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CHORAL / VOCAL
DIE WINTERREISE
Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise
Christa Ludwig mezzo-soprano • Charles Spencer piano
Christa Ludwig is acknowledged as one of the twentieth century’s most explorative
and complete vocal artists. Her professional singing career spanned five decades
and, as a star of the international operatic stage, she made roles as diverse as
Rosina, Dorabella or Cherubino, excelling in soprano, mezzo and coloratura mezzo
repertoire. The intimate auditorium of the magnificent neo-baroque Volkstheater
in Vienna was packed with a discerning and enthusiastic audience when Christa
Ludwig gave a master class there.
1994 • Duration: 73’ HD (Upscale)
Directors: Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Claus Viller
Produced by: O.M.M.A. in co-production with Christa Ludwig
Programme Number: 8203
LIEDERABEND
Christa Ludwig mezzo-soprano • Charles Spencer piano
This master class includes pieces by Beethoven, Bizet and Massenet and, at the
end, the greatness of her art is recalled as she is seen singing Mistress Quickly in
a production of Verdi’s Falstaff (1982).
Director: Enrique Sánchez Lansch
Produced by: O.M.M.A. in co-production with Christa Ludwig
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THE DVOŘÁK CYCLE
Requiem Op. 89 (110’); Piano Concerto in G minor Op. 33; Symphony No. 8 in
G major Op. 88 (87’); Slavonic Dances (series 2) Op. 72; Romance for Violin
Op. 11; Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70 (97’); Biblical Songs Op. 99; Violin
Concerto in A minor Op. 53; Te Deum Op. 103 (77’); Cello Concerto in B minor
Op. 104; Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 (From the New World) (87’); Stabat
Mater Op. 58 (90’)
Igor Ardašev piano • Mischa Maisky cello • Ivan Zenaty violin • Katerina
Kachlíková mezzo-soprano • Štefan Margita tenor • Peter Mikulas bass
Lucia Popp soprano • Josef Protschka tenor • Eva Randová mezzo-soprano
Eva Urbanová soprano • Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague Symphonic Choir • The Prague Philharmonic Choir
The music of the quintessentially Czech composer Dvořák is, above all, enjoyable
and is a perennial favourite in the Romantic repertoire. This series of concerts
is performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Prague
Philharmonic Choir, with three leading Czech conductors on the podium: Petr
Altrichter, Jiri Belohlavek and Libor Pesek. Guest soloists include soprano Lucia
Popp, alto Eva Randova, tenor Josef Protschka, bass Peter Mikulas, pianist Igor
Ardasev, violinist Ivan Zenaty and cellist Mischa Maisky, who plays Dvořák’s Cello
Concerto, one of his finest works.
Director: Rodney Greenberg
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Alte Oper Frankfurt/Yehuda Fickler/
Colin Wilson
CECILIA BARTOLI IN RECITAL
Pergolesi: Se Tu M’Ami • Vivaldi: Sposa Son Disprezzata • Mozart: In Uomini In
Soldate, Deh Per Questo Istante, Voi Che Sapette • Rossini: La Regata Veneziana,
Belta Crudele, La Pastorella, Ariette L’Ancienne, Canzonetta Spagnuola, Tanfi
Affetti, Una Voce Poco Fa
Cecilia Bartoli • Georg Fischer
Recorded at London’s Savoy Hotel, this recital by the acclaimed Italian mezzosoprano includes well-known Arie Antiche by Pergolesi, Caldara, Paisiello and
Vivaldi, a selection of arias from the ever-popular Mozart operas Così fan tutte and
Le nozze di Figaro, as well as the lesser-known La clemenza di Tito. The highlight
of the performance is the selection of songs and arias by Rossini. Miss Bartoli is
accompanied by Georg Fischer.
