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

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

Karajan conducts rehearsal and performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 4 with the Vienna Symphony in ...

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

In April 1981 violinist Gidon Kremer performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons leading the English Chamber Or...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboims stage début, and as a pian...

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

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

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

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