Classical Images: A Concert in Nature : KULTUR VIDEO

Listen to this cavalcade with your eyes. Watch this scenic symphony with your ears, and relax as you absorb the marriage of music and images.

Enjoy selections from the great masters of classical music including Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Debussy with this visual interpretation of their work.

Let your imagination glide you through musical landscapes of the four seasons with compositions performed brilliantly by the New Philharmonic Masterpiece Orchestra.

Classical Images represents a new dimension in classical music programs with its majestic visuals and musical dynamics --Optic Music Magazine

Program
I. Spring Portraits (4:07)
1. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Allegro...Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Evenings...Robert Schumann
II. Seascapes (3:50)
1. Symphony No. 4 The Italian From the First Movement...Felix Mendelssohn
2. Sonata in A Major...Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
III. Forest Tapestry (10:50)
1. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun...Claude Debussy
IV. Desert Sketches (4:55)
1. Turkish Rondo...Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Canon in D Major...Johann Pachelbel
V. Watercolors (4:41)
1. Swan Lake Ballet Scene...Peter Tchaikovsky
2. Fur Elise...Ludwig van Beethoven
VI. Mountain Mural (12:20)
1. Piano Concerto in A Minor, First Movement...Edvard Grieg
- $4.71

The Pyongyang Concert - New York Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel [Blu-ray] : EUROARTS

On February 26, 2008, the world watched as the New York Philharmonic gave the first performance by an American orchestra in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Those lucky enough to be present will never forget that historic evening, when people from two long-divided nations were united through the beauty and power of music. By the end of the final encore, both the audience and the musicians onstage stood waving to each other in a new-found spirit of understanding. We are honored and pleased that through this DVD we can share this transformative experience with new audiences for years to come -- New York Philharmonic President, Zarin Mehta. Hundreds of millions watched the historic concert on television, now exclusively on DVD: the New York Philharmonic concert in Pyongyang.
Music became diplomacy when this courageous musical project united Americans and North Koreans.
The musicians went from strength to strength in a beautiful program which illustrated the
excellency of the orchestra, and Lorin Maazel once more proved his reputation as one of the best contemporary conductors.
Includes previously unreleased documentary with 53 minutes of exclusive material.
The first classical concert release on Blu-ray Disc offers professional technical standards in the comfort
of your own home. - $26.39

Herbert von Karajan: Memorial Concert [Blu-ray] : EUROARTS

A triumph of remembrance, wrote Die Welt following this stirring concert given by
the Berliner Philharmoniker under Seiji Ozawa and with Anne-Sophie Mutter as
soloist. It left its audience hovering between hushed reverence and deafening
exultation. The Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein was the dazzling venue for the
live recording of this concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Herbert von Karajan.
And there Karajan s Berliner never sounded better, evoking a time which selfconfidently
sought the private and subjective in music, and believed it could find
them in the mirror of the works (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). It is a concert
that commemorates Herbert von Karajan for the ages in a supremely moving manner. - $29.99

Berlin Concert: Live From Waldbuhne [Blu-ray] : Deutsche Grammophon

The knock-out concert event of 2006! Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo and Rolando Villazón came together for one unforgettable evening of opera arias and ensembles. This is not a cross-over concert, but a genuine collection of operatic gems, performed by three thrilling performers in front of an audience of 20,000 roaring fans. The excitement in the audience brings out the best in each performer. With selections from L'Arlesiana, Gianni Schicchi, Otello, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Giuditta, La Bohème, West Side Story and much more! Marco Armiliato leads the Deutschen Oper Berlin Orchestra. - $21.40

A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert / Frederica von Stade, Kathleen Battle, Wynton Marsalis : Kultur Video

Filmed live at Carnegie Hall in 1992 and featured on Public Television, this Christmas extravaganza is conducted by André Previn and features opera divas Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade with jazz legend Wynton Marsalis.

Featured composers include Engelbert Humperdinck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mel Torme, and Franz Xaver Gruber.

