CONSUMER NEWS
March 2018
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
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CD: Anton Bruckner: Missa Solemnis
Accentus Music
The RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin revisit one of Anton Bruckner’s imaginative and immaculately crafted early works.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: BBC Proms–WEDO / Martha Argerich–Daniel Barenboim
EuroArts Music International
Enjoy this stellar prom with the legendary Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall!
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Bel Canto – The Tenors of the 78 Era
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
A documentary series about the great tenors and bel canto singing in the first half of the 20th century by Jan Schmidt-Garre
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Bruckner: Symphony No. 1
C Major Entertainment
Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden continue their Bruckner Cycle at the Philharmonie in Munich with a radiant performance of Symphony No.1
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Copland conducts Copland
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
The concert film made in Los Angeles in 1976 captures a memorable performance conducted by the doyen of American composers Aaron Copland.
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DVD: Daniel Barenboim plays & explains Debussy
EuroArts Music International
Watch Daniel Barenboim share his personal insights into Debussy’s music and his understanding of the “Art of the Prelude”.
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DVD: Debussy - La Mer
EuroArts Music International
3 legendary performances | 3 legendary conductors | 3 different approaches to this masterpiece
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DVD + Blu-Ray: From the New World – Nelsons / Gewandhausorchester
Accentus Music
This first DVD and Blu-ray release of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under its new music director Andris Nelsons focuses on Dvořák’s most iconic works.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Ingmar Bergman through the choreographer's eye
Bel Air Media
A unique dance film with performances by Alexander Ekman, Pär Isberg, Pontus Lidberg & Joakim Stephenson, tribute to Ingmar Bergman !
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Juan Diego Flórez in Massenet’s “Werther”
Accentus Music
Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich and staged by Tatjana Gürbaca, this “Werther” with star tenor Flórez is an epiphany – a recording for the ages.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Mahler 1 – Gewandhausorchester / Chailly
Accentus Music
This DVD and Blu-ray release continues the Leipzig Mahler cycle with the Gewandhausorchester and its former music director Riccardo Chailly.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Maria Callas: Magic Moments of Music – Tosca 1964
C Major Entertainment
This film tells the story of one of the most magic moments of music. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as prima donna.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Rimsky-Korsakov : The Golden Cockerel
Bel Air Media
A cruel and sardonic fairytale, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Golden Cockerel undoubtedly counts among the most subversive works in the history of music...
FESTIVALS + EVENTS
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Glyndebourne Festival 2018 open for public booking
Glyndebourne Productions Limited
Glyndebourne Festival 2018 has opened to public booking on Sunday 4 March.
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Karajan Cinema Classics - Music in Perfection
Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut
As of March 2018, Karajan® Cinema Classics will present unique music recordings for the first time in select cinemas in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
APP NEWS
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Music Traveler is expanding to the DACH region
Only Hands Small
Music Traveler is expanding to the rest of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Simple but effective: the app connects musicians with rehearsal spaces.
- CONSUMER NEWS