BR KLASSIKS

Ludwig van Beethoven: Freedom Above All Else an Audio Biography by Jorg Handstein is racked by revolution, wars, fears and hopes and music, too. "In instrumental music, art is independent and free"...

In September 1809, the Vienna Hofburg Theatre commissioned Ludwig van Beethoven to create new incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Egmont". The tragedy had premiered in Mainz on January...

To mark the 90th birthday of the eminent conductor Bernard Haitink, this representative portrait is being released by BR-KLASSIK. These exceptional live recordings document the long-standing and...

What does the work of a conductor actually involve? He moves his hands, arms, his whole body, he makes use of his eyes and facial expressions - and he also sings and speaks, but only during...

Berlioz / Varese / Jansons Symphonie Fantastique / Ionisation CD1. R?veries - Passions. Largo - Allegro Agitato E Appassionato Assai 2. Un Bal. Valse. Allegro Non Troppo 3. Sc?ne Aux Champs. Adagio 4...

Bernstein / Criswell / Gilfry / Dwyer / Schirmer Trouble In Tahiti: Symphonic Dances From West Side CD1. I. Prologue 2. II. Somewhere 3. III. Scherzo 4. IV. Mambo 5. V. Cha-Cha 6. VI. Meeting Scene 7...

Fuoco di gioia -at the beginning of Verdi's "Otello", the compatriots of the victorious protagonist cheer his triumphant return to his home port with a vocal "fire of joy". The opera quote is also...

Michael Jary's "Ich wei?, es wird einmal ein Wunder gescheh'n" ("I know there will be a miracle one day") and "Davon geht die Welt nicht unter" ("The World Won't End Because of This"), Theo...

Brahms / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Symphonies CD1. Un Poco Sostenuto - Allegro 2. Andante Sostenuto 3. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso 4. Adagio - Pi? Andante - Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Brio...

Brahms / Jansons / Brs Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Super-Audio CD1. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: Allegro Non Troppo 2. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: Adagio Non Troppo 3. Symphony No. 2 in D...

On November 8, 2019, at Carnegie Hall, New York, during a tour with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and only a few weeks before his unexpected death, Mariss Jansons conducted his...

For the last seventeen years of his life - from 2003 to 2019 - Mariss Jansons was chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Bavarian Radio Chorus. Both ensembles and...