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Title: Ayreon Universe: The Best of Ayreon Live
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Rock, Prog Metal, Prog Rock
Production/Label: Music Theories Recordings
Duration: 02:25:03
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM, DTS
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 20380 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4647 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 43.77 GB
Ayreon Universe is the best of Ayreon Live – A unique performance featuring 16 singers, 28 songs, 2+ hour performance, 9000+ fans and a special appearance by Arjen Lucassen, captured by 30 cameras!
It’s proof that you should never say ‘never’. After creating rock operas in the studio for more than 20 years, prog mastermind Arjen Lucassen, aka Ayreon, finally took his Universe to the stage in September 2017. Three shows sold out within hours after annoucing. 9000+ Fans from all corners of the world flocked to the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands to see this long-awaited show live.
This unique performance features 16 singers, 28 songs, an 8 piece band and a special appearance by Arjen, lasting over 2 hours. The concert was filmed with 30 cameras and is released on DVD and Blu-ray with 5.1 surround audio, with an extensive list of extras, including a behind-the-scenes documentary with interviews with every singer and musician, and a compilation of the try-out show performed a few weeks earlier.
Two years in the making, Ayreon Universe is a full on rock extravaganza, featuring songs from all Ayreon albums, including 2017’s ‘The Source’, plus a few fan favorites from Star One. An amazing array of singers appeared on stage to bring the Ayreon Universe to life: Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Damian Wilson (Threshold), Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gentle Storm), Marco Hietala (Nightwish), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Mike Mills (Toehider), Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion), Irene Jansen, Robert Soeterboek (Star One), John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis), Edward Reekers (Kayak), Jay van Feggelen, Maggy Luyten (Nightmare) and Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories).
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Title: Ayreon – The Theater Equation
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Rock, Prog Metal, Prog Rock
Cast: James LaBrie as ‘Me’; Jermain van der Bogt (Wudstik) as ‘Best Friend’; Devon Graves as ‘Agony’; Heather Findlay as ‘Love’; Eric Clayton as ‘Reason’; Magnus Ekwall as ‘Pride’; Marcela Bovio as ‘Wife’; Irene Jansen as ‘Passion’; Anneke van Giersbergen as ‘Fear’; Mike Mills as ‘Rage/Father’; Nienke Verboom as ‘Nurse’; Peter Moltmaker as ‘Doctor’; Anita van der Hoeven as ‘Mom’
Band: Ed Warby: Drums; Jeroen Goossens: Flutes and woodwinds; Johan van Stratum: Bass; Maaike Peterse: Cello; Marcel Coenen: Guitars; Freek Gielen: Guitars; Erik van Ittersum: Keyboards/synths; Ruben Wijga: Keyboards/synths; Ben Mathot: Violin; The Epic Rock Choir
Production/Label: Inside Out Music
Duration: 00:55:33
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 13494 kbps / 1920*1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio#2: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles: English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Size: 19.48 GB
The Theater Equation is an upcoming 2016 live album and DVD by Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon. The Theater Equation consists of a live performance, with cast, choir and small orchestra, of the 2004 album The Human Equation. It marks the first time an Ayreon album was played live entirely, and the first Ayreon live release, although two live albums by other Lucassen projects had previously featured Ayreon songs: Live on Earth by Star One (2003) and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion (2006). The Theater Equation consisted of four shows, all played in Rotterdam between September 18 and 20, 2015, with the last performance being the one recorded for the album.
Most of the cast of the original album was featured on the tour, including James LaBrie of Dream Theater (Me), Marcela Bovio of Stream of Passion (Wife), former Mostly Autumn member Heather Findlay (Love), Eric Clayton (Reason), and Irene Jansen (Passion). Despite the announcement that he will not take part of the shows due to his reluctance to play live and that he will only support the project as an support advisor, Lucassen was on stage after stepping out of the Dream Sequencer at the very end of the show, thus performing the part of Forever of the Stars. Some other regular collaborators of Lucassen joined the project, most notably Anneke van Giersbergen replacing Mikael Åkerfeldt as Fear.
