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22/11/25
Gounod: 'Faust' (Act 2 of opera)
Juilen Dran, Jérôme Boutillier, Anas Séguin, Juliette Mey, Chœur et Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Louis Langrée
YouTube video. Stage Director Denis Podalydès.
04/10/25
Gounod: 'Faust' (Act 1 of opera)
Juilen Dran, Jérôme Boutillier, Anas Séguin, Juliette Mey, Chœur et Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Louis Langrée
YouTube video. Stage Director Denis Podalydès.
21/06/25 (Theme: For Midsummer Day)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Incidental music)
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg conducted by Ivor Bolton
On BluRay. Excerpts from a performance of Shakespeare's play during the 2013 Salzburg Festival
16/11/24
Wagner: 'Tannhäuser': Excerpt from Act II
Stephen Milling, Stephen Gould, Markus Eiche, Daniel Behle, Kay Stiefermann, Lise Davidsen, Elena Zhidkova, Manni Laudenbach, Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival conducted by Valery Gergiev
On Blu-ray. Stage director Tobias Kratzer. Video from the 2019 Bayreuth Festival.
08/06/24
Mozart: 'Don Giovanni': FInal scene of Opera
Soloists, including Philippe Sly (baritone), Le Cercle de l'Harmonie conducted by Jérémie Rhorer
Stage DIrector: Jean-François Sivadier. Recorded in Théâtre de l'Archevêché during the 2017 Aix-en-Provence Festival.
06/04/24
Braunfels: Konzert für Orgel, Streicher, Blechbläser und Knabenchor op. 38 (1927)
Iveta Apkalna (organ), Tölzer Children's Choir, Munich Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hansjörg Albrecht
2012 recording on Oehms Classics
03/02/24
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Seviglia (Act I – "La calunnia è un venticello", Finale. "Ehi di casa…buona gente…", Act II Scene 3 – "Contra un cor che accende amore"
Tara Erraught, Tyler Nelson, Gavan Ring, Graeme Danby, John Molloy, Mary O'Suullivan, Brendan Collins, Chorus of Wide Open Opera, Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera conducted by Fergus Sheil
YouTube video. Recorded in 2016 at Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin.
29/07/23
Bizet: Symphony in C major
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolić
YouTube video. Recorded on 12th October 2020 in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
06/05/23
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Ballet): 2. Dies irae
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Veronica Simeoni (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass), Chorus of Zürich Opera, Philharmonia Zürich conducted by Fabio Luisi
Viideo of 2016 performance in the Zürich Opera House recorded from 3Sat broadcast on 24th March 2018. Staging and choreography by Christian Spuck.
18/02/23
Mendelssohn: Psalm 42 (Wie der Hirsch schreit) op. 42 (1837, rev. 1838)
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
YouTube video. Recorded in TivoliVredenburg Music Centre, Utrecht, on 12th December 2014.
10/07/21
Verdi: Rigoletto: Act 1, Scene 1 and first half of scene 2
Stephen Costello, Vladimir Stoyanov, Mélissa Petit, Miklós Sebestyén, Kostas Smoriginas, Bregenz Festival Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Enrique Mazzola
On DVD. Recorded from 3-Sat broadcast of Philipp Stölzl's production at the Bregenz Festival, July 2019.
01/05/21
Prokofiev: 'The Love for Three Oranges': Prologue and Act I of Opera
Gabriel Bacquier, Jean-Luc Viala, Catherine Dubosc, Jules Bastin, Didier Henry, Michele Lagrange, Georges Gautier, Chorus of Opera de Lyon, Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Kent Nagano
On DVD. Live recording of performance at Lyon Opera in 1989. Stage Director: Louis Erlo.
06/03/21
Stravinsky: 'The Rake's Progress' (Scenes 1 & 2 of Act I of Opera)
Jerry Hadley, Dawn Upshaw, Jonathan Best, Camerata Academica, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper conducted by Sylvain Cambreling
On DVD. Video recording from the 1996 Salzburg Festival. Directed by Peter Mussbach. Set design by Jörg Immendorff.
16/01/21
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen op. 53 (study for 23 solo strings)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons
YouTube video. Part of all-Strauss concert recorded on 10th May 2012 in the Concertgebouw.
31/10/20
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major op. 53 ('Waldstein')
Igor Levit
Video recording of performance on 2nd April 2020 in Schloss Bellevue at the invitation of Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany. Repeat of Igor Levit's first live-streamed House Concert on 12th March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
25/07/20
Bernstein: Mass (Agnus Dei to end)
Jubilant Sykes, Le Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de Paris conducted by Wayne Marshall
YouTube video recorded on 21st March 2018 at the Philharmonie de Paris
02/05/20 (Theme: For Walpurgisnacht)
Boito: 'Mefistofele': Act II, Scene 1 (Il Giardino) and Scene 2 (La Notta del Sabba)
Samuel Ramey, Gabriela Benackova, Dennis O'Neill, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera conducted by Marizio Arena
On DVD during pandemic-time Zoom meeting. Production directed by Robert Carsen.
