AVANT PREMIÈRE CATALOGUE 2016 This Catalogue Features the New Productions/Additions from 2015 to the Unitel Catalogue
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Avant PreCATALOGUEmi ère 2016 1966–2016 Unitel was founded in Munich 50 years ago in 1966 and went on to become the world's leading producer of classical music programmes for film, television and video. Based on exclusive relationships with outstanding artists and institutions like Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, the Salzburg Festival and many others, the Unitel catalogue of more than 1500 titles presents some of the greatest achievements in the last half a century of classical music. Front cover: Jonas Kaufmann & Annalisa Stroppa in P. Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” / Photo: Andreas J. Hirsch AVANT PREMIÈRE CATALOGUE 2016 This catalogue features the new productions/additions from 2015 to the Unitel catalogue. For the full catalogue please visit www.unitel.com Editorial Team: Konrad von Soden, Burkhard Grote Layout: Manuel Messner/luebbeke.com All information is not contractual and subject to change without prior notice. 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KG Grünwalder Weg 28d 82041 Oberhaching ∙ Germany CEO: Jan Mojto 5 Avant PreCATALOGUEmi ère 2016 OPERA Beethoven: Fidelio (Salzburg Festival / Wiener Philharmoniker / Welser-Möst / Guth) 10 Bizet: Carmen (Festival Chorégies d’Orange / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Franck / Désiré) 12 Boito: Mefistofele (Staatsoper München / Wellber / Schwab) 14 Gounod: Faust (Teatro Regio Torino / Noseda / Poda) 16 Handel: Theodora (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris / Les Arts Florissants / Christie / Langridge) 18 Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel (Wiener Staatsoper / Thielemann / Noble) 20 Jommelli: Il Vologeso (Oper Stuttgart / Ferro / Wieler & Morabito) 22 Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Salzburg Easter Festival / Staatskapelle Dresden / Thielemann / Stölzl) 24 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Salzburg Festival / Wiener Philharmoniker / Ettinger / Bechtolf) 26 Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Salzburg Easter Festival / Staatskapelle Dresden / Thielemann / Stölzl) 24 Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (Staatsoper Hamburg / Prießnitz / Doucet) 28 Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Bregenz Festival / Wiener Symphoniker / Debus / Herheim) 30 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Bregenz Festival / Wiener Symphoniker / Carignani / Marelli) 32 Rossini: La gazzetta (Rossini Opera Festival / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Mazzola / Carniti) 34 Verdi: Aida (Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Mehta / Stein) 36 Verdi: Aida (Teatro Regio Torino / Noseda / Friedkin) 38 Verdi: La Traviata (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble / Heras-Casado / Villazón) 40 Wagner: Tannhäuser (Staatsoper im Schillertheater / Barenboim / Waltz) 42 Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Dresden / Thielemann / Köhler) 44 CONCERT Czech Philharmonic – Dvořák, Martinů & Beethoven (J. Fischer, D. Zinman) 46 Grafenegg Festival – Midsummer Night's Gala 46 The Odeonsplatz Concert – Spanish Night 46 Hollywood in Vienna – A Tribute to James Newton Howard 48 András Schiff & Cappella Andrea Barca (Mozartwoche Salzburg) 49 Les Musiciens du Louvre & Marc Minkowski (Mozartwoche Salzburg) 49 Red Ribbon Celebration Concert – Building Bridges for Peace 50 Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg – The Inaugural Concert (G. Gimeno) 50 The Carl Nielsen Gala 50 The Prokofiev Marathon (V. Gergiev) 52 BBC Proms Stage and Screen – A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein 54 András Schiff – The Goldberg Variations 54 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (D. Barenboim) 54 Berliner Philharmoniker The Sibelius Cycle (S. Rattle) 56 Mozart & Haydn (S. Rattle) 56 HK Gruber & Mahler (H. Hardenberger, A. Nelsons) 58 Bartók, Shostakovich & Ravel (F. P. Zimmermann, M. Jansons) 58 6 Avant PreCATALOGUEmi ère 2016 Orchestre de Paris Bach & Mendelssohn (T. Hengelbrock) 61 Escaich, Widmann & Saint-Saëns (P. Järvi) 61 Bartók (E.-P. Salonen) 61 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky (Yo-Yo Ma, D. Gatti) 62 Shostakovich & Sibelius (A.