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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Saturday Night Fever / Save The Last Dance / Footloose / Flashdance [DVD] [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Thomas Carter
  • Adrian Lyne
  • Lori Singer
  • Michael Nouri
  • Jennifer Beals
  • John Travolta
  • Kevin Bacon
  • Herbert Ross
  • John Badham
Release date: 2004-10-18
Creator: Joe Eszterhas
RRP: £24.99
Price: £8.94

Review Saturday Night Fever / Save The Last Dance / Footloose / Flashdance [DVD] [2001] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review László Polgár, Petra Maria Schnitzer / Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Franz Welser-Möst Matthias Goerne / DAlbert: Tiefland [DVD] [1996]
Release date: 2009-01-19
Run time: 142 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £11.69

Review DAlbert: Tiefland [DVD] [1996] / László Polgár, Petra Maria Schnitzer / Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Franz Welser-Möst Matthias Goerne:


Review Sterling Entertainment/Crown Media/America Vi / Bye Bye Birdie [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Jason Alexander
  • Chynna Phillips
  • Vanessa Williams (VII)
  • Marc Kudisch
  • Gene Saks
  • Tyne Daly
Release date: 2004-11-19
Run time: 135 min.
Creator: Vanessa Williams (VII)
Price: £2.59

Review Bye Bye Birdie [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Sterling Entertainment/Crown Media/America Vi:


Review Harmonia Mundi / Elizabeth Scwarzkopf: Brahms/Gluck/Mahler/Mozart/Schubert/Strauss/Verdi... (Gerald Moore & Geoffrey Parsons (piano)) [DVD] [1961]
Actors & Directors
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 102 min.
Creator: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.55

Review Elizabeth Scwarzkopf: Brahms/Gluck/Mahler/Mozart/Schubert/Strauss/Verdi... (Gerald Moore & Geoffrey Parsons (piano)) [DVD] [1961] / Harmonia Mundi:


Review ARTHAUS / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [1976]
Release date: 2000-05-15
Run time: 241 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £35.82

Review Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [1976] / ARTHAUS:

Waltraud Meier is the stuff of which great Isoldes are made-a passionate actress who sings her heart out at every point and yet somehow keeps something in reserve from the narration and curse of the first act for the love duet of the second and the "Liebestod" of the third. Her Tristan, Jon Fredric West, is more or less her equal-he is particularly impressive in the mad death agony of the third act; his Tristan is an ordinary hero who becomes something larger. Among the other principals, Kurt Moll's Mark stands out in its eloquent heart-break, not so much a cuckold as a man who wants everything to work out right; Weikl's Kurwenal and Lipovsek's Brangane are, credibly, ordinary people caught up in great tragedy. Mehta's account of the score is solid and professional-he gets nothing wrong and everything right in a performance which survives occasionally perversely innovative staging to touch greatness. On the DVD: The DVD includes subtitles in French, German, English and Dutch. -Roz Kaveney.

Review Decca / Carmen [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Jonathan Haswell
Release date: 2008-11-18
Run time: 152 min.
Creator: Prosper Mérimée
Price: £15.95

Review Carmen [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import] / Decca:


Review TDK / Puccini: La Boheme [DVD] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Marcelo Alvarez
  • La Scala Theatre Orchestra
  • Roberto Serville
  • Bruno Bartoletti
  • La Scala Theatre Chorus
Release date: 2004-12-06
Run time: 116 min.
Creator: La Scala Theatre Orchestra
RRP: £24.99
Price: £20.99

Review Puccini: La Boheme [DVD] [2004] / TDK:


Review Universal Classics & Jazz / Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus - Karl Bohm/Wiener Philharmoniker [DVD] [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Waldemar Kmentt
  • Otto Schenk
  • Eberhard Wächter
  • Renate Holm
  • Erich Kunz
  • Gundula Janowitz
Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 137 min.
Creator: Richard Genée
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.97