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Title: Ayreon – Electric Castle Live and Other Tales
Released: 2020
Genre: Progressive Metal, Rock, Documentary
Released: Mascot Records
Duration: 02:38:36 + 03:13:50 (Bonus)
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: AC3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 16994 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio 1: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB
Audio 2: English / DTS Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 46.19 GB
On March 27 Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group release ‘Ayreon – Electric Castle Live and Other Tales’, a 3 LP set of last year’s live spectacular performance of the third Ayreon album ‘Into The Electric Castle’.
Over four nights at Tilburg’s 013 venue (scene of the Ayreon Universe series of live shows in 2017) Lucassen, his band and one of modern progressive music’s most emphatic of casts celebrated the 20th anniversary of the third Ayreon album in front of thousands of adoring fans who had flown in from around the world.
Originally released in 1998, ‘Into The Electric Castle’ is a classic tale of an epic quest. Set in ‘no time and no space’, it tells the story of eight individuals who are guided by a mysterious voice and tasked with finding the mysterious Electric Castle and discover what’s inside. The entire album was performed live, featuring original album singers and musicians, such as Thijs Van Leer, Fish, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Anneke van Giersbergen, and several special guests including Simone Simons (Epica) and Star Trek’s John De Lancie as narrator.
The ‘Other Tales’ are deep cuts from Arjen Lucassen’s other projects, such as The Gentle Storm, Ambeon, Stream of Passion, Guilt Machine, Star One, his solo-album Arjen Anthony Lucassen and a very special Marillion cover.
Title: Axxis – Bang Your Head With Axxis
Release Date: 2019
Genre: Metal
Production/Label: Soulfood Music Distribution GmbH / Hamburg
Duration: 01:21:13+00:15:21
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 22989 kbps / 1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / Main Profile 4.1
Audio 1: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 18,04 GB
AXXIS – “Bang Your Head With Axxis”-Blu-ray erscheint im August.
AXXIS haben sich anlässlich ihres 30-jährigen Bandjubiläums einiges einfallen lassen: Unter anderem wird es die “Bang Your Head With Axxis” Blu-ray am 9. August, eine Tour sowie die “Best Of EMI Years”-CD am 4. Oktober geben.
Bei der “Bang Your Head With Axxis”-Blu-ray handelt es sich um einen Mitschnitt einer Festival-Show von 2017 in Balingen. “Die Stimmung damals war einfach so großartig, dass wir uns entschieden haben, genau dieses Konzert auf Blu-ray zu verewigen”, erklärt die Band.
Zwei Monate später, am 4. Oktober, folgt die Doppel-CD “Best Of EMI Years”. “Wir wollen damit unsere EMI-Phase ins Jahr 2019 transportieren. Seit Monaten nehmen wir die besten Songs aus der EMI-Zeit mit hohem Aufwand komplett neu auf, um sie für 2019 kompatibel zu machen”, erklärt Sänger Bernhard Weiss dazu. “Vinyl ist auch in Planung.”
Title: Axel Rudi Pell & Friends – Magic Moments – 25th Anniversary Special Show
Released: 2015
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal
Released: Rhino Music
Duration: 03:20:22 + 00:54:07
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: 21979 kbps | 1080p | 23.976 fps | 16:9 | MPEG-4 AVC
Audio # 1: | 2.0 | 48 kHz | 1536 kbps | 16-bit | LPCM
Audio # 2: | 5.1 | 48 kHz | _448 kbps | 16-bit | AC-3
Audio # 2: | 5.1 | 48 kHz | 2750 kbps | 16-bit | DTS-HD Master Audio
Size: 43.87 GB
German Heavy Metal Guitar Wizard Axel Rudi Pell celebrated his 25th anniversary as a solo artist with a once-in-a-lifetime performance at the ‘Bang Your Head’ Festival on July 11th 2014, in Balingen, Germany, featuring a stellar line-up of famous invited friends (alongside his current band line-up), in front of over 15,000 fans.
Steamhammer / SPV are now set to release a very special ‘Magic Moments – 25th Anniversary Special Show’ CD, DVD and Blu-ray, capturing the show, (one that is unlikely to ever be seen again in this constellation), on Steamhammer / SPV on April 27th. A whole host of legendary guest vocalists, including former ARP Band singers Rob Rock (1991) and Jeff Scott Soto (1991-1997), plus Dougie White (Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow), Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, MSG), John Lawton (Uriah Heep), Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) and Michael Voss (Mad Max, Bonfire) as well as current (1998 – Present) front man Johnny Gioeli, graced the stage on that amazing night.
