Karajan conducts rehearsal and performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 4 with the Vienna Symphony in Vienna, Nov. 1965, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 with the Berlin Philharmonic, January 1966. Henri-Georges Clouzot directs.
Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboims stage début, and as a pian...
Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, wh...
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...
In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousnes...
There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beet...
Karajan conducts these symphonies with eyes closed, often intently enraptured by the music, smiling ...
Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful ...
Daniel Barenboim is an expert in exploiting the impact of cyclical performances of composers works: ...
The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth S...
With nearly 450 years of tradition, the Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the ...
Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the...
In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performanc...
The production itself is quite beautiful: recorded in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice in Novembe...
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...
A festive event marking the 10th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union...
For their annual season end concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker take the audience on a dreamy, magi...
This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It capt...