Jacques Offenbach was the composer of many operettas that satirized life in 19th century France, many of which are still popular. "Tales of Hoffman" was his last work and his only "serious" opera, and Offenbach died before completing it. This has lead to several "final" versions which is of interest primarily to musicologists.
"This Is Electro" combines the most essential tracks of the last eight years produced in the studio by Anthony Rother, the best-selling producer from Offenbach. Like no other, Rother shaped the aesthetics of the electro-music genre for years and years with his international ground-breaking releases, precisely because he never stood still; instead he was the pioneer of stylish motorbeats. This landmark development of electro-music will be obvious in the two CD versions of the DVD sets "This Is Electro", which, with 28 tracks and over two hours playtime, combine the most important points of Rother's career in completely remixed and digitally remastered versions…
Performance of anthology. Platée is Marc Minkowski's speciality, which had dug up it of a too long sleep in 1988 for a recording unsurpassed otherwise by this production of the Opera of Paris. Hilarious, but especially moving, Paul Agnew's Platée is a model of spiritual singing, it is necessary to see the dark Madness of Delunsch to believe it and invaluable Leguérinel's Momus.
Minkowski takes all his world of a spicy baguette and Pelly put the bases of his method: crazy ballets, moved reading, the score falls naturally in its ropes and he will renew such a happiness no as with his trilogy Offenbach.
The forthcoming season marks the 10th anniversary of Anna Netrebko’s debut with the Metropolitan Opera, New York. The new album celebrates this milestone by bringing together her greatest MET moments throughout the past 10 seasons - performances never before issued on record and most never commercially released on any format.
Deluxe eight disc (six CD + two NTSC/Region 0 DVDs) in artbook pressing. Broken Skies - Outspread Wings is the extensive, detailed sequel to Premonitions (2015) and covers the years 1984 to 2006 in the production history of legendary former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. The albums were all remastered in 2018 and often offer various bonus pieces. In addition to the albums Till We Have Faces, Guitar Noir, Darktown, Feedback 86, To Watch the Storms and Wild Orchids, this includes a superb Roger Dean (Yes, Uriah Heep) painting ennobled artbook…