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

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

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

Leonard Bernstein made these recordings during his wonderfully productive collaboration with the Wie...

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

In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performanc...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

In this variety special, Olivia shares the evening with Andy Gibb, Elton John, Ted Knight, Gene Kell...

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