DVD0671. SERGEI LEMESHEV: Songs by Tchaikovsky, Biscardi, Falvo, Toselli, Bulakhov, Khrennikov, Novikov, Dyubuk & Glinka; Arias from Fra Diavolo, Eugen Onégin, Dubrovsky, Demon, Rigoletto & La Boheme. (Russia) Aquarius AQVR 301, featuring Lemeshev singing and introducing various pieces. NB: PAL only (not NTSC) - PAL television standard traditionally used in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Western Europe, as opposed to the NTSC standard traditionally used in the United States, Canada and Japan. - 4607123630594

DVD0672. MARK REIZEN: Songs by Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Mokrousov, Kabalevsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Glazounov, Taneyev, Schubert, Schumann, Mussorgsky, etc.; Arias from Ivan Susanin, Khovanschina, Boris Godounov & Faust. (Russia) Aquarius AQVR 300, recorded 1951-81, from Films & Russian State Radio & Television. NB: (NTSC).

DVD0673. PAVEL LISITSIAN: Songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Dolukhanian, Mayhew, Ravel & Brahms; Arias from Pagliacci, Faust, La Traviata, Mazeppa, Snegoroutchka & Nero; w.Natalia Sokolova: Aïda – Nile Duet. (Russia) Aquarius AQVR 302, recorded 1952-82, from Russian State Radio & Television. NB: PAL (not NTSC) - PAL television standard traditionally used in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Western Europe, as opposed to the NTSC standard traditionally used in the United States, Canada and Japan. - 4607123630662

DVD0674. SERGEI LEMESHEV: Songs by Tchaikovsky, Bulakhov, Gurilev, Yakovlev, Titov, Dyubuk, & Balakirev; w.Janine Micheau (the latter singing in French!): La Traviata – De’ miei bollenti spiriti; Amami Alfredo - Live Performance, 11 Dec., 1965, Moscow; PAVEL LISITSIAN: Songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Kabalevsky, etc.; Arias from La Traviata, Aïda, Sadko & Mazeppa; IRINA MASLENNIKOVA: Songs by Buratti, Weckerlin, Nadenenko, Vasilenko, Rubinstein, Varlamov, Khrennikov & Schubert. (Russia) Aquarius AQVR 303, recorded 1953-69, from Russian State Radio & Television. NB: PAL (not NTSC) - PAL television standard traditionally used in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Western Europe, as opposed to the NTSC standard traditionally used in the United States, Canada and Japan. - 4607123630785

DVD0604. Great Stars of Russian Ballet, Vol. I, incl. Plisetskaya, Maximova, Kondratiyev, Liepa, Pavlova, Gordeeev, Kovtun, Vasiliev, Terekhova, Kovmir, Timofeeva, Godunov, Semenyaka, Bogatirev, Tayakina, Drozdova & Teleev. VAI 4530, Filmed 1971-83. - 089948453093

DVD0605. Great Stars of Russian Ballet, Vol. II, incl. Ulanova, Zhdanov, Plisetskaya, Maximova, Vasiliev, Timofeeva, Vladimirov, Semenyaka, Lavrovsky, Yagoudin, Vlasov, Kovtun, Bessmertnova, Bogatirev, Kolpakova, Semenov, Tayakina, Berezhnoy, Akimov, Trembovelskaya, Vasileva & Galimullin. VAI 4531, Filmed 1955-91. - 089948453192

DVD0606. Great Stars of Russian Ballet, Vol. III, incl. Vasileva, Korneev, Kunakova, Abdiev, Timofeeva, Vetrov, Maximova, Issaev, Tayakina, Kovtun, Tsoi, Malakhov, Trunina, Mikrashevsky, Plisetskaya, Verdishev, Lazarev, Saidakova, Malakhov, Paliy, Timoshova, Gorbatsevich & Vasiliev. VAI 4532, Filmed 1972-92. - 089948453291

DVD0607. Great Stars of Russian Ballet, Vol. IV, incl. Vasiliev, Drozdova, Tedeev, Morozova, Gordeev, Timofeeva, Anisimov, Tayakina, Kovtun, Kolpakova, Selutsky, Gracheva, Vetrov, Paliy, Malakhov, Komleva, Neff, Bessmertnova, Vladimirov, Vasyuchenko, Vasileva, Semenyaka & Baryshnikov. VAI 4533, Filmed 1968-92. - 089948453390

DVD0602. DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU, w.Christoph Eschenbach (Pf.): Die Schöne Müllerin (Schubert). (E.U.) EMI DVB 3101959, Filmed 2 April, 1992, Paris; The Mastersinger – Lesson III, a film by Bruno Monsaingeon, 1992, Berlin. Final copy! – 094631019593.

DVD0601. DIETRICH FISCHER DIESKAU: The Art of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau 2-DG B0004493-09. Final copy! – 044007340509

DVD0599. GÜNTER WAND Cond. NDR S.O.: Romantic Symphony #4 in E-flat (Bruckner); Leonore III – Overture (Beethoven). TDK DVWW-COWAND5, Live Performance, 24 June, 1990, Lübeck. Final copy! – 824121001148

DVD0598. GÜNTER WAND Cond. NDR S.O.: Unfinished Symphony #8 in b; The Great Symphony #9 in C (both Schubert). TDK DVWW-COWAND6, Live Performance, 20 Aug., 1995, Lübeck. Final copy! – 824121001155

DVD0597. The Art of Violin, w.Elman, Enescu, Ferras, Francescatti, Goldstein, Grumiaux, Hassid, Heifetz, Kogan, Kreisler, Menuhin, Milstein, Neveu, Oistrakh, Rabin, Stern, Szeryng, Szigeti, Thibaud & Ysaÿe, w.contributions by Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Hilary Hahn, Laurent Korcia, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman & Mstislav Rostropovich. NCV 8573-85801. Final copy, excellent, sl. used! – 0685738580125

DVD0595. ANTIKRIST (Rued Langgaard), Filmed 2002, Copenhagen, w.Dausgaard Cond. Danish National Ensemble; Sten Byriel, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Helene Gjerris, Poul Elming, Susanne Resmark, Camilla Nylund, etc. (Germany) Dacapo 2-110402. Final copy! – 809478009344. Antikrist (Dacapo 2-110402)

DVD0594. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 2005, Madrid, w.Lopez Cobos Cond. Teatro Real Ensemble; Norah Amsellem, José Bros, Renato Bruson, etc. (UK) 2-Opus Arte OA 0934 D. Final copy! – 809478009344.

