New DVDs from VAI

Mahalia Jackson on TV (1957-1962)
Includes Jackson's complete Bell Telephone Hour appearances. Songs and Spirituals.
Mahalia Jackson, voice
NTSC Colour/B&W, 50 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4413
Barcode: 0 89948 44139 7
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

Renata Scotto in Budapest
Complete Les Nuits d'Été, plus arias from opera (live, Budapest 1991)
Renata Scotto, soprano
NTSC Colour, 87 min., Subtitles Eng/Fr/Ger/It, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4430
Barcode: 0 89948 44309 4
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Leopold Simoneau, Pierette Alarie, Claire Gagnier, cond. Mueller (Radio Canada film 1961)
NTSC B&W, 88 min., Subtitles Eng/Fr/Ger/It, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4394
Barcode: 0 89948 43949 3
RRP $52.00 (Price code PC034)

Mario Del Monaco at the Bolshoi
Scenes from Carmen and Pagliacci, with Arkhipova, Lisitsian, Ivanov, etc. (Live, Bolshoi 1959)
Mario Del Monaco, tenor
NTSC B&W, 91 min., Subtitles Eng/Fr/Ger/Esp/It, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4448
Barcode: 0 89948 44489 3
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Bolshoi 1976)
Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Bogatirev, Boris Efimov, in the 1976 Bolshoi performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of Swan Lake. Taped at the Kremlin Palace, Moscow.
NTSC Colour, 141 minutes, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4446
Barcode: 0 89948 44469 5
RRP $52.00 (Price code PC034)

Glazunov: Raymonda (Kirov 1980)
Irina Kolpakova, Sergei Berezhnoi, Gennady Selutsky in the Kirov production of Raymonda, taped in 1980.
NTSC Colour, 131 minutes, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4447
Barcode: 0 89948 44479 4
RRP $52.00 (Price code PC034)

Violette et Mr. B
A film by Dominique Delouche (2001), featuring Violette Verdy, one of Georges Balanchine's prima ballerinas, coaching artists of the Paris Opera Ballet in works by Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
NTSC Colour, 75 min., Subtitles in English & French, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4444
Barcode: 0 89948 44449 7
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor
The mighty "Resurrection" symphony, performed by members of the New York Phil, Philadelphia Orch, New Jersey SO, Detroit SO, Metropolitan Opera Orch, Riverside Chorale. Filmed in the historic Riverside Church.
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Surround sound. Filmed in high definition. Presented in 16:9 widescreen.
NTSC Colour, 91 min., Subtitles Eng/Fr/Ger/Esp/It, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4432
Barcode: 0 89948 44329 2
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

Stokowski conducts Nielsen
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No.2 "The Four Temperaments" (rec. 1967)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, conductor
NTSC B&W, 45 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4437
Barcode: 0 89948 44379 7
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

Michelangeli plays Beethoven
The only commercially available video of Michelangeli in a concerto performance!
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 "Emperor" (rec. 1967)
Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli, piano, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jan Krenz
NTSC Colour, 39 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4449
Barcode: 0 89948 44499 2
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

Severin von Eckardstein in Recital
DVD debut of the young German piano virtuoso, taped at the 2007 Miami International Piano Festival. Works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Medtner, Janacek, Scriabin and Gottschalk.
Severin von Eckardstein, piano
NTSC Colour, 85 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4441
Barcode: 0 89948 44419 0
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

New CDs from Marston

Legendary Piano Recordings
Complete recordings of Grieg, Saint-Saens, Pugno and Diemer, and other G&T rarities (rec. 1903-1919)
Various artists
Marston 2cd set; Cat. no. MR 52054-2
Barcode: 6 38335 20542 7
RRP $60.00 (Price code PC038)

New CD from VAI Audio

Matacic conducts Wagner
Excerpts from Rienzi, Tristan und Isolde, Götterdämmerung (Live, 1977)
Roberta Knie, soprano, Lovro von Matacic, conductor
VAI Audio CD; Cat. no: VAIA 1267
Barcode: 0 89948 12672 0
RRP $30.00 (Price code PC019)

New CD from Ivory Classics

Igor Lovchinsky Debut Album
Exciting young virtuoso Igor Lovchinsky debuts on disc with works by Chopin, Scriabin and Gershwin arr. Wild
Igor Lovchinsky, piano
Ivory Classics CD; Cat. no: IC 77006
Barcode: 6 44057 70062 1
RRP $30.00 (Price code PC019)

New CDs from Myto

Verdi: Don Carlo
Björling, Rigal, Barbieri, Merrill, Siepi, cond. Stiedry (New York 1950)
Myto 2CD set; Cat. no.: Myto 00052
Barcode: 8 014399 500524
RRP: $48.00 (Price code: PC030)

Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool
Joan Sutherland, William McAlpine, Hervey Alan, cond. Pritchard (Liverpool 1957)
Myto 1CD; Cat. no.: Myto 00135
Barcode: 8 014399 501354
RRP: $24.00 (Price code: PC015)

Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila
Risë Stevens, Mario del Monaco, Martial Singer, cond. Cleva (New York 1958)
Myto 2CD set; Cat. no.: Myto 00148
Barcode: 8 014399 501484
RRP: $48.00 (Price code: PC030)

