adventure India – proves tus Musicus performs under the direction of Stefan Gottfried in his first opera production at the Theater an der Wien that a shortened version, which was performed exclusively for the the libretto is still highly topical. “Le nozze is a piece about love recording.

Video Director: Volker Grohskopf | Length: approx. 150' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50175

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“stunningly beautiful” DER MESSIAS BR Klassik BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL “Minkowski is the most imaginative, dynamic and passionate of all baroque conductors” ARRANGED BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Süddeutsche Zeitung

Elena Tsallagova Soprano · Wiebke Lehmkuhl Alto · Richard Croft Tenor Known as a creator of astonishing images, stage director and understands perfectly how to combine baroque style with the Philharmonia Chor Wien · Walter Zeh Chorus Master visual artist Robert Wilson delivers a magnificent production tonal possibilities of an orchestra of the classical period like the Les Musiciens du Louvre · Marc Minkowski Conductor of Mozart’s adaption of Handel’s Messias. Mozart was commis- Musiciens du Louvre. The excellent soloist quartet with Elena sioned by Gottfried van Swieten to modernise the score almost Tsallagova, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Richard Croft and José Coca Robert Wilson Stage Director fifty years after Handel’s popular composition (1742), mainly by Loza merges perfectly into Wilson’s enormous flood of images. arranging the wind parts and partially re-composing them. “A complete artwork”, praises Opernglas. Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: 134' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 040 50126 With Marc Minkowski a conductor has been engaged who

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“First Performance of the Year” Opernwelt Photos: Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn Pöhn Michael / Staatsoper Wiener Photos:

OLGA NEUWIRTH WORLD PREMIERE “The premiere of the season” ORLANDO Die Zeit BASED ON THE NOVEL BY VIRGINIA WOOLF “A dazzling panorama of semantic ambiguity” Opernwelt 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 Orlando is the first work commissioned from a woman for the An exciting, socially critical production by Polly Graham who puts Polly Graham Stage Director Vienna State Opera. Olga Neuwirth, for a long time one of a fantastically singing and playing Kate Lindsey in the center of the great composers of the present, succeeds with this opera the action. Opernwelt made it “First performance of the year” in creating a captivating arc across many musical genres. in its annual hit list. Video Director: Jasmina Eleta | Length: 173' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50139

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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU “a sensational success at the house” Salzburger Nachrichten PLATÉE “Furious fashion show” Kurier 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 Robert Carsen’s dazzling production of Rameau’s comic opera mocks the deceived and deflated nymph. Vanity, is seems, afflicts Emilie Renard Junon · Ilona Revolskaya Thalie · Padraic Rowan Mommuss Platée at the Theater an der Wien, with the musicians of Les Arts everyone on stage, but only Platée, touchingly embodied by Arnold Schoenberg Chor · Erwin Ortner, Roger Díaz-Cajamarca Chorus Masters Florissants under the supreme direction of William Christie trans- Marcel Beekman, pays a price. The baritone Edwin Crossley- fers the mythological action in the high fashion scene – Karl Mercer is an imposing Jupiter, and the soprano Jeanine de Bique Les Arts Florissants · William Christie Conductor Lagerfeld, his cat Choupette and the world’s most famous fash- brings her distinctive style to La Folie’s bravura music. What car- Robert Carsen Stage Director ion editors included. Jupiter, in a ploy to rid his wife, Junon, of ries the production and caused cheers at the premiere is pre- jealousy over his amorous exploits, courts the vain but unsightly cisely the excess it seeks to criticize and not least Nicolas Paul’s swamp-nymph Platée. When Junon, styled as Coco Chanel, sensational choreography of Rameau’s dance pieces. catches sight of Platée, her jealousy evaporates and everyone Video Director: Davide Mancini | Length: approx. 135' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 040 50146

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“The little opera is a small gem and the ROF has fully enhanced it” Classical Music Daily “A truly outstanding ensemble” GIOACHINO ROSSINI Das Opernglas

LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO The Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro brings a delightful new pro- marry his daughter to a rich American against her will. The lat- duction of Rossini’s early work La cambiale di matrimonio (The ter, however, unexpectedly takes the side of the unhappy young Carlo Lepore Tobia Mill · Giuliana Gianfaldoni Fannì · Davide Giusti Edoardo Milfort Marriage Promissory Note) on stage. Particularly noteworthy is woman, appoints her penniless lover as his heir and thus sets Iurii Samoilov Slook · Pablo Gálvez Norton · Martiniana Antonie Clarina the excellent young cast, mainly young singers from the Pesa- the course for a happy outcome. Rossini’s comic farce is stylisti- Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini · Dmitry Korchak Conductor ro-based Accademia Rossiniana, one of the most successful tal- cally audibly influenced by Mozart, rich in beautiful melodies and ent factories in Italy. “Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Carlo Lepore, Davide ensemble scenes, but with his lively parlando style and several Laurence Dale Stage Director Giusti, Iurii Samoilov, as well as Pablo Gálvez and Martiniana strettas already a typical Rossini. The 42-year-old Russian Dmitry Antonie in the smaller parts please with lean, profound voices Korchak, who is also a regular Rossini tenor in Pesaro, appeared and a mature ensemble performance that can only be achieved here for the first time on the conductor’s podium, outstanding with careful rehearsal work”, applauds Der Tagesspiegel. The plot above all his handling of the recitatives. Laurence Dale, who came of La cambiale di matrimonio, based on patterns of the Comme- to Pesaro for the first time as a stage director, also provides an Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: 94' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 000 50074 dia dell’arte, is quickly told: A greedy, foolish old man wants to appealing aesthetic.

