"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,

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

Live 1973 concert performances by celebrated Polish-American virtuoso concert pianist Arthur Rubinst...

For Mahlerites, his symphonies are much more than musical performances--they can be an emotional or ...

The production itself is quite beautiful: recorded in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice in Novembe...

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

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

From the very first bars of the Coriolan Overture, it is apparent that this is Beethoven at his very...

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...

On Air presents Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic O...

On Air presents Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharm...

On Air presents Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic Orch...

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

These recordings, filmed in March and April 1974 for the BBC, occurred at the tail end of the old pe...

For their annual season end concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker take the audience on a dreamy, magi...

With nearly 450 years of tradition, the Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the ...

Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahmss orchestral works with the Wie...