Herbert von Karajan conducts La Scala Orchestra and Chorus with soloists Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti, and Nicolai Ghiaurov.

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

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

A comprehensive portrait of one of the 20th century's most brilliant and charismatic conductors work...

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night ...

Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatr...

In the awe-inspiring Teatro Olimpico,Vicenza, Cecilia Bartoli, recognised as one of the best singers...

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

Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, wh...

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

For Mahlerites, his symphonies are much more than musical performances--they can be an emotional or ...

Released as a memorial for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who passed away on 27 Ap...

This unique document from the 1978 Salzburg Festival has fortunately been released on DVD and is a m...

There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beet...

Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the...

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

Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful ...

Repertoire Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Antonín Dvořák: Song to the Moon from “Rusalk...

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

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s European Concert, held each year on 1 May, is invariably an internatio...