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with LWT/Decca
Director: David Thomas
CARRERAS & ABBADO IN FRANKFURT
Richard Wagner: Overture to “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”
Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, Op.22
Wiener Philharmoniker • Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Prague Philharmonic Chorus • Tölzer Knabenchor • Aurelius Boys Choir
José Carreras is the soloist in this performance of Berlioz’s “Te Deum”, which was
recorded live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt. He sings with the Konzertvereinigung
Wiener Staatsopernchor, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Tölzer Boys’ Choir.
Claudio Abbado conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The organist is
Martin Haselböck. This gala concert opens with the orchestra playing the overture
to Wagner’s opera “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”.
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Alte Oper Frankfurt
KIRI TE KANAWA CONCERT
At a spectacular open-air concert in New Zealand, Dame Kiri sang music ranging
from Puccini to Gershwin to an audience of over seventy-five thousand. A year
later she performed a programme of Handel and Mozart for an invited audience
at the Wren chapel of the Royal Naval College in London. Highlights of these two
quite different, but equally memorable, occasions are brought together in this
concert special, which showcases the unique beauty and versatility of Dame Kiri’s
voice. This delightfully varied programme of music includes the famous soprano
aria ‘Tu che di gel’ from Puccini’s Turandot, ‘O mio babbino caro’ from the same
composer’s Gianni Schicchi, Mozart’s ‘Exsultate Jubilate’, a traditional Maori song,
and ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’ from the musical My Fair Lady.
Director: Nigel Wattis
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with LWT
BERLIOZ: LA GRANDE MESSE DES MORTS
Berlioz: Requiem
Keith Lewis tenor
Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Colin Davis conductor
The Regensburg Cathedral provides a superb setting for this live recording of
Berlioz’s resounding Requiem, written in 1837 for the dead of Napoleon’s
catastrophic wars. Sir Colin Davis conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus
and Orchestra in a magnificent and moving performance of this work, with soloist
Keith Lewis.
Director: Klaus Lindemann
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk
Dvořák: STABAT MATER
Yvonne Kenny soprano • Eva Randova contralto • Wieslav Ochman tenor
Jan Galla bass
The Prague Philharmonic Chorus • The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann conductor
Recorded live from the Vladislav Hall in the Hradchin, Prague, Václav Neumann
conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Prague Philharmonic Choir in
a deeply moving performance of Dvořák’s choral work. (Sung in Latin)
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk/Supraphon
LA DAMNATION DE FAUST
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano • Keith Lewis tenor
José van Dam baritone • Peter Rose bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra • Sir Georg Solti conductor
This concert, recorded live from London’s Royal Albert Hall, launched Sir Georg
Solti’s farewell European tour with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra.
It was described by The Times as “the unsurpassable culmination of two decades
of music-making... one that summarised all that has been most admirable about
Solti’s long reign in Chicago.” (Sung in French)
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with BBC/NPS/La Sept
Dvořák: requiem
Gabriela Beňačková soprano • Ida Kirilova contralto
Josef Protschka tenor • Ludek Vele bass
The Prague Philharmonic Choir • The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Prague
Philharmonic choir in this performance of Dvořák’s Requiem Op. 89, recorded live
from the magnificent St. Veit’s Cathedral in Prague.
Director: Franz Kabelka
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk/Supraphon
MISSA GLAGOLITICA
Gabriela Benackova soprano • Drahomira Drobkova contralto
Josef Kundlak tenor • Sergej Kopcak bass
The Prague Philharmonic Choir • Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann conductor
In this recording, Janáček’s great choral work, the Glagolitic Mass, is performed
by the Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Václav Neumann,
with Jan Hora on the organ. The soloists are Gabriela Benackova, Drahomira
Drobkova, Josef Kundlak and Sergej Kopcak.
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk/Channel Four
MOZART: requiem
Edith Mathis soprano • Trudeliese Schmidt contralto • Peter Schreier tenor
Gwynne Howell bass
Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
The Requiem Mass in D minor K626 is Mozart’s last work and he saw an evil
omen in the mysterious commission which prompted it. He died in 1791, before
completing the piece. This live recording from the Herkulessaal in Munich features
Sir Colin Davis conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra,
with soloists Edith Mathis, Trudeliese Schmidt, Peter Schreier and Gwynne Howell.
