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Love songs

Husband-and-wife duo Stephen Costello and Ailyn P茅rez are rising opera stars each in their own right. That makes their debut album all the more compelling. Love Duets on Warner Classics runs the musical gamut from top Verdi, Puccini, and Donizetti operas to Broadway shows, including 鈥淐arousel,鈥� 鈥淕uys and Dolls,鈥� 鈥淜ismet,鈥� and 鈥淲est Side Story.鈥� It will be released on June 3.聽

Never forget

When US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson opened the Nuremberg trials in 1945, he declared famously, 鈥淭he wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated.鈥澛� Hitler and the Nazis follows Hitler鈥檚 quest from the Treaty of Versailles (1919) to the gallows at Nuremberg (1947), and includes eyewitness interviews to the Normandy invasion, Auschwitz death camp, and the fall of Berlin, with riveting footage. It鈥檚 on DVD from Cinedigm.聽

Aussie tunes for kids

Didgeridoos, kangaroos, and, of course, a few 鈥淲altzing Matildas鈥� are just some of the pleasures from Putumayo鈥檚 latest,聽Australian Playground. This get-ready-for-summer release features tracks from Down Under talent such as The Neo and Garrangali, Seaman Dan, Lazy Harry, and Joe Hall and the Treehouse Band 鈥� all performing regional originals as well as classics. Putumayo will contribute 1 percent of sales to the Australian Children鈥檚 Music Foundation.

Golden 'Girl'

Bossa nova鈥檚 big breakthrough outside its native Brazil happened 50 years ago this month, in the irresistible form of 鈥淭he Girl from Ipanema,鈥� the bestselling jazz single in history. The album that spawned the surprise hit 鈥淕etz/Gilberto鈥� has been remastered with bonus tracks and better-than-ever sound quality in Getz/Gilberto: Expanded Edition. Veteran jazz saxman Stan Getz, together with Brazil鈥檚 greatest composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and deft guitarist/singer Joao Gilberto (with charming wife Astrud), cast a rhythmic and sultry spell.

鈥業 am the one who knocks!鈥�

The widely popular AMC drama 鈥淏reaking Bad,鈥� which centers on the efforts of a chemistry teacher (Bryan Cranston) to support his family with a meth lab, will keep you glued to your TV despite Walter White鈥檚 dubious profession. The five seasons of this modern morality tale have been compiled on DVD and Blu-ray for Breaking Bad: The Complete Series, which will be released June 3. The entire series is also currently available on Netflix.聽

All that puzzles聽

Are you ready to travel back Through the Wormhole? The acclaimed Science Channel series hosted by actor Morgan Freeman returns for its fifth season to tackle such unusual topics as whether zombies could actually be created, if a person鈥檚 wealth is determined by genetics, and how a powerful country could be destroyed. The first new episode airs June 4 at 10 p.m.