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…

Jóhannsson is a composer with interesting ideas about technology and music, ideas about the sorts of feelings that might be evoked through juxtaposing electronics with history-rich references like a string quartet and an ancient poem. IBM 1401 - A…

A curious customer walks into a shop where the shopkeeper begins his fascinating guide to every single instrument from its invention to its inclusion in the symphony. Along this time travelling journey, we also discover the instruments' historical…

When Igudesman and Joo perform with an orchestra, the musical nightmares take on epic proportions! Experience perennial favourites like Mozart Bond, Alla Molto Turca and Cleaning vs. Riverdancing amped up for a full-blown orchestra. But on top of…

We live in a world where millions of people will walk past a concert hall and only a fraction will step inside. Interestingly, thousands will gather at WrestleMania. Igudesman & Joo have finally found common ground between these two, seemingly…

The motto called "IN EXILE – OF GODS AND MEN" connects ancient mythology, the Renaissance and the present: The Friedrichswerdersche Church, which was re-opened in October for museum exhibitions but had to close again right away due to the pandemic…

Itzhak Perlman plays the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, conducted by Lawrence Foster. This is made as a pair with the Beethoven Concerto, but, in order to present another side of Itzhak Perlman’s many-faceted…