The only available DVD of Bernstein conducting Sibelius. Includes DTS 5.1 sound!

Recorded live at Wiener Musikvereinssaal 1990, 1986, 1987, 1988. These ecstatic performances were the object of stellar reviews.

'Bernstein painted a canvas of late-romantic splendour with the Philharmonic's sound - the incomparable brilliancy of the strings, the glowing intensity of the brass - in a way that only the greatest conductors can.' Salzburger Nachrichten about Symphony No. 1

'Bernstein makes this concert to a sensational sound adventure.' Neue Kronenzeitung about Symphony No. 2

Running Time 166 Minutes
Picture 4:3, colour
Sound PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Composers

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)

Works

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

Awards
Gramophone Magazine September 2002 Editor's Choice

Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

Composers

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)

Works

Sibelius: Dance Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2
Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49
Sibelius: The Bard, Op. 64
Sibelius: The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1
Sibelius: The Oceanides, Op. 73

This is the second release on Capriccio by the Signum Quartett. After the success of their first recording, a disc of String Quartets by Ludwig Thuille (C5049), they return with Quartet Movements which have all found their way into concert schedules worldwide.

Featuring Quartet Movements by Anton von Webern, Hugo Wolf, Giocomo Puccini and Charles Ives amongst others, the Signum Quartett give dynamic and fresh performances.

Composers

Ives, Charles (1874-1954)
Orff, Carl (1895-1982)
Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria (1858-1924)
Rihm, Wolfgang (b.1952)
Schubert, Franz Peter (1797-1828)
Webern, Anton (1883-1945)
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)

Works

Ives, C: Scherzo
Orff: Quartet Movement, Op. 22
Puccini: Crisantemi
Rihm: String Quartet No. 9 'Quartettsatz'
Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 'Quartettsatz'
Webern: Langsamer Satz, (slow movement), Op. post. (1905)
Wolf, H: Italian Serenade in G major

Debussy's music reveals characteristics that justifiably move it into the proximity of Impressionist painting, as it produces moving paintings, landscapes of sound, and soundscapes in the narrowest sense of the word that can draw the listener into the middle of the picture.

Maurice Ravel's String Quartet, completed in 1903, had to be and was compared with Debussy's quartet. At the same time, it can be seen here how Ravel's musical diction - based on Debussy's - prepared the way for French Modernism.

Like only a few of his colleagues, the Briton Thomas Adès, born in 1971, is capable of fusing traditional elements from music history, including obvious references to existing compositions, with modern sound production, into an individual style appealing directly to the listener.

Composers

Adès, Thomas (b.1971)
Debussy, Claude Achille (1862-1918)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

Works

Adès: Arcadiana
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Thuille worked as a composer and teacher of the Münchner Schule, one of the leading musical centres of Europe at the turn of the 20th century. He was a friend of Richard Strauss and their friendship is well documented in Strauss' letters. These two string quartets were written when Thuille was a student. This CD casts a new light on a forgotten composer.

Composers

Thuille, Ludwig (1861-1907)

Works

Thuille: String Quartet No. 1 in A major
Thuille: String Quartet No. 2 in G major (unfinished)

Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester NÖ, Alfred Eschwe

Composers

Kalman, Emmerich (1882-1953)
Lehár, Franz (1870-1948)
Millöcker, Carl (1842-99)
Stolz, Robert (1880-1975)
Strauss, Johann (1825-99)
Suppe, Franz von (1829-95)

Works

Kalman: Heut' Nacht hab' ich geträumt von Dir (from Das Veilchen von Montmartre)
Kalman: Tanzen Möcht' ich (from Die Csárdásfürstin)
Kalman: Weisst du es noch (from Die Csárdásfürstin)
Kalman: Wieder hinaus ins strahlende Licht (from Die Zirkusprinzessin)
Lehár: Da geh' ich zu Maxim (from Die Lustige Witwe)
Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)
Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Lehár: Lippen schweigen (from Die Lustige Witwe)
Lehár: Meine Lippen sie Kussen so heiss (from Giuditta)
Lehár: Nur die Liebe macht uns jung (from Zigeunerliebe)
Lehár: Viljalied (from Die lustige Witwe)
Millöcker: Dunkelrote Rosen (from Gasparone)
Stolz, R: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein (from Der Favorit)
Strauss, J, II: Draußen im Sievering blüht schon der flieder (from Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler)
Strauss, J, II: Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein (from Die Fledermaus)
Suppe: Boccaccio
Suppe: Florenz hat schöne Frauen (from Boccaccio)
Suppe: Hab' ich nur deine Liebe (from Boccaccio)

With all 9 of Franz Schubert's symphonies, this 4 CD boxset presents a fantastic collection of Sir Colin Davis' work with the Staatskapelle Dresden, where he was a principal guest conductor, and appointed honorary conductor (Ehrendirigent) in 1990, the first in the orchestra's 460-year-history.

Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis

Composers

Schubert, Franz Peter (1797-1828)

Works

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D major, D82
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485
Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C major, D589
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'

Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Robert Stankovsky

Composers

Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928)
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-84)

Works

Dvořák: Polonaise (from the opera Rusalka)
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66
Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsodies (3), Op. 45
Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody, Op. 45 No. 2
Janáček: Moravian Dances, JW VI/7
Smetana: Má Vlast
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture
Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Three Dances (Polka, Furiant, Skocná - Dance of the Comedians)
Smetana: Vltava (from Má Vlast)

The great Czech conductor and his beloved orchestra perform a definitive Má vlast.

In one of his last recording with the Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek conducts a heartfelt account of Smetana's great set of symphonic poems: Má vlast (My Homeland).

This recording is the first album release by the Czech Philharmonic and their much-loved chief conductor, Jiří Bělohlávek, following his passing in May 2017.

Smetana's Czech masterpiece has played a central role during the most important moments of the Czech Philharmonic's history.

This is an authoritative recording of Má vlast performed by musicians with an innate understanding of the music of their homeland.

In memoriam Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek
Recorded: 2014-05-14
Recording Venue: Smetana Hall, Prague

Awards
BBC Music Magazine April 2018 Orchestral Choice
Record Review 6th January 2018 Recording of the Week
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2018

The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. After his successful debut at The Summer Night Concert in 2012, world renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Summer Night Concert for the second time. Superstar pianist, Yuja Wang is this years soloist. The concert will take place on Thursday June 20, 2019 with 'Rhapsody in Blue' being this year's theme with an all American program. The concert is broadcast on TV and radio in more than 60 countries, and thus reaches an audience of millions. The evening's repertoire features popular classical works such as Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Dvorák's Symphony No.9 “From The New World”, Barber's Adagio for strings, Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever and Steiner's Casablanca Suite.

Composers

Barber, Samuel (1910-81)
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-90)
Copland, Aaron (1900-90)
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932)
Steiner, Max (1888-1971)
Strauss, Johann (1825-99)
Ziehrer, Carl Michael (1843-1922)

Works

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Bernstein: Candide - Overture
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Steiner: Casablanca Suite
Strauss, J, II: Jubilee Waltz
Strauss, J, II: Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354
Ziehrer: The Star-Spangled Banner March, op. 460

Sonya Yoncheva devotes her second solo album to the music of Handel, showing another facet of her wide-ranging repertoire. Being an alumna of William Christie's Le Jardin des Voix, the Baroque era formed her musical understanding at an early stage of her career, laying the foundation for her versatile & broad-reaching repertoire. Currently praised as “the best Traviata in the world at present” (Die Welt), Sonya Yoncheva is one of today's fastest rising opera stars. She is a regular guest at the world's leading opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Berlin State Opera, Wiener Staatsoper & the Opéra de Paris. A great composer of vocal music, Handel based some of his most beautiful operas & oratories on the enchanting sensibility of the feminine voice. His heroines are strong, independent women determining their own destiny - attributes Sonya relates to in all respects. From Mar 3rd - Apr 18th, 2017 Sonya will embark on a concert tour featuring the Baroque repertoire highlighted on the Handel album release.

Composers

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Purcell, Henry (1659-95)

Works

Handel: Agrippina
Handel: Ah! mio cor! (from Alcina)
Handel: Alcina
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Handel: Io t'abbraccio (from Rodelinda)
Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)
Handel: Non disperar (from Giulio Cesare)
Handel: Pensieri, voi mi tormentate! (from Agrippina)
Handel: Rinaldo
Handel: Rodelinda
Handel: Se pietà di me non senti (from Giulio Cesare)
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
Handel: To thee, thou glorious son of worth (from Theodora)
Handel: Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas)

