CONSUMER NEWS
April 2019
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: Count Basie Live
EuroArts Music International
This concert from 1961 recorded at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi is an absolutely captivating and intimate performance by the jazz legend.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Delibes: Coppélia
Bel Air Media
(Re)discover "Coppélia" in a revival of Marius Petipa's original choreography by the Bolshoi Ballet!
CD: Furtwängler: The Radio Recordings 1939-1945
Berlin Phil Media GmbH
For the first time, the Berliner Philharmoniker are releasing a complete edition of the radio recordings between 1939 and 1945 on 22 CD/SACD.
Blu-Ray: Gaming in Symphony
EuroArts Music International
“Gaming in Symphony” is an epic concert performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra with the Danish National Concert Choir and various soloists.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Midsummer Night’s Gala Grafenegg
C Major Entertainment
Pretty Yende, who sings brilliantly partners up with her “congenial partner” (Kurier) Joseph Calleja and the wonderful cellist Harriet Krijgh.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Rossini: Le Comte Ory from Opéra Comique, Paris
C Major Entertainment
“A masterpiece!” (Télérama) / “Pure pleasure!” (Les Échos) / “...a true musical and theatrical celebration where everything sparkles!” (Bachtrack)
CD: Stay, ye angels – Gaechinger Cantorey, Rademann
Accentus Music
In time for Easter, Accentus releases its new CD with the Gaechinger Cantorey and Hans-Christoph Rademann recorded at St. Wenzel Naumburg.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Weber: Der Freischütz / Teatro alla Scala
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Weber’s Romantic opera Der Freischütz staged by Matthias Hartmann at La Scala with the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala conducted by Myung-Whun Chung.
CD: Zhi-Jong Wang, Tokyo Phil - “The Butterfly Lovers”
Accentus Music
Accentus releases its new recording with Zhi-Jong Wang and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on Hybrid SACD.
LIVE STREAMS - ONLINE AND IN CINEMAS!
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk live from Paris Opera
François Roussillon et Associés
FRA Cinéma presents Shostakovich’s scorching and scandalous work live in cinemas.
Live on fidelio: Thielemann + Vienna Philharmonic
myfidelio
Experience the exclusive subscription concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann from the Wiener Musikverein playing Bruckner and Mason!
Live on medici.tv: Rnyso, Jurowski and Masleev
The Moscow Philharmonic Society (on hold)
The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mikhail Jurowski and Dmitry Masleev (piano) present a programme of the Russian classics.
Live on takt1: Easter Concert Wiener Symphoniker
takt1
Spring cleaning: the Vienna Symphony‘s traditional Easter concert focuses on French music from around 1900, with Renaud Capuçon.
Live on takt1:“Messa da Requiem” with Currentzis
takt1
Teodor Currentzis and his furious ensemble MusicAeterna with Verdi’s “Requiem” at the venue of the premiere: the Chiesa di San Marco in Milan.
Live: Springtime in Vienna with Lahav Shani
myfidelio
This year's Springtime in Vienna from the Wiener Konzerthaus will be conducted by Zubin Mehta’s designated successor Lahav Shani.
VIDEO ON DEMAND NEWS
Bartók, Bruckner, Brexit: Simon Rattle + The LSO
takt1
Before his magnificent concert in Luxemburg, the heart of the EU, we spoke to Simon Rattle about Bartók, Bruckner and his views on Brexit.
Marina Abramović on ARTE Concert
ARTE Deutschland TV
“A Different Way of Hearing“ – A performance experience in cooperation with the Alte Oper Frankfurt.
On Fidelio: The Salzburg Easter Festival
myfidelio
Just in time for the Salzburg Easter Festival, fidelio features some of the most spectacular productions from recent editions of the festival.
PRODUCTIONS SOON ON THE MARKET
150 Years Wiener Staatsoper
MONARDA Music GmbH
Experience four decades of opera history from the Vienne State Opera on 11 DVDs.
W. A. Mozart | Die Zauberflöte
MONARDA Music GmbH
The legendary Magic Flute staged by the famous director Jean-Pierre Ponelle featuring an outstanding cast.
ICMA - INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS
ICMA Gala Concert with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
ICMA and Luzerner Sinfonieorchester announce terrific programme for the Gala Concert on 10 May 2019.
Interview with Discovery Award 2019 Winner Eva Gevorgyan
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Young Russian pianist Eva Gevorgyan has already played on many prestigious stages and won the ICMA Discovery Award 2019. Jury member Evgenia Krivitskaya from the Russian magazine Musical Life has made the following interview with the ambitious young pianist.
NEWS FROM BTHVN2020 - THE BEETHOVEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR IN BONN
Art installation “Unser Ludwig”
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
500 x Beethoven! A picture that will go around the world from Bonn (Germany).
Beethoven Story
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
How did Beethoven live, what factors influenced his development, how did the city and the region help to shape him?
The Beethoven Pastoral Project
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
The Beethoven Pastoral Project invites artists and concert halls, institutions and ensembles from all over the world to join network that has never been seen before.
- CONSUMER NEWS