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Berliner Philharmoniker: Kirill Petrenko
Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 1 May 2021, derected by Henning Kasten.
EUROPAKONZERT 2021
Live from Berlin
Tracklist:
Opening 0:25
Boris Blacher
Fanfare for the Opening of thearmonie 1:02
Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question 5:37
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Notturno for four Orchestras
I.Andante 6:02
Il.Allegretto grazioso 2:47
III. Menuetto 7:14
Krzysztof Penderecki
Emanations 7:03
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
I. Elégie 10:21
lI. Valse mélancolique 6:01
IIl. Scherzo 5:20
IV.Tema con variazioni 20:18
John Adams
Short Ride in A Fast Machine 4:30
Credits 1:46
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Opening 0:40
Arvo Pärt
Fratres 10:58
György Ligeti
Ramifications 8:52
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings 8:12
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.4 in G major
Arrangement by Erwin Stein
I.Bedächtig.Nicht eilen 16:21
II.In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast 9:36
III. Ruhevoll 19:17
IV.Sehr behaglich 9:24
Live from the Musée d’Orsay,Paris,1 May 2019,
Berliner Philharmoniker-Daniel Harding AKA EUROPAKONZERT.2019 Live from Paris
Daniel Harding
Sir Bryn Terfel
Henning Kasten.
Tracklist:
Opening 0:40
Richard Wagner
Parsifal-Good Friday Spell 10:36
Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens-Chasse royale et orage 10:38
Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande-Suite/Extracts 25:19
Prélude à I’après-midi d’un faune 10:24
Hector Berlioz
Romeo et Juliette-Scène d’amour 16:24
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre-Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music 18:44
Tristanund Isolde-Liebestod 7:40
Applause & End Credits 1:58
Bonus:
Documentary
Interview with Bryn Terfel
EVA-MARIA WESTBROEK
Live from the Markgräfliches 0pernhaus Bayreuth, 1 May 2018, directed by Henning Kasten
TV-Producer:Dorothea Diekmann,Yasuko Kobayashi, Masayuki lkeno
Producer: Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno,Claudia Krüger
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme
Tracklist：
Opening 0:43
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore-Overture No.3 in C-major, Op.72 15:30
Richard Wagner
Wesendonck-Lieder
Der Engel 3:22
Stehe still! 3:43
Im Treibhaus 5:40
Schmerzen 2:22
Träume 6:30
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.4 in B-flat major,Op.60
I.Adagio-Allegro vivace 12:05
II.Adagio 9:44
III.Allegro vivace 5:48
IV.Allegro ma non troppo 9:00
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus,Op. 43 5:13
Credits 1:32
MARISS JANSONS
ANDREAS OTTENSAMER
Live from Paphos,Cyprus, 1 May 2017, directed by Henning Kasten
Concert Promoter: Pafos2017-European Capital of Europe, Georgia Doetzer, George Lazoglou
TV-Producer: Dorothea Diekmann, Evi Papamichael, Yasuko Kobayashi
Producer: Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme
Tracklist:
Opening 0:35
Carl Maria von Weber
Overture to the opera Oberon 10:52
Carl Maria von Weber
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No 1 in F minorOp.73
Allegro 8:28
Adagio ma non troppo 6:34
Rondo 7:35
Stephan Koncz
Hungarian Fantasy on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber 9:21
Antonin Dvorák
Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op.88
Allegro con brio 10:55
Adagio 10:56
Allegretto grazioso 6:54
Finale:Allegro ma non troppo 11:50
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor 2:55
Credits 1:52
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BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER·SIR SIMON RATTLE
VILDE FRANG
Recorded live at Røros in Norway, 1 May 2016, directed by Henning Kasten
TV-Producer: Dorothea Diekmann, Arild Erikstad,Kerstin Asplund, Masumi Kawaguchi
Producer: Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme, Bernd Hellthaler
Tracklist:
Opening 0:40
Edvard Grieg
„Evening in the mountains”,Op.68/4 4:30
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violin Concerto in E minor,Op.64
I.Allegro molto appassionato 13:45
II.Andante 7:49
IIl.Allegretto non troppo -Allegro molto vivace 8:32
Bjarne Brustad
„Veslefrikk” 3:52
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major,Op.55Eroica”
I. Allegro con brio 16:58
II. Marcia Funebre-Adagio assai 15:51
III. Scherzo-Allegro vivace 6:14
IV. Finale-Allegro molto 11:59
Credits 3:05
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In 2015, the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Europakonzert could hardly have been more European, taking the orchestra to Greece, the country the name “Europe” comes from, and the cradle of democracy. In the Athens concert hall Megaron, Sir Simon Rattle conducted a programme which takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Europe with works by Gioacchino Rossini, Robert Schumann and Jean Sibelius. The soloist is the Greek star violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
The founding of the Berlin Philharmonic on the 1 May 1882 is annually celebrated in a European city of cultural significance. In 2015 the May Europakonzert, a smash hit with the assembled audience, took place for the second time since 2004 in Athens, Greece, with Leonidas Kavakos joining the Berlin Philharmonic for the Sibelius Violin Concerto and Bachs Largo from the Sonata No. 3. Also heard were works by Rossini (Semiramide Overture) and Schumann (Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 Rhenish). Leonidas Kavakos won the Echo Klassik Award in 2013 as Instrumentalist of the Year.
