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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Carlos Kleiber - Rehearsal and Performance
Carlos Kleiber, conducting genius or madman? This highly intelligent, well-read, sensitive and charming, disarmingly
humorous, sometimes cynical and irascible man was often dismissed as an eccentric and his notorious
refusals, his curiously short recording career, his complete rejection of publicity were regarded not so much as the
expression of a deep-felt artistic sensitivity as the arbitrary behaviour of a talented but fl amboyant personality …
When Carlos Kleiber made these recordings of rehearsals and concert performance of the overtures to Die Fledermaus
and Der Freischütz for SDR in the spring of 1970 with the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart’s Villa Berg, he
was already more in demand as a conductor than most of his contemporaries.
This DVD offers a rare glimpse of Kleiber’s often highly original attempts to verbally communicate his ideas to his
musicians. Here was a man who preferred to avoid the limelight: even at the height of his fame in the mid 1970s,
when he was being celebrated as a star conductor, the fi rst signs of a slow withdrawal were already discernible. “Here is a conductor who seduces a sullen-looking orchestra into playing their hearts out, by sheer energy, charm, articulateness, imagination and utter delight in the music ('Play it really dirtily!'). The experience is as intoxicating for the spectator as for the players.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Dame Felicity Lott & Thomas Hampson The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) & Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, New York, 4 October 2006 “Andsnes gave a typically lovely performance, playing with rippling passagework and, when called for, rhythmic bite, shaping lines sensitively and conveying ennobled sadness in the wistful Andante…Anyone in need of larger scale, more emotionally committed Mozart will have found it here. This was impassioned, full-bodied singing in which Röschmann showed characteristic regard to projecting the text.” The New York Times on the Concert | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Best of Johann Strauss II
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| |  | Johann & Josef Strauss - New Year's Concert
Strauss, J, I: | Beliebte Annen - Polka Op. 137 Radetsky March, Op. 228 (Arr. Leopold Weninger) | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Vergnügungszug, Op. 281 Pizzicato Polka Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 vocal version Kathleen Battle Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 | Strauss, Josef: | Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 Delirien Waltz, Op. 212 Ohne Sorgen! - polka schnell, Op. 271 |
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| |  | The Very Best of Strauss
Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Pizzicato Polka Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Eine Nacht in Venedig: Komm in die Gondel Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 Wiener Bonbons Walzer, Op. 307 Persischer Marsch, Op. 289 Künstlerleben, Op. 316 Tik-Tak Polka, Op. 365 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 |
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| |  | A Night In ViennaMusic by Mozart & the Strauss family - arrangements by James Gourlay
Mozart: | Die Zauberflöte, K620 Overture Rondo for Horn & Orchestra in E flat major, K371 Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 'Alla Turca' - Rondo | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 |
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| |  | Johann Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures
Strauss, J, II: | Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Die Fledermaus Overture Csárdás from the operetta Die Fledermaus Nordseebilder Op. 390 Im Sturmschritt! (At the Double!), Op. 348 Neue Pizzicato-Polka Op. 449 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 Furioso-Polka quasi Galopp, Op. 260 |
"...direct performances that are an unaffected joy." (Gramophone) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Johann Strauss - Waltzes and Polkas
Strauss, J, II: | Melodien-Quadrille nach Verdi, Op. 112 Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378 Leichtes Blut, polka schnell, Op. 319 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Die Fledermaus Overture Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Romanze for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 Pizzicato Polka Vergnügungszug, Op. 281 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 |
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Roma, Peter Maag Recorded 1975/1993, remastered 24bit/96kHz | | | Unfortunately, as of December 3rd 2008 the UK distributor for this label is in administration. Although an agreement has already been signed with a new distributor, we expect some delay before stock is available again. You may order this item now but please be aware that it may be early 2009 before we are able to despatch it. |
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| |  | Johann Strauss II: Waltzes & Overtures
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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