MAGIC MOUNTAIN (THE) - Verbier Festival Anniversary Box (5 DVD Box Set) (2013)

MAGIC MOUNTAIN – Verbier Festival Anniversary Box
(5-DVD Box Set)

DVD 1 – MARTHA ARGERICH LIVE AT THE VERBIER FESTIVAL (2007–2008)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 5 Variations in G major for Piano, K. 501
Edvard Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Béla Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, BB 84
Witold Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

Renaud Capuçon, violin (Bartók)
Joshua Bell, violin
Henning Kraggerud, violin
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Mischa Maisky, cello
Martha Argerich, piano
Stephen Kovacevich, piano (Mozart)
Gabriela Montero, piano (Lutosławski)

Recorded live in Salle Médran, Verbier, Switzerland, during the Verbier Festival on 27 July 2007 (Bartók, Lutosławski), 22 July 2008 (Bach, Mozart, Shostakovich) and 29 July 2008 (Grieg)

DVD 2 – HIGHLIGHTS IN PIANO AND CHANT

Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48, Nos. 10–12

Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
Hélène Grimaud, piano

Recorded live during the Verbier Festival, 2007

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D 894
Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book 2 (excerpts)

Adam Laloum, piano

Recorded at the Verbier Festival, Switzerland, 17 July 2010

Georges Bizet: 20 Mélodies: No. 1. Chanson d’avril
Maurice Ravel: Histoires naturelles: No. 1. La paon
Gabriel Fauré: Vocalise-Étude

Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano

Recorded live at the Verbier Festival, 18 July 2009

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”

Martin Helmchen, piano

Recorded live from the 18th edition of the Verbier Festival, 23 July 2011

DVD 3 – THE VERBIER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRAS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451

Lars Vogt, piano
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor

Live recording from the 18th edition of the Verbier Festival, 19 July 2011

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

Martha Argerich, piano
David Guerrier, trumpet
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor

Recorded live at during the Verbier Festival, Switzerland, 17 July 2010

Esa-Pekka Salonen: LA Variations

UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Recorded live from the 14th Verbier Festival, Salle Médran, 26 July 2007

DVD 4 – MENDELSSOHN AT THE VERBIER FESTIVAL

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

Yuja Wang, piano

Kirill Troussov, violin
David Aaron Carpenter, viola
Maxis Rysanov, viola
Sol Gabetta, cello
Leigh Mesh, double bass

Verbier Festival Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor

Recorded live during the 16th edition of the Verbier Festival, Switzerland, 29 July–1 August 2009

Bonus:
Igor Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrushka
Yuja Wang, piano

DVD 5 – MOUNTAIN AIRS (Documentaries)

The Magic Mountain – The birth of an orchestra (2000)

Mountain Airs (1995)

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Picture format: NTSC 16:9 and 4:3
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German
Running time: 7 hours 10 mins
No. of DVDs: 5