Cecilia & Byrn at Glyndebourne (HD DVD)

Cecilia & Byrn at Glyndebourne, a recital. Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel sing a short program of 10 opera arias and duets from baroque, classical, and bel canto composers:

1. Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro  Overture

2. Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro "Cinque . . . dieci . . ."

3. Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro "Se a caso madama"

4. Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro "Se vuol ballare"

5. Mozart La clemenza di Tito "Parto, parto"

6. Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

7. Rossina Il barbiere di Siviglia "Dunque io son"

8. Mozart Don Giovanni  "Madamina, il catalogo è questo"

9. Haydn L' anima del filosofo "Al tuo seno fortunato"

10. Donizetti L'elisir d'amore "Quanto amore!"

11. Mozart Don Giovanni "Là ci darem la mano"

12. Handel Judas Maccabeus "Arm, arm, ye brave"

13. Rossini Semiramide "Bel raggio lusinghier"

14. Mozart Die Zauberflöte " Pa-pa-pa-pa"

Myung-Whun Chung directs the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader Joakim Svenheden) at the Glyndebourne Opera House in 1999. Directed for TV by Brian Large.  Released  2008, this  HD DVD disc has 5.1 Dolby TrueHD sound. Grade: A-

This  title is still available, but it is now overshadowed by the Blu-ray version that Opus Arte published later. See the mini-review to the Blu-ray version for more information about this title and the grade we give it.