This set was recorded in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Herbert von Karajan is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest conductors of the 20th century, and around 1970 he was at his peak.

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

For Peter and the Wolf, premiered in 1936, Prokofiev chose the form of a symphonic tale, featuring a...

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

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland -- one of the most acclaimed tenors and one of th...

In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keep...