![Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 [Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Chailly] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mahler-8-lucerne-chailly-accentus-blu-ray-ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
Mahler’s colossal orchestral and choral classical music piece gets a towering performance on Blu-ray Disc from Lucerne Festival and Riccardo Chailly.
Schöenberg: Gurre-Lieder [Dutch National Opera/Albrecht] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Schöenberg: Gurre-Lieder [Dutch National Opera/Albrecht] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/arnold-schoenberg-gurre-lieder-opus-arte-oabd7215d_ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
Opus Arte and the Dutch National Opera offer up an exciting video premiere of this major 20th century piece that is not to be missed.
Liebermann: Frankenstein [Royal Ballet] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Liebermann: Frankenstein [Royal Ballet] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frankenstein-cover-ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
This world-premiere falls just short of delivering the excitement that both its original source material and this famous company deserve.
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/Danish National Symphony Orchestra] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/Danish National Symphony Orchestra] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/beethoven-symphonies-dacapo-fruhbeck-de-burgos-glamour-shot-348x180.jpg)
A splendid send off for the veteran Frühbeck de Burgos in this box set of Beethoven’s symphonies and then some.
Glass: Einstein on the Beach [Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris/Riesman] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Glass: Einstein on the Beach [Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris/Riesman] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/einstein-on-the-beach-opus-arte-oa-bd7173d-blu-ray-ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
Théâtre du Châtelet put on a defining performance of Philip Glass’ signature, groundbreaking 1970s opera on this latest Opus Arte release.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Chroma – Grace – Takademe – Revelations (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
C Major releases a remarkable live document of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as part of Lincoln Center’s “Great American Dance” film series.
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [Thielemann/Wiener Philharmoniker] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [Thielemann/Wiener Philharmoniker] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/beethoven-sym-9-thielemann-c-major-737904-blu-ray_tb_env_gly_1-348x180.jpg)
A bargain priced warhorse with a musical performance as good as it gets.
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann [Debus/Wiener Symphoniker] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann [Debus/Wiener Symphoniker] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/offenbach-les-contes-d-hoffmann-cmajor-735604-ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
Offenbach’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ gets a fresh;y re-imagined production with strong singing, but some problematic staging from the Wiener Philharmoniker and co.
Auerbach: Tatiana [Hamburg Ballet] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Auerbach: Tatiana [Hamburg Ballet] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/auerbach-tatiana-cmajor-737504-blu-ray-ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
The Hamburg Ballet and C Major Entertainment give us a special performance on Blu-ray of this John Neumeier choreographed ballet.
Wagner: Parsifal [Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
![Wagner: Parsifal [Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)](https://1850516970.rsc.cdn77.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wagner-parsifal-belair-classiques-bac428-ftr-sldr-348x180.jpg)
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin put on an unusually staged but powerfully sung performance of Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ in this latest Blu-ray from BelAir Classiques.