Director: Hugo Käch
MISSA SANCTAE CAECILIAE
Lucia Popp soprano • Doris Soffel alto • Horst Laubenthal tenor
Kurt Moll bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks • Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks • Rafael Kubelik conductor
Rafael Kubelik conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in a
performance of Haydn’s Mass No. 3 in C, recorded from the magnificent baroque
basilica at Ottobeuren.
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk/Channel Four
CONCERT / ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
THE TCHAIKOVSKY CYCLE - symphony no.1
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op. 13 (Winter Daydreams)
Antonio Meneses cello • Alexander Nenadovsky baritone
Mikhail Pletnev piano • Lydia Shernikh soprano • Viktor Tretyakov violin
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev conductor
This exceptional concert series, recorded live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt,
features the leading Russian conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and the Moscow Radio
Symphony Orchestra. They are joined by international guest soloists who include
the brilliant Japanese violinist Kyoko Takezawa, Brazilian cellist and Tchaikovsky
Competition Gold Medallist Antonio Meneses, acclaimed Russian pianist
Mikhail Pletnev, soprano Lydia Shernikh and baritone Alexander Nenadovsky.
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Alte Oper FFM/Yehuda Fickler
THE FOURTEEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS
The Dutch Chamber Choir • Reinbert de Leeuw conductor
This performance by the Dutch Chamber Choir, conducted from the piano by
Reinbert de Leeuw, presents a rare opportunity to hear Liszt’s moving late work.
The recording was made at the Church of St. Peter in Utrecht and is rich in visual
imagery, using costumed singers positioned in striking tableaux to enhance the
music. Inspired by a series of paintings depicting the Stations of the Cross, Liszt’s
piety expresses itself in a composition of unadorned simplicity.
Director: Astrid Wortelboer
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with NPS/NOS
MITSUKO UCHIDA
Mitsuko Uchida piano
Uchida is one of the leading interpreters of Mozart piano music of her generation.
In this studio recital, she plays Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D K576, and the
Adagio in B minor K540. An introduction, in which Uchida talks about Mozart and
his music, is available (recorded in German).
1989 • Durations: 51’/70’ HD (Upscale)
Director: Georg Wübbolt
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Moviemakers/SVT Malmö/ZDF
HAYDN AT ESTERHAZA
Haydn: Symphonies No. 23 in G, 28 in A, and 29 in E
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood conductor
Haydn wrote most of his symphonies while he was in the employ of the Esterházy
family, whose palace in Hungary was known as the ‘Versailles of the East’. Filmed
in the magnificent mirrored great hall of the palace, this programme records
a unique attempt to recreate a performance of Haydn’s music as close to the
original as possible, Christopher Hogwood conducts the Academy of Ancient Music
playing the composer’s Symphonies No. 23 in G, 28 in A, and 29 in E.
Director: Chris Hunt
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Iambic Films/Decca
MOZART: SINFONIA CONCERTANTE IN E FLAT K.364
Yuri Bashmet viola • Vladimir Spivakov violin
The Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra
From the Munich Philharmonie comes a live recording of Sir Colin Davis conducting
the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia
Concertante in E flat K364, featuring the internationally-acclaimed soloists Yuri
Bashmet (viola) and Vladimir Spivakov (violin). An introduction to the concert
performance is available, which shows Sir Colin Davis working with the soloists and
the orchestra, documenting the painstaking preparation that goes into achieving
the conductor’s musical vision.
1988 • Duration: 37’ (Performance) / 24’ (Rehearsal) HD (Upscale)
A BEETHOVEN CONCERT
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Op. 15; Coriolan Overture Op.62; Symphony
No. 7 in A Op.92
Murray Perahia piano
London Symphony Orchestra • Sir Georg Solti conductor
This all-Beethoven concert, with Solti conducting the London Symphony Orchestra,
features the internationally-acclaimed pianist Murray Perahia playing the Piano
Concerto No. 1 in C Op. 15 in his typically probing, elegantly poised and fashioned
style. Performances of the Coriolan Overture Op. 62 and the Symphony No. 7 in
A Op. 92 are also given.
