2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com

CIVICS
HAIL HAIL TO TO THE THE CHIEF:
CHIEF:
PRESIDENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIO ELECTIONS
ELECTIO NS
Presidential Elections brings the electoral
process to life. Students will learn about
political "platforms" and party "tickets," as
well as fascinating facts about former
presidents that will stimulate classroom
discussion. In addition, the qualifications
of a presidential candidate, the rise of
political parties, how presidential caucuses
and primaries work, the role of national
conventions, the voting process itself, and
the role of the Electoral College are
discussed.
Item no. : YR22170047
Format : DVD
Duration : 22 minutes
Audience : Grades 3-8
Copyright : 2011
StdBkNo : 1929944551
Price : USD 149.00
CLASSICAL MUSIC
ART ART OF OF PIANO, PIANO, PIANO, THE
THE
From Ignaz Jan Paderewski in 1936 to
Claudio Arrau in 1970, The Art of Piano
features some of the most fascinating
material, historically and musically, from
the world's film and television archives.
Item no. : CR00770149
Format : DVD (Color, Black and
White)
Duration : 107 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791128
Price : USD 60.00
ART ART OF OF SINGING, SINGING, SINGING, THE
THE
Many illustrious opera stars of the
twentieth century are featured in sound
and vision in rare footage, much of it
previously unavailable.
Item no. : PS00770150
Format : DVD (Color, Black and
White)
Duration : 116 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791135
Price : USD 60.00
BACH: BACH: SACRED SACRED MUSIC MUSIC -
HELMUTH HELMUTH RILLING
RILLING
Helmuth Rilling conducts, and also plays
the organ, as he examines J.S. Bach's
greatest sacred music, with excerpts from
Bach's organ chorales, oratorios, passions
and cantatas on the life of Jesus Christ.
Item no. : LV00770153
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 58 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791081
Price : USD 50.00
BACH: BACH: SECULA SECULAR SECULA R MUSIC MUSIC -
NIKOLAUS NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
HARNONCOURT
In this program featuring excerpts from
secular works by Johann Sebastian Bach,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt strives to reveal
something of the mystery and fascination
of Bach's compositional art in the domain
of non-sacred music.
With his Concentus musicus Wien and the
vocal soloists Janet Perry and Robert Holl,
Harnoncourt interprets passages and
movements from Bach's Orchestral Suite
No. 3, the Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3
and 5, Bach's arrangement of Benedetto
Marcello's Oboe Concerto and parts of the
"Coffee Cantata".
Item no. : FF00770154
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 55 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791098
Price : USD 50.00
ESA ESA-PEKKA ESA ESA PEKKA SALONEN SALONEN IN
IN
REHEARSAL
REHEARSAL
This In Rehearsal program was recorded
with Esa-Pekka Salonen in Los Angeles.
He is featured rehearsing Debussy's
Impressionistic orchestral piece La Mer
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music
Center of Los Angeles County, the
orchestra's winter home.
The eminent Finnish composer and
conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has been
the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Music
Director since 1992. Under his dynamic
leadership it is recognized as one of the
world's most outstanding orchestras, and
the exciting musical partnership Salonen
has established with his musicians has
been widely acclaimed in the international
press.
The conductor's lucidity, efficiency and
lack of pretension have promoted a
relaxed co-operation between himself and
the orchestra which is particularly evident
in the rehearsal process.
This program gives a fascinating insight
into Esa-Pekka Salonen's rapport with his
musicians and also into Debussy's
masterpiece.
Filmed at his L.A. home, Esa-Pekka
Salonen talks about Debussy and the
challenge his composition presents.
Item no. : SC00770174
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 55 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791074
Price : USD 50.00
FAMOUS FAMOUS COMPOSERS:
COMPOSERS:
FREDERIC FREDERIC CHOPIN
CHOPIN
The Polish composer Frederic Chopin is
unique in that he composed almost
exclusively for his own instrument, the
piano. As a pianist he was self taught and
had an astonishing talent for
improvisation.
As a composer he was a perfectionist in
the classical mold and his wonderful
compositions ensure that he is one of the
best loved names in world music.
The DVD traces his short life and includes
an overview of his musical works.
Item no. : SW00770187
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791548
Price : USD 50.00
FAMOUS FAMOUS FAMOUS COMPOSERS:
COMPOSERS:
GUSTAV GUSTAV MAHLER
MAHLER
The composer Gustav Mahler was born
the son of a poor itinerant Jewish
salesman in a tiny village in what is now
the Czech Republic.
His astonishing and influential career as a
conductor and director of opera, including
ten years as musical director of the Vienna
Opera, would have singled him out as
someone special.
However his 9 symphonies and other
orchestral works are now seen as his
greatest contribution to music.
The program tells of his life and
development and is followed by an
overview of his compositions.
Item no. : ZB00770188
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791555
Price : USD 50.00
FAMOUS FAMOUS COMPOSERS:
COMPOSERS:
JEAN JEAN SIBELIUS
SIBELIUS
Jean Sibelius was born into a middle class
family in a small country town in Finland.
He was encouraged in developing his
musical talent but he was fifteen before it
began to really interest him.
At first he wanted to be a violinist but soon
turned to composing.
By his early twenties he had already
mastered his craft and he went on to
produce a wonderful and very individual
range of orchestral music, leaving him as
one of the giants of early twentieth century
music.
Item no. : NA00770195
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791791
Price : USD 50.00
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