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Leonard Bernstein - Serenade

Leonard Bernstein based his Serenade for violin and orchestra on Plato's "Symposium". Like every work by Bernstein, the Serenade is rife with melodic and rhythmic vibrancy and originality.
Length
47 mins
Prog. No.
0144

Margaret Price sings Rückert Lieder

Margaret Price's clear dramatic voice and her total identification with both poetry and music make her the ideal interpreter of Mahler's Rückert Lieder.
Length
23 mins
Prog. No.
0106

Europakonzert 1992 from El Escorial near Madrid

Guiseppe Verdi: Overture from "La forza del destino" Carlo's recitative and aria from "Don Carlos" Hector Berlioz: Excerpts from "La Damnation de Faust" Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B minor ("Unfinished") Richard Wagner: Sigmund's aria from "Die…
Length
104 mins
Prog. No.
1129

Waldbühne 1994: A Night of Dances and Rhapsodies

Franz von Suppé: Overture "Light Cavalry"; Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy; George Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1; Bedrich Smetana: Overture from "The Bartered Bride"; Richard Strauss: Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier"; Johann Strauss…
Length
101 mins
Prog. No.
1171

Rejoice-A Christmas Music Special

'Rejoice' is a celebration of seasonal songs and traditional carols. An outstanding item on this programme is the performance of Elgar's little known "Starlight Express" which was written for a Victorian children's play. Works by Mozart are also…
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
5150

Antonín Dvorák's Eighth Symphony

After the premiere of Dvorak's 8 Symphony in Prague, this piece received such high praise in England that it was named the "English Symphony". For his graduation thesis in 1892, Dvorak chose to conduct the symphony instead of the usual lecture.
Length
40 mins
Prog. No.
0149

Sergiu Celibidache conducts the Münchner Philharmoniker: Bruckner Symphony No. 8

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Length
105 mins
Prog. No.
5296

Waldbühne 2001: Spanish Night

To standing ovations, Placido Domingo led the Berliner Philharmoniker with special guests Sarah Chang (violin) and Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) through an evening of popular Spanish compositions. Sarah Chang's performance of the virtuoso dances by…
Length
129 mins
Prog. No.
5123

Lucerne Festival 2005: Abbado conducts Mahler No. 7

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado as its conductor made triumphal headlines worldwide: from «the miracle of Lucerne» (Tagesspiegel) to «superbe et éphèmère» (Le Figaro). When Abbado and his newly founded Orchestra perform at the…
Length
78 mins
Prog. No.
5462

Europakonzert 1996 from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg

Sergei Prokofiev Highlights from "Romeo & Juliet" Sergei Rachmaninov Cavatine of Aleko from "Aleko" Ludwig van Beethoven Romances for Violine and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, and No. 2 in F major, Symphony No. 7 in A major Peter Tchaikovsky "The…
Length
90 mins
Prog. No.
1253