Sheva Collection Wagner: The Wagner Edition [DVD] [2012] [NTSC]

Review "Musically, it was judged faultlessly for the scale of the theatre by Vladimir Jurowski, who conjured playing of mercurial clarity --- not the first words one would normally choose for this gargantuan score --- from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, sustained with unfailing vigilance and concentration." --The Guardian (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) "I don't think that I have ever witnessed a more perfect realisation of a Wagner opera than this superb Tristan und Isolde. [Jirí Belohlávek] is scrupulous with the score, and takes his time over it: the pauses and silences are immense and there is no factitious attempt to whip up excitement by speeding. a great and unforgettable occasion." --The Daily Telegraph (Tristan und Isolde) Product Description Works: Der Fliegende Holländer (De Nederlandse Opera); Der Ring des Nibelungen (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde (Glyndebourne); Lohengrin; Parsifal (Baden-Baden); Tannhäuser (Royal Danish Opera) Casts Der fliegende Holländer (Juha Uusitalo (Der Hollander); Robert Lloyd (Daland); Catherine Naglestad (Senta); Chorus of The Netherlands Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Harmut Haenchen (conductor); Martin Kušej (director) Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold: Falk Struckmann (Wotan); Günter von Kannen (Alberich); Lioba Braun (Fricka); Kwanchul Youn (Fasolt); Matthias Hölle (Fafner) Die Walküre: Richard Berkeley-Steele (Siegmund); Linda Watson (Sieglinde); Helen Traubel (Brünnhilde); Falk Struckmann (Wotan) Siegfried: John Treleaven (Siegfried); Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde); Günter von Kannen (Alberich); Eric Halfvarson (Fafner); Götterdämmerung: John Treleaven (Siegfried); Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde); Matti Salminen (Hagen); Günter von Kannen (Alberich); Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu; Bertrand de Billy (conductor); Harry Kupfer (director) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Gerald Finley (Hans Sachs); Anna Gabler (Eva); Johannes Martin Kränzle (Sixtus Beckmesser); London Philharmonic Orchestra; The Glyndebourne Chorus; Vladimir Jurowski (conductor); David McVicar (stage director) Lohengrin (Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin); Solveig Kringelborn (Elsa); Waltraud Meier (Ortrud); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Kent Nagano (conductor); Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Parsifal (Christopher Ventris (Parsifal); Waltraud Meier (Kundry); Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz); Thomas Hampson (Amfortas); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin;Kent Nagano (conductor); Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Tannhäuser (Stig Andersen (Tannhäuser); Royal Danish Opera; Friedemann Layer (conductor); Kasper Holten (stage director) Tristan und Isolde (Robert Gambill (Tristan); Nina Stemme (Isolde); Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne); Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal); René Pape (König Marke); LPO; Jirí Belohlávek (conductor); Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Press Reviews "…the best small screen realisation of a Ring opera I have seen." (International Record Review) "Musically, it was judged faultlessly for the scale of the theatre by Vladimir Jurowski, who conjured playing of mercurial clarity ..." (The Guardian - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) "I don’t think that I have ever witnessed a more perfect realisation of a Wagner opera than this superb Tristan und Isolde ... a great and unforgettable occasion" (The Daily Telegraph - Tristan und Isolde) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Danish Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Deutsches Symphonie-Orcheste; Harmut Haenchen; Bertrand de Billy; Vladimir Jurowski; Kent Nagano; Friedemann Layer; Jirí Belohlávek Stage Director: Martin Kušej; Harry Kupfer; David McVicar; Nikolaus Lehnhoff; Kasper Holten Catalogue Number: OA1095BD Running Time: 2400 minutes Sound: LPCM Stereo; 5.1 DTS (except Der Fliegende Holländer - Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 DTS) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Subtitles: Der Fliegende Holländer: EN, FR, DE, ES, NE; Der Ring Des Nibelungen: EN, FR, DE, ES, CA, IT; Lohengrin: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT; Tannhäuser: EN, FR, DE, ES, DA, CH; Parsifal: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT; Tristan und Isolde: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT Label: Opus Arte