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LUIGI ROSSI “A successful show, of a rare power, called to seduce the widest audience, without concession nor demagogy. An exceptional success.” IL PALAZZO INCANTATO Forum Opera

Victor Sicard Orlando · Arianna Venditelli Angelica · Fabio Trümpy Ruggiero “a remarkable work of intelligence and powerfully poetic.” Deanna Breiwick Bradamante / La Peinture, Mark Milhofer Atlante · Lucía Martín-Cartón Olympia / La Musique / Écho Le Monde · Mariana Flores Marfisa / La Magie / Doralice · Grigory Soloviov Gigante / Sacripante / Gradasso Kazper Szelążek Prasildo / Le Nain · André Lacerda Elcete et al. Choeur de l’Opéra de Dijon · Chœur de Chambre de Namur · Anass Imat Chorus Master While Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo was of capital historic importance dinal Rospigliosi, later to become Pope Clement IX, was the first for the development of opera in 17th century France, one can adaptation of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, a masterpiece of Italian Cappella Mediterranea · Leonardo García Alarcón Conductor hardly find any works of the composer on the schedules of the poetry with a long lyric history. Numerous singers, actors, acro- opera houses today. Only recently the rarely performed opera bats and dancers turn Fabrice Murgia’s opulent staging of Rossi’s Fabrice Murgia Stage Director Il palazzo incantato was brought to Opéra de Dijon by Leonardo masterpiece into a festive celebration of total art. “A super rich García Alarcón and Fabrice Murgia. The libretto, written by Car- and very dense show” (ForumOpera.com). Video Director: Julien Condemine | Length: approx. 215' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 010 50122

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“Triumphant” The Times “Highlight of the centenary season” The Telegraph

RICHARD STRAUSS ELEKTRA Photos: Bernd Uhlig In its 100th anniversary edition, the Salzburg Festival celebrates Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Klytämnestra, Derek Welton as Aušrinė Stundytė Elektra · Asmik Grigorian Chrysothemis · Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Klytämnestra a real triumph with a mind-blowing new production of Elektra, Orest and Michael Laurenz as Aegisth complete an ensemble of Derek Welton Orest · Michael Laurenz Aegisth · Tilmann Ronnebeck Orest’s tutor · Verity Wingate Trainbearer one of the most famous masterpieces of opera history by the top-notch singers. The staging by Krzysztof Warlikowski of this Valeriia Savinskaia Confidante · Matthaus Schmidlechner A young servant · Jens Larsen An old servant two festival founders Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmanns- work about matricide, obsession, revenge and physical degra- Sonja Šarić The overseer · Bonita Hyman, Katie Coventry, Deniz Uzun, thal. The Lithuanian soprano Aušrinė Stundytė as vengeful and dation is a deep psychological study of a broken family. Franz Sinead Campbell-Wallace, Natalia Tanasii Five Maidservants traumatized Elektra turns the opening of the Festival into a real Welser-Möst, who just recently celebrated an overwhelming Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor · Ernst Raffelsberger Chorus Master knockout performance! Her sister Chrysothemis is sung by her success with Strauss’ Salome in Salzburg brings his trademark Wiener Philharmoniker · Franz Welser-Möst Conductor compatriot Asmik Grigorian, who made her international break- flair to the pit where the brilliantly effervescent and then again through as acclaimed Salome at the 2018 Salzburg Festival, and heartrendingly gentle playing Wiener Philharmoniker create glo- Krzysztof Warlikowski Stage Director whose performance once again draws the audience into spell. riously exultant Strauss moments.

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34 35 OPERA OPERA Photos: Ruth Walz

RICHARD STRAUSS “A Rosenkavalier with a dream cast” DER ROSENKAVALIER Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Camilla Nylund Feldmarschallin · Michèle Losier Fürstin Werdenberg, Octavian · Nadine Sierra Sophie “One has hardly ever seen a more splendid, Günther Groissböck Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau · Roman Trekel Herr von Faninal elegant and opulent Rosenkavalier” Anna Samuil Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin · Karl-Michael Ebner Valzacchi Süddeutsche Zeitung Katharina Kammerloher Annina · Atalla Ayan An Italian Singer · Erik Rosenius A Police Inspector Florian Hoffmann The Marschallin’s Majordomo · Linard Vrielink Faninal’s Majordomo Jaka Mihelač A Notary · Andrés Moreno García An Innkeeper · Lorenzo Torres A Paper Artist Olga Vilenskaia, Anna Woldt, Verena Allertz Three Noble Orphans 110 years ago, Richard Strauss celebrated an overwhelming suc- tung) production at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Xenia Victoria Randem A Milliner · Jin Hak Mok A Vendor of Pets cess with Der Rosenkavalier and was catapulted overnight into the Hausner, regarded as one of the most important artists of her Staatsopernchor Berlin · Anna Milukova Chorus Master Olympus of the greatest composers of all times. But the success generation, set the stage in fin-de-siècle Vienna. The star cast, in of this work is equally based on Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s biting opulent costumes by internationally acclaimed designer Arthur Staatskapelle Berlin · Zubin Mehta Conductor libretto that traces the last days of Viennese society of the Dan- Arbesser, includes Günther Groissböck as Ochs, Nadine Sierra André Heller Stage Director ube monarchy with a pointed pen. Austrian artist, author, poet, as Sophie, Michèle Losier as Octavian and Camilla Nylund as the singer, songwriter and actor André Heller makes his debut as an Marschallin. Zubin Mehta's Rosenkavalier “sounds like memory Video Director: Felix Breisach | Length: 220' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 050 50717 opera director with a “lush, tasteful, opulent” (Süddeutsche Zei- and farewell” (Berliner Zeitung).

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“Graham Vick strips Parsifal of mysticism to deliver a RICHARD WAGNER powerful indictment of divisive ideologies” Musical America PARSIFAL “Conductor Omer Meir Wellber chose Wagner’s opera of renewal to inaugurate his Tómas Tómasson Amfortas · Alexei Tanovitski Titurel · John Relyea Gurnemanz · Thomas Gazheli Klingsor tenure as music director of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, architecturally and artistically Julian Hubbard Parsifal · Catherine Hunold Kundry · Adrian Dwyer, Dmitry Grigoriev Knights of the Grail one of Italy’s most impressive opera houses... With the Teatro Massimo’s excellent Elisabetta Zizzo, Sofia Koberidze, Alena Sautier, Talia Or, Maria Parsifal · Catherine Hunold Kundry orchestra he succeded in a reading that was absolutely straight forward” Adrian Dwyer, Dmitry Grigoriev Knights of the Grail Opera Today Elisabetta Zizzo, Sofia Koberidze, Alena Sautier, Talia Or, Maria Radoeva, Stephanie Marshall Flowermaidens Elisabetta Zizzo, Sofia Koberidze, Ewandro Stenzowski, Nathan Haller Four Esquires “Julian Hubbard as Parsifal is a sensation” Stephanie Marshall Voice from above neue musikzeitung Orchestra, Coro & Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo In the magnificent Teatro Massimo in Palermo, British stage Wellber makes a highly successful debut as music director in Pa- Omer Meir Wellber Conductor · Ciro Visco, Salvatore Punturo Chorus Masters director Graham Vick and Israeli conductor Omer Meir Well- lermo where Richard Wagner composed this monumental opera Graham Vick Stage Director ber bring Richard Wagner’s last opera Parsifal in a suspenseful during a long stay. The singers are excellently cast, above all a interpretation to the stage. In this Parsifal, the myth of the Holy passionately singing Julian Hubbard as Parsifal and Tómas Tómas- Video Director: Tiziano Mancini | Length: 225' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 000 50072 Grail is woven into real-life events, a parable of the suffering of son embodies Amfortas superbly as a glorified prophet figure. those who flee war and conflict zones to freedom. Omer Meir

