Georges Bizet: Selection from "Carmen", Sergeij Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy op. 25, Maurice Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnol, Manuel de Falla: "El amor brujo" - Ritual Fire Dance, Johannes Brahms…

Love is the motto of the 1998 New Year's Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? Maestro Claudio Abbado has chosen two of the best Mozart interpreters of our day, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this…

Richard Strauss Don Juan op. 20 Orchestral Songs: Heimliche Aufforderung, Zueignung, Cäcilie Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 Lohengrin: In fernem Land Tristan und Isolde…

On the tenth anniversary of Herbert von Karajan's death the Berliner Philharmoniker paid tribute to their late maestro in his home town of Salzburg. In a live shooting from the city's imposing Cathedral, Claudio Abbado conducted an all-Mozart…

Recorded live on July 16th from the Freiburg Cathedral, with soprano Barbara Bonney, worldwide renowned for the clarity of her voice and the precision of her diction and baritone Matthias Goerne, whose recent interpretation with Sir Alfred Brendel…

Gala concert performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of Kurt Masur. The repertoire includes a few of the most popular compositions by Mendelssohn who was the 5th conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1835 - 1847. Overture to "A…

We continue our famous series 'Great Conductors in Rehearsal' with this new segment produced in 1998. Claude Debussy Prèlude á l'aprés midi d'un faune

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 Robert Schumann Concert Piece for four Horns and Orchestra in F major, op. 86 Franz Liszt Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3 after Lamartine) Richard Wagner The Valkyries - Ride of the Valkyries

In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in D-minor Motet "Fürchte dich nicht", BWV 228 Chaconne in D-minor, BWV 1004 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy From Elias, op. 70: "Höre, Israel"…

In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Peter Tchaikovsky, the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra performs the 6th Symphony "Patethique" and accompanies the renowned Australian pianist, Roger Woodward playing Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto No. 1.