For Peter and the Wolf, premiered in 1936, Prokofiev chose the form of a symphonic tale, featuring a narrator alongside the orchestra. A unique work in which each instrument embodies a character. Renaud Capuçon conducts the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, while Jean Reno takes on the role of narrator.

In the 1960s Karl Böhm (1894–1981) had made his mark as interpreter of Mozart with the the Berlin Ph...

There are only a couple of DVD recordings of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Fortunately, this one by Karl...

Anton Bruckner’s 6th Symphony was written between 1879 and 1881: a very happy time in his life. Unli...

“Clarity was one thing that made this performance a marvel. Another was the flexibility of Barenboim...

Daniel Barenboim is an expert in exploiting the impact of cyclical performances of composers works: ...

Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahmss orchestral works with the Wie...

With nearly 450 years of tradition, the Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the ...

For Mahler, symphonies always were a means of interpreting the most convoluted philosophical problem...

Almost any recording of a Mozart symphony by Austrian conductor Karl Bohm (1894-1981) is a sure thin...

Ludwig van Beethoven headed for Symphony No. 9 literally his entire life. As early as the 1790s, he ...

Utopia, the new orchestra of conductor Teodor Currentzis, can be experienced for the first time in V...

This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It capt...

In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousnes...

Valery Gergiev is widely recognised as the greatest modern interpreter of Tchaikovsky’s music and th...

Karajan conducts these symphonies with eyes closed, often intently enraptured by the music, smiling ...

The renowned orchestra presents the world's biggest annual classical open air concert live from thei...

Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intens...

From the very first bars of the Coriolan Overture, it is apparent that this is Beethoven at his very...

"Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during whic...

Live 1973 concert performances by celebrated Polish-American virtuoso concert pianist Arthur Rubinst...