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Elmar Kruse, Managing Director/Owner Our C Major catalogue includes operas and concerts with stars like In 2006 I founded C Major Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Entertainment as an agency and Jonas Kaufmann and Rolando audio-visual brand, mainly for Villazón, famous conductors like Sir Classical Music. Three years later, we Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann, expanded our activities and founded Daniel Barenboim, Herbert von a DVD und Blu-ray Label. For more Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin than ten years now, it has been Mehta or Gustavo Dudamel are the endeavour of C Major to offer seen conducting orchestras such its customers music productions as Wiener Philharmoniker, Los 2 | Angeles Philharmonic, Staats- from prestigious festivals such as kapelle Dresden, Royal Concert- Salzburger & Bregenzer Festspiele, gebouw Orchestra, to name only a famous opera houses and venues, few. The DVD and Blu-ray release for instance La Scala, Wiener of John Williams Celebration (incl. Staatsoper, Wiener Musikverein and Film hits like Star Wars and Jaws) the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonics is a We are proud to have so many top bestseller in more than 45 countries! stars as well as a repertoire of the With Tutto Verdi, C Major presents highest calibre on our label and the only available DVD and Blu- we will work on with passion to ray box set including all 26 Verdi offer you a wide range of exciting operas and the Requiem. classical music. Enjoy music in the future with C Major! The ballet section includes productions from John Neumeier, Rudolf Nureyev´s staging of Yours the Nutcracker at the Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Ballet and La Scala. Documentaries of the most famous conductors like Carlos Kleiber, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Mariss Jansons or artists like Glenn Gould complete our catalogue. The recordings are | 3 OPERA fan tutte ì Foto: Cos BELLINI BELLINI La sonnambula Norma Gabriele Ferro Renato Palumbo Orchestra e Coro Symphony Orchestra and Choir del Teatro La Fenice of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Parodi, Mellor, Pratt, Sondra Radvanovsky, Mukeria Ekaterina Gubanova, Gregory Staged by Bepi Morassi Kunde, Raymond Aceto, Francisco Vas, Ana Puche 132 mins “A spirited and witty new Directed by the Grammy award-nomi- Staged by Kevin Newbury production.” FAZ I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor nated opera, theatre and film director, “Jessica Pratt is an exceptional Kevin Newbury, starring soprano 176 mins singer.” Mundoclasico.com DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Sondra Radvanovsky as a “Powerful… I (original language), E, Jessica Pratt is hailed by the BD: PCM 2.0, elegant” Norma (New York Times) and G, F, Sp, Cat, Kor, Jap New York Times as a soprano of DTS-HD MA 5.1 Gregory Kunde as Pollione is „some- DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 “gleaming sound, free and easy DVD 713908 thing very special. The word ‘historic’ high notes, agile coloratura runs Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, Blu-ray 714004 is used perhaps a little too often but and lyrical grace”. DTS-HD MA 5.1 tonight there really is no other adjec- 2 DVDs 737208 tive to describe the sensational perfor- Blu-ray 737304 mances … .“ (operatraveller.com) 4 | BERLIOZ BIZET Les Troyens Carmen Valery Gergiev Paolo Carignani Cor de la Generalitat Wiener Symphoniker Valenciana Orquestra de Arquez, Johansson, la Comunitat Valenciana Hendricks, Tsallagova Ryan, Viviani, Giuseppini, Stage director: Milling, Cutler, Shilova Kasper Holten Staged by “Ancient myth meets Star Wars.” „… Kasper Holten’s production Stage Designer: International Herald Tribune La Fura dels Baus of Carmen on Es Devlin’s Es Devlin The Orquestra itself underscores 240 mins & Bonus: extraordinary set was a 124 mins & Bonus (14 mins) “what a high level of musical Making of (21 mins) knockout. …“ The Telegraph quality it has reached.” „… große Oper mit großer Pop- F, E, G, Sp, Kor, Jap F, E, G, Sp, Chin, Kor Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Show verheiratet. Das wirkt! …“ DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 “This is a worthy and compelling, DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 ZDF Heute Journal Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, glittering version of a sublime Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 work.