Review Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus - Karl Bohm/Wiener Philharmoniker [DVD] [2008] / Universal Classics & Jazz:


Review Universal Classics & Jazz / Strauss - Eine Nacht In Venedig [DVD] [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Vaclav Kaslik
Release date: 2008-05-12
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.45

Review Strauss - Eine Nacht In Venedig [DVD] [1973] / Universal Classics & Jazz:


Review Kultur Video / Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • The London Symphony Wind Band
  • Mark Brown
  • Antonia Butler
  • Nancy Williams
  • Julian Patrick
  • Tom Cairns
Release date: 2006-01-31
Run time: 45 min.
Creator: Leonard Bernstein
Price: £7.27

Review Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Kultur Video:


Review Deutsche Grammophon / Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette - Villazon/Machaidze [DVD] [2009] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Susanne Resmark
  • Jean-Luc Ballestra
  • Robert Murray
  • Falk Struckmann
  • Rolando Villazon
  • Brian Large
Release date: 2009-01-26
Run time: 162 min.
Creator: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Price: £17.22

Review Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette - Villazon/Machaidze [DVD] [2009] [US Import] / Deutsche Grammophon:


Review ARTHAUS / Berg: Wozzeck [DVD] [1970]
Actors & Directors
  • Joachim Hess
Release date: 2007-02-26
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.09

Review Berg: Wozzeck [DVD] [1970] / ARTHAUS:


Review Opus Arte / Rossini: La Pietra Del Paragon [DVD] [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Raul Gimenez
  • Raul Giménez
  • Pietro Spagnoli
  • Patricia Biccire
  • Marie-Ange Torodovitch
Release date: 2007-10-29
Run time: 187 min.
Creator: Patricia Biccire
RRP: £29.99
Price: £20.70

Review Rossini: La Pietra Del Paragon [DVD] [2007] / Opus Arte:


Review ARTHAUS / Rossini: La Cenerentola [DVD] [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Francisco Araiza
  • Ann Murray
  • Gino Quilico
  • Riccardo Chailly
  • Walter Berry
Release date: 2006-11-27
Run time: 171 min.
Creator: Riccardo Chailly
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.08

Review Rossini: La Cenerentola [DVD] [1988] / ARTHAUS:


Review Verdi / Verdi: La Traviata [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [NTSC]
Release date: 2007-05-09
Run time: 146 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.20

Review Verdi: La Traviata [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [NTSC] / Verdi:


Review Warner Home Video / The Wizard Of Oz (1939) [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Thorpe
  • Ray Bolger
  • Judy Garland
  • Bert Lahr
  • King Vidor
  • Jack Haley
  • Victor Fleming
  • Frank Morgan
  • Mervyn LeRoy
Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Edgar Allan Woolf
RRP: £15.99
Price: £1.98

Review The Wizard Of Oz (1939) [VHS] / Warner Home Video:

