Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

Here is the most convincing presentation of Brahms' symphonies that I personally have ever experienced. There is no explaining a gift like Leonard Bernstein, a true legend and one of the truly great ones of the 20th century (and a great Brahms conductor!). I have followed his career and recordings both at the NY Philharmonic and at Vienna (other places too). His brilliance and incandescence are revelatory in these Brahms performances. His view of a thorough-going romantic Brahms expressing his passionate control of an inner rage in classical form is convincing. He and this great Vienna orchestra give a consistent statement of it. And, of course, Bernstein's introductory comments are without peer.

1984-01-01 | en

Beethoven · Die Symphonien

2013-09-23 | de

Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica

Beethoven spent three years composing the Eroica, an intimate journal of his emotional crises and his dramatic emergence as an original master. Michael Tilson Thomas and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony help you make sense of this voyage into life as it really is.

2006-01-01 | en

Kesäillan valssi

A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.

1951-10-05 | fi

i.Mirror by China Tracy

Cao Fei recorded her experiences within the online social platform Second Life. The result is a wistful, surreal vision of an alternative reality sprung from the pop culture fantasies and hyper-consumerism of contemporary urban China, while also trying to transcend its real-life limitations. It can be seen as an answer to the challenge posed by River Elegy: how to envision a new Chinese destiny founded on principles of individuality, creativity, discovery, and freedom. The film also reflects the contemporary condition of the virtual supplanting our experience of the real.

2007-06-10 | en

Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest. Live Blu-ray

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the "Kirby Star" series, the "Kirby Star 30th Anniversary Music Festival" was held at Tokyo Garden Theater on August 11th last year with two performances, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. A big band-like formation of 35 players performed various arrangements of songs from the "Kirby Dream Land" series. Includes all performances from the night performance on August 11, 2022 (12 songs including interludes and encores). In order to give you a more realistic feeling of the festival, we have specially edited it with a cut that is different from the free YouTube live distribution on the day of the performance.

2023-10-31 | ja

LIVE SYMPATHY 2018 Phantasy Star Series 30th Anniversary

Home video release of Live Sympathy 2018 held at Differ Ariake on March 24, 2018. Comes with all 15 types of item codes for the game, PS 30th anniversary sticker, bonus footage including behind-the-scenes, scenes from daytime live, and comments from staff. Blu-ray comes with live footage mainly from the night performance with partial footage from daytime live.

2018-07-26 | en

"PSO" Series 15th Anniversary Concert "Sympathy 2015" Live Memorial

Phantasy Star Online Series 15th Anniversary Concert: Sympathy 2015 Live Memorial is a three-part concert celebrating fifteen years of the Phantasy Star Online sub-series. Performed by the Sympathy Special Orchestra and featuring Annette Marie Cotrill, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Satomi Sato, Halko Momoi, Atsuko Enomoto, Ichitaro Ai, DF GIRLS, Marika Kouno, Riko Kohara and Yurika Takagi.

2016-03-24 | ja

Atelier Series: Gust Premium Live ~Concert of The Twilight World~

Live recording of the Atelier game series celebration show at the Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO on 29th August 2013. Featuring the talents of Haruka Shimotsuki, ACRYLICSTAB, Kanako Ito, Chirinuruwowaka, asaco nasu, Mutsumi Nomiyama and Mineko Yamamoto.

2013-11-20 | ja

OCTOPATH TRAVELER Break, Boost and Beyond Live!

You can now bring home the experience of this first musical concert, "OCTOPATH TRAVELER - Break, Boost and Beyond!" at the Olympus Hall Hachioji on July 28, 2019. This Blu-ray disc not only captures moving live musical performances but also up-close behind-the-scenes footage with composer Yasutomo Nishiki.

2019-12-18 | en

RUMBLE ROSES Original Soundtrack DVD

A total of 23 songs including "Yankee Roses" from the video game Rumble Roses. DVD also include special screensavers, in-game movies, and special music videos!

2005-03-30 | ja

RUMBLE ROSES XX Original Soundtrack DVD

The Rumble Roses XX Original Soundtrack is based on Konami's Xbox360 video game release and features a complete selection of all character introduction songs found in the video game and includes a Bonus DVD with all entrance videos.

2006-05-10 | ja

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the mesmerising young pianist Yuja Wang, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience spellbound in this opening concert of the 2009 Lucerne Festival. Prokofiev's popular and vibrant Third Piano Concerto demonstrates the composer's sharp musical wit, and Yuja Wang is a brilliant exponent of the work. Following this, and chiming beautifully with the festival's theme of the relationship between art and nature, Mahler's First Symphony is given an illuminating and rapturously received performance.

2010-07-01 | en

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival

“It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life today: total harmony of mind and heart, poetry and outcry, fear and consolation, knowing and feeling,” declared the Berne paper ‘Der Bund’ after this stunning performance of Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony in August 2003 by the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Claudio Abbado had formed this ensemble from famous instrumentalists, celebrated chamber-musicians and experienced soloists from the world’s best orchestras, and the event was sold out months in advance. The ‘Neue Zürcher Zeitung’ reported: “Once again the applause at the end was unequalled; the immense final chord … broke a tension that had lasted over 90 minutes without relaxing for a moment.”

2008-12-01 | de

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

For this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, recorded live in 2007 at the Congress and Concert Hall Lucerne, Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra are joined by the Arnold Schoenberg Chor and the Tölzer Knabenchor. The soloist is Anna Larsson.

2009-11-01 | en

Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder

The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience spellbound in this live recording from Lucerne Festival in Summer. Mahler’s five Rückert-Lieder – in a profoundly moving and rapturously received performance – precede Mahler’s sublime and deeply personal Fourth Symphony. This extraordinary work is executed with power, passion and sensitivity, with Magdalena Kožená giving a transcendent rendition of the final movement.

2010-11-01 | en

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Live performance of Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No.6' at the 2006 Lucerne Festival. Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which includes soloists such as violinist Kolja Blacher, cellist Natalia Gutman and clarinettist Sabine Meyer.

2007-07-01 | en

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Mahler's seventh symphony recorded in 2005.

2006-05-01 | en

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 [Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra]

The release of Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 1 + 2 starts the release the complete Mahler cycle with Paavo Jarvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra on DVD and Blu-ray. Each Symphony will have an introduction by Paavo Jarvi.

2014-11-18 | en

MOTOAKI FURUKAWA with VOYAGER LIVE 2008 TOKYO & KOBE

Recorded live in Tokyo in September 2008 and Kobe in November 2008. Three years have passed since the resurrection of VOYAGER, and thus a new tour began. This DVD combines the sets from LIVE GATE Tokyo and Kobe Winterland and showcases both new and classic material.

2009-08-25 | ja