-S. Mutter, A. Nelsons) 62 Mariss Jansons – The Farewell Concert 62 Bartók & Shostakovich (J. Jansen, A. Nelsons) 64 Breaking News – John Adams conducts John Adams 64 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (J. W. de Vriend) 64 Staatskapelle Dresden Bruckner & Beethoven (Y. Bronfman, C. Thielemann) 67 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (C. Thielemann) 67 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (C. Thielemann) 67 Festive Advent Concert from the Frauenkirche Dresden (L. Pisaroni, S. Yoncheva, D. Runnicles) 68 Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21 & 27 (R. Buchbinder) 68 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Hillborg, Grieg & Sibelius (A. S. Ott, E.-P. Salonen) 71 Webern & Shostakovich (B. Haitink) 71 Beethoven & Nielsen (H. Blomstedt) 71 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim – Piano Duos at the Teatro Colón 73 Beethoven & Tchaikovsky (D. Barenboim) 73 Concert for Understanding of Civilizations and Human Rights (D. Barenboim) 73 Wiener Philharmoniker Tchaikovsky & Brahms (A.-S. Mutter, R. Muti) 75 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (R. Buchbinder, Z. Mehta) 75 CHAMBER MUSIC Juan Diego Flórez & Vincenzo Scalera - The Salzburg Recital 77 Johannes Brahms: The Complete String Quartets (Belcea Quartet) 77 Güher und Süher Pekinel – The Istanbul Concert 77 Anne-Sophie Mutter – The Club Concert 81 DOCUMENTARY Leonard Bernstein – Larger Than Life 79 The Swan of Pesaro – Rossini reloaded 79 Living with Beethoven 79 7 OUR GREATEST PRODUCTIONS ARE GETTING EVEN GREATER! The Unitel catalogue features some of the world’s greatest and finest moments of classical music from the last 50 years – fundamental works of art shot on 35 mm film that have inspired generations of music lovers all over the world, landmark productions and bestsellers, to this day. With the help of the latest advances in technology, we will now make these unique productions available in true 4K Ultra High Definition, offering a visual experience never before seen on the home screen. Unitel GmbH & Co. KG ∙ Tel: +49.89.673469-613 · [email protected] ULTRA HD THE FUTURE IS NOW: TODAY’S MASTERPIECES IN 4K UHD 2160 Following the principles set up by Dr Leo Kirch and 4K ULTRA HD Herbert von Karajan to produce in the best technical quality available, Unitel has started to produce in 4K Ultra High Definition - four times the quality of today’s 1080 standard Full HD. With more than ten productions from 720 FULL HD Salzburg Festival, Teatro alla Scala, Bayersiche Staatsoper, 490 HD Semperoper Dresden, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Regio SD Torino available or in postproduction, Unitel, once again, 640 1280 1920 3840 is taking classical music to the next stage. Unitel GmbH & Co. KG ∙ Tel: +49.89.673469-613 · [email protected] Adrianne Pieczonka ∙ Jonas Kaufmann Tomasz Konieczny ∙ Hans-Peter König Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Franz Welser-Möst staged by Claus Guth OPERA Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, features as the highlight of the Salzburg Festival: the stirring work centred around Leonore, who frees her incarcerated spouse Florestan from prison, is timelessly relevant with powerful emotional situations and jarringly human pleas of anguish from Leonore: Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker “Whoever you are, I want to rescue you. By God! You shall not Conductor Franz Welser-Möst be a victim!” Chorus Konzertvereinigung Director Claus Guth, renowned for his profound interpretations Wiener Staatsopernchor of opera, replaces the spoken dialogue with menacing sounds, Chorus Master Ernst Raffelsberger doubling Leonore with a deaf, signing actress. The result is Stage Director Claus Guth a splendidly staged, new and deeply touching picture of the masterpiece, ending in the breakdown of the hugely traumatised Leonore Adrianne Pieczonka character, Florestan, to the accompaniment of exaltant music. Florestan Jonas Kaufmann Don Pizarro Tomasz Konieczny The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra delivers an intensely Rocco Hans-Peter König enthralling orchestral sound, supported by the concert Marzelline Olga Bezsmertna association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus under Franz Jaquino Norbert Ernst Welser-Möst to accompany a star-studded cast including the Don Fernando Sebastian Holecek two principal characters played by Adrianne Pieczonka and Jonas Kaufmann. The New York Times reported: “the conductor Video Director Michael Beyer Franz Welser-Möst won a huge ovation, along with the