Music Videos

Сomposer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Christian Jost (b.1963)
Title: Festive Concert on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival 2016
Release Date: 2017
Recorded Date: Grafenegg Festival, August 19, 2016
Genre: Classical
Director: Karina Fibich
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Artist: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), René Pape (bass), Wiener Singverein, Tonkünstler Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra

Production/Label: C Major Entertainment GmbH
Duration: 01:44:42
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 29683 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3419 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Size: 28,58 GB

Freedom, fraternity and humanity – this is what Beethoven’s 9th Symphony stands for. It opens the 10th Grafenegg Festival, performed by the Tonkunstler Orchestra, joined by 24 alumni of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) and “a soloist quartet which no one could possibly imagine to be more prestigious” (Die Presse). “Vogt’s tenor and the Wiener Singverein were especially moving” (Wiener Zeitung) and “the vocal performance by excellent bass René Pape, the fabulous soprano Camilla Nylund and the brilliant mezzosoprano Elena Zhidkova … in Beethoven’s Ninth was just sensational. Bravo!” (Kurier). Composer in Residence Christian Jost’s new work also centres around Beethoven, featuring the song “An die Hoffnung” (“To Hope”), and “convincingly used an impressive orchestra” (Der Standard), with “tenor Klaus Florian Vogt as a well-cast soloist” (Salzburger Nachrichten). (more…)

Title: Simple Minds – Acoustic in Concert
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Pop Rock, Art Rock, New Wave, Ballad, Acoustic
Director: Janet Fraser-Crook
Artist: Jim Kerr – lead vocals; Charlie Burchill – guitar; Ged Grimes – bass guitar, backing vocals; Catherine Anne Davies, Sarah Brown – backing vocals; Gordy Goudie – guitars, harmonica, backing vocals; Cherisse Osei – drums, percussion; Steve Harley – guest vocals

Production/Label: British Broadcasting Corporation/Simple Minds Ltd/Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:28:07
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 29444 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2812 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 22,42 GB

On the eve of the release of their acclaimed Acoustic album, Simple Minds took to the stage of London s famous Hackney Empire to perform a special show for BBC Radio 2 s renowned In Concert series. The band performed re-imagined acoustic versions of some their greatest hits and best-loved tracks along with cover versions of some of the songs that influenced them including a stunning finale of Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) which sees them joined by Steve Harley. This is Simple Minds as you ve never seen them before! (more…)

Сomposer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), Emilio de’ Cavalieri (1550-1602), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970), Jacob Praetorius (1586-1651), Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999), Giulio Caccini (1545-1618), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Wolfgang Rihm (geb. 1952), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Title: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg – Grand Opening Concert/Das Eröffnungskonzert
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Classical
Director: Henning Kasten (concert), Thorsten Mack, Annette Schmaltz (documentary)
Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock
Artist: Philippe Jaroussky – countertenor; Pavol Breslik – tenor; Sir Bryn Terfel – bass baritone; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller – soprano; Wiebke Lehmkuhl – alto; Kalev Kuljus – oboe; Margret Köll – harp; Thomas Bloch – Ondes Martenot; Xie Ya-ou – piano; Iveta Apkalna – organ; NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Ensemble Praetorius, NDR Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Production/Label: C Major Entertainment GmbH
Duration: 01:52:01 + 00:52:30
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 28548 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 /
Audio#1: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3924 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: German, English, French, Korean, Japanese
Size: 40,99 GB

The Elbphilharmonie, the “hall of wonders” (The Guardian), is undoubtedly the new landmark of Hamburg, a monumental synthesis of breath-taking architecture, a unique location and a world-class concert hall. In varying instrumentation the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under the baton of Principal Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock and several top-class soloists explores in the opening concert the possibilities of the Elbphilharmonie’s Grand Hall and its acoustics with an exciting programme that spans across all musical eras, from the Renaissance to the present. It culminates in a brand-new commissioned work, created especially for this occasion by the most important living German composer, Wolfgang Rihm.
“A striking building, a scintillating concert!” (The New York Times). BONUS: This documentary accompanies the formation process of this grand building, from the first sketch plans to the rehearsals before it´s festive inauguration and includes statements by the architects Pierre de Meuron and Jacques Herzog, the acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota, Christoph Lieben-Seutter, Thomas Hengelbrock and more. (more…)

Title: Festival: Folk Music At Newport, 1963-1966
Release Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary, Music
Directors: Murray Lerner
Artists: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Theodore Bikel, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Cousin Emmy, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Mimi Farina, Richard Farina, Ronnie Gilbert, Mrs. Ollie Gilbert, Fannie Lou Hamer, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, John Koerner, Jim Kweskin, Tex Logan, Mel Lyman, Spokes Mashiyane, Fred McDowell, Brownie McGhee, Pappy Clayton McMichen, Sonny Terry, Odetta, Bobby Osborne, Sonny Osborne

Label: Criterion Collection
Duration: 01:38:13
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 35884 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM Audio 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 44.52 GB

Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was Festival. From 1963 through 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Howlin’ Wolf, Johnny Cash, the Staple Singers, Pete Seeger, Son House, and Peter, Paul and Mary were just a few of the legends who shared the stage at Newport, treating audiences to a range of folk music that encompassed the genre’s roots in blues, country, and gospel as well as its newer flirtations with rock and roll. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving footage from four years of the festival into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music—and in American culture at large.
• New, restored 2K digital transfer, approved by director Murray Lerner
• New reconstruction and remastering of the soundtrack from the original concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner
• Making “Festival,” a new program featuring Lerner, associate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn
• When We Played Newport, a new program featuring archival interviews with Lerner, music festival producer George Wein, and musicians Joan Baez, John Cohen, Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, and others
• Selection of unreleased performances by Clarence Ashley, Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Cotten, John Lee Hooker, Odetta, and Tom Paxton
• Optional captions identifying artists and song titles (more…)

Genre: Pop. Rock. Hip-hop
Duration: 2:48:00
Year: 2018

Quality: HDTV
Video Resolution / Scan: 1080i feed
Container: MKV
Video codec: H.264
Audio Codec: DTS
Video: AVC, 1920×1080 (16: 9), 59.940 fps, 20.9 Mbps
Audio: DTS MA / Core, 48.0 KHz, 6 ch, 3 725 Kbps / 1 510 Kbps
Size: 26.52 GB

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018. The CBS network broadcast the show live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.[2] It was the first time since 2003 that the ceremony was held outside Los Angeles (where the Staples Center had been the home of the Grammys since 2004). James Corden returned as host.

The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. The nominations were announced on November 28, 2017. The “pre-telecast” ceremony (officially named The Premiere Ceremony) was be held on the same day prior to the main ceremony.

The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, as was the case in 2010 and 2014. Viewership for the ceremony dropped 24% compared to the previous year, obtaining the smallest audience in the show’s history in the key demographic.

Bruno Mars was nominated for six awards and won all six on the night.

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