06/07/19
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade op. 35
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
1967 recording
18/11/17
Julius Röntgen: Aus Goethes 'Faust': Excerpts (Prolog im Himmel. Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig – Zechen lustiger Gesellen, Walpurgisnacht, Chorus mysticus)
André Post (tenor), Dennis Wilgenhof (bass), Koor van de Nationale Reisopera Enschede, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Porcelijn
20/05/17
Peter von Winter: Das Labyrinth (oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen): Overture and 2 Scenes from Act I
Christof Fischesser, Julia Novikova, Malin Hertelius, Michael Schade, Thomas Tatze, Regula Mühlemann etc, Salzburger Bachchor & Salzburger Festspiele un Theater Kinderchor, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg conducted by Ivor Bolton
'Part II of Der Zauberflöte'. On DVD. Live recording from the Residenzhof, Salzburg Festival 2012.
29/10/16 (Theme: 'Viva l'Utopia' or 'B for B' (Part 2))
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 ('Choral'): Movements 3 & 4
Kristin Lewis (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (contralto), Kei Fukui (tenor), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), The Béjart Ballet Lausanne & The Tokyo Ballet, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
The conclusion of the choreographed performance from Ron's presentation two weeks previously
15/10/16 (Theme: 'Viva l'Utopia' or 'B for B')
Bob Dylan: The Times they are a-changin'
Bruce Springsteen
Part I – Bruce for Bob. Performance recorded at the Kennedy Centre Honors 1997 (Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on 13th October 2016.)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 ('Choral'): Movements 1 & 2
The Béjart Ballet Lausanne & The Tokyo Ballet, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
Part II – Béjart for Beethoven. On DVD. Recorded live at the NHK Hall Tokyo, November 2014
09/07/16
Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act I Scene 1 and conclusion of Scene 2
Peter Seiffert, Luana De Vol, Marjana Lipovšek, Jan-Hendrick Rootering, Caroline Maria Petrig, Alan Titus, Janis Martin, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
On DVD. Stage direction by Ennosuke Ishikawa. Recorded at the Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya, Japan in November 1992.
02/04/16
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F major op. 68 ('Pastoral')
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
On DVD. 1967 video conceived and directed by Hugo Niebeling.
25/07/15
Richard Strauss: 'Feuersnot' (conclusion of one-act opera)
Nicola Beller Carbone, Dietrich Henschel etc, Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus if the Teatro Massimo Palermo conducted by Gabriele Ferro
On DVD. Live recording from the Teatro Massimo Palermo, 2014
01/11/14
Wagner: Symphony in C major
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Heinz Rögner
Recording: 1981, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
05/07/14
Richard Strauss: 'Die Liebe der Danae' (Act II of opera)
Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink, Hila Fahima, Martina Welschenbach, Julia Beniznger, Katarina Bradic, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Andrew Litton
On DVD. 2011 production directed by Kirsten Harms.
08/03/14
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV.244 (final thirty minutes)
Camilla Tilling (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor arias), Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Thomas Quasthoff (baritone arias), Christian Gerhaher (baritone: Christ), Knaben des Staats- und Domchors Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle
On DVD. 'Ritualization' by Peter Sellars. Recorded in the Berlin Philharmonie, 11th April 2010.
02/11/13
Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots K.35
Michiko Watanabe, Cordula Schuster, Christiane Karg, Bernhard Berchtold, Peter Sonn, Sinfonieorchester der Universität Mozarteum conducted by Josef Wallnig
This is Part 1 of Sacred Singspiel, composed in 1767 when Mozart was 11 years old. A recording on DVD of a production from the Salzburg Festival, 2006.
03/08/13
Wagner: 'Tannhäuser' (Scenes 3 and 4 of Act II of opera)
Camilla Nylund, Robert Gambill, Stephen Milling, Roman Trekel, Philharmonia Choir wien, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Pjilippe Jordan
On DVD. Live recording of 2008 production in Baden-Baden
11/05/13
J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata BWV.211
Edith Mathis, Theo, Peter Schreier, Kammerorchest Berlin
16/02/13
Humperdinck: 'Königskinder' (final 30 minutes of Opera)
Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer, Reinhard Mayr, Boguslaw Bidzinski, Chorus, Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus & Orchestra of the Zürich Opera House conducted by Ingo Metzmacher
On DVD. Production by Nina Russi.