Director: Humphrey Burton
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with BBC/Portobello
ANTON BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 5
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra • Sergiu Celibidache conductor
A rare opportunity to see the work of the great conductor Sergiu Celibidache. He
agreed to set aside his long-held antipathy to recordings of his work to enable the
cameras to capture this concert from the Philharmonie in Munich.
Produced by RM Arts in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk/ZDF
ANTON BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 4
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra • Sergiu Celibidache conductor
Maestro Celibidache (1912-96) was one of the most uncompromising figures
in the music world, demanding three times as much rehearsal time as other
conductors and with an ardent dislike of making recordings because he feared
they misrepresented his musical intentions. This concert from the Herkulessaal in
Munich captures one of the rare occasions on which he consented to a recording
being made.
Produced by RM Arts/ZDF
ALBAN BERG: VIOLIN CONCERTO
Gidon Kremer violin
The Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra
Recorded live from the Herkulessaal Munich, Sir Colin Davis conducts the
Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Gidon Kremer, in a
performance of Alban Berg’s elegiac Violin Concerto. Alban Berg completed this
concerto for violin and orchestra in 1935, impelled by the news of the death of
Manon Gropius, the beautiful eighteen-year-old daughter of Mahler’s widow by
her second marriage, to the architect Walter Gropius. He dedicated it “to the
memory of an angel“.
Director: Kriss Rusmanis
SMETANA: MÁ VLAST
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik conductor
Towards the end of his life, the composer Bedrich Smetana (1824-84) wrote a
cycle of symphonic poems, Má Vlast (My Country), a vivid, patriotic musical portait
of his homeland, Bohemia. This superb recording features the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the Czech conductor Rafael Kubelik.
OPERA
RICHARD STRAUSS: CAPRICCIO
Renée Fleming • Anne Sofie von Otter • Rainer Trost • Gerald Finley
Dietrich Henschel
Orchestre de l‘Opéra National de Paris • Ulf Schirmer conductor
When the curtain fell at the Paris Opera premiere of Capriccio on 16 June 2004,
the audiences rose to long and frenetic ovations. They unanimously applauded
each singer in a cast of stars, but Renée Fleming was undoubtedly the leading
light of this remarkable production. Every one of the performers in this production
is outstanding and can be regarded as the best possible singer for the role. Opera
fans from all over Europe came to Paris to see the production, a highlight of the
international opera season in 2004. This Capriccio also served as a role debut for
American star soprano Renée Fleming who took on the role of the countess. The
critics celebrated her performance as “ideal” in all aspects: musically, dramatically
and above all vocally and she was cheered frenetically by the audience at the
Palais Garnier of the Opéra National de Paris.
Produced by: TDK in co-production with “Fr. Roussillon “
RICHARD STRAUSS: SALOME
Catherine Malfitano • Bryn Terfel • Kenneth Riegel • Anja Silja
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House • Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1997. Staged for the Royal Opera, Luc
Bondy’s Salome is a terrifying study of a family of degenerates. Never decadent,
it is about decay. Spare and severe, it is staged in close focus in the bowels
of Herod’s palace, with every small exchange of his monstrous family spotlit in
a dismal and cavernous space. The characterisations of Catherine Malfitano,
Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel and Anja Silja are exceptionally powerful. Conductor
Christoph von Dohnányi draws every strand and fleck of colour from Strauss’s
cauldron of a score. (Sung in German)
Director: Hans Hulscher
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with BBC/The Decca Record Company/
ZDF-Arte/RTE/ABC Australia
ALBAN BERG: WOZZECK
Dale Duesing • Kristine Ciesinski • Ronald Hamilton • Dieter Bundschuh
Barry Banks
Choir and Children’s Choir of the Frankfurt Opera House • Frankfurter
Museumsorchester • Sylvain Cambreling conductor
A devious world destroys Wozzeck’s sense of identity and turns him into a murderer.