38 39 40 Video Director: Myriam Hoyer Olga Esina,Marcos Menha Dancers Hans van ManenChoreographer Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ·Axel Kober Shino Takizawa MAHLER, LIVE Franz Liszt Music

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Wiener Staatsballett Slávka Zámečniková Soprano Hans Schläpfer Choreographer Gustav Mahler Music 4 | Shot inHD Conductor |

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PREMIERE WORLD

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of thisorchestra andcarefully carriesSchläpfer’s filigree weave. Kober, whoknows how toexploit thephilharmonicadvantages form toGustav Mahler’sFourth Symphony. At thepodium isAxel the ViennaState Opera: allthedancers of theStaatsballett per simple title4withthischamber play. It ishisfirstchoreography at chamber play. Schläpfer contrasts hislarge-scale work withthe piano pieces by Franz Liszt form themusicalbasis for thisgripping

Photos: Ashley Taylor - 41 CAPPELLA MEDITERRANEA CAMERATA SALZBURG

“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

“A crazy program ... A fascinating and crazy border crossing, never in danger of falling. And the audience is cheering” Die Welt Photos: Marco Borrelli Marco Photos: Photo: Marco Borrelli Marco Photo:

CAPPELLA MEDITERRANEA CAMERATA SALZBURG SONYA YONCHEVA · LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA · INGO METZMACHER GYÖRGY LIGETI Alessandro Stradella: “Queste lagrime e sospiri” (San Giovanni Battista) Claudio Monteverdi: “O rosetta, che rosetta” Concerto for Violin and Orchestra · Ligatura-Message to Frances-Marie (Scherzi musicali) · “S’apre la tomba” (Voglio di vita uscir) · “Adagiati, Poppea” – “Oblivion soave” (L’incoronazione di (The Answered Unanswered Question), Op. 31b · “Ruhelos” from Kafka-Fragmente, Op. 24 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 AUGUST NÖRMIGER Toden Tanz from Tabulaturbuch auff dem Instrumente 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 ANONYMOUS Francesco Cavalli: “Sinfonia de La Notte” (L’Egisto) Santiago de Murcia / Diego Fernández de Huete: Tarantela Byzantine Chant on Psalm 140 Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Envite Pasaje del olvido No hay que John Dowland: Simón Díaz: Anonymous: FRANZ SCHUBERT decirle el primor Björn Ulvaeus / Benny Andersson: Like An Angel Passing Through My Room Leonardo García String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Der Tod und das Mädchen” Alarcón: “Y a tus plantas Nisea” (El Prometeo) JOHN DOWLAND Pavane “Lachrimæ Antiquæ Novæ” for String Quintet from Lachrimæ, or Seaven Teares

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42 43 44 Video Director: Ferenc Soeteman “Rarely hasthewarmth thatthismiraculous movement evokes inpeople been sointense asinthe matineeof theCamerata Salzburg onSunday. DANIEL OTTENSAMER · MANFRED HONECK Ottensamer’s interaction withtheorchestra brought aboutanother, for many, lastunforgettable moment of this festival summer” Cantus inMemory of Benjamin Britten for stringorchestra andbell Metamorphosen. Astudy for 23solostrings,o.Op. 142 Concerto for Clarinet andOrchestra inAmajor, K.622 CAMERATA SALZBURG | Length: approx. 75' CAMERATA SALZBURG WOLFGANG A. MOZART RICHARD STRAUSS Salzburger Nachrichten ARVO PÄRT | Shot inUHD | Stereo &5.1 | Cat. no.A045 501530000

Photos: Marco Borrelli Prométhée. Le Poème du feu, Op. 60 for clavier àlumières, piano,chorusandorchestra CONCERTGEBOUWORKEST ORCHESTRA · ANDRIS NELSONS Video Director: Dick Kuijs HÅKAN HARDENBERGER · PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD “Excitingly phrased and full of unexpected details” CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA MAN & – MYTH CULTURE AS A CRIME: Dramatis personae for trumpetandorchestra

Photo: Milagro Elstak Die Geschöpfe desPrometheus, Op. 43 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ALEXANDER SKRIABIN | PROMETHEUS Length: 84' BRETT DEAN BRETT Trouw | Shot inUHD | Cat. no.A865 500590000

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Photo: Milagro Elstak Photo: Marco Borggreve 45 DANISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

“It awaits with surprises and new discoveries from the inner life of these great compositions.” BR “Wild heroic works” Kristeligt Dagblad Photos: Lucas Dawson Lucas Photos:

Winner of 2020 BEETHOVEN 9 AND CIRCA International Classical Music MAIJA KOVALEVSKA · JACQUELINE DARK · PAUL O’NEILL · WARWICK FYFE Award

Photo: Luisa GrünwaldtPhoto: CIRCA CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · BENJAMIN NORTHEY THE BEETHOVEN MARATHON LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Experience the sparkling and award-winning Beethoven Symphony Cycle Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (ICMA Recording of the year 2020 and Opus Klassik Award) by Ádám Fischer and Video Director: Thomas Toby Parkinson | Approx. lengths: approx. 70' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 170 50013 his Danish Chamber Orchestra. DANISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOFIE ELKJÆR JENSEN · MORTEN GROVE FRANDSEN · JACOB SKOV ANDERSEN DEBORAH CHEETHAM HENNING VON SCHULMAN · DANISH NATIONAL CONCERT CHOIR ÁDÁM FISCHER MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · BENJAMIN NORTHEY Symphonies Nos. 1-9 DEBORAH CHEETHAM Long Time Living Here (Acknowledgment of Country) “Beethoven Marathon ends in triumph” Dutala, Star Filled Sky Kristeligt Dagblad Video Director: Thomas Toby Parkinson | Approx. lengths: 22' | Shot in UHD | Cat. no. A 175 50027 0000