Sonya Yoncheva is one of today's fastest rising young opera stars. The young Bulgarian soprano first gained international prominence when she took first prize in the 2010 edition of Plácido Domingo's prestigious Operalia competition at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She has collaborated with many artists from the world of opera, and also cross genres: with names from the rock and pop world such as Sting and Elvis Costello, as well as with outstanding classical musicians like Plácido Domingo and Jonas Kaufmann. 'Paris, mon amour' was recorded in one of Europe's most prestigious concert halls - the Palau de la Música in Valencia, under the baton of renowned conductor Frédéric Chaslin. This debut album concentrates on a particularly appealing period, the 'Belle Époque' 1871 to 1914. of cultural life. The 'Belle Époque' eminently suits Sonya, who communicates both elegance and panache onstage, both in her distinctive, multicolored voice and her irresistible personality. Forthcoming residency at the Royal Opera House London in 'Verdi 'La Traviata' - Violetta'. 'OPERA' magazines 'Record Of The Month' for May. The Guardian quotes 'Sonya Yoncheva is surely a star in the making'.

Awards
Presto Recording of the Week 20th April 2015
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2015
Gramophone Awards 2016 Shortlisted - Recital
Opera May 2015 Recording of the Month

Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Etienne Dupuis (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Frederic Chaslin

Composers

Gounod, Charles François (1818-93)
Lecocq, Charles (1832-1918)
Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic (1842-1912)
Messager, André (1853-1929)
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-80)
Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria (1858-1924)
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Works

Gounod: Ô ma lyre immortelle (from Sapho)
Gounod: Sapho
Lecocq: Je soupire et maudis le destin...O Paris, gai séjour de plaisir (from Les Cent Vierges)
Lecocq: Les Cent Vierges
Massenet: C'est toi, mon père (from Thaïs)
Massenet: De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)
Massenet: Hérodiade
Massenet: Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)
Massenet: Le Cid
Massenet: Thaïs
Messager: Le jour sous le soleil beni (from Madame Chrysanthème)
Messager: Madame Chrysanthème
Offenbach: Elle a fui, la tourterelle (from Les Contes d' Hoffmann)
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Puccini: Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)
Puccini: La Bohème
Puccini: Le Villi
Puccini: Se come voi piccina io fossi (from Le Villi)
Verdi: È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui...Sempre libera (from La Traviata)
Verdi: La Traviata

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva has dedicated her latest release to the music of Verdi. This album includes arias ranging from Verdi's most celebrated works—including Don Carlo and Otello— to some lesser-known gems. Sonya commences her European tour with Verdi repertoire in February. Sonya has already received outstanding reviews for her interpretation of Verdi's roles. The New York Times said of her performance of Desdemona 'Her Desdemona shows why she is looking towards a major career'. 'Yoncheva is a force of nature' - BBC Music Magazine

Awards
Presto Recording of the Week 2nd February 2018

Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Massimo Zanetti

Composers

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Works

Verdi: Attila
Verdi: Ave Maria (from Otello)
Verdi: Don Carlo
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Verdi: La forza del destino
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Otello
Verdi: Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino)
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Verdi: Stiffelio
Verdi: Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore)
Verdi: Tu che le vanità (from Don Carlo)

In her second Warner Classics album, entitled In Between, German-Italian pianist Sophie Pacini explores a fascinating series of personal and musical relationships: between Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn; between Schumann and his wife Clara, and between Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny. Music by all four of them is complemented by Liszt's transcription of Schumann's glorious love song to Clara, 'Widmung'.

Sophie Pacini (piano)

Composers

Liszt, Ferencz (1811-86)
Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny Caecilie (1805-47)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47)
Schumann, Clara (1819-96)
Schumann, Robert (1810-56)
Works

Liszt: Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied)
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lieder für das Pianoforte (4), Op. 2
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lieder für das Pianoforte (4), Op. 8
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Six mélodies pour le piano, Op. 4 & Op. 5
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 1 (6), Op. 19b
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 2 in A minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 3 in A major 'Hunting Song'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 4 in A major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 5 in F sharp minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 6 in G minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 2 (6), Op. 30
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 1 in E flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 2 in B flat minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 3 in E major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 4 in B minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 5 in D major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied No. 2'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 5 (6), Op. 62
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 2 in B flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 3 in E minor 'Trauermarsch'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 4 in G major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 5 in A minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied No. 3'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 6 (6), Op. 67
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 1 in E flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 2 in F sharp minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 3 in B flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 5 in B minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 6 in E major 'Lullaby'
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
Schumann, Clara: Deuxieme Scherzo, Op. 14
Schumann, Clara: Romances (3), Op. 11
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Schumann: Toccata in C major, Op. 7