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Aria! Action! Making Opera a Director's Art

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2008

Walter Felsenstein Edition HERE is a treasure.

Opera DVDs tumble out by the dozens nowadays, too often featuring routine performances of recent productions that hardly seem worth preserving. In contrast Arthaus's scholarly and imposing “Walter Felsenstein Edition" offers a fascinating glimpse of an important moment in operatic history now vanished.

It all comes in a weighty 12-by-12-inch box: 12 discs containing seven opera productions directed by Felsenstein, filmed between 1956 and 1976; generous video extras showing him in ...

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Maurice Jarre Tribute to David Lean

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

In honor of David Lean's upcoming 100th birthday, in 2008, Milan Entertainment has released a special edition DVD/CD of a tribute concert which was recorded live at the Barbican Center in London in 1992, a month after David Lean's death.

Maurice Jarre, French composer, composed the scores to 4 of David Lean's films: Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Ryan's Daughter, and Passage to India, and he conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the David Lean tribute. Jarre was a very ...

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An Essential Piece of History - Arturo Sandoval on Video

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2008

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Marcia Ball at the Highline Ballroom

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2008

New York, NY -- Fresh off the release of her new studio album Peace, Love, and BBQ, critically acclaimed contemporary blues artist Marcia Ball (Alligator Records) is on the road and bringing her swamp-inspired sound to fans across the nation. Marcia and the band recently took their good 'ole hometown southern jives all the way up to the folks in NYC for a one-night spot at The Highline Ballroom. Luckily for those who missed this opportunity to get a taste ...

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Neil Young to Release Archive on Blu-Ray

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2008

Rocker Neil Young plans to release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, a sign that the discs' capabilities are building appeal among musicians as well as movie studios. Blu-ray discs hold much more data than DVDs, are easily updated over the Internet and offer better picture and sound quality. Young revealed his plans Tuesday at a Sun Microsystems Inc. conference in San Francisco. Santa Clara-based Sun makes the Java technology that gives Blu-ray discs their interactive menus and ability ...

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