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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve concert 2018 is conducted by Daniel Barenboim, who looks back on a close artistic partnership with the Berliner Philharmoniker spanning over five decades. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s festive Piano Concerto…
Claus Guth’s celebrated Mozart-Da Ponte opera trilogy at the Salzburg Festival for the first time in one DVD box set! These new, excitingly original productions feature superb orchestral playing and world-class conductors as well as outstanding casts…
Antonio Pappano together with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden are presenting a symphonic work with particular relevance for Dresden: Rachmaninoff‘s Symphony No. 2, which was written during the composer‘s years at the Saxon residency.
This film is based on Jan Schmidt-Garre's acclaimed stage production of Beethoven's "Fidelio". The producers carefully filmed and edited several performances. By using additional footage of Jacquelyn Wagner as Leonore the stage production is…
Rossini was 24 years old when he wrote his seventeenth opera and most renowned "buffa", The Barber of Seville, in barely three weeks. This recording is from the 1988 Schwetzinger Festspiele. The production by Michael Hampe is distinguished by a…
It is the end of an era: Sir Simon Rattle’s tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker is ending after 16 years. It is a colorful, sparkling concert with vibrant works by Gershwin, Fauré, Khachaturian and Respighi. The star guest, mezzo…
DVD 1 Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (79 mins) Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado · Swedish Radio Choir · Maria Wieslander Barbara Bonney (soprano) · Bryn Terfel (baritone) DVD 2 Europakonzert 1998 (131 mins) Richard Wagner:…
These early operas already contain all the elements with which Rossini later took the music world by storm. The witty and ironical realization of these musical comedies was met with enthusiastic approval and makes the recordings milestones in the…
The venue for the 2018 EUROPAKONZERT is an architectural gem: the Markgräfliches Opernhaus in Bayreuth, one of the few remaining original Baroque theatres, which was declared UNESCO World Heritage site. Joining the Berliner Philharmoniker are Paavo…
From the opening notes of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi’s classic, triumphant production brings to life all the elegant wit and theatricality of Mozart’s comic masterpiece Le nozze di Figaro. Leading baritone Ludovic Tézier shines as…
