"cheaper than placemats"
Wed, Apr 7 2010, 12:07PM
This morning, my local (very small!) supermarket had this offer:
Ok, I needed some placemats for coffee and tea and I think I found them :)
Before spilling them, has anyone seen something of these DVD's before?
I already know the Koscis DVD (ok.) and Haydn's Lo Speziale (fun!), but never encountered the rest:
DVD 1: Placido Domingo - Placido Grandissimo! Orchestra - Conductor: National Symphonic Orchestra of Spain (Kohn & Alejandro)
DVD 2: Marilyn Horne - sings Famous Arias Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Martin Katz)
DVD 3: Helen Donath ' Famous Works (Johann Strauß) Orchestra - Conductor: Vienna Symphonic Orchestra (Erich Leinsdorf)
DVD 4: H. Francesch ' Piano Concert (Beethoven / Brahms) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Serge Baudo)
DVD 5: Nelson Freire ' Piano Concert (Fauré / Franck / Bizet) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (David Shallon)
DVD 6: Steven d.Groote ' Piano Concert (Schumann / Chopin / Schubert) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Milan Horvat)
DVD 7: Mikhail Rudy ' Piano Concert (Mozart / Schubert) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Christof Escher)
DVD 8: Tzimon Barto ' Piano Concert (Chopin / Beethoven) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Roderick Brydon)
DVD 9: Omar Zoboli - Oboe Concert (Lebrun / Mozart) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Frans Brüggen)
DVD 10: Maria Tipo ' Piano Concert (Haydn / Rossini / Mozart) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Peter Maag)
DVD 11: Bernd Glemser ' Piano Concert (R. Strauss / Brahms) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Nicholas Carthy)
DVD 12: C. Petraglio ' Clarinet Concert (Debussy / Spohr / Dvorak) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Peter Maag)
DVD 13: Zoltan Kocsis - Piano Recital Orchestra - Conductor: (Various)
DVD 14: E. Kirkby, E. Tubb - Perform di (Lasso & Ockeghem) Orchestra - Conductor: The Hilliard Ensemble & The Consort of Musicke (Anthony Rooly)
DVD 15: Ballet of the Kirov Theatre St.Petersburg ' Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) Orchestra - Conductor: Academical Orchestra St. Petersburg (W. Fedotov)
DVD 16: P. d. Vaughn, B. Sebastian ' Aida (Verdi) Orchestra - Conductor: Stagione d'Opera Italiana (Giorgio Croci)
DVD 17: W. Donati, G. Kalinina - Nabucco (Verdi) Orchestra - Conductor: Junge Philharmonie Wien (Michael Lessky)
DVD 18: M. Walewska, M. Malganini ' Carmen (Bizet) Orchestra - Conductor: Stagione d'Opera Italiana (Giorgio Croci)
DVD 19: M. Mihailov, M. Kurz ' Die Zauberflöte (W.A. Mozart) Orchestra - Conductor: Junge Bundesländer Philharmonie (Michael Lessky)
DVD 20: R. Castagnone, A. Mosca ' Lo Speziale (Comic Opera In Three Acts) (Haydn) Orchestra - Conductor: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Marc Andrae)
Which one can go in the DVD player and which one under the coffee?
Rolf
Wed, Apr 7 2010, 4:48PM
#2
RE: Home
... and it's tea time for DVD 8.
Chopin 1st piano concerto. Not so much the fault of (the long haired!) Tzimon Barto. It's the worst orchestral intro (1, 2, 3, 4) I've ever heard by one Roderick Brydon that makes it a perfect companion of a nice cup of Star-mix tea (you wished Roderick...) Homero Francesch and (especially!) Sergio Baudo fare better. A good old grand Beethoven 5th piano concerto that keeps my attention. Image quality is very '80s, but that does not mind me very much.
Rolf
Thu, Apr 8 2010, 1:10AM
#3
RE: "cheaper than placemats"
Quick reply: I have a few DVDs from that set. Quality is not brilliant, but at that cheap price I think you'll be satisfied. Some nice weekend afternoon viewing.
Mon, Apr 4 2011, 4:17PM
#4
RE: Home
Ha! Great picture. I've always been on the lookout for a kit with which you could turn a CD into a clock.
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 10:51AM
#5
RE: "cheaper than placemats"
Rod Brydon did a good impression of Ken Bruce that fooled everyone on April 1st.
He as talent.
I have DVD 14, with The Hilliard Ensemble & The Consort of Musicke, and it is of poor quality, both picture and sound, not a real DVD at all, for fanatics only!