Items Matching Tag 'Romantic'

Going the Distance (DVD Details)
Erin (Drew Barrymore) and Garrett (Justin Long) strike sparks for a summer fling in New York City but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett remains behind for his Big Apple job. But after six increasingly romantic weeks, neither is sure they want it to end. So despite the opposing coasts, naysaying friends and family and a few unexpected temptations, the...

Twin Spirits (DVD Details)
Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. In this intensely moving performance of words, song and music, the Schumanns’ long separation, so formative an influence on their lives, is reflected in the...

Heifetz / Rubinstein / Piatigorsky (EMI Classic Archive 04) (DVD Details)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 in G Artur Rubinstein (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Antal Dorati (conductor) Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor (1st movt.) Debussy (arr. Heifetz) La fille aux cheveux de lin Dinicu (arr. Heifetz) Hora staccato Jascha Heifetz (violin) Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra Donald Voorhees (conductor) Walton Cello Concerto Gregor...

David Oistrakh (EMI Classic Archive 01) (DVD Details)
Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041 English Chamber Orchestra Colin Davis Beethoven Violin Sonata No.5 in F, Op.24 "Spring" Schubert Violin Sonata (Duo) in A minor, D574 (Andantino) Lev Oborin (piano) Brahms Scherzo in C minor (from the F.A.E Sonata) Debussy Clair de Lune (arr. Roelens, from Suite bergamasque) Prokofiev Five Melodies, Op.35bis Frida Bauer (piano)...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Royal Ballet - 2009) (DVD Details)
Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of one of the world's best-loved ballets. Marianela Nuñez as Odette/Odile and Thiago Soares as Prince Siegfried bring new vitality to a compelling story of tragic romance. The Russian conductor Valeriy Ovsyanikov directs the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House...

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet - 1994) (DVD Details)
Marius Petipa’s demanding but enchanting choreography of Tchaikovsky’s romantic fairytale The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best-loved of all classical ballets. This recording of Anthony Dowell’s gloriously romantic 1994 production, with charming, dreamlike designs by Maria Bjørnson, features an all-star cast led by Viviana Durante as a charismatic Princess Aurora, Zoltán Solymosi as a delightful...

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (Davis) (DVD Details)
Diana Damrau and Angelika Kirchschlager star in the acclaimed 2008 production of Humperdinck’s famous fairytale opera, in the company of two of Britain’s most revered musical figures: Thomas Allen, playing the role of the Father, and the legendary conductor Colin Davis. Directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser combine their characteristic wit and a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the opera’s...

Chopin/Neumeier: La Dame aux Camélias (Paris Opera Ballet) (DVD Details)
Based on the Alexandre Dumas novel that also inspired the stories of Verdi’s La Traviata and Hollywood’s Moulin Rouge, John Neumeier creates a riveting dance drama around the famous woman of lore, La Dame aux camélias. The passionate tale of Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval unfolds ingeniously through a drama-within-a-drama as they meet at the theatre during a performance of Manon Lescaut. So...

Romantics in England: Music for Cello and Piano (CD Details)
Joseph Spooner’s eloquent cello finds exactly the right style for this survey of largely Victorian cello music, including the Cello Sonata in E minor of 1861 by Walter Macfarren, notable for its lyrical impetus and cascading piano accompaniment. Also heard are Michael Balfe’s tuneful Sonata in A flat from the late 1860s, and Edgar Bainton’s imposing Sonata of 1924, contemporary with sonatas by...

Puccini: La Bohème (de Billy / Dornhelm) (DVD Details)
Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a big budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, starring the opera world's dream team, soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazon. Paris in the 1830s. Four friends share a drafty Parisian garret. Though leading a life of privation, they are buoyed by good spirits: the writer Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the...

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet - 2006) (DVD Details)
Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best loved of classical ballets, combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that ballet has to offer. The royal court, the panoramic journey of the Prince to the overgrown castle, and the great celebratory dances of the happy ending (in which other famous fairytale figures appear) are all brought to life by the luscious designs of...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Celibidache) (UK) (DVD Details)
The conductor Sergiu Celibidache was a legend in his own lifetime, mesmerising orchestras with his intensity and brilliance, both in rehearsals and in performances – which were always conducted from memory. His own connection with Bruckner`s last great symphony is powerfully evident in this performance. The Celibidache Symphonic Series celebrates the historic release onto DVD of rare footage of...

Michelangeli Plays Chopin (UK) (DVD Details)
Featuring the works: `Sonata In B Flat Minor Op. 35`, `Ballade In G Minor Op. 23`, `Fantasia Op. 49`, `Mazurka In B Minor Op. 33 No. 4` and `Mazurka In D Flat Op. 30 No. 3`.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Boulez) (UK) (DVD Details)
The Memorial Concert recorded on the 100th anniversary of Bruckner`s death. Starring the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Pierre Boulez.