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John Mark Ainsley heads the cast in this production of Mozart's
opera recorded live at the Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich, in June 2008.
Other performers include Pavol Breslik, Juliane Banse and Annette
Dasch, with Kent Nagano conducting the Orchestra and Choir of the
Bayerisches Staatsoper.
How relevant is classical music today? The genre seems in danger of
becoming nothing more than a hobby for the social elite. Yet Kent
Nagano has another world in mind - one where everyone has access to
classical music. In Classical Music: Expect the Unexpected the
world-famous classical conductor tells the deeply personal story of
his own engagement with the masterpieces and great composers of
classical music, his work with the world's major orchestras, and
his tireless commitment to bringing his music to everybody.
Narrating his first childhood encounters with music's power to
overcome social and ethnic boundaries, he celebrates an art form
that has always taken part in debates about human values and
societal developments. The constantly declining relevance of
classical music in these disrupted times, he argues, not only
impoverishes society from a cultural perspective but robs it of
inspiration, wit, emotional depth, and a sense of community.
Getting to grips with classical music's existential crisis, Nagano
contends that it is too crucial to humanity's survival to be
allowed to silently disappear from our everyday reality. In this
moving autobiography, Kent Nagano makes a compelling plea for
classical music that is as exhilarating as it is thought-provoking.
Kent Nagano conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in this
production of Mussorgsky's opera. Bass Alexander Tsymbalyuk
performs the titular role with the rest of the cast featuring
Gerhard Siegel, Markus Eiche and Anatoli Kotscherga.
Kent Nagano conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in this
production of Mussorgsky's opera. Bass Alexander Tsymbalyuk
performs the titular role with the rest of the cast featuring
Gerhard Siegel, Markus Eiche and Anatoli Kotscherga.
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original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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Kent Nagano leads the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in Dmitri
Tcherniakov's production of Mussorgsky's opera, recorded live at
the Nationaltheater, Munich in 2007. Doris Soffel stars as Marfa,
with Anatoly Kotscherga as the religious leader Dosifei, Klaus
Florian Vogt as Andrey, and Paata Burchuladze as the charismatic
Prince Ivan Khovansky.
Live performance of Francis Poulenc's opera, recorded in Munich.
Kent Nagano conducts the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus,
with Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter and Sylvie
Brunet starring in the main roles.
Nikolaus Lehnhoff's production of Richard Wagner's three-act
romantic opera Lohengrin, recorded live at Baden-Baden's
Festspielhaus in June 2006. Klaus Florian Vogt leads the cast,
which is accompanied by the EuropaChorAkademie Mainz, the Chorus of
the Opera National de Lyon and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin, conducted by Kent Nagano.
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