DVD0593. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 2006, w.Conlon Cond. Los Angeles Opera Ensemble; Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Renato Bruson, etc. Stage Director: Marta Domingo. Decca B0010100-09. Final copy, excellent, sl. used! – 044007432150

DVD0592. KURT SANDERLING Cond. BBC S.O.: Symphony #4 in d (Schumann); w.Carolyn Watkinson & John Mitchinson: Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5042, Live Performance, 29 July, 1988, Royal Albert Hall, London. - 5060244550421

DVD0591. KLAUS TENNSTEDT Cond. London Phil.: Symphony #5 in c-sharp (Mahler). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5041, Live Performance, 13 Dec., 1988, Royal Festival Hall, London. - 5060244550414

DVD0590. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE Cond. Munich Phil. in rehearsal & performance, incl.: New World Symphony #9 in e (Dvorák), Live Performance, 1991; Classical Symphony in D (Prokofiev), Live Performance, 1988. (E.U.) EuroArts 2066558. - 880242665584

DVD0589. LEONARD BERNSTEIN Cond. English Bach Festival Choir & Orch., w.Mory, Parker, Hardesty, Mitchinson & Hudson: Magnificat (Bach); Mass (Stravinsky). (Austria) Classic Archive 3085308, Live Performance, 16 April, 1977. - 880242853080

DVD0586. GOYA (Menotti), Live Performance, 2004, Theater an der Wien, w.Villaume Cond. Vienna Radio S.O.; Plácido Domingo, Michelle Breedt, Íride Martinez, Andreas Conrad, Maurizio Muraro, Christian Gerhaher, etc. Stage Director & Costume Design: Steffen Aarling. (Germany) ArtHaus 101 576. - 807280157697

DVD0582. GRACE BUMBRY, w.Helmut Deutsch (Pf.): Songs by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt & Strauss; Carmen – Séguidille. A Homage to Lotte Lehmann, Live Performance, Théâtre Musicale de Paris – Châtelet, Paris, 2001. TDK DVUS-VTGB. Final copy! – 824121000714.

DVD0581. ALFREDO KRAUS, w.Edelmiro Arnaltes (Pf.): Songs by Massenet, Duparc, Bizet, Tosti, Mompou, Sorozábal, de Falla, Otaño, Turina, Obradors & Respighi; Arias from L’Arlesiana & Rigoletto. VAI 4397, Live Performance, 31 July, 1990, Salzburg. – 089948439790.

DVD0578. FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS with CHANTICLEER, incl. Praetorius, Mouton, Handl, Gabriele, González, Biebl, Britten, etc. - Music only; images are of Yuletide fire in a fireplace! Chanticleer 204. Final copy! 899653002048.

DVD0570. RICHARD TAUBER: Waltz Time (in English), 1945 (Paul L. Stein, Director; Hans May, Composer). Bel Canto Society D0413. Final copy! - 789984041369.

DVD0566. PLÁCIDO DOMINGO & ANGELA GHEORGHIU, w.Eugene Kohn Cond. Czech S.O.: Plácido Domingo & Angela Gheorghiu, Live in Prague. Beckmann BDV 005. Final copy! – 5020609005195.

DVD0563. I PURITANI, Live Performance, 6 Jan., 2007, w.Summers Cond. Metropolitan Opera Ensemble; Anna Netrebko, Eric Cutler, Franco Vassallo, John Reyea, etc. 2-DG B0010491-09. Final copy! – 044007344217.

DVD0562. PRINCE IGOR (Borodin), Filmed 1998, St Petersburg, w.Gergiev Cond. Mariinsky Theatre Ensemble; Nikolai Putilin, Galina Gorchakova, Olga Borodina, Yevgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin, etc. 2-Philips B0001093-09. Final copy! – 044007417393.

DVD0561. LA PIETRA DEL PARAGONE (Rossini), Filmed 2007, Madrid, w.Zedda Cond. Teatro Real Ensemble; Laura Brioli, Marie-Ange Todorovich, Raúl Giménez, Marco Vinco, etc. (UK) 2-Opus Arte OA 0987 D. Final copy! – 809478009870.

DVD0560. PETER GRIMES (Britten), Live Performance, 1994, London Coliseum, w.Atherton Cond. English National Opera Ensemble; Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Cairns, etc. Kultur D2902. Final copy! – 032031290297.

DVD0559. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE, Live Performance, 2004, w.Welser-Möst Cond. Zürich Opera Ensemble; Rodney Gilfry, Isabelle Rey, Michael Volle, László Polgár, Cornelia Kallisch, etc. 2-TDK DVWW-OPPEM. Final copy! – 824121001629.

DVD0541. HERCULES (Handel), Filmed 2004, Palais Garnier, w.William Christie Cond. Arts Florissants Ensemble; William Shimell, Joyce di Donato, Toby Spence, Ingela Bohlin, Malena Ernman, etc. 2-Bel Air BAC 013. Direction & Stage Design: Luc Bondy. Final copy! – 3760115300132.

DVD0536. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Live Performance, 1998, St Petersburg, w.Gergiev Cond. Mariinsky Theatre Ensemble; Galina Gorchakova, Nikolai Putilin, Gegam Grigorian, Marianna Tarasova, etc. Kultur D2079. Final copy! – 032031207998.

DVD0535. LA FINTA SEMPLICE (Mozart), Live Performance, 2006, Salzburg, w.Hofstetter Cond. Camerata Salzburg; Malin Hartelius, Marianne Hamre, Josef Wagner, Jeremy Ovenden, Miljenko Turk, etc. DG 073 4251. Final copy! – 044007342510.

DVD0534. LA FINTA GIARDINIERA (Mozart), Live Performance, 2006, Salzburg, w.Bolton Cond. Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg; Alexandra Reinprecht, John Graham-Hall, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens, Adriana Kucerová, etc. 2-DG 073 4222. Final copy! – 044007342220.

DVD0533. GIULIO CESARE, Live Performance, 2005, Copenhagen, w.Mortensen Cond. Concerto Copenhagen; Andreas Scholl, Inger Dam-Jensen, Randi Steme, Tuva Semmingsen, Christopher Robson, Michael Maniaci, etc. (UK) 2-Harmonia Mundi 9909008.09. Final copy! – 794881848690.

DVD0525. CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Alfano), Live Performance, 2007, Valencia, w.Fornillier Cond. Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Ensemble; Plácido Domingo, Sondra Radvanovsky, Arturo Chacón Cruz, Rod Gilfry, etc. (Germany) Naxos 2.110270. Final copy! – 747313527052.

DVD0524. CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Alfano), Filmed 2003, Montpellier, w.Guidarini Cond. Opéra National de Montpellier Ensemble; Roberto Alagna, Nathalie Manfrino, Richard Troxel, Nicolas Rivenq, etc. DG B0004407-09. Final copy! – 044007303191.

DVD0515. LA BELLE HÉLÈNE (Offenbach), Live Performance, 1997, w.Harnoncourt Cond. Zürich Opera Ensemble; Vesselina Kasarova, Deon van der Walt, Carlos Chausson, Volker Vogel, Oliver Widner, Steve Davislim, etc. Stage Design: Helmut Lohner. R.M. Arts ID9276RADVD. Final copy! – 014381927627.

DVD0514. LA BELLE HÉLÈNE (Offenbach), Live Performance, 2000, Théâtre Musicale de Paris – Châtelet, w.Minkowski Cond. Les Musiciens du Louvre – Grenoble Ensemble; Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron, Michel Sénéchal, Laurent Naouri, François Le Roux, etc. Kultur D2916. Final copy! – 032031291690.

