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Release: September 25, 2012

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Product Description The renowned St. Thomas Boys' Choir of Leipzig, which boasts J.S. Bach as a former cantor, celebrates it's 800th anniversary with an extraordinary interpretation of the peerless St. Matthew Passion. The Guardian praised the performance, noting that Bach's harmonies "interwove with a transcendence that can only be achieved through living, eating, and working together." This production is the only audio-visual release of the passion. It comes to life here, performed by the choir for which it was written, in the place where the composer worked and is buried.

Release: January 25, 2011

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Product Description The unique recording of Chopins Piano Concertos featuring Evgeny Kissin and Nikolai Demidenko marks Frédéric Chopins 200th anniversary. The Russian star pianists are accompanied by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Antoni Wit. The internationally celebrated concert event recorded live at the National Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, presents Nikolai Demidenko with a marvelous performance of Chopins Concerto No. 1 and Evgeny Kissin with a most thrilling interpretation of Concerto No. 2. The former wunderkind enthused the audience, which could not get enough even after three encores - A unique performance and truly a gift for Chopin lovers all over the world. Review The consistency with which Demidenko had conceived his interpretation was admirable. There was not a single remark in the score that was omitted or left without interpretation. Evgeny Kissin ravished the audience with his great poetic vision, the powerful creation that made an unforgettable impression. It was a giant fresco, where detail does not matter so much, as the big picture is of prominent importance. --Krzysztof Komarnicki, Magazyn Chopin

Release: June 30, 2015

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic pays tribute to composer John Williams in a gala concert led by Gustavo Dudamel, featuring beloved themes from across Williams' career.

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Pianist Lang Lang performs a celebrated program with the Vienna Philharmonic in a concert film designed to showcase musical virtuosity.

Release: November 16, 2010

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Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with mezzo Magdalena Kozena, live at the Concert Hall of the KKL Luzern, August 21 & 22, 2009.

Release: September 28, 2010

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Eteri Gvazava and Anna Larsson perform with the Orfeon Donostiarra and Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado in this 2003 performance.

Release: September 1, 2013

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Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the piece proclaims eternal light and redemption. Together with a first-class quartet of soloists, the choirs of the Bavarian and Swedish radios and the distinguished musicians of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado uncovers this more hopeful and forgiving essence of the Requiem. The baton is not a magic wand it cannot join together the fragmentary work that Mozart composed in the face of death. Yet, in Abbados hand, the baton could become a guide to the mysterious, sublime, consoling legacy of Mozart. --Deutschlandradio Kultur "The undisputed focal point here is the conductor himself, whose soulful intensity, both heard and seen, makes this video an important complement to any of the fine recordings in the catalogue." --David J. Baker, Opera News, February 2014