Video Director: Kasper Lange | Approx. lengths: 360' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 905 50005 0000

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“An unearthly melody characterized the Mozart Matinee on Sunday” Salzburger Nachrichten Photos: Marco Borrelli Marco Photos:

MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA SALZBURG

IVOR BOLTON ROSA FEOLA · KATHARINA MAGIERA SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP · PETER KELLNER BACHCHOR SALZBURG

WOLFGANG A. MOZART “...the voice of Netrebko grabs you as hard as it does. Already her first appearance Mass in C minor, K. 139 “Waisenhaus” is wonderful stage magic. Still she has this unstrained big full height, still she Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K. 546 crawls into every role and lets all her vocal power shine out from there” Vesperae solennes de Confessore in C major, K. 339 Süddeutsche Zeitung Video Director: Dick Kuijs | Length: approx. 90' | Shot in UHD | Stereo & 5.1 | Cat. no. A 045 50137 0000 Photos: Marco Borrelli Marco Photos:

ANNA NETREBKO AND YUSIF EYVAZOV

AN EVENING WITH TCHAIKOVSKY Borrelli Marco Photos: MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA SALZBURG SZILVIA VÖRÖS · MIKHAIL TATARNIKOV FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI · ROB VAN DE LAAR PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY ANDREW MANZE Introduction from The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 “Ostanovites, umolyayu vas!” (Stay, I beg of you!) from The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 WOLFGANG A. MOZART Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 Symphony in D major, K. 385 “Haffner” Tatiana’s letter scene from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E flat major, K. 417 “Kuda, kuda vy udalilis” (Where, oh where have you gone) from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 Serenade in G major, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. 537 “Coronation Concerto” “Tvoye molchaniye neponyatno” (I do not understand your silence) from Iolanta, Op. 69 Sonata for Piano No. 18 in D major, K. 576 – II. Adagio

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48 49 50 Video Director: Ferenc Soeteman Video Director: Ferenc Soeteman |Length: 92 ' MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA SALZBURG JULIA LEZHNEVA · GIANLUCA CAPUANO “Exsultate, jubilate”Motet for soprano andorchestra inFmajor, K.165 “Quel nocchier cheingran procella” from La Betulia liberata, K.118 “Voi avete uncor fedele” Aria for soprano andorchestra, K.217 MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA SALZBURG “Lascia laspina” from Il trionfo del Tempo edelDisinganno Symphonies inAmajor, K.201andinGminor, K.183 “Ch’io miscordi dite?” Recitative androndo for Symphony No. 41inCmajor, K.551 “Jupiter” soprano with pianoandorchestra, K.505 Serenade inDmajor, K. 203“Colloredo” GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Symphony No. 1inEflatmajor, K.16 | Length: 89' WOLFGANG A. MOZART WOLFGANG A. MOZART ÁDÁM FISCHER | | Shot inUHD Shot inUHD | | Stereo &5.1 Stereo &5.1 | | Cat. no.A045501440000 Cat. no.A045 501480000

Photos: Marco Borrelli Photos: Marco Borrelli preserved in its original condition. Ever since, he dreamed of centuries barely played andisoneof the few instruments still diately fell under theinstrument’s spell. The violin hassurvived International Mozarteum Foundation, backin2012andimme- to thisprecious instrument, whichiscarefully guarded by the the Vienna Philharmonic, for the first time had exclusive access never happenedbefore! ChristophKoncz, principalviolinist of Mozart’s violin concertos recorded on hisown violin –thishas CHRISTOPH KONCZ AND LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE Video Director: Hans Hadulla “MOZART’S CONCERT VIOLIN” Concerto for Violin andOrchestra inDmajor, K.218 Concerto for Violin andOrchestra inAmajor, K.219 The soundof theviolintakes center stage! MUSICIENS DEL LOUVRE WOLFGANG A. MOZART | Length: approx. 56' Mozart onoriginalinstruments: Les Musiciens duLouvre. He isaccompanied by anorchestra that alsoplays inthespiritof order tooffer themostauthentic listening experience possible. sound -includingoriginalcadenzasof Salzburg’s geniusloci,in concertos K.218and219was tobeinthespiritof theoriginal tually, hisdream hascome true.Koncz’s recording of theviolin recording Mozart’ | Shot inHD | s violin concertos onthisinstrument andeven- Cat. no.A045 501650000

Photo: Andreas Hechenberger 51 MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER Photo: UnitelPhoto: Photo: Unitel, Oliver Wolf MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER ALICE SARA OTT · OKSANA LYNIV RUDOLF BUCHBINDER WOLFGANG A. MOZART LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 VALENTIN SILVESTROV JOSEPH HAYDN The Messenger – 1996 for String Orchestra and Piano Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11 JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 96 in D major, Hob. I:96 “The Miracle”

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CARINA CANELLAKIS ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 JOHN ADAMS WOLFGANG A. MOZART Shaker Loops Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

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52 53 MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER Photo: UnitelPhoto: Photo: Hans Engels MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER · · ANNA VINNITSKAYA GUIDO SEGERS VALERY GERGIEV RENAUD CAPUÇON · ALAIN ALTINOGLU SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classique” BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN Giostra Genovese DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto in C minor MAURICE RAVEL for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra, Op. 35 Sonata for Violin and Piano (Version for Violin and Orchestra) Le Tombeau de Couperin. Suite for Orchestra FRANZ SCHUBERT Tzigane. Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra Symphony in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”

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MATÍAS PIÑEIRA · VALERY GERGIEV PAAVO JÄRVI GIOACHINO ROSSINI JEAN SIBELIUS Overture to La Cenerentola Karelia Suite, Op. 11 WOLFGANG A. MOZART LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica” LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