DVD0511. ASSASSINIO NELLA CATTEDRALE (Pizzetti), Filmed 22 Dec., 2006 in the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, w.Morandi Cond. Provincia di Bari Ensemble; Ruggero Raimondi, etc. Stage Director: Daniele D’Onofrio. Decca 074 3253. Final copy! – 044007432532

DVD0507. AGRIPPINA (Handel), Live Performance, 1985, Schwetzingen, w.Östman Cond. London Baroque Players; Barbara Daniels, Janice Hall, Günter von Kannen, David Kuebler, etc. (E.U.) EuroArts 2054538. Final copy! - 880242545381

DVD0505. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Flimed 2007, Zürich, w.Harnoncourt Cond. Zürich Opera Ensemble; Mattti Salminen, Elena Mosuc, Julia Kleiter, Christoph Strehl, Ruben Drole, Eva Liebau, etc. 2-DG 00440 073 4367. Staged by Rolf Glittenberg. Final copy! - 044007343678

DVD0504. DIE WALKÜRE, Live Performance, 2007, Aix-en-Provence, w.Rattle Cond. Berlin Phil.; Eva-Maria Westbroek, Robert Gambill, Eva Johansson, Willard White, Mikhail Petrenko, Lilli Paasikivi, etc. 2-Bel Air BAC 034. Direction & Stage Design: Stéphane Braunschweig. Final copy! - 3760115300347

DVD0502. TURANDOT, Live Performance, 1994, w.Runnicles Cond. San Francisco Opera Ensemble; Eva Marton, Michael Sylvester, etc. R.M. Arts ID9239RADVD. Production Design: David Hockney. Final copy! - 014381923926

DVD0501. TOM JONES (Philidor), Filmed 2006, w.Malgoire Cond. Opera de Lausanne Ensemble; Sébastien Droy, Sophie Marin-Degor, Marc Barrard, Sibyl Zanganelli, etc. (Italy) Dynamic 33509. Final copy! - 8007144335090

DVD0500. THAÏS (Massenet), Filmed 2002, Venezia, w.Viotti Cond. Teatro La Fenice Ensemble; Eva Mei, Michele Pertusi, William Joyner, etc. (Italy) Dynamic 33427. Final copy! - 8007144334277

DVD0498. LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ (Thomas), Live Performance, 7 May, 1994, w.Swierczewski Cond. Théâtre Français de la Musique Ensemble; Gyslaine Raphanel, Alain Gabriel, Jean-Philippe Courtis, etc. Directed by Pierre Jourdan. Kultur D4014. This 1994 performance marked the opening of the Channel Tunnel. Final copy! 032031401495

DVD0497. SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Live Performance, 1995, w.Levine Cond. Metropolitan Opera Ensemble; Valdimir Chernov, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Robert Lloyd, Bruno Pola, etc. DG 440 073 031-9. Directed by Giancarlo del Monaco. Final copy! - 044007303191

DVD0494. SADKO (Rimsky-Korsakov), Filmed 1994, St. Petersburg, w.Gergiev Cond. Mariinsky Theatre Ensemble; Vladimir Galouzin, Larissa Diadkova, Valentina Tsidipova, Marianna Tarassova, Gegam Greigorian, Sergei Aleksashkin, etc. Philips B0006619-09 Final copy! - 044007043998

DVD0489. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, (Gounod), Live Performance, 2008, w.Nézet-Séguin Cond. Salzburg Ensemble; Nino Machaidze, Rolando Villazón, Mikhail Petrenko, etc. 2-DG B0012492-09. Staged by Bartlett Sher. Final copy! - 044007345184

DVD0488. IL RE PASTORE (Mozart), Live Performance, 1989, Salzburg, w.Marriner Cond. Salzburg Ensemble; Angela Maria Blasi, Iris Vermillion, Claes H. Ahnsjö, Sylvia McNair, Jerry Hadley, etc. Philips B0006430-09. Final copy! 044007012994

DVD0487. IL RE PASTORE (Mozart), Filmed 2006, w.Hengelbrock Cond. Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble; Kresimir Spicer, Annette Dasch, Marlis Petersen, Arpiné Rahdjian, Andreas Karasiak, etc. DG 073 4225. Final copy! - 044007342251

DVD0486. THE RAKE’S PROGRESS (Stravinsky), Live Performance, 1975, Glyndebourne, w.Haitink Cond. Glyndebourne Festival Ensemble & London Phil.; Felicity Lott, Leo Gocke, Richard van Allen, Samuel Ramey, Rosalind Elias, etc. Stage Director: John Cox. (Germany) ArtHaus 101 093. Final copy! - 807280109399

DVD0483. LEONARD BERNSTEIN Cond. London S.O.: Symphony #5 in d (Shostakovich); Bernstein in rehearsal. (Austria) Classic Archive 3085318, Live Performance, Dec., 1966. - 880242853189

DVD0482. ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN: Héroique Polonaise #6 in A-flat; w.Zubin Mehta Cond. Israel Phil.: Concerto #2 in f (both Chopin); Rubinstein in conversation with Bernard Levin, 1 Dec., 1968. (Austria) Classic Archive 3079638, Live Performance, 9 June, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London. - 880242796387

DVD0481. BELCANTO – The Tenors of the 78 Era, Part II, incl. Lauritz Melchior, Helge Roswaenge, Jussi Björling, John McCormack, Georges Thill, Ivan Kozlovsky, etc. Each episode with a biographical and musical focus, captured on black & white sound film, much of which is shown here for the very first time. (E.U.) Medici Arts 2050218. A documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre. - 880242502186

DVD0479. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE Cond. RAI S.O., Torino: Symphony #9 in d (Bruckner). (UK) Opus Arte OA 0976 D, filmed 1969. Final copy! - 809478009764

DVD0477. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE Cond. RAI S.O., Torino: Symphony #5 in B-flat (Prokofiev); Tod und Verklärung (Strauss). (UK) Opus Arte OA 0979 D, filmed 1970. Final copy! - 809478009795

DVD0476. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE Cond. RAI S.O., Torino: Symphony #39 in E-flat, K.453 (Mozart); Symphony #2 in B-flat (Schubert); Il Portatore d’Acqua – Overture (Cherubini). (UK) Opus Arte OA 0978 D, filmed 1969. Final copy! - 809478009788

DVD0475. GEORG SOLTI Cond. BBC S.O.: Der Fliegende Holländer – Overture (Wagner), recorded 22 Sept., 1963; Don Juan (Strauss), recorded 19 March, 1967 (incl. rehearsal & interview with John Culshaw); Symphony #5 in c (Beethoven), Live Performance, 13 May, 1985, Royal Albert Hall, London. (Germany) ICA ICAD 5024. - 5060244550247

DVD0474. GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY Cond. BBC S.O.: Ruslan and Lyudmila – Overture; A Life for the Tsar – Three Dances (both Glinka), Live Performance, 14 Aug., 1981; The Nutcracker – Act II (Tchaikovsky), Live Performance, 27 July, 1981 (both Royal Albert Hall, London). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5027. - 5060244550278

DVD0473. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Boston S.O.: Symphony #1 in c, Live Performance, 31 Oct., 1961; Symphony #2 in D, Live Performance, 12 April, 1960 (both Brahms). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5029. - 5060244550292

DVD0472. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Boston S.O.: Symphony #98 in B-flat (Haydn), Live Performance, 18 Oct., 1960; Symphony #7 in E (Bruckner), Live Performance, 18 Feb., 1958. (Germany) ICA ICAD 5028. - 5060244550285

DVD0471. FRIEDRICH GULDA: Beethoven & Bach. (E.U.) EuroArts 2058698, Live Performance, 1970, Bonn. - 880242586988

DVD0469. (JAN PEERCE): If I Were a Rich Man – The Life of Jan Peerce. (E.U.) EuroArts 2058328. A Film by Peter Rosen, hosted by Isaac Stern. - 880242583284