Like the Tin Man's heart, the true test of a real classic is how much it is loved by others. The enduring charms of The Wizard of Oz have easily weathered the vicissitudes of changing fashions making the film one of the world's best-loved, most-quoted and frequently imitated movies. It's now as ubiquitous an American pop-cultural icon as McDonald's, making judging the movie purely on its own merits an almost impossible task. Judy Garland's tragic later life, for example, makes her naïve and utterly beguiling Dorothy seem all the more poignant in retrospect. But this at least is clear: much of this movie's success depends on the winning appeal of Garland's "Everygirl" figure, who creates the vital identification and empathy necessary to carry the audience with her into the land of Oz. We always care deeply about Dorothy, her quest for home and the strength of her friendship with her companions. Garland's assured dancing and singing routines with her ideally cast Broadway comedy co-stars Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley are still endlessly delightful, of course, and the songs and score (by Arlen, Harburg and Stothart) are as good as anything in the Hollywood musical canon. It is Garland's deeply felt rendition of "Over the Rainbow" that is both the film's emotional core and the reason why adults as much as children the world over still respond so strongly to this movie. So long as people long for home and the love of their friends and family, the nostalgic appeal of Oz will never fade. On the DVD: another splendid digital restoration from the MGM vaults keeps this wonderful classic as vivid and alive as it was back in 1939, if not more so. [+]
The 1. 33:1 picture is clear and defined, bursting with the vibrant colours of Oz (you can even see the wires holding up the Lion's tail). Even more remarkably, because the original microphone tapes have been preserved the soundtrack has been remastered in 5. 1 stereo, thereby accentuating the lush tones of the MGM orchestra and Garland's famous singing. The disc is also chock full of extras, including outtakes, audio sequences, composer Harold Arlen's backstage movies, extracts from earlier silent Oz films, clips from the Academy Awards and interviews with the stars among many other fascinating nuggets. The new 50-minute documentary hosted by Angela Lansbury, and irritatingly narrated in the present tense, is oddly the weakest part, with too little hard information and too much padding about how everyone loves the movie. The only gripe is Warners' trademark cardboard slipcase, which is awkward and easily damaged. But this is still an essential disc for the young at heart everywhere. -Mark Walker.

Review Rimsky-Korsakov / Return Of The Firebird [DVD] [2002]
Release date: 2002-11-18
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.91

Review Return Of The Firebird [DVD] [2002] / Rimsky-Korsakov:


Review IMMORTAL / GLINKA/ROSSINI - A Crazy Day - Pages of the Russian Ballet [DVD] [2009]
Actors & Directors
  • The Kirov Ballet
Release date: 2009-03-03
Creator: The Kirov Ballet
RRP: £13.99
Price: £10.73

Review GLINKA/ROSSINI - A Crazy Day - Pages of the Russian Ballet [DVD] [2009] / IMMORTAL:


Review Kultur Video / Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore - Royal Opera House [DVD] [2002] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Jose Cura
  • Brian Large
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Elijah Moshinsky
  • Yvonne Naef
  • Tomas Tomasson
  • Verónica Villarroel
Release date: 2009-04-28
Run time: 172 min.
Creator: Carlo Rizzi
Price: £11.64

Review Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore - Royal Opera House [DVD] [2002] [US Import] / Kultur Video:


Review Artur Rubinstein / Artur Rubinstein: Chopin / Schumann / Debussy / Villa-Lobos [DVD] [1996]
Release date: 2009-02-02
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Various
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.91

Review Artur Rubinstein: Chopin / Schumann / Debussy / Villa-Lobos [DVD] [1996] / Artur Rubinstein:


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Saturday Night Fever / Save The Last Dance / Footloose / Flashdance [DVD] [2001], DAlbert: Tiefland [DVD] [1996], Bye Bye Birdie [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Elizabeth Scwarzkopf: Brahms/Gluck/Mahler/Mozart/Schubert/Strauss/Verdi... (Gerald Moore & Geoffrey Parsons (piano)) [DVD] [1961], Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [1976], Carmen [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import], Puccini: La Boheme [DVD] [2004], Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus - Karl Bohm/Wiener Philharmoniker [DVD] [2008], Strauss - Eine Nacht In Venedig [DVD] [1973], Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette - Villazon/Machaidze [DVD] [2009] [US Import], Berg: Wozzeck [DVD] [1970], Rossini: La Pietra Del Paragon [DVD] [2007], Rossini: La Cenerentola [DVD] [1988], Verdi: La Traviata [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [NTSC], The Wizard Of Oz (1939) [VHS], Return Of The Firebird [DVD] [2002], GLINKA/ROSSINI - A Crazy Day - Pages of the Russian Ballet [DVD] [2009], Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore - Royal Opera House [DVD] [2002] [US Import], Artur Rubinstein: Chopin / Schumann / Debussy / Villa-Lobos [DVD] [1996]

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