02/02/13
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (final 50 minutes of Act II of Opera)
Christian Gerhaher, Genia Kühmeier, Paul Groves, Diana Damrau, René Pape, Irena Bespalovaite, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Riccardo Muti
On DVD. 2006 Salzburg production by Pierre Audi
25/08/12
Braunfels: 'Die Vögel' (Act 1 of Opera)
Désirée Rancatore, Brandon Jovanovich, James Johnson, Martin Gantner, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Conlon
On DVD. Production directed by Darko Tresnjak, April 2009
26/11/11
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Mark Stephenson
On DVD. Oscar-winning animated film by Suzie Templeton
13/08/11
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Gavin Friday (narrator) and the Friday-Seezer Ensemble
Version for Banjo, Accordion, Mandolin, Cello, Percussion, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo, Piano and Double Bass by Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer
25/06/11
Grétry: Pierre Le Grand (Comic Opera in three acts)
Maxim Mironov, Elena Voznessenskaya, Mikhail Davidov, Ekaterina Oblezova etc, Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sergey Stadler
On DVD. 2002 production by Helikon Opera Moscow
23/04/11
Lortzing: 'Zar und Zimmermann' (excerpts from opera)
Raymond, Wolansky, Peter Haage, Hans Sotin, Lucia Popp. Horst Wilhelm, Orchestra and Chorus of Hamburg Opera conducted by Charles Mackerras
Recording on DVD of TV production by Joachim Hess
29/01/11
Viktor Ullmann: 'Der zerbrochene Krug' (The Broken Jug)
Soloists and Orchestra of Los Angeles Opera conducted by James Conlon
Complete one-act opera on DVD
09/10/10
Cherubini: 'Koukourgi' (bulk of Act III of comic opera)
Daniel Phoharka, Cigdem Soyaarslan, Johannes Chum, Stefan Cerny etc, Stadttheater Klagenfurt conducted by Peter Marschik
Recording on DVD of the 2010 production by Josef E. Köpplinger
29/05/10
Vivaldi: 'The Four Seasons'
Akadamie für Alte Musik, Berlin
On DVD. Recording of concert performance choreographed by Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola
14/11/09
Leoncavallo: 'I Pagliacci' (conclusion of Act I and entire Act II of opera)
Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons etc, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Alla Scala conducted by Georges Prêtre
On DVD. Staging by Franco Zeffirelli.
05/09/09
Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Rolando Villazón, Patrizia Ciofi, Topi Lehtipuu, Le Concert d'Astrée directed by Emmanuelle Haïm
2008 performance from the Cathedral of St. Denis, Paris. On DVD, recorded from TV
27/06/09
Offenbach: "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" (Act III & Epilogue)
Neil Shicoff, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ruggero Raimondi, Waltraud Meier etc, Salzburger Festspiele 2003 conducted by Kent Nagano
David McVicar production on DVD
09/05/09
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Part IV and epilogues)
Paul Groves, Willard White, Vesselina Kasarova, Orfeón Donostiarra de San Sebastian, Tölzer Knabenchor, Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Sylvain Cambreling
DVD of staging by the Catalán theater troupe Fura del Baus during the 1999 Salzburg Festival
21/03/09
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (excerpts from opera)
Jeffrey Gall, Mary Westbrook-Geha, Lorraine Hunt, Drew Minter, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Craig Smith
DVD of 1990 studio production, directed by Peter Sellars
04/10/08
Peter Cornelius: 'Der Barbier von Bagdad' (Act 2 of opera)
Bernd Weikl, Gerhard Unger, Sylvia Geszty, Trudelise Schmidt, Adalbert Kraus, Karl Ridderbusch, Münchner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser
On DVD. Recorded from TV
02/08/08
Offenbach: '... des Contes d'Hoffmann' (Act III of opera, 'Antonia')
Barbara Hendricks, Daniel Galvez-Vallejo, José van Dam, Gabriel Bacquier, Chorus & Orchestra of Opéra National de Lyon conducted by Kent Nagano
On DVD. An adaptation conceived by Opéra National de Lyon (1993), directed by Louis Erlo
06/10/07
Weber: 'Der Freischütz' (Wolf's Glen scene)
DVD of Achim Freyer's 1981 Production for the Württembergische Staatsoper Stuttgart
n/a: 3 sketches by Loriot (alias Vicco von Bülow) — 'Heimdirigent', 'Hustensymphonie', 'Zimmerverwüstung'
DVD presentation
28/07/07
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti
1981 recording
03/03/07
Richard Strauss: 'Der Rosenkavalier' (conclusion of opera)
Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera Munich conducted by Carlos Kleiber
07/10/06
Mendelssohn: 'Der Onkel aus Boston' (Act III of opera)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart conducted by Helmut Rilling
20/05/06 (Theme: Full-length DVD)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Berlin Philharmonic Orchrstra conducted by Simon Rattle
'Rhythm Is It', with The Rite, Simon Rattle and disadvantaged Berlin kids
28/01/06
Mozart: 'Der Schauspieldirektor' K.486 (Complete Singspiel reconstructed by Erik Smith)