DVD0468. ANTONI WIT Cond. Warsaw Phil.: Song of the Night Symphony #3 (w.Rafal Bartminski [T]); Concertante Symphony #4 (w.Jan Krzysztof Broja [Pf.]) (both Szymanowski). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5017, Live Performance, 19 Nov., 2009. - 5060244550179

DVD0467. RUDOLF KEMPE Cond. Royal Phil.: Ein Heldenleben (Strauss), Live Performance, 28 Aug., 1974; Kempe Cond. BBC S.O.: New World Symphony # 9 in e (Dvorák), Live Performance, 29 Aug., 1975 (both Royal Albert Hall, London). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5009. - 5060244550094

DVD0466. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Boston S.O.: Symphony in d (Franck); Pelléas et Mélisande – Concert Suite (Fauré); Die Meistersinger – Act III Excerpts (Wagner). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5015, Live Performances, 1959-61. - 5060244550155

DVD0465. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Boston S.O.: Ma Mère l’Oye – Suite (Ravel); Ibéria; La Mer (both Debussy). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5014, Live Performances, 1958 & 1961. - 5060244550148

CRITIC REVIEWS:

“In the 1950s…[the Boston S.O.] was a spectacular ensemble of virtuosos, led by Charles Münch, and fully deserving of its place in the Big Five. Looking much like a trimmer, rather more stylish Carl Sandburg, ‘Le beau Charles’ was BSO music director from 1950 to 1963….Furtwängler meets Toscanini, with balance and proportion that can only be Münch. The BSO plays brilliantly….Balances seem quite good, much like what we know from Münch’s commercial recordings.”

- Lawrence Hansen, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, Sept./Oct., 2011

“Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult, even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances available for the first time since they were broadcast. Münch launched the BSO into television in 1955. He was an immensely popular conductor and well suited to being filmed. This material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony and Charles Münch, and has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques. It is of exceptional musical interest and historical value.

Munch is best known for his performances of French music, Debussy and Ravel in particular, and introduced the United States to a great deal of French repertoire, which was the cornerstone of his tenure with the BSO. According to Richard Dyer, he conducted LA MER 80 times, and made five commercial recordings of the work. All three works on this DVD were composed during Münch’s lifetime (Münch was 14 when LA MER was premièred and 21 for the premières of IBÉRIA and MOTHER GOOSE). An exciting, rhythmic conductor, he clearly enjoys his position on the podium, and was renowned for bringing something new and exciting to each performance as well as great spontaneity. A number of the recordings he made with the BSO have sold steadily for more than 50 years and remain a permanent standard of reference.”

DVD0464. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Boston S.O.: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus – Excerpts; Symphony #4 in B-flat; Symphony # 5 in c (all Beethoven). (Germany) ICA ICAD 5016, Live Performances, 1959-61. - 5060244550162

DVD0463. DAVID OISTRAKH, YEHUDI MENUHIN & IGOR OISTRAKH, w.Colin Davis, Kondrashin & Oistrakh Cond.: Bach, Mozart & Brahms. (Germany) ICA ICAD 5012, Live Performances, 1961 & 1963. - 5060244550124

DVD0462. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Live Performance, 18 June, 1978, w.Patanè Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sesto Bruscantini, Maria Luisa Nave, etc. (Italy) 2-Hardy 4046. - 8018783040467

DVD0461. Historical Collection, incl. Boris Christoff, w.Amaducci Cond., Live Performance, 1976, Lugano; Alfredo Kraus, w.José Collado Cond., Live Performance, 1995, Las Palmas; Renata Scotto, w.Thomas Fulton Cond., Live Performance, 1984, Tokyo. (Italy) 3-Dynamic 33683, in Boxed Set. Specially priced. - 8007144336837

DVD0458. ELEKTRA, Live Performance, 2010, Salzburg, w.Gatti Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Iréne Theorin, Waltraud Meier, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Robert Gambill, René Pape, etc. Stage Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff. (Germany) ArtHaus 101 559. - 807280155990

DVD0457. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE Cond. Munich Phil.: Celibidache rehearses Bruckner’s Ninth. A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film. (Germany) ArtHaus 101 555. - 807280155594

DVD0454. GREAT VOICES OF THE GOLDEN AGE, incl. Christa Ludwig, Gundula Janowitz, Irmgard Seefried, Galina Vishnevskaya, Gré Brouwenstijn & Rita Streich. (E.U.) Medici Arts 3078538. - 899132000770

DVD0451. THE DESERT SONG (Romberg), w.Sanford Cond. Nelson Eddy, Gale Sherwood, Otto Kruger, John Conte, Salvatore Baccaloni, Viola Essen, Earl William, etc. VAI 4534, Live Telecast, 7 May, 1955. - 089948453499

DVD0450. THE ENCHANTRESS (Tchaikovsky), w.Reznikov Cond. Nizhegorodsky State Academic Theatre Ensemble; Larissa Zyryanova, Vladimir Stepanov, Lyudmila Korzhakova, Vadim Valyuta, Alexander Pravilov, etc. VAI 4528, Live Performance, 1984. - 0899484528Z8

DVD0447. THE TSAR’S BRIDE (Rimsky-Korsakov), Live Performance, 1983, w.Simonov Cond. Bolshoi Theater Ensemble; Alexander Vedernikov, Lydia Kovaleva, Yuri Grigoriev, Boris Morozov, Evgeny Shapin, Nina Terentieva, Konstanti Pustovoi, etc. VAI 4526. - 089948452690

DVD0446. THE STONE GUEST (Dargomyzhsky), Live Performance, 1979, w.Ermler Cond. Bolshoi Theater Ensemble; Vladimir Atlantov, Tamara Milashkina, Alexander Vedernikov, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Vladimir Valaitis, etc.; MOZART AND SALIERI (Rimsky-Korsakov), Live Performance, 1981, w.Vartanian Cond. Bolshoi Theater Ensemble; Alexei Maslennikov & Artur Eizen. 2-VAI 4525. - 089948452591

DVD0445. DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Live Performance, 1967, Salzburg, w.Mehta Cond. Vienna Staatsoper; Ingeborg Hallstein, Reri Grist, Luigi Alva, Gerhard Unger, Fernando Corena & Michael Heltau. VAI 4521. - 089948452195

DVD0444. THE NOSE (Shostakovich), Filmed 1979, w.Rozhdestvensky Cond. Moscow Chamber Opera Theatre; Eduard Akimov, Alexander Lomonosov, Valery Belykh, Nina Sasulova, Boris Tarkhov, etc. VAI 4517. - 089948451792

DVD0443. LE COQ D’OR (Rimsky-Korsakov), Live Performance, 1986, w.Katanian Cond. Spendaryan Ensemble; Grigor Gondgian, Ruben Kubelian, Ellada Chakhoyan, Susanna Martirosian, etc. VAI 4518. - 089948451891

DVD0442. MASQUERADE (Khachaturian), w.Ter-Voskanian Cond. Spendaryan State Academy Ballet; Nikolai Dolgushin, Svetlana Smirnova, Sergei Baranov, Natalia Barisheva, etc. VAI 4515, Filmed 1985. - 089948451594

DVD0441. SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Live Performance, 2002, w.Daniele Gatti Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Thomas Hampson, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Miroslav Dvorsky, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, etc.; Stage Director: Peter Stein; Directed for Video by Anton Reitzenstein. (Germany) ArtHaus Musik 107 151. - 807280715194

