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EUROPAKONZERT 2002 from Palermo

Gil Shaham violin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s annual European Concerts are intended to recall the date on which the orchestra was founded, 1 May 1882, with a performance being given on this day in a different town or city of particular cultural and historical importance. In 2002 it was the turn of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, one of Europe’s most important opera houses both artistically and architecturally. This was also the last time in his twelve years as the orchestra’s artistic director that the revered Italian maestro Claudio Abbado conducted a European Concert. In a programme of beloved pieces from the classical repertoire, with the celebrated Gil Shaham as soloist, Abbado once again demonstrated how he upheld the unsurpassed orchestral tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker with his profound music-making.

Repertoire

Beethoven: Egmont-Ouverture; Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95; Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Ouverture

Facts DVD Blu-ray

Item number
2051958
UPC number
880242519580
Region code
0
Picture format
NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
dts 5.1
Release
Total running time
132 mins
Details running time
112 mins + 20 mins (Bonus)
Booklet notes
English, French, German
No. of discs
1
Recording
2002
Bonus
A Portrait of Palermo
Bonus subtitles
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian