CONSUMER NEWS
December 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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DVD: Claudio Abbado Edition – 25 DVD Box
EuroArts Music International
This edition gives an extensive overview and moving insights into Maestro Claudio Abbado’s life and many of his important projects.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Gaveaix: Léonore / Opera Lafayette
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
The Washington, D.C.-based Opera Lafayette production of the rarely staged Pierre Gaveaux’s opera Léonore, the direct forerunner to Beethoven’s Fidelio.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Leonard Bernstein – Young People’s Concert (Vol I)
C Major Entertainment
Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts left their mark on television history, now for the first time available with German, Italian, Japanese & Korean subtitles.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Mstislav Rostropovich – The Indomitable Bow
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
The award-winning documentary “The Indomitable Bow” is a unique portrait of legendary Mstislav Rostropovich, made by French filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon.
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DVD + Blu-Ray + 4K/UHD: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
C Major Entertainment
Praise for the Bayerische Staatsoper's new Ballo in maschera: “A formidable vocal feast” - “this production shows what a utopia opera can be”.
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DVD + Blu-Ray + 4K/UHD: Wagner: Die Walküre
C Major Entertainment
“Re-creation” of Karajan’s musico-theatrical vision of the masterwork, with which the legendary Maestro opened the very first Easter Festival in 1967.
PRODUCTIONS SOON ON THE MARKET
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CD: Bach: Cantatas – Thomanerchor Leipzig, Schwarz
Accentus Music
Accentus Music releases the first in a series of new CD recordings with the Thomanerchor Leipzig and Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz.
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CD: Szymanowski/Zemlinsky – NOSPR, Liebreich
Accentus Music
After an award-winning 3-disc collection, Accentus releases a new CD production with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Liebreich.
LIVE STREAMS + VIDEO ON DEMAND
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Live on takt1: Fazıl Say with the Camerata Salzburg
takt1
At the end of the year, takt1 will be live-streaming first-class concerts from the Wiener Konzerthaus like on December 6th 2018, Fazıl Say with the Camerata Salzburg.
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Live on takt1: New Year's Concert conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada
takt1
At the end of the year, takt1 will be live-streaming first-class concerts from the Wiener Konzerthaus like the great New Year’s Concert of the Wiener Symphoniker conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
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L’Italiana in Algeri - Opera by Gioachino Rossini
ARD
The great Cecilia Bartoli stars in Moshe Leiser's and Patrice Caurier’s charming production of Rossini’s opera.
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Retrotopia – with Martin Fröst
Konserthuset Stockholm
Music and stories about humanity's past and future – an experience beyond concert conventions. VOD with Martin Fröst and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.
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“Uaxuctum” The Legend of the Maya-City
ARTE G.E.I.E.
This VR360 documentary experience lets us immerse in a rehearsal session of Giacinto Scelsi's work for chorus and orchestra, "Uaxuctum".
BROADCAST DATES + CINEMA TRANSMISSIONS
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ARD-Silvesterkonzert
ARD
Mariss Jansons and the "Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks" present a sparkling festival of musical treasures at New Year’s Eve.
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Berliner Philharmoniker's New Year’s Eve concert
Berlin Phil Media GmbH
LIVE in cinemas: The New Year's Eve Concert with Daniel Barenboim.
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Joy to the World! – Songs for the Christmas Season
ARD
Join the Bavarian Radio Chorus for a little trip around the world to explore various Christmas melodies.
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Klassik Shorts
ARD
"klassik shorts", a three-minute video format that will get you into the mood to listen to great symphonic works.
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Verdi’s rare opera live from Paris Opera
François Roussillon et Associés
FRA Productions & FRA Cinéma present Simon Boccanegra live on Thursday 13 December.
SPECIALS + RAFFLES
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Berliner Philharmoniker: exclusive DVD edition
Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Christmas gift for you: limited DVD edition for purchasers of a Digital Concert Hall 12-Month Ticket.
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Mothers of Invention
Doc Society UK
Join former Irish President and Chair of The Elders, Mary Robinson and New York Times columnist and comedian Maeve Higgins, in this uplifting, guilt-free new podcast, celebrating amazing women doing remarkable things in pursuit of climate justice.
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New Year's Concert contest
myfidelio
Win 2 tickets for the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic followed by lunch at Hotel Sacher!
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Point Music Festival
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Four festival days, four world premiere, three orchestras, two club nights, movie shows and a dozen concerts ... in other words four days of pure magic.
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