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…

An artist with genuine star qualities: Opera Singer of 2005, Echo award winner of 2004 and 2005 – even tabloids wax enthusiastic about the Mexican tenor. That he’s called “Mr. Bean of the Opera World” is due to his amazing comedian qualities. The…

In 1827, a year before his death, Franz Schubert wrote one of his most important works: the Winterreise. In the song cycle the Austrian composer set the 24 poems of Wilhelm Müller to music and depicted the haunted soul and landscape of the state of…

An All-Mozart Programme at the Konzerthaus Berlin - the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. In the present performance, Haenchen and a reduced ensemble succeed in bringing to life the music’s manifold…

For several years now, Gustavo Dudamel and the young musicians from the Venezuelan youth orchestra "Simón Bolívar" have been causing a furor on the international music scene. More than anything else, it is they who have earned the Venezuelan…

Until now a concert of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah was just unthinkable, but Palestine was the centre of attraction when the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performed there on August 21. Faced with myriad organizational and political…

Widely accepted as a leading authority on Baroque music, Ton Koopman conducts J.S. Bach's Magnificat BWV 243. Performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir joined by soloists Deborah Yorck (soprano), Bogna Bartosz (alto), Jörg Dürmüller…

Beethoven symphonies, recorded live in Freiburg und Baden-Baden with the SWR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Gielen.

To standing ovations, Mariss Jansons led the Berliner Philharmoniker with special guest Vadim Repin (violin) through an evening of popular encores compositions.

The highlight of the Mozart Year 2006 in Prague takes place at the Estates Theatre. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Manfred Honeck perform the most famous compositions by W.A. Mozart related to Prague: Overture to Don Giovanni…