DVD0437. PETRUSHKA, Live Performance, Bolshoi Ballet, 1992, w.Irek Mukhamedov, Ludmila Semenyaka, Vyasheslav Elagin & Yuri Vetrov; LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS, filmed 1990, Moscow Classical Ballet, w.Ilgiz Galimullin, Valeria Tsoi & Vera Timashova (both Stravinsky). VAI 4516. - 089948451693

DVD0436. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Live Performance, 1964, Salzburg, w.Kertész Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Walter Kreppel, Waldemar Kmentt, Pilar Lorengar, Walter Berry, Renate Holm, Roberta Peters, Paul Schöffler, etc. An Otto Schenk production. VAI 4520. - 089948452096

DVD0430. SALOME, Live Performance, 1992, w.Downes Cond. Royal Opera House Ensemble; Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel, Gillian Knight, Robin Leggate, etc.; Directed by Peter Hall Kultur D1494. - 032031149496

DVD0429. SADKO (Rimsky-Korsakov), Live Performance, 1980, w.Simonov Cond. Bolshoi Theater Ensemble; Vladimir Atlantov, Tamara Milashkina, Irina Arkhipova, Nina Grigorieva, Alexander Ognivtsev, Lev Kuznetsov, Alexander Voroshilo, Boris Morozov, etc. VAI 4512. - 089948451297

DVD0428. PRINCE IGOR (Borodin), Live Performance, 1981, w.Ermler Cond. Bolshoi Theater Ensemble; Evgeny Nesterenko, Elena Kurovskaya, Alexander Vedernikov, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Vladimir Sherbakov, Boris Morozov, etc. VAI 4513. - 089948451396

DVD0427. CAPRICCIO, Live Performance, 1993, w.Runnicles Cond. San Francisco Opera Ensemble; Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård, Tatiana Troyanos, Victor Braun, David Kuebler, Simon Keenlyside, Michel Sénéchal, etc. Kultur D2900. Final copy! - 032031290099

DVD0424. DON CARLOS, Live Performance, 7 Dec., 2008, w.Gatti Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Ferruccio Furlanetto, Dalibor Jenis, Fiorenza Cedolins, Dolora Zajick, Anatolij Kotscherga, Stuart Neill, etc. (Italy) 2–Hardy 4042. - 8018783040429

DVD0421. MAY NIGHT (Rimsky-Korsakov), w.Korobov Cond. Stanislavsky & Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Ensemble; Dmitry Ulyanov, Oleg Polpudin, Natalia Vladimirskaya, Irina Chistyakova, Vyacheslav Voynarovsky, Anatoly Loshak, Valeria Zaytseva, etc. VAI 4510, Live Performance, 9 March, 2008. - 089948451099

DVD0420. IOLANTA (Tchaikovsky), w.Vardanian Cond. Bolshoi Theatre Ensemble; Galina Kalinina, Artur Eisen, Lev Kuznetsov, Igor Morozov, Vladimir Malchenko, Nina Grigorieva, etc. VAI 4514, Live Performance, 1982. - 089948451495

DVD0419. MAX LORENZ: Max Lorenz, Wagner’s Mastersinger – Hitler’s Siegfried. (E.U.) Medici Arts 2056928, A Film by Eric Schulz & Claus Wischmann, w.Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Klaus Geitel, Walter Herrmann, Waldemar Kmentt, René Kollo, Lieselott Tietjen, Hilde Zadek & Michael Wessolowski, 1 DVD & 1 CD, the latter featuring SIEGFRIED – Act I (Complete) & Act II (Excerpts), Live Performance, 1938, Buenos Aires. - 880242569288

DVD0417. MARCO SPADA [o La Figlia del Bandito] (Auber), Live Performance, 8 Jan., 1982, w.Ventura Cond. Rome Opera Orch; Rudolf Nureyev, Ghislaine Thesmar, etc. (Italy) Hardy 4040. - 8018783040405

DVD0416. L’ORFEO (Monteverdi), w.Christie Cond. Les Arts Florissants Ensemble; Dietrich Henschel, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Luigi de Donato, Antonio Abete & Agustin Prunell-Friend, etc. (Italy) Dynamic 33598, Live Performance, 2008, Teatro Real, Madrid. Director, set & costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi. Interviews with Christie, Pizzi, Henschel & Schiavo. - 8007144335984

DVD0413. Les Ballets Trockadero, Vol. II, incl. Swan Lake; Le Corsaire; The Dying Swan; Raymonda’s Wedding; Go for Barocco. Bel Air BAC 043, recorded at the Maison de la Danse, Lyon. - 3760115300439

DVD0412. Les Ballets Trockadero, Vol. I, incl. Les Sylphides; Le Gran Pas de Quatre; The Dying Swan; Paquita; Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet. Bel Air BAC 042, recorded at the Maison de la Danse, Lyon. - 3760115300422

DVD0410. Great Ballets of the Teatro alla Scala, incl. Roberto Bolle, Svetlana Zakharova, Alessandra Ferri, Massimo Murru, etc.: Giselle, La Bayadère & A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 3-TDK DVWW-BOXSCALA, Live Performances, 2005-07, Teatro alla Scala. Slipcase Edition. - 807280800791

DVD0409. ELEKTRA, Live Performance, 1989, w.Abbado Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Eva Marton, Brigitte Fassbaender, Cheryl Studer, James King, Franz Grundheber, etc. Stage Director: Harry Kupfer; Directed for Video by Brian Large. (Germany) ArtHaus Musik 101 049. - 807280004991

DVD0408. IL RE (Giordano), Live Performance, 2006, Teatro Giordano, Foggia, w.Fratta Cond. Giuseppe Altomare, Patrizia Cigna, Fabio Andreotti, etc. (Italy) Bongiovanni AB 20014. - 8007068200146

DVD0407. CLAUDIO ABBADO Cond. Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester: Pelleas and Melisande (Schönberg); w.Juliane Banse (S): Symphony #4 in G (Mahler). (E.U.) Medici Arts 2055488, Live Performance, 24-25 April, 2006, Vienna. - 880242554888

DVD0406. (PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI) Piotr Anderszewski, Voyageur intranquille, Un Film de Bruno Monsaingeon. (E.U.) Medici Arts 3077938, Golden FIPA at Biarritz, Jan., 2009. - 899132000688

DVD0400. NIKOLAI LUGANSKY: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Liszt & Janácek. (E.U.) Medici Arts Stereo 3078658, Live Performance, 28 July, 2008, Verbier Festival. - 899132000978

DVD0399. The Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol. III, incl. Plisetskaya & Bogatirev; Maximova & Vasiliev; Maximova & Daukayev; Pavlova & Gordeev; Vasilieva & Malakhov; Kolpakova & Berezhnoi; Tennant & Nureyev; LeClercq & D’Amboise; Kain & Augustyn; Gregory & Bujones. VAI 4475. - 089948447597

DVD0398. (MAYA PLISETSKAYA) Maya, Portrait of Maya Plisetskaya by Dominique Delouche. VAI 4489. - 089948448990

DVD0397. VERA GALUPE–BORSZKH, w.Philip Koch, Keith Jurosko, Kyle Church Cheseborough & Patrick Jones - stars of La Gran Scena Opera Co.: VERA, Life of a Diva, incl. Arias from La Wally, Norma, Samson et Dalila, Tosca, Manon, Madama Butterfly & Adriana Lecouvreur; Ideale (Tosti); Vera’s legendary ‘Master Class’. VAI 4494. - 089948449492

DVD0396. FERENC FRICSAY Cond. RIAS S.O.: Ferenc Fricsay – Music Transfigured: Remembering Ferenc Fricsay, incl. La Scala di Seta - Overture (Rossini); Leonore Overture, III (Beethoven). (E.U.) Medici Arts 3078528, A film by Stephen Wright & Gérald Caillat. - 899132000763

DVD0395. ALEXIS WEISSENBERG: Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev & Stravinsky; w.Prêtre Cond. ORTF S.O.: Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat (Brahms). (E.U.) Medici Arts 3078048, Telecast 1965-69. - 899132000626

DVD0393. CLAUDIO ABBADO Cond. Orchestra Mozart, w.Giuliano Carmignola (Vln): The Six Brandenburg Concerti (all Bach). (E.U.) Medici Arts 2056738, Live Performance, 21 April, 2007, Reggio Emilia. - 880242567383

DVD0392. CHRISTOPH von DOHNÁNYI Cond. Vienna Phil.: Scottish Symphony #3 in a (Mendelssohn); The Miraculous Mandarin - Concert Suite (Bartók); w.Rudolf Buchbinder: Burleske for Piano in d (Strauss). (Austria) Medici Arts 2072208, Telecasts 1977. - 880242722089

DVD0389. PILAR LORENGAR, w.Miguel Zanetti (Pf.): Songs by Respighi, Mompou, Obradors, Granados & Dvorák (the latter’s Zigeunermelodien); Arias from El Barberillo de Lavapies (Francisco Asenjo Barbieri), La Wally, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Così, Manzoni Requiem, Don Carlos & Lohengrin. VAI 4476, Live Performance, 18 Feb., 1988, Teatro Principal, Zaragoza. - 089948447696

DVD0388. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ, w.Margreta Elkins, Robleto Merolla & James Morris;  Asensio Cond. RTVE S.O.:  NORMA – Act  I – Live Performance, 30 Jan., 1971;  Montserrat Caballé, w.Miguel Zanetti (Pf.):  Handel, Vivaldi & Granados, Live Performance, 1979 (both from Teatro Real, Madrid).  VAI 4465. - 89948446590

DVD0386. ALFREDO KRAUS, w.José Tordesillas (Pf.):  Songs by Barrera, Quintero Roig;  Arias from Manon, Werther, Roméo, La Favorita, Lucia, La Traviata & Rigoletto.  VAI 4464, Live Performance, 1984, Teatro Real, Madrid. - 89948446491

DVD0385. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ, w.Miguel Zanetti (Pf.):  Vivaldi, Giordani, Galuppi, Gluck, Salieri, Bellini, Pacini, Ravel, Bizet, Chapí, Serrano & Barbieri.  VAI 4463, Live Performance, 1983, Teatro Real, Madrid. - 89948446392

DVD0384. DAVID OISTRAKH, w.Vsevolod Petrushansky (Pf.):  Sonata in A, Op.162 (Schubert);  Sonata #7 in c (Beethoven);  Scherzo in c (Brahms);  Clair de lune (Debussy).  VAI 4474, Live Performance, 1965, Moscow. - 89948447498

DVD0383. MANON, Live Performance, 2007, Barcelona, w.Pérez Cond. Gran Teatre del Liceu Ensemble; Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazón, Manuel Lanza, Samuel Ramey, etc. Stage Director: David McVicar. (Holland) 2-Virgin 50689. - 5099950506897

DVD0381. DAVID OISTRAKH, w.Frida Bauer (Pf.):  Schubert, Debussy, Dvorák & Sibelius;  w.Kondrashin Cond. Moscow Phil.:  Violin Concerto #2 (Shostakovich).  VAI 4473, Live Performances, 1972 / ’67, resp. - 89948447399

DVD0378. PAUL TORTELIER:  Testament to Bach – The Complete Cello Suites.  VAI 4481, Live Performance, 1990, Casals Prades Festival.   Produced & Directed by Peter Ammann. - 89948448198

DVD0377. (EVGENI  KOROLIOV)  Evgeni Koroliov – Goldberg Variations (Bach).   (E.U.) Medici Arts 2057238, Live Performance, 20 June, 2008, Leipzig. - 880242572387

DVD0376. (DAVID OISTRAKH)  David Oistrakh, Artiste du Peuple?, Un Film de  Bruno Monsaingeon.   (E.U.) Medici Arts 3073178. - 899132000725

DVD0371. ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF, w.Gerald Moore & Geoffrey Parsons (Pfs.);  Klobucar Cond. ORTF S.O.:   Songs and Arias by Gluck, Mozart, Verdi, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, Wolf & Menotti.  (E.U.) Medici Arts 3085268, Telecasts 1961 & 1970. - 899132000695

DVD0370. GENNADI  ROZHDESTVENSKY Cond. BBC S.O.:  Russian Easter Festival Overture (Rimsky-Korsakov);  Symphony #4 in c (Shostakovich);  w.Viktoria Postnikova:  Piano Concerto #1 in f-sharp (Rachmaninoff).  (E.U.) Medici Arts 3085278, Telecasts 1978 & 1979. - 899132000718

DVD0364. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, Live Performance, 2 Nov., 1963, Tokyo, w.de Fabritiis Cond. NHK Ensemble;  Antonietta Stella, Gastone Limarilli, Anselmo Colzani, etc.;  Interview with Antoneitta Stella, 2008.   VAI 4439. - 89948443995

DVD0361. MARIO del MONACO: Mario del Monaco at the Bolshoi incl. Scenes from Pagliacci (w.Maslennikova, Ivanov, Fabrisanov & Vespov) & Carmen (w.Arkhipova & Lisitsian). VAI 4448, Live Performances, 1959. - 089948444893

DVD0353. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 1973, w.Verchi Cond. NHK Italian Opera Ensemble;  Renata Scotto, José Carreras, Sesto Bruscantini, etc.  VAI 4434. - 89948443490

DVD0348. TATIANA NIKOLAYEVA:  24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich);  plus 14-minute documentary.  (E.U.) Medici Arts 3085248, Telecast 21-30 Dec., 1992. - 899132000510.

DVD0329. RENATA SCOTTO, w.Lukács Cond. Budapest S.O.: Arias from Giulio Cesare, La Clemenzo di Tito, Manon, La Wally, Carmen, Gianni Schicchi & Adriana Lecouvreur; Les Nuits d’Été (Berlioz). VAI 4430, Live Performance, 11 Nov., 1991, Budapest. - 89948443094

DVD0310. FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS: Florence Foster Jenkins – A World of Her Own, incl. interviews with Kathleen Bayfield, Florence Darnault, Adolf Pollitz & Cosme McMoon. VAI 4431. - 89948443193

DVD0309. ERICH LEINSDORF Cond. Boston S.O., w.Phyllis Curtin, Nicholas di Virgilio & Tom Krause: War Requiem (Britten), Telecast 27 July, 1963, Tanglewood. VAI 4429. - 89948442998

DVD0308. GISELLE, Live Performance, 31 Oct.,1980, w.Urbay Cond. Ballet Nacional de Cuba; Alicia Alonso, Vladimir Vasiliev, Aurora Bosch, Alberto Méndez, etc. VAI 4391. - 89948439196

DVD0303. FAUST, Live Performance, 12 Sept., 1973, Tokyo, w.Ethuin Cond. NHK Ensemble; Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Lorenzo Saccomani, etc.; Ernest Gilbert interviews Renata Scotto, 2007. VAI 4417. - 89948441793

DVD0299. LIEUTENANT KIJÉ (Prokofiev), Filmed 1969, w.Vladimir Vasiliev, Raisa Struchkova & Tatiana Popko; LE BAISER DE LA FÉE (Stravinsky), Filmed 1990, w.Vladimir Malakhov, Tatiana Yatsenko, Ludmila Vasilieva, Vanya Gorbatsevich, etc. (both w.Moscow Classical Ballet Company); Raisa Struchkova & Boris Khokhlov: Sleeping Beauty & Don Quichotte – Pas de deux. VAI 4415. - 89948441595

DVD0293. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Live Performance, 1967, w.Bartoletti Cond. NHK Italian Opera Ensemble, Tokyo; Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Zanasi, etc.; Faust – Final Scene, Live Performance, w.Ethuin Cond. NHK Italian Opera Ensemble, Tokyo; Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus & Nicolai Ghiaurov. VAI 4418. - 89948441892

DVD0277. JENUFA (Janácek), Filmed 1989, w.Andrew Davis Cond. London Phil. & Glyndebourne Chorus; Roberta Alexander, Anja Silja, Philip Langridge, Mark Baker, etc. Directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff. Kultur D0035. - 032031003590

DVD0270. LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT, Live Performance, 2005, Genoa, w.Frizza Cond. Teatro Carlo Felice Ensemble; Patrizia Ciofi, Juan Diego Flórez, Francesca Franci, Nicola Ulivieri, etc.; includes bonus DVD.  2-Decca B0007620. - 44007431467

DVD0255 P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! - featuring Professor Peter Schickele with OrchestraX conducted by Peter Jacoby. This performance showcases P.D.Q. at the nadir of his creative power, including Schleptet in E-flat, Iphigenia in Brooklyn, ‘Unbegun’ Symphony, Fuga Meshuga, Odden und Enden, The Seasonings, and the inevitable Schickele play-by-play analysis of Beethoven’s Fifth.  Acorn Media 8849. - 54961884995

DVD0252. GÉRARD SOUZAY, w.Jean Deslauriers Cond. Radio-Canada Orch.: Songs by Fauré, Duparc, Debussy & Strauss; w.Dalton Baldwin (Pf.): Songs by Lully, Fauré, Duparc, Arne, Strauss, Schubert, Ovalle & Obradors. VAI 4360, Telecasts 9 Feb., 1956, 18 Oct., 1960 & 9 Feb., 1967, Radio-Canada. - 089948436096

DVD0243. THE IMPRESARIO (Der Schauspieldirektor) (in English & German) (Mozart), Telecast Performance,1961, w.Gamson Cond. Eleanor Steber, Jacquelynne Moody & John Kuhn; COSÌ FAN TUTTE – Excerpts, Act. I (in English), Telecast Performance, 1956, w.Schauzer Cond. Phyllis Curtin, Jane Hobson, David Lloyd, Mac Morgan & Kenneth Smith. VAI 4385. - 089948438595

DVD0189. GÉRARD SOUZAY, w.Roland Leduc Cond. Radio-Canada Orch.: Songs by Debussy & Ravel; Alceste – Il faut passer (Lully); w.Dalton Baldwin (Pf.): Songs by Lully, Fauré, Duparc, Gounod, Canteloube & Schubert; w.Jean Beaudet Cond. Radio Canada Orch.: Arias from Orfeo, Les Indes Galantes, Don Giovanni & La Damnation de Faust. VAI 4312, Telecasts 3 Feb., 1955 & 3 March, 1966, Radio-Canada. - 089948431299

DVD0188. ELENA NIKOLAIDI, w.Guy Bourassa (Pf.): Songs by Canteloube, Wolf, etc.; Orfeo ed Euridice – Che farò senza Euridice; Interview w.Nikolaidi. VAI 4342, Telecast 17 Jan., 1961, Radio-Canada. - 089948434290

DVD0182. GISELLE, Live Performance, 15 Feb., 1980, w.Ventura Cond. Rome Opera Orch.; Carla Fracci, Rudolf Nureyev, etc. (Italy) Hardy 4019. - 8018783040191

DVD0177. RASPUTIN (Rautavaara), w.Mikko Franck Cond. Finnish National Opera Ensemble; Matti Salminen, Lilli Paasikivi, Jorma Hynninen, etc. Ondine High Definition Stereo and Surround Sound DV 4003. - 761195040027

DVD0171. ANNA RUSSELL – Anna Russell: Crown Princess of Musical Parody, Her Television Appearances: The Ellis Island Summer Festival, 1964; The Clown Princess of Comedy, 1976; An Hilarious Interview with Anna Russell, 1977. VAI 4340, from the archives of the CBC. - 089948434092

DVD0163. DIE MEISTERSINGER, Live Performance, 2001, w.Levine Cond. Metropolitan Opera Ensemble; James Morris, René Pape, Thomas Allen, Ben Heppner, Matthew Polenzani, Karita Mattila, John Relyea, etc. 2-DG High Definition Stereo and Surround Sound B0003455-09. - 044007309490

DVD0152. BELCANTO – The Tenors of the 78 Era, Part I, incl. Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Richard Tauber, Leo Slezak & Joseph Schmidt. Each episode with a biographical and musical focus, captured on black & white sound film, much of which is shown here for the very first time. (E.U.) EuroArts 2050207. - 880242502070

DVD0143. RENATA SCOTTO, w.Raffi Armenian Cond. Orchestre Symphonique de Québec: Arias from Gianni Schicchi, Don Carlos, Otello, Le Villi, La Wally, Manon Lescaut, Tosca & Macbeth – Live Performance, 21 Aug., 1986, Joliette; w.Thomas Fulton (Pf.): Songs & Arias by Handel, Scarlatti, Rossini, Verdi, Liszt, Respighi, Puccini & Mascagni, Live Performance, 2 Sept., 1984, Tokyo. VAI 4306, partially from the archives of Radio-Canada. - 089948430698

DVD0136. PIERRE MONTEUX Cond. Boston S.O.: Tragic Overture (Brahms); Noblissima Visione (Hindemith); Petrouchka (Original Version) (Stravinsky). VAI 4316, Live Performance, 20 Jan., 1959, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. - 089948431695

DVD0135. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Boston S.O.:   Symphonie fantastique (Berlioz);   La Mer (Debussy);   Daphnis et Chloë – Suite #2 (Ravel). VAI 4317, Live Performance, 1962, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. - 089948431794

DVD0133. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ, w.Cillario Cond. ORTF S.O.: Arias from Il Pirata, Anna Bolena, Roberto Devereux & Goyescas. VAI 4308, Live Performance, 15 Oct., 1966, Salle Pleyel. - 089948430896

DVD0113. CINDERELLA, Telecast Performance, 29 April, 1957, w.Robert Irving Cond. Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet; Fonteyn, Somes, Ashton, MacMillan, Grant, Farron, Merle Park, etc. VAI 4296. - 089948429692

DVD0111. ANNA KARENINA (Shchedrin), Filmed 1974, w.Simonov Cond. Bolshoi Theatre Ballet; Plisetskaya, Godunov, Tikhanov, Vladimirov, Sorokina, etc. VAI 4286. - 089948428695