Clifford Grant, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ruth Welting, Ileana Cotrubas, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis
Presented as part of the Group's Mozart Day in honour of the 250th Anniversary of the composer's bir
03/12/05
Tchaikovsky: 'The Nutcracker' op. 71
Complete ballet on DVD as choreographed by Matthew Bourne
25/06/05
Gluck: 'Orpheo ed Euridice' (excerpts from opera)
Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, Helen Donath, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by Georg Solti
26/03/05 (Theme: A Bavarian Bouquet)
n/a: About the meek and mild character of the Bavarian people, with a linguistic introduction to hopefully some helpful swear words
Marking this year's trip to Munich
n/a: Bavarian Folk meets Classic — Da Mozart (Leopold Mozart), Da Händl (G.F. Händel)
Biermösl Blosn (Michael, Christoph and Hans Well)
Marking this year's trip to Munich
Orff: Carmina Burana — Selection (Ecce gratum; Tanz; Floret silva; Chramer, gip di varwe mi; Reie/Swaz hie gat umbe/Chume, chum, geselle min! Swaz hie gat umbe; Wer din werlt alle min)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Levine
Marking this year's trip to Munich
04/12/04
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (end Act I, beginning Act II)
Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, The New London Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones
DVD presentation of the Matthew Bourne, all-male production
24/07/04 (Theme: Ron's Opera Follies (Call My Bluff))
Mozart: 'Welche Wonne, welche Lust' (Blonde's aria from Act II of the opera 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail')
Reni Grist (soprano); Karl Böhm (conductor)
Mozart: 'Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe!' (Pedrillo and Osmin's duet from Act II of the opera 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail')
Harold Neukirch (tenor), Kurt Moll ( (bass), Karl Böhm (conductor)
Offenbach: 'Tu ne chanteras plus' (Finale of Act III of the opera 'The Tales of Hoffmann')
Edita Gruberova (soprano), James Morris (bass), Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Verdi: 'Ora e per sempro addio' – 'Era la notte' – 'Si, per ciel!' (End of Act II of the opera 'Otello')
Jon Vickers (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Tulio Serafin (conductor)
Wagner: 'Die Frist ist um' (the Dutchman's recitative and aria from Act I of the opera 'The Flying Dutchman')
Bryn Terfel (baritone), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claqudio Abbado
01/05/04 (Theme: Marking Dvorak Day)
Dvorak: 'Tvrdé Palicé' ('The Stubborn Lovers' — excerpts from one-act comic opera)
Soloists with unpronounceable names, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Philharmonia conducted by Jiri Belohlavek
06/12/03
Weber (arr. Mahler): 'Die drei Pintos' (excerpts from comic opera)
Werner Hollweg, Hermann Prey, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp etc, Nederlands Vocaal Ensemble, Münchner Philharmoniker conducted by Gary Bertini
12/07/03
Philip Glass: Music for the film 'Koyaanisqatsi' (Life out of Balance)
(Unspecified)
Music heard in the context of scenes from the film on DVD
29/03/03
Honegger: Joan of Arc at the Stake (scenes IV, VI, VIII and XI)
Soloists, Chœur de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France conducted by Seiji Ozawa
30/11/02
Jake Heggie: 'Dead Man Walking' (Act 1 Scenes 1-8 of opera)
Susan Graham, John Packard, Frederica von Stade etc, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Patrick Summers
10/08/02
Busoni: 'Doktor Faust' (Principal Action, Second Scene)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, William Cochrane, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Ferdinand Leitner
25/05/02
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 ('Choral') – 2nd and 4th movements
Luba Orgonosova, Ann Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gilles Cachemaille, The Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique conducted by John Eliot Gardner
29/09/01
Janacek: 'Sarka' (end of 2nd, entire 3rd act of opera)
Soloists, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras
26/05/01
Braunfels: 'Die Vögel' (The Birds) – Act I
Soloists (including Helen Kwon), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Lothar Zagrosek
20/01/01
Orff: 'Die Kluge' (excerpts from opera)
Sawallisch conducting
02/09/00
Mendelssohn: 'Die erste Walpurgisnacht'
10/06/00
Stravinsky: 'The Rake's Progress'
08/04/00
James MacMillan: The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie
08/01/00
Nielsen: 'Maskarade' (act I of opera)
04/09/99
Richard Strauss: 'Friedenstage' (last 30 minutes of opera)
27/03/99
Lortzing: 'Der Wildschutz' (excerpts from opera)
08/08/98 (Theme: Winterreise)
Schubert: Winterreise D.911 (excerpts)
Hans Zender: Schubert's Winterreise (a composed interpretation) – comparative excerpts
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Ensemble Modern conducted by Hans Zender