Live Recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2008

Philippe Jordan
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Philharmonia Chor Wien

Tannhäuser - Robert Gambill | Elisabeth - Carmilla Nylund | Venus - Waltraud Meier | Wolfram von Eschenbach - Roman Trekel | Landgraf - Stephen Milling | Walther von der Vogelweide - Marcel Reijans

published by Arthaus Musik

»The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin outdid itself under Philippe Jordan.«
Michael Kimmelman
The New York Times | Juli 30th, 2008

CONCERT AND MUSIC DOCUMENTARY WITH THE DEUTSCHES SYMPHONIE-ORCHESTER BERLIN

Six masters of the art of musical composition, six symphonies, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and its former principal conductor – these are the main ingredients of ›Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces‹. This lavish production embarks on new territory – and not just in terms of concert recordings. It also offers a modern visual perspective on the world of classical music, with glimpses behind the scenes, animated sequences, rapid cuts and time lapse footage.

The series presents six outstandig works (as concert and music documentary single DVD or the six DVDs with a bonus DVD in a gift-slipcase for special price) from musical history, together with their creators:

DVD 1 Mozart | Symphony No. 41 ›Jupiter‹
DVD 2 Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 ›Eroica‹
DVD 3 Schumann | Symphony No. 3 ›Rhenish‹
DVD 4 Brahms | Symphony No. 4
DVD 5 Bruckner | Symphony No. 8
DVD 6 Strauss | ›An Alpine Symphony‹

All six classical music DVDs plus Bonus-Portrait-DVD ›KENT NAGANO – SEEKING NEW SHORES‹ you can purchase online at the ›Deutsche Welle Store‹: Please click here ».

Live Recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Kent Nagano
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
EuropaChorAkademie Mainz
Chor der Opéra National de Lyon

Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringelborn, Hans-Peter König, Waltraud Meier, Tom Fox, Roman Trekel

published by Opus Arte

Kent Nagano
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Christopher Ventris, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen, Thomas Hampson
Staging: Nikolaus Lehnhoff

»Kent Nagano conducts in Baden-Baden his first, a magnificent Parsifal.« (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

published by Opus Arte

An animated film based on the opera by Janacek is a project that Kent Nagano pursued over many years and that he ultimately managed to turn into reality in conjunction with the BBC. He recorded the music with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin while Geoff Dunbar was able to continue his prize-winning activities as an animator. The film was shown publicly for the first time on March 3, 2002, on our Children's and Youth Day.
The project met with a favourable response in the press. In ›Die Welt‹ Manuel Brug spoke of an »enchanting animated film«. The London ›Evening Standard‹ wrote: »Forget Jungle Book, Lion King ... This film is about as close to nature as art will ever get, and as joyous, questing, comical and tear-inducing art as you will ever see on an oblong idiot box that is plugged into a wall.«

The animated film is available on DVD, sung in English. The DVD costs 30 EUR.

Kent Nagano
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Theater of Voices
London Voices

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Willard White (baritone)

The oratorio ›El Niño‹ received its world premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in December 2000 under the baton of Kent Nagano in a production by Peter Sellars, and its first German performance took place at Berlin's Philharmonie in April 2001. Both performances were a resounding success. The CD produced after the world premiere in Paris has now been released by Warner Music Group Company Nonesuch Records, New York.

»What the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin achieves here in terms of cold brilliance and crisp sonorities deserves the highest praise. This is hardly surprising as their principal conductor, Kent Nagano, who directs this performance, is well versed in the music of John Adams and unlikely to overlook even the tiniest semiquaver.« (Die Zeit)