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Festive Concert on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2017 product/publication from C Major

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Salzburg Festival, C Major presents this brilliant box set that features 10 outstanding Operas from the Salzburg Festival history including Simon Boccanegra, Salome, L'italiana in Algeri, Pique Dame, Die Zauberflöte, Otello, Der Rosenkavalier, Vec Makropulos, Fierrabras and Theodora. The Salzburg Festival (German Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The festival was initially a counterpart to the Prussian-North German uncompromising worldview, and emphasized the centuries-old Habsburg principles of Inchlive and let liveInch with regard to ethnic groups, peoples, minorities, religions, cultures, and languages. It was officially inaugurated on August 22, 1920 with Reinhardt's performance of Hofmannsthal's Jedermann on the steps of the Salzburg Cathedral. The first festival hall was erected in 1925.

The HR-Sinfonieorchester, under the direction of Paavo Jarvi, has for decades been numbered among the world's leading Mahler orchestras. This incredible box set, recorded between 2008-2013, includes Mahler's ten symphonies and over an hour of introductions by Paavo Jarvi. The recordings were made in the unique space of the Basilica of Eberbach Monastery, in the magnificent ambiance of the Friedrich von Thiersch Hall at the Wiesbaden Kurhaus and in the outstanding acoustics of the Great Hall of the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. In 2006, Jarvi became the principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and served in the post until 2014. Soloists include Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling, Austrian soprano Genia Kuhmeier, British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, Austrian tenor Nikolai Schukoff, and baritone Michael Nagy.