New DVD from Videoland

Paul Abraham: Viktoria und ihr Husar
Victoria and her Hussar - complete operetta. Kalocsai, Harsanyi, Bozso, cond. Laszlo Maklary (Budapest Opera 1992)
NTSC Colour, 106 min., no region code
Sung in Hungarian
Subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Videoland 1DVD; Cat. no: VLD 143
Barcode: 9 120005 652187
RRP $56.00 AUD (Price code PC036)

New DVDs from VAI

Montserrat Caballe in Recital
Recital of Songs and Arias, from Teatro Real, Madrid, 1983
Montserrat Caballe, soprano, Miguel Zanetti, piano
NTSC Colour, 72 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4463
Barcode: 0 89948 44639 2
RRP $52.00 (Price code PC034)

Alfredo Kraus in Recital
Programme of Arias and Songs, from Teatro Real, Madrid, 1984
Alfredo Kraus, tenor, Jose Tordesillas, piano
NTSC Colour, 61 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4464
Barcode: 0 89948 44649 1
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

Bellini: Norma - Act 1
Concert performance, Madrid 1971, with Montserrat Caballe, Robleto Merolla, Margreta Elkins and James Morris. Bonus: Montserrat Caballe in Recital (Handel, Vivaldi, Granados), Madrid 1979
NTSC Colour, 140 min., Subtitles English (Norma only), Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4465
Barcode: 0 89948 44659 0
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

David Oistrakh Volume Two
Recital of Schubert, Beethoven, Debussy, Brahms (Moscow 1965), plus Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins (Moscow 1966)
David Oistrakh, violin
NTSC B&W, 64 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4474
Barcode: 0 89948 44749 8
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

Pilar Lorengar in Recital
Recital of Songs and Opera Arias from Madrid, 1988; plus opera arias
Pilar Lorengar, soprano, Miguel Zanetti, piano
NTSC Colour, 121 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4476
Barcode: 0 89948 44769 6
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

Great Piano Concertos
Grieg: Concerto in A minor op.16; Saint-Saens: Concerto no.2 in G minor op.22 (live, 2007, 2008)
Gülsin Onay, piano, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
NTSC Colour, 56 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4480
Barcode: 0 89948 44809 9
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

"Maya"
A beautiful documentary by Dominique Delouche about the legendary Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya (1999)
NTSC Colour, 84 min., English subtitles, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4489
Barcode: 0 89948 44899 0
RRP $40.00 (Price code PC026)

New CD from Pianola Enterprises

Klezmerola
Jewish music from rare piano rolls. Pianola interpretations by Bob Berkman.
Pianola Enterprises 1CD; Cat. no: PE 101
Barcode: 7 05105 56160 8
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

New CDs from Preiser Records

Rudolf Bockelmann II
Wagner: highlights from Meistersinger (live, 1938), cond. Furtwangler. Plus Fliegende Hollander, Interview.
Rudolf Bockelmann, bass-baritone
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89716
Barcode: 7 17281 89716 7
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Selma Kurz II
Opera arias and songs, rec. 1910-1914
Selma Kurz, soprano
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89717
Barcode: 7 17281 89717 4
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Giuseppe Campora II
Opera arias and duets, incl. highlights from La Traviata, rec. 1949-57
Giuseppe Campora, tenor
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89718
Barcode: 7 17281 89718 1
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Giovanni Malipiero
Italian and French Opera Arias, rec. 1930-1941
Giovanni Malipiero, tenor
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89719
Barcode: 7 17281 89719 8
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Virginia Zeani
Opera Arias and Scenes, rec. 1957-58
Virginia Zeani, soprano
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89720
Barcode: 7 17281 89720 4
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Fritz Feinhals
Opera arias and duets, rec. 1907-11
Fritz Feinhals, bass-baritone
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89721
Barcode: 7 17281 89721 1
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Josip Gostic
Opera arias, rec. 1950's; plus Arias sung by Dusan Georgevic, tenor (rec. 1948)
Josip Gostic, tenor
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89722
Barcode: 7 17281 89722 8
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Eugenia Burzio
Opera Arias, rec. 1907-13
Eugenia Burzio, soprano
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89723
Barcode: 7 17281 89723 5
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Ester Mazzoleni
Opera arias and duets, rec. 1908-1917
Ester Mazzoleni, soprano
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89724
Barcode: 7 17281 89724 2
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Mattia Battistini II
His last operatic recordings, Opera arias and duets, rec. 1921-1924
Mattia Battistini, baritone
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89725
Barcode: 7 17281 89725 9
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Afro Poli
Opera arias and scenes, rec. 1932-1953
Afro Poli, baritone
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89726
Barcode: 7 17281 89726 6
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Jaro Prohaska
Opera arias and scenes, rec. 1942-1946
Jaro Prohaska, bass-baritone
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: LV 89727
Barcode: 7 17281 89727 3
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Rosanna Carteri and Giuseppe di Stefano
Love duets from opera; plus scenes and arias sung by Rosanna Carteri
Rosanna Carteri, soprano, Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: PR 93454
Barcode: 7 17281 93454 1
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Christel Goltz: In Memoriam
Arias and Scenes from opera, rec. 1944-1953
Christel Goltz, soprano
Preiser 2CD set; Cat. no: PR 93455
Barcode: 7 17281 93455 8
RRP $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

Great Lieder Recordings
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer (H.Schlusnus), Kindertotenlieder (H.Schey); Brahms: Alto Rhapsody (E.Höngen); R.Strauss: Four Last Songs (C.Goltz). Rec. 1950-56
Heinrich Schlusnus, Hermann Schey, Elisabeth Höngen, Christel Goltz
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: PR 93456
Barcode: 7 17281 93456 5
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Wolfgang Windgassen
Arias and Scenes by Wagner, D'Albert, Lortzing
Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: PR 93457
Barcode: 7 17281 93457 2
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Franz Lehar: Piano Music
Original works for piano by the master of operetta. World premiere recording.
Karl Macourek, piano
Preiser 1CD; Cat. no: PR 90757
Barcode: 7 17281 90757 6
RRP $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Joseph Haydn: The Paris Symphonies
Six symphonies
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Kristjan Järvi, conductor
Preiser 2CD set; Cat. no: PR 90765
Barcode: 7 17281 90765 1
RRP $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

Verdi: La Traviata
Rosetta Noli, Giuseppe Campora, Carlo Tagliabue, cond. Berrettoni (Rome 1957)
Preiser "Paperback Opera" 2CD; Cat. no: PR 20054
Barcode: 7 17281 20054 7
RRP $40.00 AUD (Price code PC026)