DVD: Pamela Coburn

DVD: Pamela Coburn

DVD:

Pamela Coburn

Verdi - Requiem / Pamela Coburn, Vinson Cole, Trudeliese Schmidt, Kurt Rydl, Enoch zu Guttenberg, European ...

Kurt Rydl, Pamela Coburn

Geneon [Pioneer], 2000

Not the best, but still excellent
The two best DVD performances of the Verdi Requiem are those of Karajan (from 1967) and Abbado (the recent Berlin version). Guttenberg leads a less virtuosic ensemble but still captures the excitement and grandeur of this work. His quartet of soloists is excellent ...

J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus

Eberhard Wächter, Wolfgang Brendel

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Exuberant Fledermaus
The previous reviewer had it right--this is a "traditional" Fledermaus for lovers of Strauss and Vienna. The production brims over with comic high spirits, while Carlos Kleiber's sensuous, echt-Viennese musical idiom makes you forget that the theater and orchestra are ...

The Loved One

Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters

Warner Home Video, 2006

Very funny look at dying
This hilarious satire on the funeral business (both human and animal) features a big cast of famous Hollywood stars. Robert Morse stars as Dennis Barlow, newly-arrived in L.A. from England and living with his uncle (John Gielgud). When his uncle promptly dies, Dennis ...

The Loved One

Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters

Very funny look at dying
This hilarious satire on the funeral business (both human and animal) features a big cast of famous Hollywood stars. Robert Morse stars as Dennis Barlow, newly-arrived in L.A. from England and living with his uncle (John Gielgud). When his uncle promptly dies, Dennis ...

Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Kleiber, Coburn, Perry, Bayerische Staatsoper

Eberhard Wächter, Pamela Coburn

Umvd Labels, 2001

You will love this "Fledermaus"
This is a first rate Die Fledermaus! I watched this DVD last nite for the first time and what a pleasant surprise. Right from the opening chords of the overture you could tell that the conductor Carlos Kleiber obviously loved this work, and the orchestra responded in ...