“ IHT DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 742208 2 DVDs 706008 Blu-ray 742304 Blu-ray 706104 BIZET BIZET Carmen Les pêcheurs de perles Marc Piollet (The Pearl Fishers) Symphony Orchestra Gabriele Ferro and Chorus of the Orchestra, Coro e Corpo Gran Teatre del Liceu di Ballo del Teatro di Alagna, Uria-Monzon, San Carlo Poplavskaya, Schrott Ciofi, Korchak, Solari, Staged by Calixto Bieito Tagliavin “Bieito’s muted Carmen brings a “I have rarely seen a produc- Staged by Fabio Sparvoli fresh vision.” Wall Street Journal 156 mins tion as beautiful and faithful to 118 mins “Roberto Alagna … was on top F, E, G, Sp, Cat, Chin, Kor the music”, writes Paolo Isotta form.” Opera from Il Corriere della sera. F (original language), “Béatrice Uria-Monzon’s stage DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 As the priestess Leila, the E, G, Sp, Chin, Kor Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, work is hard to beat.” “excellent” (Corriere del DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 DTS-HD MA 5.1 International Herald Tribune Mezzogiorno) soprano Patrizia Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, “One of the few current interpre- Ciofi shines alongside her two 2 DVDs 750208 DTS-HD MA 5.1 ters that can cope with this most Blu-ray 750304 suitors Nadir (Dmitry Korchak) difficult tessitura is Erwin Schrott.” and Zurga (Dario Solari). DVD 719508 Interational Herald Tribune Blu-ray 719604 | 5 BOITO DONIZETTI Mefistofele Maria Stuarda Omer Meir Wellber Fabrizio Maria Carminati Bayerisches Orchestra e Coro Staatsorchester del Teatro La Fenice Chorus of the Bayerische Ganassi, Chakar, Staatsoper Cedolins, Bros, Palazzi Pape, Calleja, Opolais, 140 mins Babajanyan, Grötzinger “The exceptional solistic cast” The recording was made at I, E, G, F, Sp (ORF) “All in all, this Munich Staged by Roland Schwab Venice‘s beautiful Teatro La DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Mefistofele is an interesting and 140 mins Fenice with three exceptional exciting production as well as singers, Sonia Ganassi (“an Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, with this cast of the two male I, G, E, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap extraordinary performance“, DTS-HD MA 5.1 protagonists a musical delight.” DVD: PCM Stereo, Opera Today) as Elisabetta, DVD 704208 (Der Neue Merker) DTS-HD MA 5.1 Fiorenza Cedolins (“colorful, Blu-ray 704304 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, nuanced, highly dramatic DTS-HD MA 5.1 heroine“, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) as Maria DVD 739208 Stuarda, and José Bros as a Blu-ray 739304 passionate Leicester. DVORˇÁK FACCIO Rusalka Hamlet Tomáš Hanus Paolo Carignani Chor der Wiener Symphoniker Bayerischen Staatsoper Cernoch, Sgura, Bayerisches Staatsorchester Dan, Kaiser Opolais, Vogt, Krasteva, Staged by Groissböck, Baechle, Reß Olivier Tambosi Staged by Martin Kušej “Conductor, set designer, Hamlet, an opera by Verdi contempo- 145 mins director and lead role are all on 156 mins & Bonus: raries Franco Faccio and Arrigo Boito, I, G, E, F, Kor such a high level that everyone Making of (36 mins) based on Shakespeare’s tragedy, else is propelled by it … It Sung in Czech had a “triumphal rebirth” (Deutsch- DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 would be hard to imagine a E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor landfunk Kultur) Olivier Tambosi’s Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, more sensational debut than “excellent staging served it well, with DTS-HD MA 5.0 that of the gorgeous Krist ı DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 a clear focus on the high points”. ¯ ne Opolais in the title role.” Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, (The Telegraph) “In the intermission 2 DVDs 740608 Münchner Merkur DTS-HD MA 5.0 and at the end there was vociferous Blu-ray 740704 enthusiasm of the audience for the 2 DVDs 750808 late first encounter with this music” Blu-ray 750904 6 | (Neue Musikzeitung). FALLA GIORDANO La vida breve Andrea Chénier Lorin Maazel Ulf Schirmer Cor de la Prague Philharmonic Choir Generalitat Valenciana Bregenz Festival Chorus Orquestra de la Wiener Symphoniker Comunitat Valenciana Sandoval, Fantini, Hendricks, Gallardo-Domâs, de León, Kross, Plowright Corbacho, Bou “Simply a stroke of genius.” “Great production” Staged by Keith Warner Opera Viva, Spain Staged by Der Standard 130 mins Giancarlo del Monaco “The mexican tenor Héctor “Lorin Maazel celebrates a I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor triumph with his splendid 80 mins Sandoval was brilliant in the orchestra.” El País title role.” ORF DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Sp, E, G, F “Héctor Sandoval sings Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Chénier with ardour and style.” DTS-HD MA 5.1 Financial Times Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DVD 707908 DTS-HD MA 5.1 “A gigantic set with iconic qualities – a masterly Blu-ray 708004 DVD 710708 achievement.” Die Welt Blu-ray 710804 GLUCK GOUNOD Orfeo ed Euridice Faust Gordan Nikolic´ Gianandrea Noseda Cor de Cambra del Palau Orchestra e Coro del de la Música Catalana Teatro Regio di Torino Orquesta bandArt Charles Castronovo, Ildar Rachvelishvili, Alberola, Abdrazakov, Irina Lungu, Toledano Vasilij Ladjuk “An Orfeo of the XXI century.