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54 55 56 Video Director: Benedict Mirow Video Director: Benedict Mirow MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER MICHAEL VOLLE · VALERY GERGIEV MAO FUJITA · VALERY GERGIEV “Songs andDances of Death” for Bass andOrchestra MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER Piano Concerto No. 4inGmajor, Op. 58 Symphony No. 9inEflatmajor, Op. 70 (orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich) Symphony No. 1inCminor, Op. 68 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH MODEST MUSSORGSKY JOHANNES BRAHMS | | Length: 45' Length: 88' | | Shot inUHD Shot inUHD | | Cat. no.A055 515000000 Cat. no.A055514990000

Photo: Unitel Photo: Unitel LEONIDAS KAVAKOS · GAUTIER CAPUÇON Concerto for Violin, Cello andOrchestra inAminor, Op. 102(Double Concerto) Video Director: Benedict Mirow ELISABETH KULMAN · SEMYON BYCHKOV Video Director: Benedict Mirow MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER Symphony No. 8inGmajor, Op. 88 Symphony No. 3inFmajor, Op. 90 VALERY GERGIEV JOHANNES BRAHMS ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK GUSTAV MAHLER | | Length: 78' Length: 66' Kindertotenlieder | | Shot inUHD Shot inUHD | | Cat. no.A055 515020000 Cat. no.A055515010000

Photo: Unitel Photo: Unitel 57 ORCHESTRA OF THE TEATRO MASSIMO ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA Photo: Ennevi Foto Photo: Photo: Rosellina Garbo Rosellina Photo:

BEETHOVEN MASS IN C MAJOR MOZART REQUIEM Op. 86 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626

ELLA MILCH-SHERIFF CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA Der ewige Fremde VITTORIA YEO · SONIA GANASSI SAIMIR PIRGU · ALEX ESPOSITO ORCHESTRA & CHORUS OF THE TEATRO MASSIMO PALERMO MARCO ARMILIATO ELI DANKER · LAURA GIORDANO · MARIANNA PIZZOLATO LUIS GOMES · EVAN HUGHES OMER MEIR WELLBER Mozart’s Requiem is performed for the first time at the Arena di Verona, and dedicated to the victims of the Coronavirus in Verona. Together with the excellent choir and a shining soloist “An event of great symbolic impact” quartet, Omer Meir Wellber reveals the immense connessidellopera.it expressiveness and novelty of this undeservedly neglected composition by the jubilarian Beethoven.

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58 59 60 from La Traviata bel dìvedremo” from Madama Butterfly “Elucevan lestelle” from Tosca Bizet: – Speravo ditrovarvi qui… Mimì è unacivetta… Donde lietauscì…Dunque èproprio finita” from La Bohème Méditation from ranime moncourage” fromet Juliette Roméo ∙“Va! Je t’aipardonné” fromet Juliette Roméo Charles Gounod: Overture toRoméo et Juliette ∙“L’amour… Ah!Lève-toi, soleil!” fromet Juliette Roméo “Amour, SONYA YONCHEVA · VITTORIO GRIGOLO MARCU· · MIHAELA DAVIDE LUCIANO Entr’acte from Video Director: Tiziano Mancini SONYA YONCHEVA · VITTORIO GRIGOLO Thaïs Carmen THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE DUETS Giacomo Puccini: “Mario! –Sonqui!” from Tosca∙Intermezzo from ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA Jules Massenet: PLÁCIDO DOMINGO PLÁCIDO | Length: 114' “Toi! Vous! – Oui... C’est moi!” from | Shot inUHD | Cat. no.A005 501060000 Giuseppe Verdi: “Libiamne’lieticalici” Manon Manon Lescaut ∙“Mimì?! Giacomo Puccini: Jules Massenet: Georges “Un

Photo: EnneviFoto “Domingo performed withbravura,.. alternating Sinfonia from “Tacea lanotte placida” Il Trovatorefrom PLÁCIDO DOMINGO AT THE ARENA DI VERONA Preludio from IMasnadieri with thespectacular SaioaHernández“ Video Director: Tiziano Mancini Giovanna d’Arco Intermezzo from ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA FAMOUS ARIAS BY VERDI AND GIORDANO PLÁCIDO DOMINGO PLÁCIDO ORCHESTRA OF THE ARENA DI VERONA operaactual.com “Nemico dellapatria?!” from Andrea Chénier · · Scene andDuet ViolettaandGermont Lafrom Traviata , Act II “Per megiunto èildìsupremo… OCarlo,ascolta” from DonCarlo Fedora UMBERTO GIORDANO JORDI BERNÀCER | GIUSEPPE VERDI Length: 84' · “La mammamorta” from Andrea Chénier · “Udiste?... Mira, d’acerbe lagrime”Il Trovatorefrom ∙ | SAIOAHERNÁNDEZ Shot inUHD | Cat. no.A005 501050000

Photos: EnneviFoto 61 62 Video Director: Beatrix Conrad Zeitensprünge –450 Takte für Orchester (World premiere of thecommissioned work) 450 YEARS STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN The official concert celebrating the450 Prelude toDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN Initiale for seven brass instruments Symphony No. 7inAmajor, Op. 92 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN | Length: approx. 60' DANIEL BARENBOIM RICHARD WAGNER JÖRG WIDMANN PIERRE BOULEZ | Shot inUHD th anniversary | Cat. no.A055 514480000

Photos: Peter Adamik standing composer andjubilarianinwhosesigntheyear should its principalconductor Daniel Barenboim –celebrates theout Nos. 4,5,6&8,theStaatskapelle Berlin –under thedirection of With theperformance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphonies STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN · DANIEL BARENBOIM Video Director: Henning Kasten Symphony No. 6inFmajor, Op. 68“Pastoral” Symphony No. 4inBflatmajor, Op. 60 STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN Symphony No. 5inCminor, Op. 67 Symphony No. 8inFmajor, Op. 93 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Length: 43' Length: 37' Length: 37' Length: 29' | | | | Cat. No. A05551480 Cat. No. A05551478 Cat. No. A05551479 Cat. No. A05551481 - upside down. in the grips of the pandemic that turned not only the music world actually be,before theBeethoven Year 2020turnedinto ayear | Shot inUHDHDR

Photos: Monika Rittershaus 63 WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA WIENER PHILHARMONIKER

“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 Photo: Marco Borrelli Marco Photo: Borrelli Marco Photos:

WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA WIENER PHILHARMONIKER EMMANUEL PAHUD · DANIEL BARENBOIM EVGENY KISSIN · GUSTAVO DUDAMEL RICHARD WAGNER FRANZ LISZT Siegfried Idyll for Chamber Orchestra, WWV 103 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat major

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major for 15 solo instruments, Op. 9 Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 “Minute Waltz” PIERRE BOULEZ Mémoriale (…explosante-fixe… Originel) for solo flute and eight instruments IGOR STRAVINSKY L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Große Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 (Version by Daniel Barenboim, 2020) “Evgeny Kissin is one of the best technicians on the keys” Süddeutsche Zeitung

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64 65 WIENER PHILHARMONIKER WIENER PHILHARMONIKER Photo: UnitelPhoto:

“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 Photo: Marco Borrelli Marco Photo: Photo: Terry Linke

WIENER PHILHARMONIKER WIENER PHILHARMONIKER ELĪNA GARANČA · CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN RICHARD WAGNER ANTON BRUCKNER Wesendonck Lieder Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 (1877 Version) 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) To mark Anton Bruckner’s bicentenary in 2024, Christian Thiele- the sound is resonant and glowing, the buildup of tension and IV. Schmerzen (Sorrows) · V. Träume (Dreams) mann, the Vienna Philharmonic and Unitel are recording the first release perceptively handled and each solo impeccably played Bruckner cycle with a single conductor in the orchestra’s history. by some of the world’s best musicians. “There is no doubt in the ANTON BRUCKNER The series, which already includes Symphonies No. 2, 4 and 8, was music world that Thielemann is the right choice for this under- Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” continued with Symphony No. 3 (2nd version). It was recorded taking. He has found a symbiosis with the Vienna Philharmonic under studio conditions in the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musik- Orchestra that makes unrivalled interpretative statements pos- “Even when the musicians had long since left the stage, the verein, where Anton Bruckner himself premiered the work with sible, especially for this repertoire.” (Die Presse) conductor was called out again and again. A more than heartfelt the Vienna Philharmonic. Under Christian Thielemann’s baton thank you for a great concert truly worthy of a festival.” klassikinfo.com

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66 67 WIENER PHILHARMONIKER WIENER SYMPHONIKER Photo: Marco Borrelli Marco Photo: Photos: Julia Wesely Julia Photos:

CAMILLA NYLUND · PIOTR BECZAŁA · MICHAEL SCHADE WIENER PHILHARMONIKER WIENER SYMPHONIKER · MANFRED HONECK ANDRIS NELSONS “AN EVENING WITH LEHÁR” Arias and Ensembles from The Merry Widow, The Count of Luxembourg, Friederike, The Tsarevich, Giuditta and GUSTAV MAHLER The Land of Smiles including the hits “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß” or “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” Symphony No. 6 in A minor Video Director: Thomas Macho | Length: approx. 53' | Shot in HD | A 045 50134 0000

“Mahler’s ‘tragedy’ as a cathartic experience in Salzburg. Standing ovations for the Wiener Philharmoniker under Andris Nelsons FRANZ LEHÁR – THE MAN OF SMILES th with Mahler’s devastating 6 Symphony” A FILM BY THOMAS MACHO Die Presse Portrait of the famous composer based on a fictional interview, to Hitler and his artist friends – singers, librettists – who had to but with real answers: about his work and his artistic ambition, flee from the Nazis or were murdered by them. about his loves and his wife Sophie, and also about his closeness

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68 69 70 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4K UHD IN TIME FIRST THE FOR at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal. The exceptional musician has been of Beethoven’s birth by recording his thirty-two piano sonatas ser’s manifold works. Barenboim marked the250thanniversary has beenintensively andrepeatedly engaged withthecompo- experts of our time.From thevery beginningof hiscareer, he Daniel Barenboim isoneof the mostaccomplished Beethoven Video Director: Frédéric Delesques | Length: approx. 710' CONCERT PIANO SONATAS | sonata cycle, thegreat Daniel Barenboim hassethimselfalegacy! public concerts because of the coronavirus pandemic. With this deep immersioninBeethoven’s scores duetothecancellation of his fifth complete survey of thesonatasarose from aperiod of exploring Beethoven’s music for more thanseven decadesand Shot inUHD “No matter how many timesyou play them BARENBOIM BEETHOVEN perspectives waiting tobediscovered” there are always freshpersonal PROJECT | DANIEL Stereo &5.1 Daniel Barenboim | Cat. no.A055513890000

Photos: Monika Rittershaus Barenboim coaches someof theworld’ In 32masterclasses recorded atthePierre Boulez Saal,Daniel articulation of Beethoven’ importance of the sound,modulation,phrasing, fingeringand concerned aboutsharinghisknowledge andideasaboutthe But itwould not beDaniel Barenboim ifhewere not also Length: 20’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0008 Cat. “Pathétique” 13 Cminor, in Op. Sonata 26’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0007 Cat. 10/3 Dmajor, Op. Sonata 14’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0006 Cat. 10/2 Fmajor, in Op. Sonata 20’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0005 Cat. 10/1 Cminor, in Op. Sonata 33’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0004 Cat. Sonate”“Grande major, 7 Op. Eflat in Sonata Length: 29’ A055 51389 no. 0003 Cat. 2/3 Cmajor, in Op. Sonata 27’ Length: A05551389 no. 0002 Cat. 2/2 Amajor, in Op. Sonata 20’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0001 Cat. 2/1 Fminor, in Op. Sonata captivates with wit, anecdotes as well as profound truths. truths. profound as well as anecdotes wit, with captivates that interview extensive an in Beethoven with preoccupation toand dedication lifelong his shares Barenboim Daniel masterclasses, and recordings music the Accompanying MASTERCLASSES Natalia Milstein (Op. 28,Op. 31No. 1,Op. 90) Giuseppe Mentuccia (Op. 22) Selim Mazari(Op. 7) Yoav Levanon (Op. 27No. 1) Alexandre Kantorow (Op. 2No. 2) Benjamin Hochman (Op. 10Nos. 1,2&3,Op. 78) Julia Hamos (Op. 49Nos. 1&2,Op. 110) Giuseppe Guarrera (Op. 2Nos. 1&3) Andrei Gologan(Op. 31No. 3) Length: 42 ' ON THE BEETHOVEN SONATAS DANIEL BARENBOIM | Shot inUHD s PianoSonataswithyoung musicians. | Length: 26’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0016 Cat. 31/1 Gmajor, in Op. Sonata 30’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0015 Cat. “Pastoral” 28 Dmajor, in Op. Sonata Length: 18’ A055 51389 no. 0014 Cat. “Moonlight Sonata” 27/2 minor, Op. Csharp in Sonata Length: 18’ A055 51389 no. 0013 Cat. fantasia” una quasi “Sonata major, 27/1Op. Eflat in Sonata 23’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0012 Cat. major, Op. 26 Aflat in Sonata 30’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0011 Cat. 22 major, Op. Bflat in Sonata Length: 18’ A055 51389 no. 0010 Cat. 14/2 Gmajor, in Op. Sonata 17’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0009 Cat. 14/1 Emajor, in Op. Sonata Cat. no.A055135770059 s risingpianistsand CONCERT

