"Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during which Leonard Bernstein is seen and heard rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Filmed in 1971, this rehearsal was directed by Humphrey Burton,
A festive event marking the 10th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union...
Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful ...
Karajan conducts rehearsal and performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 4 with the Vienna Symphony in ...
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...
In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousnes...
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...
There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beet...
The Choir and Orchestra of the La Fenice Theatre, conducted by Fabio Luisi, take over Piazza San Mar...
This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It capt...
Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboims stage début, and as a pian...
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...
Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the...