This brutalisation is made palpable in Peter Mussbach’s highly-stylised production
which, in its expressionistic artificiality, heightens the emotional intensity of this
searing work. Mussbach is a master of visual and dramatic effect and the impact
of his staging, which was recorded under studio conditions, is enhanced by the
framing opportunities afforded by video techniques. Dale Duesing sings the title
role, with Kristine Ciesinski as Marie. (Sung in German)
Director: Peter Mussbach
Produced by: RM Arts and ZDF in co-production with Tevel Israel International
Communication
HENRY PURCELL: THE FAIRY QUEEN
Yvonne Kenny Titania • Thomas Randle Oberon • Simon Rice Puck
Michael Chance Dick • Richard Van Allan Theseus/Hymen
Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera
Nicholas Kok conductor
David Pountney’s production of Purcell’s semi-opera is overtly theatrical, a
spectacular, phantasmagorical offering – dramatic, funny and visually striking. The
original narrative is omitted and dance plays an important role in telling the story.
Exotic and colourful designs by Robert Israel and Dunya Ramicova incorporate a
panoply of references from different periods, as well as drawing on pure fantasy.
The distinguished cast featured in this live recording from the English National
Opera includes Yvonne Kenny, Michael Chance, Richard Van Allan and Thomas
Randle. (Sung in English)
Director: Barrie Gavin
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with ZDF-ARTE in association with Tevel
Israel International Communication Ltd/TV Ontario
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: PETER GRIMES
Philip Langridge • Janice Cairns • Alan Opie • Ann Howard
Andrew Greenan
Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera
David Atherton conductor • Tim Albery stage director
From the English National Opera 1994. Tim Albery’s startlingly original treatment
of Britten’s vivid tragedy was hailed as a landmark production when it was staged
at the English National Opera. The critics were unanimous in their praise of Philip
Langridge’s remarkable portrayal of Grimes, and the whole company, including
Janice Cairns, Alan Opie and Ann Howard, won countless accolades, as did the
inspired musical direction of conductor David Atherton. The individual set against
the community: this is the theme of the opera and never has this stark opposition
been so sharply realised as in Albery’s very abstract vision. Hildegard Bechtler’s
stark but beautiful sets underline Grimes’ alienation. (Sung in English)
Director: Barrie Gavin
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with BBC/Decca/Bayerischer Rundfunk/
Canal 22 Mexico/Tevel IsraelCanal 22 Mexico/BRT
LA BELLE HÉLÈNE
Carlos Chausson • Deon van der Walt • Volker Vogel • Vesselina Kasarova
Oliver Widmer
Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich • Nikolaus Harnoncourt conductor
From the Zurich Opera House 1993. This light-hearted send-up of the story of
Helen of Troy is also a satire on the declining mores of the Parisian upper classes
under the Second Empire. Helmuth Lohner’s delightfully entertaining Zurich Opera
production, costumed by fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, abounds
with visual humour. Maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt conjures up a new listening
experience with the orchestra configured as it would have been in Offenbach’s
day. A splendid cast is led by Vesselina Kasarova and Deon van der Walt. (Sung
in French)
Director: Helmut Lohner
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with ZDF
RICHARD STRAUSS: CAPRICCIO
Hakan Hagegard • Kiri Te Kanawa • Tatiana Troyanos • Victor Braun
Simon Keenlyside • David Kuebler • Michel Sénéchal • Dale Travis
Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera House
Donald Runnicles conductor
From the San Francisco Opera 1993. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has made the role of
the Countess in Capriccio her own and her performance in Stephen Lawless’s San
Francisco Opera production met with high critical praise. Her suitors are sung by
David Kuebler and Simon Keenlyside and the cast also includes Tatiana Troyanos,
