CONSUMER NEWS
March 2017
Your monthly update on performing arts releases, live streams, previews and specials - directly from the producers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
NEW RELEASES
DVD + Blu-Ray: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
Clasart Classic
Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Strauss' Don Quixote starring Yo-Yo Ma and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Beethoven 6 & 7 – Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester
Accentus Music
The second release in the new Beethoven cycle with Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
DVD: Best wishes from Plácido Domingo
MONARDA Music GmbH
Plácido Domingo is one of the most outstanding operatic artists, who was a member of the
legendary Three Tenors. The edition features two fantastic operas.
DVD: BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9
MONARDA Music GmbH
The concert edition contains 5 stunning performances featuring the Bruckner specialist Franz Welser-Möst conducting The Cleveland Orchestra.
DVD: Elegance – The Art of Alexander Ekman | A Swan Lake
MONARDA Music GmbH
The first full-length ballet from Alexander Ekman, who recreated the original version of Tchaikovskys
Swan Lake premiered in 1877.
DVD: Elegance – The Art of Maya Plisetskaya
MONARDA Music GmbH
Brilliant recordings of the most important milestones in the career of Maya Plisetskaya, choreographed by Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Franz Schubert WINTERREISE
C Major Entertainment
Franz Schubert Winterreise visualized by William Kentridge.
iTunes: MINDGAMERS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK by Ben Fowler
Red Bull Media House
Fowler's powerful dark and often haunting electronic sounds make up the MindGamers Original Soundtrack for the forthcoming sci-fi thriller.
DVD: Richard Wagner DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
MONARDA Music GmbH
The unique tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen returns to the historic place of Weimar where Richard Wagner began composing the first part of this cycle.
iTunes: The brandnew Karajan iPad App
Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut
Experience the life and work of the most legendary conductor, Herbert von Karajan, in the new Karajan iPad app.
DVD + Blu-Ray: The Cleveland Orchestra performs Brahms' Requiem
Clasart Classic
As crowning point of the Brahms Cycle with The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, the composer’s great choral work was released on DVD/Blu-ray.
DVD: The Labèque Way
EuroArts Music International
This brand-new DVD release from EuroArts shines light on the legendary piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque with great performances & fascinating insights.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
C Major Entertainment
Praise for the Bayerische Staatsoper's new Un Ballo in Maschera: “A formidable vocal feast” (Bayerische Staatszeitung).
Vinyl: Zhu Xiao-Mei plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Accentus Music
The successful new interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations by Zhu Xiao-Mei now available on Vinyl.
LIVE STREAMING DATES
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Wiener Staatsoper
8 MARCH 2017: Wiener Staatsoper live streaming – Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
John Neumeier: Le Pavillon d`Armide / Le Sacre
Wiener Staatsoper
13 MARCH 2017: Wiener Staatsoper live streaming – John Neumeier: Le Pavillon d'Armide | Le Sacre
Richard Strauss: Arabella
Wiener Staatsoper
17 MARCH 2017: Wiener Staatsoper live streaming – Richard Strauss: Arabella
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Paris Opera
Telmondis Distribution
23 MARCH 2017: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of George Balanchine’s rare narrative ballets, is entering the Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire.
Jules Massenet: Werther
Wiener Staatsoper
31 MARCH 2017: Wiener Staatsoper live streaming – Jules Massenet: Werther
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