Carlos Kleiber: Complete Opera And Concert Dvd Set

Carlos Kleiber: conductor

New Year's Concert 1989 and New Year's Concert 1992
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 - Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper / Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 - Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam / Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 - Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper / Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319 - Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper / Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz' - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus - Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wächter; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier, Munich, 1979 - Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jungwirth, Brigitte Fassbaender, Francisco Araiza & Lucia Popp; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper / Der Rosenkavalier, Vienna, 1994 - Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll, Gottfried Hornik; Chor & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Wholenote Discoveries - October 2010
The Kleiber videos have the memorable New Years Concerts from 1989 and 1992 with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in the Musikverein to an elegant audience and, in fact, to the world by satellite. Always a must see, these two were especially important as they had Kleiber on the podium. We next find him in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in front of their orchestra in two Beethoven Symphonies, the Fourth and the Seventh, and then back to Vienna for the Mozart 36 and the Brahms Second with the Philharmonic. In Munich he leads the Bavarian State Orchestra in the Coriolan Overture, Mozart 33, and the Brahms Fourth. Moving into the National Theatre in Munich there is an outstanding production of Der Rosenkavalier staged and directed by Otto Schenk. Heard and seen are Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jungwirth, Brigitte Fassbaender, Benno Kusche, Lucia Popp and others. This was 1979 and the voices were in their prime. A second production from March 1994 with The Vienna State Opera was based on Schenk’s Munich production. Here are Felicity Lott, Kurt Moll, Anne Sophie von Otter, Gottfried Hornik, Barbara Bonney and others. Same conductor, different orchestra and soloists. Aficionados will have a great time rating the singers. Finally back to Munich for Die Fledermaus in a sparkling, high spirited, irresistible production with sets by Günter Schneider-Siemssen. Perfectly cast with Eberhard Wächter, Pamela Coburn, Benno Kusche, Brigitte Fassbaender (Orlofsky), Wolfgang Brendel, and others. This is an irresistible Viennese pastry to close out the programme. I was somewhat familiar with some of these videos but I had not anticipated being so captivated by them to the extent that to start any one meant to watch it through. Time consuming but rewarding. Bruce Surtees
80th Anniversary Limited Edition!!!
In celebration of Carlos Kleiber's 80th anniversary, here, for the first time ever, is a unique, limited-edition 10-DVD box-set of his complete Unitel videos as released on Deutsche Grammophon: each one a classic - presented in top audio-video quality. A companion set of Kleiber's complete Deutsche Grammophon recordings in a specially priced, limited-edition 12-CD box-set, is also available.