DVD0099. Tristan und Isolde, Live Performance, 7 July, 1973, w.Böhm Cond. Théâtre Antique d’Orange Ensemble; Jon Vickers, Birgit Nilsson, Ruth Hesse, Walter Berry, Bengt Rundgren, etc. Kultur D2230. - 032031223097

DVD0098. La Traviata, Live Performance, 1976, Wolf Trap, w.Rudel Cond. Filene Center Ensemble; Beverly Sills, Henry Price, Richard Fredericks, etc. VAI 4207. - 089948420798

DVD0095. Tosca, Live Performance, 1960, w.Vernizzi Cond. RAI Radiotelevisione Ensemble, Torino; Magda Olivero, Alvinio Misciano, Giulio Fioravanti, etc.; Magda Olivero: Songs & Arias by Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Cilea, Alfano, Franck, Gounod & Handel, with Interview. (Italy) Hardy 4011. - 8018783040115

DVD0093. SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Filmed 2002, w.Claudio Abbado Cond. Teatro Comunale Ensemble, Firenze; Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, Karita Mattila, Vincenzo La Scola, Lucio Gallo, Andrea Concetti, etc. TDK Stereo DVUS-OPSIBO. - 824121000554

DVD0089. Otello, Live Performance, 2001, Milano, w.Muti Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Domingo, Frittoli, Nucci, etc. TDK Stereo DVUS-OPOTEL. - 824121000196

DVD0088. Otello, Live performance, 1958, w.Serafin Cond. RAI Ensemble, Milano; Mario del Monaco, Rosanna Carteri, Renato Capecchi, Gino Mattera, Plinio Clabassi, etc. (Italy) Hardy 4004. - 8018783040047

DVD0087. NORMA, Live Performance, 20 July, 1974, Théâtre Antique, Orange, w.Patanè Cond. Teatro Regio Ensemble; Monserrat Caballé, Josephine Veasey, Jon Vickers, Agostino Ferrin, etc.  VAI 4229. - 089948422990

DVD0081. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Live Performance, 15 March, 1958, Napoli, w.Molinari-Pradelli Cond. Teatro di San Carlo; Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Oralia Dominguez, Boris Christoff, Renato Capecchi, etc.; also includes an interview with Renata Tebaldi. (Italy) Hardy 4002. - 8018783040023

DVD0079. La Fanciulla del West, Live Performance, 1991, w.Maazel Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Mara Zampieri, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Sergio Bertocchi, Luigi Roni, Antonio Salvadori, etc. (UK) Opus Arte OA LS 3004 D. - 809478030041

DVD0078. FALSTAFF, Live Performance, 10 April, 2001, w.Muti Cond. La Scala Ensemble, Teatro Verdi, Busseto; Ambrogio Maestri, Juan Diego Flórez, Roberto Frontali, Barbara Frittoli, Inva Mula, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Paolo Barbacini, Ernesto Gavazzi, etc. Stage director: Ruggero Cappuccio, after the historical 1913 staging by the Teatro Verdi, Busseto featuring the original 1913 drops painted by Edoardo Marchiorio. (E.U.) EuroArts Stereo 20 5127 9. - 880242512796

DVD0077. L'Elisir d'Amore, Live Performance, 1967, Firenze, w.Gavazzeni Cond. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Ensemble; w.Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei, Carlo Cava, etc. (Italy) Hardy 4014. - 8018783040146

DVD0073. Don Carlos (The 5-Act French Version), Live Performance, 1996, Paris, w.Pappano Cond. Théâtre du Châtelet Ensemble; Roberto Alagna, Karita Mattila, Waldtraud Meier, Thomas Hampson, José van Dam, etc. Kultur D2031. - 032031203198

DVD0060. The Abduction of Figaro (P.D.Q. Bach), Live Performance, 1984, w.Peter Schickele Cond. Minnesota Opera; Dana Krueger, Bruce Edwin Ford, LeRoy Lehr, Marilyn Brustadt, Lisbeth Lloyd, John Ferrante, etc.; also includes 1972 Television Interview with Prof. Schickele. VAI Stereo 4251. - 89948425199

DVD0059. Great Stars of Opera On the Bell Telephone Hour, Vol. III, incl. de los Angeles, della Casa, Tucci, Moffo, Crespin, Nilsson, Curtin, d’Angelo, Peters, Miller, Anthony, Amara, Munsel, Sullivan, McCracken, Gedda, Kónya, Tucker, Peerce, Merrill, Hines, etc. VAI 4280, Bell Telecasts, 1959-68. - 089948428091

DVD0058. Great Stars of Opera On the Bell Telephone Hour, Vol. II, incl. Berganza, Curtin, Moffo, Nilsson, Price, Resnik, Stratas, Tebaldi, della Casa, Corelli, di Stefano, Gedda, Tucker, London, Merrill, Tozzi & Uppman. VAI 4232, Bell Telecasts, 1959-67. - 089948423294

DVD0055. Great Singers of Russia, Vol. I, incl. Chaliapin (Don Quichotte), Pirogov (Boris Godounov & Prince Igor), Lisitsian (La Traviata), Barsova (Ivan Susanin), Nelepp (Boris Godounov), Reizen (Aleko & Eugen Onégin [at age 90!]), Kozlovsky (Rigoletto, Boris Godounov & Russian Songs), Lemeshev (Werther, La Boheme, Eugen Onégin & Russian Songs), Mikhailov (Ivan Susanin) & Natalia Shpiller (I wait for you Rachmaninoff]). VAI 4257. - 089948425793

DVD0043. Anna Russell - The (First) Farewell Concert, incl. How to become a Singer; Wind Instruments I Have Known; On Pink Chiffon Drag; A Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta; Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Cycle; Jolly Old Sigmund Freud; & other Folk Tunes. VAI 4208, Live Performance, 7 Nov., 1984, Baltimore, MD. - 089948420897

DVD0042. Vera Galupe-Borszkh, w.Sergio Zawa (Pf.): The Annual Farewell Recital, incl. Songs by Schubert, Tschaikowsky, Poulenc, etc.; Arias from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Dido and Aeneas, La Gioconda, Mefistofele & Il Trovatore. VAI 4250, Live Performance, 30 April, 2003, La Belle Époque, New York. - 089948425090

DVD0028. La Bayadère, Live Performance, w.Pähn Cond. Opéra National de Paris Orch.; Guérin, Platel, Hilaire, etc. TDK Stereo DVUS-BLDDLB, A Documentary of Nureyev’s choreography. - 824121000585

DVD0024. Maya Plisetskaya, w.Nicolai Fadeyechev, Vladimir Vasiliev, Yuri Zhdanov & Maris Liepa: Plisetskaya Dances. VAI 4264, Filmed 1964, USSR. - 089948426493

DVD0013. PIERRE MONTEUX Cond. Chicago S.O.: Symphony #8 in F (Beethoven);  Le Carnaval Romain – Overture (Berlioz);   Die Meistersinger – Prelude, Act III (Wagner), Telecast 1 Jan., 1961; CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. Chicago S.O.: Dardanus – Suite (Rameau);  Les Troyens – Royal Hunt and Storm (Berlioz); Valses nobles et sentimentales; La Valse (both Ravel), Telecast 27 Feb., 1963.  VAI 4226. - 089948422693