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868)
– “Semiramide”
— Overture
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
– Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
— Allegro moderato
— Adagio di molto
— Allegro ma non tanto
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
– Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005
— Largo
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
– Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”
— Lebhaft
— Scherzo: Sehr mäßig
— Nicht schnell
— Feierlich
— Lebhaft
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER· DANIEL BARENBOIM
Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 1 May 2014, Henning Kasten
TV-Producer: Dorothea Diekmann, Masumi Kawaguchi
Producer: Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme, Bernd Helthaler
Tracklist：
Opening 0:45
Otto Nicolai
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor 9:18
Edward Elgar
Falstaff Symphonic Study in C minor,Op. 68 39:37
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
I. Andante-Allegro con anima 5:56
II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza i2:36
III. Valse:Allegro moderato 6:01
IV. Andante maestoso-Allegro vivace 12:12
Credits 4:01
BONUS: Interview with Daniel Barenboim 10:00
EUROPAKONZERT 2013
Live from the Spanish Hall at the Prague Castle
BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER·SIR SIMON RATTLE
MAGDALENA KOZENÁ
Live from the Spanish Hall at the Prague Castle, 1 May 2013, directed by Henning Kasten
Sir Simon Rattle appears courtesy of Warner Classics.
Magdalena Kozená appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme, Bernd Hellthaler
Tracklsit：
Opening 0:24
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 17:37
Antonín Dvorák
Biblical Songs,Op.99
Darkness and thunder clouds 3:13
Hear,oh hear my prayer 3:33
Oh, the Lord is my shepherd 2:32
Songs of gladness 3:11
By the shore of the river Babylon 3:03
Oh,Lord have mercy 3:06
My eyes will I to the hills lift up 2:06
Sing unto the Lord of a joyful song 4:18
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.6 in Fmajor,Op.68„Pastoral”
I.Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande 13:35
Allegro ma non troppo
lI.Szene am Bach 13:01
Andante molto mosso
III.Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute 5:42
Allegro
IV.Gewitter,Sturm 3:56
Allegro
V.Hirtengesang.Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm 12:39
Allegretto
Credits 2:02
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Conductor：Gustavo Dudamel
Cello：Gautier Capuçon
Europakonzert 2012 from Vienna with Gustavo Dudamel and Gautier Capuçon
The Spanish Riding School in Vienna houses one of the world’s most unique institutions within a magnificent Baroque setting.
The Berliner Philharmoniker gave their annual Europakonzert here in 2012 under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel – with music from Austria, of course.
The main work was Beethoven’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony, while the brilliant soloist in Haydn’s First Cello Concerto was Gautier Capuçon, making his Philharmoniker debut.
Johannes Brahms 21 min.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, op. 56a 18:58
Applause 01:27
Joseph Haydn 27 min.
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Gautier Capuçonvioloncello
1. Moderato 10:14
2. Adagio 08:07
3. Allegro molto 06:22
Applause 02:25
Ludwig van Beethoven 38 min.
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
1. Allegro con brio 07:44
2. Andante con moto 10:44
3. Allegro 05:04
4. Allegro 10:49
Applause 03:51