Die 12 Cellisten 40 Years Anniversary Concert. Performed 2012 by the cello section of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Philharmonie Berlin. 

Cellists for the concert are (in order of seniority): Ludwig Quandt, Martin Löhr, Olaf Maninger, Richard Duven, Rachel Helleur, Christoph Igelbrink, Solène Kermarrec, Stephan Koncz, Martin Menking, David Riniker, Nikolaus Römisch, Dietmar Schwalke, and Knut Weber. If you're sharp, you'll note there are 13 names in the preceding sentence. In 2012, the cello section had been expanded to 13 members, but the repertoire of the group was still written for 12 instruments. (As I write this in February 2015, the cello section has been further expanded to 14.) So somebody normally gets a day off. In the concert filmed for this HDVD, 12 members play the main program, and all 13 play the 4 encores.

For the concert--- Director: Michael Beyer; Director of Photography: Günter Euringer; Sound: Christian Feldgen; Editor: Cetin Tutak; Producer: Grete Liffers; Producer: Grete Liffers; Line Producer: Claudia Krüger.

Title also includes a 59 minute documentary, The 12 Cellists.  For the documentary--- Director: Enrique Sánchez Lansch; Directors of Photography:  Isabelle Casez and Henning Brümmer; Sound by Andreas Köppen; Editor: Julia Oehrig; Sound Editor: Sven Piesker.

Concert music was recorded with 48kHz/24-bit sampling for both stereo and surround. Released 2012, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound output. Grade: B+

Amor, vida de mi vida concert.  Plácido Domingo and Ana María Martínez sing zaruelas. In 2007, Jesús López Cobos conducts the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg at the Großes Festspielhaus as part of the Salzburg Festival. Here are the selections:

• Frederico Chueca Preludio to El bateo

• Frederico Moreno Torroba "Amor, vida be me vida" from La Maravilla

• Pablo Luna Carné "De España vengo" from El niño judío

• Frederico Moreno Torroba "Tienes razón, amigo" from La chulapona

• Frederico Moreno Torroba "Tres horas antes del día" from La marchenara

• Manuel de Falla Danza ritual del fuego from El amor brujo

• Frederico Moreno Torroba "¡Cállate, corazón!" from Luisa Fernanda

• José Serrano "Qué te importa que no venga?" form Los claveles

• Reveriano Soutullo Otero "Quiero desterrar de tu pecho el temor" from La del Soto del Parral

• Jerónimo Giménez Bellido Interludio from La boda de Luis Alonso, o La noche del encierro

• Manuel Penella "Todas las mañanitas" from Don Gil de Alcalá

• Pablo Sorozábal "En un país de fábula" from La tabernera del puerto

• Frederico Moreno Torroba "Luché la fe por el triunfo" from Luisa Fernanda

• Manuel de Falla Jota from El sombrero de tres picos

• José Serrano "Junto al puente de la peña" from La canción de olvido

• Ruperto Chapí "Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores" from Las hijas del Zebedeo

• Frederico Moreno Torroba "En mi tierra extremeña" from Luisa Fernanda

• Pablo Sorozábal "No puede ser" from La tabernera del puerto

• Ernesto Lecuona "Mulata infeliz, tu vida acabó" from María la O

• Manuel Penella "¡Soleá!" -- "¿Me llamabas, Rafaeliyo?" from El gato montés

• Franz Léhar "Lippen schweigen" from Die lustige Witwe

Directed for TV by Karina Fibich. Sung in Spanish. Released 2009, disc has 5.1 PCM sound. Grade: B+

2007 Europakonzert: Program includes:

1. Wagner Prelude to "Parsifal"
2. Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello
3. Brahms Symphony No. 4

Played and recorded at the the Kabelwerk Oberspree in Berlin, 2007. This was the traditional Europakonzert performed on May 1 each year by the Berliner Philharmoniker in a special venue, usually in a different European city. Sir Simon Rattle conducts; features violinist Lisa Batiashvili and cellist Truls Mørk. Released in 2014, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA