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Bruno Walter: Portrait

The film portrays Bruno Walter (1876-1962), one of the most important conductors of the 20th century. The Italian biographer Michele Selvini speaks about the musician Bruno Walter who formed the musical life of the capitals of Europe and the United…
Length
53 mins
Prog. No.
4453

Barenboim plays Liszt (Wanderjahre Schweiz)

Length
58 mins
Prog. No.
6663

Antonio Pappano: Portrait

Antonio Pappano has been announced the successor of Bernard Haitink as Music Director of the Royal Opera in London’s Covent Garden. Since 1992, when he was named Music Director of the Théatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, he has been working with…
Length
52 mins
Prog. No.
4452

Barenboim plays Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

The Münchner Philharmoniker and Sergiu Celibidache share an impressive legacy. Celibidache has been principal conductor of the orchestra for a total of 17 years since 1979, a time in which the orchestra gained great international reputation and…
Length
56 mins
Prog. No.
6666

Daniel Barenboim plays Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

The Münchner Philharmoniker and Sergiu Celibidache share an impressive legacy. Celibidache has been principal conductor of the orchestra for a total of 17 years since 1979, a time in which the orchestra gained great international reputation and…
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
6667

Joseph and Anthony Paratore play Brahms

Joseph and Anthony Paratore, two brothers from Boston, are one of the foremost piano duos of our time. After performing together for over a decade on the world’s most important stages, they came together in 1989 to record two of Brahms’ piano pieces…
Length
56 mins
Prog. No.
4426

Claude Debussy: Portrait

The composer Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, a few miles outside Paris, in 1862. While a pupil at the Conservatoire, he composed music that did not conform to the theory of the times. He contradicted his teachers by claiming that…
Length
58 mins
Prog. No.
6669

Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No.2

Renowned Austrian clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs and acclaimed Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova come together to perform Johannes Brahms Sonatas No.1 and No.2 for clarinet and piano. These sonatas were the last chamber music pieces Brahms wrote before his…
Length
24 mins
Prog. No.
4425

András Schiff plays Bach

This selection of some of Bach’s most perennially popular keyboard music admirably demonstrates the many varied facets of the composer’s fertile imagination. Deep pathos is contrasted with witty humour, serenity is paired with fleetness of foot, and…
Length
54 mins
Prog. No.
6676

Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No.1

Renowned Austrian clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs and acclaimed Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova come together to perform Johannes Brahms Sonatas No.1 and No.2 for clarinet and piano. These sonatas were the last chamber music pieces Brahms wrote before his…
Length
25 mins
Prog. No.
4424