Bellini: Norma, Act 1
Callas' famous Rome walk-out! Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Giulio Neri, cond. Santini (Rome 1958)
Myto 1CD; Cat. no.: Myto 00151
Barcode: 8 014399 501514
RRP: $24.00 (Price code: PC015)

Puccini: La Boheme
Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Tucker, Ettore Bastianini, Laurel Hurley, cond. Kozma (New York 1957)
Myto 2CD set; Cat. no.: Myto 00129
Barcode: 8 014399 501293
RRP: $48.00 (Price code: PC030)

Bellini: Norma (complete)
Anita Cerquetti, Franco Corelli, Giulio Neri, Miriam Pirazzini, cond. Santini (Rome 1958)
Myto 2CD set; Cat. no.: Myto 00142
Barcode: 8 014399 501491
RRP: $48.00 (Price code: PC030)

Beniamino Gigli in Berlin
Recital of opera arias and songs (Berlin 1954)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor, with orchestra cond. Sivieri
Myto 1CD; Cat. no.: Myto 00146
Barcode: 8 014399 501460
RRP: $24.00 (Price code: PC015)

New CDs from Walhall Eternity

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
The acclaimed performance from New York 1934, with Giovanni Martinelli, Queena Mario, Lawrence Tibbett, cond. Bellezza (live 1934)
Walhall 1CD; Cat. no.: WLCD 0226
Barcode: 4 035122 652260
RRP: $19.00 (Price code: PC012)

Othmar Schoeck: Penthesilea (opera)
Martha Mödl, Eberhard Waechter, Res Fischer, cond. Leitner (Live, Stuttgart 1957)
Walhall 1CD; Cat. no.: WLCD 0225
Barcode: 4 035122 652253
RRP: $19.00 (Price code: PC012)

Adam: La Poupée de Nuremburg
Sung in German. Walter Berry, Friedrich Berger, Franz Fuchs, cond. Tenner (Vienna 1951)
Walhall 1CD; Cat. no.: WLCD 0224
Barcode: 4 035122 652246
RRP: $19.00 (Price code: PC012)

Wagner: Tannhäuser
Ernst Gruber, Brünnhild Friedland, Kurt Rehm, cond. Pflüger (Leipzig 1954)
Walhall 3CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0222
Barcode: 4 035122 652222
RRP: $50.00 (Price code: PC033)

Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Varnay, Grümmer, Windgassen, Uhde, Greindl, cond. Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1957)
Walhall 4CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0219
Barcode: 4 035122 652192
RRP: $68.00 (Price code: PC044)

Wagner: Siegfried
Varnay, Aldenhoff, Kuën, Hotter, Neidlinger, cond. Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1957)
Walhall 4CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0218
Barcode: 4 035122 652185
RRP: $68.00 (Price code: PC044)

Wagner: Die Walküre
Varnay, Nilsson, Vinay, Hotter, Greindl, cond. Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1957)
Walhall 3CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0217
Barcode: 4 035122 652178
RRP: $50.00 (Price code: PC033)

Wagner: Das Rheingold
Hotter, Grümmer, Suthaus, Traxel, Neidlinger, Greindl, cond. Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1957)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0216
Barcode: 4 035122 652161
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Neidlinger, Grümmer, Geisler, Stolze, Greindl, cond. Cluytens (Bayreuth 1957)
Walhall 4CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0214
Barcode: 4 035122 652147
RRP: $68.00 (Price code: PC044)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Nilsson, Windgassen, Hoffman, Hotter, Van Mill, cond. Sawallisch (Bayreuth 1957)
Walhall 4CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0213
Barcode: 4 035122 652130
RRP: $66.00 (Price code: PC042)

Verdi: Falstaff
Schwarzkopf, Moffo, Simionato, Gobbi, Alva, cond. Karajan (Salzburg 1957)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0212
Barcode: 4 035122 652123
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)

Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad
Rothenberger, Holm, Krebs, Greindl, cond. Matzerath (Frankfurt 1957)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0211
Barcode: 4 035122 652116
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)

Verdi: Il Trovatore
Milanov, Rankin, Baum, Warren, Tozzi, cond. Cleva (New York 1956)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0207
Barcode: 4 035122 652079
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)

Wagner: Lohengrin
Melchior, Traubel, Harshaw, Hawkins, cond. Fritz Busch (New York 1947)
Walhall 3CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0205
Barcode: 4 035122 652055
RRP: $50.00 (Price code: PC033)

Strauss: Salome
L.Welitsch, Hotter, Svanholm, Höngen, cond. Reiner (New York 1952)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0201
Barcode: 4 035122 652017
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Sung in German. A.Welitsch, Rothenberger, Schock, Mödl, Neidlinger, cond. Schüchter (Hamburg 1950)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0200
Barcode: 4 035122 652000
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Flagstad, Svanholm, Hotter, Weber, cond. E.Kleiber (Buenos Aires 1948)
Walhall 3CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0195
Barcode: 4 035122 651959
RRP: $50.00 (Price code: PC033)

Carl Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent
Töpper, Lipp, Terkal, Böhme, Schwaiger, cond. Schmidt-Boelcke (Munich 1956)
Walhall 2CD set; Cat. no.: WLCD 0194
Barcode: 4 035122 651942
RRP: $34.00 (Price code: PC022)