Verbier Festival 25th - BLU-RAY

The Verbier Festival is one of classical music's greatest events. In celebration of the festival's 25th anniversary, this unique concert brings together 36 classical stars in an unprecedented evening of ingenious programming and captivating performances. The line-up includes the world's greatest violinists, violists, cellists and pianists as well as other leading performers conducted by Valery Gergiev and Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Founder and director Martin T son Engstroem writes InchWe started this incredible adventure in 1994, and 25 years on, our Festival has become one of the world's most important cultural events. But it is not just another festival; our vision right from the beginning was to build something which combined important musicians with a very visible youth and learning element. This is what we set out to do and this is what we achieved.Inch

Claudio Abbado conducts the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with Anna Prohaska in works by Prokofiev, Berg, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky.

SALZBURG FESTIVAL CONCERTS (6-DVD Box Set) DVD 1 – 2008 Opening Concert The concerts that occur each year at the Salzburg Festival are undoubtedly some of the finest performances in the world. Established in 1920, the Festival is held each summer in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In addition to the various concerts that are performed each year, operas and plays are presented as well. This unique and extensive features six concerts from the Salzburg Festival that were recorded between 2007 and 2013. The fine orchestras featured include the Wiener Philharmoniker, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and the National Children's Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela under the batons of Pierre Boulez, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Daniel Barenboim, and Sir Simon Rattle. Maurice Ravel Valse nobles et sentimentales Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91 Igor Stravinsky L’oiseau de feu (The Firebird) Daniel Barenboim, piano Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez, conductor DVD 2 – 2009 Opening Concert Franz Schubert 6 German Dances, D. 820 (arr. A. Webern) Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, “Great” Josef Strauss Frauenherz, Op. 166 Delirien, Op. 212 Pêle-mêle, Op. 161 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor DVD 3 – 2010 Opening Concert Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 Pierre Boulez Notations I-IV and VII (version for orchestra) Anton Bruckner Te Deum, WAB 45 Dorothea Röschmann, soprano Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor René Pape, bass Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor DVD 4 – 2011 Opening Concert Alban Berg Lulu Suite Der Wein Gustav Mahler Das klagende Lied Anna Prohaska, soprano Dorothea Röschmann, soprano Anna Larsson, contralto Johan Botha, tenor Vienna