Blu-Ray Video, Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra)
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Special offer. Janáček: Káťa Kabanová
RecommendedCorinne Winters (Kát’a), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kabanicha), David Butt Philip (Boris), Jaroslav Březina (Tichon), Jarmila Balážová (Varvara), Benjamin Hulett (Váňa), Jens Larsen (Dikój)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky
Winters is utterly remarkable throughout, words and gestures always telling...Despite Kosky’s occasional idiosyncrasies, this is musically overwhelming. You really do need to hear it. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Opera
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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth
Asmik Grigorian (Lady Macbeth), Vladislav Sulimsky (Macbeth), Tareq Nazmi (Banquo), Jonathan Tetelman (Macduff), Evan LeRoy Johnson (Malcolm), Caterina Piva (Dama)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Philippe Jordan, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The weird, at times ghoulish, production by director Krzysztof Warlikowski…fails to draw the viewer in...Nevertheless, this is a DVD that scores highly in terms of musical performance, with... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Mieczysław Weinberg: The Idiot
RecommendedBogdan Volkov (Myshkin), Aušrinė Stundytė (Nastasya), Vladislav Sulimsky (Rogózhin), Iurii Samoilov (Lukyan), Xenia Puskarz Thomas (Aglaya)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The opera's main protagonists...deliver virtuoso performances. But the real stars are the Wiener Philharmoniker and Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla, who extract a formidable array of colours and textures... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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Special offer. Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedAsmik Grigorian (Lauretta/Giorgetta/Suor Angelica), Misha Kiria (Schicchi), Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa), Roman Burdenko (Michele), Joshua Guerrero (Luigi), Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst, Christof Loy
[in Suor Angelica] Grigorian holds the stage almost throughout; a performance of heartrending vocal beauty and equally potent vocal characterisation...You might feel Loy pushes it too far but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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New. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Violeta Urmana (mezzo), Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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Special offer. Strauss: Salome
Asmik Grigorian (Salome), John Daszak (Herod), Anna Maria Chiuri (Herodias), Gábor Bretz (Jokanaan), Julian Prégardien (Narraboth)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst
Grigorian’s voice is on the lighter side of dramatic soprano, but it gleams from the mid-range to the top with a bright timbre that doesn’t grow shrill as it ascends. She uses her voice fearlessly—as... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Video Performance
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Bohuslav Martinů: The Greek Passion
RecommendedGábor Bretz (Priest Grigoris), Sebastian Kohlhepp (Manolios), Sara Jakubiak (Katerina), Charles Workman (Yannakos), Christina Gansch (Lenio), Łukasz Goliński (Fotis)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Simon Stone, Maxime Pascal
What it also does, above all, is convey compellingly the special power of Martin≤’s remarkable score: simultaneously tender and strong, beautiful and unflinching, tautly argued with not a single... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Vienna Philharmonic: the Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Andris Nelsons
Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
RecommendedKrzysztof Bączyk (Figaro), Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna), Andrè Schuen (Count), Adriana González (Countess), Lea Desandre (Cherubino)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Raphaël Pichon, Martin Kušej
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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