exchange of viewpoints withtheseyoung pianists. wisdoms andsubstantial observations through avery cordial harmony and dynamics.In thissense,there are remarkable importance of structure andtherelationships between tempo, takes eachplayer through their chosensonata,illustrating the Shot inHD Alexander Ullmann (Op. 53,Op. 54) Sergei Redkin (Op. 81a,Op. 109) Aaron Pilsan(Op. 14Nos. 1&2) Schaghajegh Nosrati (Op. 13,Op. 111) Itai Navon (Op. 26,Op. 31No. 2,Op. 101) Fabian Müller (Op. 27No. 2,Op. 57, Op. 106) Joseph Moog (Op. 79) Length: 11’ A055 51389 no. 0024Cat. 78 major, Op. Fsharp in Sonata 25’ Length: A055 no. 51389 0023 Cat. “Appassionata” 57 Fminor, in Op. Sonata 13’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0022 Cat. 54 Fmajor, in Op. Sonata 28’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0021 Cat. “Waldstein” 53 Cmajor, in Op. Sonata 9’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0020 Cat. 49/2 Gmajor, in Op. Sonata 9’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0019 Cat. 49/1 Gminor, in Op. Sonata 24’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0018 Cat. Hunt” 31/3 “The Op. major, Eflat in Sonata 26’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0017 Cat. “The Tempest” 31/2 Dminor, in Op. Sonata | Cat. no.A055514710001-32 Length: 31’ A055 51389 no. 0032 Cat. 111 Cminor, in Op. Sonata 22’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0031 Cat. major, 110 Op. Aflat in Sonata 23’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0030 Cat. 109 Emajor, in Op. Sonata 52’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0029 Cat. “Hammerklavier” 106 major, Op. Bflat in Sonata 22’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0028 Cat. 101 Amajor, in Op. Sonata 15’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0027 Cat. 90 Eminor, in Op. Sonata 19’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0026 Cat. Adieux” “Les 81a Op. major, Eflat in Sonata 9’ Length: A055 51389 no. 0025 Cat. 79 Gmajor, in Op. Sonata 71 PIANO RECITALS PIANO RECITALS

“A tremendous pleasure” BR Klassik

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

“The amazement of his piano playing will not let you go” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Photos: Robbie Lawrence, Marco Borrelli Photos: Marco Borrelli Marco Photos:

DANIEL BARENBOIM IGOR LEVIT LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 THE LAST THREE PIANO SONATAS No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 “Diabelli Variations” No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 “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” “Igor Levit tackled the wide-ranging program with characteristic technical brilliance and emotional engagement” Salzburger Nachrichten The New York Times

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72 73 74 Cat. no.A055 514560000(concert only version: approx. 50'–A55550075 0000) Capriccio onthedeparture of abeloved brother inBflatmajor, BWV 992 SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF IN WEIMAR Video Director: Tilo Krause Piano SonataNo. 15inDmajor, Op. 28“Pastoral” Hungarian Melody inBminor, D. 817 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Three LatePianoPieces ,D. 946 PIANO RECITALS FRANZ SCHUBERT | Length: 74' | Shot inUHDHDR

Photos: Nadia F. Romanini Video Director: Ferenc Soeteman Impromptu No. 3inGflatmajor, D. 899· Moment musical No. 3inFminor, D. 780 Four Impromptus, D. 935 “The virtuosicandatthesametimemusical brilliance made theaudience holditsbreath. Anexperience” Piano SonatainEflatmajor –1.X.1905, From the Street Kanásztánc (Swine-herd’s Dance) from For Children | Length: approx. 110' ANDRÁS SCHIFF Dobrou noc!(Good Night!) FRANZ SCHUBERT In theMists (Vmlhách) LEOŠ JANÁČEK · BÉLA BARTÓK BÉLA Piano SonatainCmajor, D. 840“Reliquie” CONCERT Der Standard | Shot inUHD | Stereo &5.1 | Cat. no.A045 501500000

Photo: Marco Borrelli 75 76 Video Director: Ferenc Soeteman “The manualskills,thevirtuosicanddifferentiated use of thepedal MARTHA ARGERICH · RENAUD CAPUÇON Argerich are simply unique.Agreat moment of chamber music” and therelaxed armpositionandsoundquality of 79-year-old Sonata for PianoandViolinNo. 9inAmajor, Op. 47“Kreutzer Sonata” Sonata for PianoandViolinNo. 8inGmajor, Op. 30/3 Sonata for ViolinandPianoNo. 2inDmajor, Op. 94a | Length: approx. 90' Sonata for ViolinandPianoinAmajor LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN CHAMBER MUSIC SERGEI PROKOFIEV Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow) CÉSAR FRANCK FRITZ KREISLER BR Klassik | Shot inUHD | Stereo &5.1 | Cat. no.A045 501460000

Photo: Marco Borrelli “Nessun dorma”(Turandot) Jules Massenet: “Ah, fuyez, douce image” ( Manon) Tomás Méndez: Cucurrucucú Paloma GaetanoDonizetti: “Pour monâme,quelLa destin”( Filledurégiment) Gondellied” (SongsWithoutWords, Op. 30/6) Richard Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10/1 Op. 27/3 Giuseppe Verdi: Romanza senzaparole in Fmajor for pianosoloEdouard Lalo:“Vainement, mabien-aimée”Le ( Roi d’Ys) Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46 contento” (Seiariettedacamera) manina” (La Bohème) Video Director: Bernhard Fleischer standing ovations andthunderous applause for Juan Diego Flórez, why thewords Juan Diego Flórez comes onstagewithhisguitar...a tango,then’CielitoLindo’, ’great moment of the festival’ were heard amongtheaudience. For theencore