Håkan Hagegård and Victor Braun. Richard Strauss’s opera about opera is set
in the eighteenth century and the period is evoked poetically in Mauro Pagano’s
exquisite salon set and Thierry Bosquet’s lavish costumes. (Sung in German)
Director: Peter Maniura
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with BBC/Decca Record Company/Bravo/
Canal 22 Mexico/BRT
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
Jeremy Budd • Jochen Kowalski • Gillian Webster
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Hartmut Haenchen conductor
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Staged for the Royal Opera, Harry
Kupfer’s production updates the Greek legend of Orpheus and employs ingenious
sets by Hans Schavernoch, with projections onto revolving mirrors and screens, to
conjure up images of a modern day Hell. It is sung using the original Italian libretto
and, in the title role, the male alto Jochen Kowalski gives a “star performance of
bewildering energy and commitment” (London Evening Standard). Soprano Gillian
Webster is a radiant Euridice and Hartmut Haenchen conducts. (Sung in Italian)
Most Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Olivier Awards
Director: Hans Hulscher
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with ROH/ Channel Four/Bayerischer
Rundfunk/NPS
L’AFRICAINE
Ruth Ann Swenson • Shirley Verrett • Plácido Domingo • Justino Diaz
Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera House
Maurizio Arena conductor
From the San Francisco Opera 1988. Plácido Domingo, as Vasco da Gama, and
Shirley Verrett, as the African queen whom he has enslaved, star in Meyerbeer’s
spectacular grand opera, in a colourfully exotic production by Lotfi Mansouri, under
the sensitive musical direction of Maurizio Arena. The visual splendour of Wolfram
Skalicki’s designs matches the vocal distinction of the cast: “Domingo was the
honeyed, ringing Gama of everyone’s expectations, Verrett as lustrous and inward
a Sélika as ever, Ruth Ann Swenson a gem-like Inès” (Opera Magazine). (Sung in
French)
Director: Lotfi Mansouri
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with WNET/SFO/KQED in association
with Bayerischer Rundfunk and ORF
giuseppe verdi: AIDA
Paata Burchuladze • Ghena Dimitrova • Maria Chiara • Luciano Pavarotti
Nicolai Ghiaurov • Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Lorin Maazel conductor Luca Ronconi stage director
From the Teatro alla Scala, Milan 1985. Luciano Pavarotti heads an exceptional
cast in this spectacular live recording, with Ghena Dimitrova, Maria Chiara, Nicolai
Ghiaurov and Juan Pons, all in peak form. Luca Ronconi’s magnificent production
of Verdi’s much-loved masterpiece was a triumphant success, with Mauro Pagano’s
monumental settings capturing perfectly the imposing grandeur of the land of
the Pharaohs and the ochre hues of the desert. Lorin Maazel conducts. (Sung in
Italian).
Also available: The documentary “The Aida File” which chronicles the life and
times of Verdi and the history of one of his best-loved operas. It includes extensive
extracts from the triumphant La Scala production starring Pavarotti, archive film of
notable Aida productions from the past, and contributions from some of the great
singers who have a special affection for this work – Pavarotti, Carlo Bergonzi,
Grace Bumbry and Eva Turner among them (Progr.: 8136)
Director: Derek Bailey
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Radiotelevisione Italia
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
Roger Daltrey • John Gay • Carol Hall • Bob Hoskins • Stratford John
Patricia Routledge
English Baroque Soloists • SirJohn Eliot Gardiner conductor
Roger Daltrey heads a distinguished cast as the villainous hero Macheath in a
vintage Jonathan Miller production, created specially for television. Gay’s exuberant
comedy of London’s eighteenth-century low life, in which the characters thrive
on thieving, lechery and deceit, is the most famous and well-loved of all ballad
operas. The musical arrangements of the popular folk songs of the original are by
baroque specialists Jeremy Barlow and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who conducts his
period-instrument ensemble, the English Baroque Soloists.
