Teodor Currentzis: Utopia

For Mahler, symphonies always were a means of interpreting the most convoluted philosophical problem...

Ludwig van Beethoven headed for Symphony No. 9 literally his entire life. As early as the 1790s, he...

The renowned orchestra presents the world's biggest annual classical open air concert live from thei...

A spectacular concert at the site of Beijing’s Forbidden City. The concert features the renowned Sha...

The evocative music of Claude Debussy has been described as the foundation of modern music. But how...

Guiseppe Verdi’s Requiem is still heard mainly in theatre and concert halls. However, the author him...

In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performanc...

Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1 in C...

This is one of the most important recordings of the 20th century, both for its content (considered b...

In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keep...

Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful...

Repertoire Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Antonín Dvořák: Song to the Moon from “Rusalk...

The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent,...

These recordings, filmed in March and April 1974 for the BBC, occurred at the tail end of the old pe...

In April 1981 violinist Gidon Kremer performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons leading the English Chamber Or...

Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intens...

Leonard Bernstein made these recordings during his wonderfully productive collaboration with the Wie...