“You have tostartwiththeencore. Then you can understandwhy there were ·

Cäcilie, Op. 27/2 Vincenzo Bellini: “Almen senonposs’io”Sei ariettedacamera) ( JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ · VINCENZO SCALERA he letstheaudience singalong,’Ay ay ay ay’. Abornentertainer” “Brezza del suol natio… Dal piùremoto esilio” –“Odio solo” (Idue Foscari) Carlos Gardel: El día que me quieras Quirino Fidelino Mendoza y Cortés: Cielito lindo THE SALZBURG RECITAL

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“Meco all’altar diVenere…” –“Me protegge, medifende” (Norma) ·

CANTO LIRICO Der Kuss, Op. 128Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Venetianisches BR Klassik |

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77 CHAMBER MUSIC CHAMBER MUSIC

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

“The search goes into silence, occurs above all in the many intervals between the quietest and softest string sounds” FAZ Photo: Marco Borrelli Marco Photo: Photo: Marco Borrelli Marco Photo:

BELCEA QUARTET MINGUET QUARTETT LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN JOHANNES OCKEGHEM String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59/3 “Rasumovsky” “Fors seulement l’attente que je meure” · “Qu’es mi vida preguntays” “J’en ay dueil que je ne suis morte” · “Malheur me bat” ANTON WEBERN Slow Movement for String Quartet GIUSEPPE VERDI Ave Maria. Enigmatic scale harmonized LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN for four mixed voices from Quattro pezzi sacri String 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 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String 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

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78 79 80 Video Director: Bernhard Fleischer “The performances of theSalzburg percussion star withthePercussive Planet breathtakingly virtuosopatternsfinally culminated inthree-four timetechno Ensemble always have somethingsporty andrelaxed aboutthem.How these touched even younger generations. Anelementary concert event.” THE PERCUSSIVE PLANET ENSEMBLE WOLFGANG RIHM STEVE REICH MARTIN GRUBINGER

| IANNIS XENAKIS Length: 90' CHAMBER MUSIC Salzburger Nachrichten | Drumming (Part One) Shot inUHD Tutuguri VI(Kreuze) Pléïades | Stereo &5.1 | Cat. no.A045 501520000

Photos: Marco Borrelli “Mr. Carpenter defiestradition withhisinterpretations andpersonality. Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer: Marche héroïque Modest Mussorgsky: TheOld Castle from Pictures atanExhibitionLouis Vierne:CarillondeWestminster, Op. 54/6Joe Hisaishi: Nausicaä of theValley ofPercy theWind Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry He haspushedtheboundaries of organ techniquetobreathtaking Johann SebastianBach: Prelude andFugue,Astor BWV552 Piazzolla: Oblivion Video Director: Ralf Pleger Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2,Op. 30, “Romantic” III.Allegro con brio heights, meshing virtuosity withmusical intelligence.” AT THE KONZERTHAUS BERLIN CAMERON CARPENTER

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Photo: Dovile Sermokas 81 CONCERT CONCERT Photo: Daniela MatejschekPhoto: Photo: ORF / Roman Zach-Kiesling

MUSICAL GREETINGS A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH GRAFENEGG FROM THE MELK ABBEY BAROQUE FESTIVAL MUSICIANS FROM TONKÜNSTLER ORCHESTRA MICHAEL SCHADE · AGNES PALMISANO & TRIO RUDOLF BUCHBINDER LENA KUCHLING · GEORG BUXHOFER · STEFAN GOTTFRIED Franz Schubert: Variation movement from “The Trout Quintet” · Impromptus op. 90 Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25 Henry Purcell: Music for a while∙Now that the sun has veiled its light Anonymus: Witches Dance John Dowland: Fantaisie-Impromptu Fine Knacks for Ladies · Now, o now · Can She excuse my wrongs? · Lachrimae Pavan · Come, heavy sleep Frédéric Chopin: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 (“Gassenhauer Trio”) Prelude I must complain · Say Love if ever thou did’st find ∙ What poor astronomers they are · Come again Ludwig v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight Sonata”) Agnes Palmisano & Trio: Es tuad ma lad · Kumm tiafa Schlaf Tobias Hume: Love’s Farewell · Pollish Ayre Alfred Grünfeld: “Soirées de Vienne” Thomas Robinson / John Danyel: Passamezzo Gaylard Matthew Locke: Suite in E Minor Wolfgang A. Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452 Robert Johnson: Have you seen but a white lily grow Georg Buxhofer & Lena Kuchling: Come again Richard Smarte: Mounsiers Allman

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82 83 SPECIAL SPECIAL

Quinte e sens Symphony for the Elements

Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – The Rite of Spring (excerpts) “Between heaven and earth [..] lies the Philharmonie de Paris, Claude Debussy the Orchestra’s residence.” La Mer. 3 esquisses Espac Press Olivier Messiaen Des Canyons aux Étoiles: L’Appel interstellaire (From the Canyons to the Stars: Interstellar Call) “Everything is beautiful and surprising in this fascinating audiovisual object.” Orchestre de Paris Telerama Conducted by Paavo Järvi & Daniel Harding

mages and camera movements like from an action film in Cinemascope – how does that fit with a classical Iconcert? 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!

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

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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 REHEARSING 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 1965Bohème 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”. WITH CATALOGUE 2020 CATALOGUE 2019 FRANZ WELSER-MÖST

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Elektra by Richard Strauss was the absolute highlight of the in Salzburg, led the Vienna Philharmonic to a musical triumph. Salzburg Festival in the COVID-19 year 2020. The Cleveland This documentary accompanies the Austrian conductor during Orchestra’s longtime principal conductor, Franz Welser-Möst, the rehearsal process and provides insights into the meticulous who celebrated his 60th birthday a few days after the premiere preparation that makes such a brilliant success possible.

www.unitel.de Video Director: Robert Neumüller | Length: 45' | Shot in HD | Cat. no. A 040 50147 88 89 REMASTERED THE LEGENDARY LEONARD BERNSTEIN MAHLER CYCLE WIENER PHILHARMONIKER LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC

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.

Available in 8K, UHD and HD.

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