Directors: David Myerscough-Jones, Jonathan Miller
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with BBC/NPS
BALLET / DANCE
COPPELIA
Nerses Boyadjian • Maria Brown • Francoise Joullie • Josu Zabala
Orchestre et Ballet de l’Opéra national de Lyon • Kent Nagano conductor
Marin’s reworking of this much-loved classic is a hugely entertaining and
constantly surprising piece of dance theatre. The modern idiom of her imaginative
choreography teams perfectly with the infectious melodies of Leo Delibes’ lively
score, played by the Lyon National Opera Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano.
Marin’s Coppelia has lost none of the charm of the original, but has taken on a
wry humour, which adds to its appeal for today’s audiences. This programme was
recorded with the Lyon National Opera Ballet on location in the suburbs of Lyon
and in studio. An introduction by the choreographer is available. 62’/68’ (English
introduction and performance) / 74’ (French introduction and performance)
Director: Thomas Grimm
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Danmarks Radio/Lyon Opera/ZDFARTE/BBC/RTP/Canal 22 Mexico BC
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Larissa Lezhnina • Yulia Makhalina • Farukh Ruzimatov • Vadim Guliayev
Kirov Ballet • Viktor Fedotov conductor
This live recording of the Kirov Ballet performing the much-loved Petipa/
Tchaikovsky classic, in Oleg Vinogradov’s highly-acclaimed reworking, comes from
the Place des Arts, Montreal. The stylish grandeur of his Sleeping Beauty displays
the traditions of the classical heritage at their finest, and highlights the talents
of star dancers Larissa Lezhnina and Faroukh Ruzimatov, in the roles of Princess
Aurora and Prince Desiré.
Director: Bernard Picard
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Société Radio Canada
NATALIA MAKAROVA’S SWAN LAKE
English National Ballet • Evelyn Hart • Peter Schaufuss • Martin James
Johnny Eliasen • Elizabeth Anderton • James Superviva • Philipe Arrona
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra • Graham Bond conductor
Evelyn Hart and Peter Schaufuss star in this studio recording of Natalia Makarova’s
acclaimed production of the much-loved ballet classic. Based on the original
Petipa/lvanov choreography, with contributions from Sir Frederick Ashton, her
interpretation is lean and fast-paced. Designer Gunther Schneider-Siemssen uses
back-projections for changes of locale and mood, creating an atmosphere of
magic and mystery. The performance is introduced by Makarova, a prima ballerina
assoluta whose performances as Odette/Odile are legendary.
Director: Thomas Grimm
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Danmarks Radio/Channel Four
DOCUMENTARY
RICHARD STRAUSS:
BETWEEN ROMANTICISM AND RESIGNATION
At the end of his life, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) occupied an ambiguous role in
the Third Reich - a successful public figure, but one whose cultural ideals clashed
with those enforced by Hitler’s regime. This film explores the compromises of his
old age, telling the story of the doyen of the late-Romantic style as he became
increasingly embittered with his political masters. It includes rare footage from his
family’s archive and extracts from a film about him made in 1949.
Directors: Pit Riethmüller and Roland Zag
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with Medias res
ART / LITERATURE
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
A major exhibition of the lithographs of Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) at London’s
Royal Academy is the starting point for a programme on one of the most colourful
figures in late nineteenth-century art, famous for his pictures of Parisian dance
halls and cabarets. Artists, scholars and admirers are invited to comment on their
choice of work from the exhibition.
Director: Hilary Chadwick
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with LWT South Bank Show
TRUMAN CAPOTE
The infamous American novelist, short story writer and social commentator
projected a compelling and often controversial public image right up until his
death, from drugs and drink, in 1984. Filmed in America, this programme reflects
the dark and light of Capote’s life and work. It draws on his outspoken - often
outrageous - television appearances and includes recollections from many of his
closest friends, as well as a dramatisation from his unfinished novel, Answered
Prayers.
Director: Andrew Harries
Produced by: RM Arts in co-production with LWT South Bank Show

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