Verdi, Giuseppe
Contents: Compact Disc 1: Act One: Una vela! Una vela! (3:48) Esulate! L'orgoglio musulmano (2:11) Roderigo, e♭ben che pensi? (2:30) Fuoco di gioia! (2:33) Roderigo, beviam! (1:18) Inaffia l'ugola! (3:46) Capitano, v'attende la fazione ai baluardi (1:11) Abbasso le spade! (4:06) Gia nella notte densa (8:54) -- Act Two: Non ti crucciar (2:22) Vanne! la tua meta gia vedo (0:28) Credo in un Dio crudel...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA VERBocelli, Andrea.
Contents: Ave Maria / Caccini ; [arr.] Mercurio (3:45) -- Sancta Maria / Mascagni ; arr. Mercurio (3:34) -- Ave Maria / Bach/Gounod (2:59) -- Ave Maria / Schubert ; orch. Weingartner (2:30) -- Panis angelicus / Franck ; orch. Michelot (3:31) -- Stabat Mater. Cujus animam / Rossini (5:30) -- Requiem. Ingemisco / Verdi (4:08) -- Ave verum corpus / Mozart (3:03) -- Wesendonck-Lieder. Der Engel / Wagner ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Philips 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BOCBrahms, Johannes
Contents: Concerto in A minor for violin & cello / Johannes Brahms (32:46) -- Piano concerto no. 3 in C minor / Ludwig van Beethoven (37:58) -- Tout un monde lointain. 2nd mvt (excerpt) / Dutilleux (Renaud Capuc̦on, violin ; Truls Mørk, cello ; Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra ; Myun-Whun Chung, conductor) (1:55) -- String quartet in D, op. 64/5 : Lark. 1st mvt (excerpt) / Haydn (Mosaïques Quartet)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BRASummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong's underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter runs afoul of the most feared Triad boss in Hong Kong, a bounty is placed on his head despite his connections to the leader of the infamous enclave....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TWISummary: Through an elderly and old-fashioned grandmother, a spoiled seven-year-old boy learns to accept and understand the simple pleasures of nature and her lifestyle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAYSummary: Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days alone in the desert. He connects expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. As Ouyang narrates his tale, he interweaves the stories of his unusual clients, old friends and future foes. He begins to realize the mistakes of his own past, and how his fear of rejection may have led him to a life of exile.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHSummary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN INFSummary: When the British government is discovered smuggling precious Chinese artifacts out of the country, folklore hero Wong Fei Hong uses his uniquely outlandish style of martial arts...Drunken Boxing...to fight the conspirators and salvage the valuables before it's too late! And the more Hong drinks, the more agile he becomes -- able to fend off numerous attacks with unbelievable moves! With Chinese...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LEGSummary: Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN OKJSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSShin, Chung Hyun.
Contents: Beautiful woman (4:29) -- Think (4:25) -- I think there was someone else (5:50) -- Long, long night (4:34) -- I love you (3:08) -- Lady (4:06) -- Anticipation (4:18) -- I've got nothing to say (4:21) -- I do not know (3:04) -- The rising sun (instrumental) (6:59).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Productions 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN SHISummary: Computer hackers demand ransom when they break into a computer system with a powerful and apparently unstoppable virus. A mysterious young woman quickly saves the business. She requests a meeting with the company's CEO and he ends up getting more than he bargained for. Lynn turns out to be a highly skilled assassin, who knocks off the CEO with the help of her younger sister Sue. Hong, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOSummary: In a remote monastery high up in the mountains, an old master, a young monk and an orphaned boy devote themselves to their Buddhist teachings. As the master faces death, he must lead his disciples away from their past ties to the outside world and its rapidly changing values, and point them toward their quest for enlightenment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bae Yong-kyun Productions [production company 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHYSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINChung, Maxine Mei-Fung
Summary: "One woman, multiple personas. But which one is telling the truth? Alexa W nearly has her life together: a new relationship, a job that pays the bills, and a promising interview for a photojournalism position. But, it's complicated. Alexa is manipulated by a series of alternate personas that run her life, and it's a constant struggle to keep her other selves in check, to prevent them from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHUKim, Seung-Woo
Summary: A fickle filmmaker falls for a young woman and then leaves her, but when he tries to recreate the romance, he meets her again under awkward circumstances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WOMJhung, Paula.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.5 JHUSummary: Tequila is a die-hard cop who will stop at nothing to avenge his partner's murder, and joins forces with a rebel cop to fight the bad guys.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mei ya lei she ying die you xian gong si [distributor 1990
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HARHuang, Al Chung-liang.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1991