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 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 PreCATALOGUEmi ère 2016 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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Jansons) 68 Handel: Theodora (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris / Les Arts Florissants / Christie / Langridge) 18 Orchestre de Paris Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel (Wiener Staatsoper / Thielemann / Noble) 20 Bach & Mendelssohn (T. Hengelbrock) 71 Jommelli: Il Vologeso (Oper Stuttgart / Ferro / Wieler & Morabito) 22 Escaich, Widmann & Saint-Saëns (P. Järvi) 71 Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Salzburg Easter Festival / Staatskapelle Dresden / Thielemann / Stölzl) 24 Bartók (E.-P. Salonen) 71 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Salzburg Festival / Wiener Philharmoniker / Ettinger / Bechtolf) 26 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Salzburg Easter Festival / Staatskapelle Dresden / Thielemann / Stölzl) 24 Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky (Yo-Yo Ma, D. Gatti) 72 Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (Staatsoper Hamburg / Prießnitz / Doucet) 28 Shostakovich & Sibelius (A.-S. Mutter, A. Nelsons) 72 Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Bregenz Festival / Wiener Symphoniker / Debus / Herheim) 30 Mariss Jansons – The Farewell Concert 72 Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Royal Opera House, London / Pappano / Kent) 32 Bartók & Shostakovich (J. Jansen, A. Nelsons) 74 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Bregenz Festival / Wiener Symphoniker / Carignani / Marelli) 34 Breaking News – John Adams conducts John Adams 74 Rossini: La gazzetta (Rossini Opera Festival / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Mazzola / Carniti) 36 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (J. W. de Vriend) 74 Szymanowski: Król Roger (Royal Opera House, London / Pappano / Holten) 38 Staatskapelle Dresden Bruckner & Beethoven (Y. Bronfman, C. Thielemann) 77 Verdi: Aida (Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Mehta / Stein) 40 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (C. Thielemann) 77 Verdi: Aida (Teatro Regio Torino / Noseda / Friedkin) 42 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (C. Thielemann) 77 Verdi: La Traviata (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble / Heras-Casado / Villazón) 44 Festive Advent Concert from the Frauenkirche Dresden (L. Pisaroni, S. Yoncheva, D. Runnicles) 78 Wagner: Tannhäuser (Staatsoper im Schillertheater / Barenboim / Waltz) 46 Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21 & 27 (R. Buchbinder) 78 Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Dresden / Thielemann / Köhler) 48 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks BALLET Hillborg, Grieg & Sibelius (A. S. Ott, E.-P. Salonen) 81 Webern, Mahler & Shostakovich (B. Haitink) 81 The Royal Ballet: Quadruple Bill (Viscera / Afternoon of a Faun / Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux / Carmen) 50 Beethoven & Nielsen (H. Blomstedt) 81 Ferdinand Hérold: La Fille mal gardée (Royal Ballet / Ashton) 52 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Royal Ballet / Petipa & Ivanov) 54 Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim – Piano Duos at the Teatro Colón 83 CONCERT Beethoven & Tchaikovsky (D. Barenboim) 83 Czech Philharmonic – Dvořák, Martinů & Beethoven (J. Fischer, D. Zinman) 56 Concert for Understanding of Civilizations and Human Rights (D. Barenboim) 83 Wiener Philharmoniker Grafenegg Festival – Midsummer Night's Gala 56 Tchaikovsky & Brahms (A.-S. Mutter, R. Muti) 85 The Odeonsplatz Concert – Spanish Night 56 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (R. Buchbinder, Z. Mehta) 85 Hollywood in Vienna – A Tribute to James Newton Howard 59 András Schiff & Cappella Andrea Barca (Mozartwoche Salzburg) 59 CHAMBER MUSIC Les Musiciens du Louvre & Marc Minkowski (Mozartwoche Salzburg) 59 Juan Diego Flórez & Vincenzo Scalera - The Salzburg Recital 87 Johannes Brahms: The Complete String Quartets (Belcea Quartet) 87 Red Ribbon Celebration Concert – Building Bridges for Peace 60 Güher und Süher Pekinel – The Istanbul Concert 87 Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg – The Inaugural Concert (G. Gimeno) 60 Anne-Sophie Mutter – The Club Concert 92 The Carl Nielsen Gala 60 The Prokofiev Marathon (V. Gergiev) 62 DOCUMENTARY BBC Proms Leonard Bernstein – Larger Than Life 89 Stage and Screen – A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein 65 The Swan of Pesaro – Rossini reloaded 89 Living with Beethoven 89 András Schiff – The Goldberg Variations 65 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (D. Barenboim) 65 INDEX 90 6 7 ULTRA HD OUR GREATEST PRODUCTIONS THE FUTURE IS NOW: ARE GETTING EVEN GREATER! 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KG ∙ Tel: +49.89.673469-613 · [email protected] 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. Adrianne Pieczonka ∙ Jonas Kaufmann Florestan Jonas Kaufmann Don Pizarro Tomasz Konieczny The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra delivers an intensely Tomasz Konieczny ∙ Hans-Peter König 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