Future Releases

1	Opera Stars in Concert Classic with Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Ramon Vargas, Gail Gilmore, Melanie Hollyday, Paola Coni duration 60’
2	Maria Dolores Pradera in Concert duration 60’
3	Virtuosos of St. Petersburg duration 60’
4	L. v. Beethoven: “Egmont Overture”, “Concert for piano no. 5”, “Symphony no. 7” A live recording from 2002, Dolby Digital 5.1, Picture format 16:9, Multi Angle, Many Extras Orchestra: Moravian Philharmonic Conductor: Jiri Stárek Soloist: Ladislav Jelinek duration 110’
5	Berlioz’s “TE DEUM” and the Overture to Wagner’s “DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NüRNBERG” A live recording from the Alte Oper Frankfurt starring José Carreras with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado duration 67’
6	SIR SIMON RATTLE AND THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA In a further recording from the 2000 MusikTriennale Cologne, Sir Simon Rattle conducts The City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a performance of works by Henze, Holt and Messiaen. duration 107’
7	A RICHARD STRAUSS CONCERT and STRAUSS’S ”TILL EULENSPIEGEL’S LUSTIGE STREICHE” Kurt Masur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in performances of Strauss’s ‘Vier letzte Lieder’ , with soloist Julia Varady, and 'Metamorphosen’ and his famous symphonic poem ‘Till Eulenspiegel’ duration 69’
8	Arvo Pärt’s “TE DEUM” The deeply spiritual ‘Te Deum’ recorded under studio conditions in the Church of St. Nicholas in Pärt’s native Estonia, performed by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra conducted by the charismatic Tõnu Kaljuste with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. A documentary introduction to the performance follows the choir in rehearsal with Pärt and includes an interview with Kaljuste. duration 57’
9	GEORG SOLTI: “TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYMPHONY NO. 4” and PROKOFIEV’S “ROMEO AND JULIET” Sir Georg Solti conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in performances, recorded live at the Herkulessaal in Munich, of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and extracts from Prokofiev’s music for the ballet ‘Romeo and Juliet’. duration 90’
10	DIVA ON THE VERGE Filmed live from London’s Criterion Theatre before an invited audience, Julia Migenes’ irreverent one-woman show punctuates her lively performance with some of the greatest arias in the soprano repertoire. duration 90’
11	Britten’s “THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA” A specially-staged studio recording of the English National Opera’s highly-acclaimed production of Benjamin Britten’s work featuring outstanding performances by Jean Rigby as Lucretia and Richard Van Allan as Collatinus. duration 108’
12	YEVGENY SVETLANOV - A PROKOFIEV CONCERT and SHOSTAKOVICH’S “SYMPHONY NO. 5” In a live recording from the Alte Oper, Frankfurt, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov, perform two early works by Prokofiev - ‘Symphony No. 1’ and ‘Violin Concerto in D’ (soloist Vadim Repin) - and Shostakovich’s tragic ‘Symphony No. 5 in D minor’ duration 100’
13	Berlioz’s “DAMNATION DE FAUST” Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in London, this performance launched the farewell European tour of Sir Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and featured Ann Sofie von Otter and José van Dam among the soloists. duration 135’
14	THE TCHAIKOVSKY CYCLE A series of six concerts, comprising all six of Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies and a selection of other major works by the composer, recorded live at the Alte Oper Frankfurt featuring The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev. durations 89’: 104’: 88’: 114’: 90’: 103’
15	Britten’s “DEATH IN VENICE” Filmed on location in the city and islands of Venice, Tony Palmer’s film of Benjamin Britten’s extraordinary opera, Death in Venice, Britten’s summary not only of his entire musical output, but more importantly of his philosophical outlook on life itself. duration 132’