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October 14, 2021 marked the 15th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's death. This lapse of time has only served to secure Bernstein's prominence as one of the most respected musicians of the 20th century and to affirm his reputation as a master conductor, composer, and teacher. Among his many achievements, Leonard Bernstein is remembered as one of Gustav Mahler's most inspired advocates. While few today can imagine a classical music landscape without Mahler, it is doubtful that Mahler would have attained such a prominent place in performance repertoire without Bernstein's promotion. Bernstein wrote and lectured extensively on Mahler and his compositions, effectively putting Mahler on the cultural map while bringing his own distinctive - many would say defining - interpretations of Mahler's music to the forefront. ~ Alexandra Day

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Golden Bullets is a compilation video released by Bonfire in 2001 which contained most of the footage from the band's VHS release of The Best but had excluded from that production the sections entitled L.A. (Bonfire in Hollywood) and Bonfire Recording Session - Point Blank. Included in this DVD package is a live performance at Wacken 1998, Hans Ziller and Claus Lessmann giving an introduction to the videos from 1986 - 1993 and a new video for the song Under Blue Skies.

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An oddity in Richard Strauss's output is his only ballet, The Legend of Joseph, written in 1912 on a commission from Diaghalev for Ballet Russe. It tells the biblical story of Potiphar's wife attempting to seduce Joseph, not much of a scenario but it does give Strauss an opportunity to write lush, colorful music, scored for a huge orchestra including four harps, six horns and lots of percussion. DGG offers a film based on a production by the Vienna State Opera. Interestingly, the filming was done at Wien-Film June 13-14, 1977, the music recorded August 1-18, 1977 in the same location—one would expect both would be done at the same time. The production is colorful, the dancing excellent, particularly Judith Jamison, of Alvin Ailey fame, as Potiphar's Wife. The Vienna Philharmonic is perfectly at home in this repertory, with Heinrich Hollreiser in firm control at the helm.

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The Living Proof Tour, more famously known as The Farewell Tour, after a while known as The Never Can Say Goodbye Tour, was Cher’s final career worldwide concert tour from June 2002 until April 2005. It eventually played 325 shows and grossed $192.6 million worldwide.

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The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010. CBS broadcasted the event, which took place again at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Neil Young was honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year on January 29. Beyoncé Knowles led the nominees with ten nominations. Other nominees include Taylor Swift with eight and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, Kanye West with six nominations, and David Guetta, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga with five nominations. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, T-Pain, and Keith Urban each received four nominations. Eminem became the Hip-Hop Artist with the second highest number of Grammy Awards winning 2 in the ceremony which makes a total of 11 Grammy Awards for him, while only Kanye West winning 2 further awards with having a total of 14 Grammy Awards beating him. Beyoncé set a new record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in a single night with six. Taylor Swift won four and the Black Eyed Peas and the Kings of Leon won three. Taylor Swift's Fearless was awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Swift's first Album of the Year award in her career. "Use Somebody" by rock band Kings of Leon won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, while "Single Ladies" by songwriters Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, The-Dream and Christopher Stewart, was named Song of the Year.

Unbroken is the sophomore album from American Idol season five runner-up, Katharine McPhee. The album was released on January 5, 2022 by Verve Forecast Records, her first album on the label. It debuted at #27 on the Billboard 200, selling 15,000 copies in its first week.

Even though in recent years Idomeneo has been staged more frequently, this Mozart masterpiece can hardly be counted among the operas (the Da Ponte trilogy in primis) that made of the Salzburg composer one of the greatest operatic composers of all times. Yet Idomeneo was, in its day, a revolutionary work, animated by music that appears remarkably innovative and profoundly theatrical. This double DVD set presents the Teatro San Carlo of Naples’s staging, signed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, one of today’s most creative directors. Marco Guidarini, on the podium, conducts a cast of international renown.

Idoménée, roi de Crête a rejoint les forces grecques dans leur guerre contre Troie. Il a laissé son jeune fils, Idamante, régner sur le pays en son absence. Electre, une princesse grecque, est amoureuse d'Idamante mais le cœur du prince appartient à une autre, Ilia, princesse troyenne retenue prisonnière en Crête...

Upon the occasion of Motorhead's 30th anniversary, this release stands as a testament to the band's enduring power, charisma, and hard-rock chops. The record of a show held at Phillipshalle in Düsseldorf on December 7, 2004, the set list includes songs from throughout the band's long career, including "Overkill", "Iron Fist", and "Ace of Spades". Shot with 23 cameras orchestrated by Sven Offen, who has worked with such bands as Die Toten Hosen, the lighting was done by Rammstein regular Gert Hof. Stage Fright is also chock-full of interviews with everyone from Motorhead members to their cook and roadies. Motorhead mastermind Lemmy Kilmister explains his longtime devotion to the band, and guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee provide insight into the group, and the rock & roll life in general.

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October 14, 2021 marked the 15th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's death. This lapse of time has only served to secure Bernstein's prominence as one of the most respected musicians of the 20th century and to affirm his reputation as a master conductor, composer, and teacher. Among his many achievements, Leonard Bernstein is remembered as one of Gustav Mahler's most inspired advocates. While few today can imagine a classical music landscape without Mahler, it is doubtful that Mahler would have attained such a prominent place in performance repertoire without Bernstein's promotion. Bernstein wrote and lectured extensively on Mahler and his compositions, effectively putting Mahler on the cultural map while bringing his own distinctive - many would say defining - interpretations of Mahler's music to the forefront. ~ Alexandra Day

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