Erich Leinsdorf, the American conductor from Vienna, begann his career as Bruno Walter's and Arturo Toscanini's assistant at the Salzburg Festival, débuting with tremendous success at the New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera House at the tender age…

On the tenth of August 1997 Evgeny Kissin played the first solo recital in the hundred and three year history of the London Promenade Concerts. It was a memorable occasion, to say the least, and has been described as perhaps the most extraordinary…

The choir work Carmina Burana is known for its magical medieval universe and loved by singers and audiences all over the world. The effect is huge when Carl Orff's powerful music is sung by the DR Concert Choir together with the Copenhagen Boys Choir…

The most original and also wittiest piano concerto by Rachmaninoff is the Rhapsody on a popular Paganini melody. Here, the work is performed by the cult ensemble with Daniil Trifonov on the piano and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. By the way, even…

At the gala concert 2009, the Berliner Philharmoniker under its musical director Sir Simon Rattle present “The Nutcracker” by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, perhaps the most popular of all ballets.

On New Year’s Eve the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle invite us to join them at the Philharmonie, Berlin. With exhilarating dances by Brahms and Dvořák that happily combine characteristics of their own idioms with Slavonic and Hungarian…

For the 2013 year-end celebration, we can hear two of the most popular Hungarian Dances by Brahms, as well as Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, both primitive and elegant rhythms from the geographical center of Europe, so rich in musical tradition. Not quite…

Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts the Symphony Capella Orchestra of Russia with Viktoria Postnikova at the piano for a rare performance of “Dead Souls”, a work composed by Schnittke for the cinema. This piece is followed by a cantata by Prokofiev…

Carlo Maria Giulini - the enigmatic Italian conductor who found success in both the opera house and the concert hall. Modest, reserved and unruled by ambition, Giulini's interpretations are refined and precise, marked by rich string textures and a…

Carlos Kleiber is paradox - a conductor who dislikes performing in public. Son of the great Erich Kleiber, he detests routine performing, and always gives his utmost whenever he conducts. This film gives us a fascinating glimpse into the brilliant…