Songs include:
Mary's Little Boy Chile
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Gesu Bambino
Alleluja from Exsultate, Jubilate, KV. 158a
Winter Wonderland
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
I Wonder as I Wander
Who Was Mary? Mary Was Queen of Galilee
Sister Mary Had-A But One Child
Go Tell It on the Mountain
My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Abendsegen (Evening Prayer) from Hansel and Gretel
Maria Wiegenlied, Op.76, No.52
I Saw Three Ships
Away In A Manger
and many more! - $10.99

Artur Rubinstein in Concert : Deutsche Grammophon

First DVD release of this legendary performance by a legendary artist. "Rubinstein's superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra...Sounds and images are expertly cued to the split second... Rubinstein's face, body and hands are captured in a smooth flow of shots and reflections...The Beethoven takes on an almost Mozartean delicacy, the Brahms is infused with all the power it requires." --The New York Times A vibrant and revealing interview, "Rubinstein at 90" conducted by Robert MacNeil, is included as a bonus. Filmed in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, August 1973 (concert) and at Rubinstein's home in Paris, 1977 (interview) Artur Rubinstein, piano Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Bernard Haitink, conductor Directed by Hugo Käch - $18.11

European Concert From Istanbul : Euroarts

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's European Concerts not only represent the Berlin Philharmonic's commemoration of its founding date but also emphasize the cultural life of the new European order. Each year the orchestra performs at a place of special significance in cultural history, always in a different country. This, the eleventh European Concert, took place in the city of Istanbul's oldest church, St. Irine (Hagia Irini) or the Church of the Holy Peace, which is magnificently situated on the promontory washed by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara. At the helm of this concert, Mariss Jansons is one of today's most sought-after conductors. Since 1997, he has been principal conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; in 2003, he will assume the directorship of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The flautist Emmanuel Pahud has won numerous international competitions and is a laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and UNESCO's International Tribune for Musicians. At the age of 22, he became principal flautist of the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, having previously held that position with the Basle Radio Symphony Orchestra under Nello Santi and the Munich Philharmonic under Sergiu Celibidache. - $13.78

John Williams - The Seville Concert / John Williams, Paco Pena, Andres Segovia : Kultur Video

From The Royal Alcázar Palace

ISSAC ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Sevilla (Sevillanas) from Suite Española, Op.47 (arr. John Williams)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Prelude from Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major

DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in D Minor, K 213 (arr. John Williams

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Concerto in D Major for Lute, 2 Violins and Basso continuo, RV93, I. Allegro giusto • II. Largo • III. Allegro

YUQUIJIRO YOCOH (1925-)
Sakura Variations

NIKITA KOSHKIN (1956-)
Usher Waltz, Op. 29 – After Edgar Allen Poe

ISSAC ALBÉNIZ
Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite española, Op. 47 (arr. John Williams)

GUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ (1885-1944)
Sueño en la Floresta

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-)
Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

JOHN WILLIAMS – GUITAR
ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA DE SEVILLA
Conducted by JOSÉ BUENAGU.

THE FILM PROFILE

Including music By Francisco Tarrega, J.S. Bach , Peter Sculthorpe, Toru Takemitsu, Agustín Barrios Mangoré , Johannes Brahms, Domenico Scarlatti, Isaac Albeniz, Stanley Meyers

Other performers featured: Paco Peña , Sebastian Bell, Andrés Segovia

Locations: London and Manchester (U.K.), Sydney, Melbourne, Glenn Innes, Kakadu National Park, the Olgas and Ayers Rock (Australia), Granada, Seville and Cordoba (Spain). - $10.74

New Year's Concert 2007 - Wiener Philharmoniker/Zubin Mehta : Deutsche Grammophon

- $18.11

New Year's Concert 2009 : Decca

The ever popular New Year's Concert from Vienna returns in another sparkling performance, broadcast live to over 50 countries!

Daniel Barenboim makes his New Year's Concert debut and brings with him a number of works that have never been performed at the concert before.

The live concert features popular waltzes, gallops and polkas from the Strauss family including The Blue Danube, The Gypsy Baron March, Thunder and Lightening Polka and much more. CD is at a special 2-for-1 price. DVD includes complete performance as featured on CD as well as special ballet bonus performances. - $22.35