Lang Lang: DVD of the Month.
Lang Lang at the Royal Albert Hall. Pianist Lang Lang returned to London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall for two recitals that consisted of music by Mozart and Chopin; the crowd was ecstatic: there were eight …
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Fleming as Arabella.
Richard Strauss: Arabella. From the Salzburg Easter Festival, 2014. This year, we celebrate the 150th birthday of Richard Strauss. His opera, Arabella, is from this year´s Salzburg Easter Festival. There is a fantastic star …
DVD of the Month for September, 2014.
Bizet’s Opera: Carmen. The Zurich Opera staged this magnificent production starring virtuoso tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Don José and the Bulgarian Vesselina Kasarova as the flirtatious prima-donna in the title role. Mezzo-soprano Kasarova is …
Dudamel’s Sistema.
“El Sistema” Music Education. Filmmakers Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier went to Venezuela to capture the human faces of “El Sistema,” a state-sponsored nationwide network that uses music as a tool for empowering children and …
Artur Rubinstein
Rubinstein Remembered. A Film about a great pianist. I think it was during the 1960’s that I attended the final concert given in San Francisco by Artur Rubinstein. It was a solo recital, and …