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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, ...

The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth S...

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

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

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...

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

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

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