Orchestral & Symphonic

Libretto by Wolfgang Rihm after Friedrich H?lderlin's translation of Sophokles Oedipus der Tyrann" and texts by Friedrich Nietzsche and Heiner M?ller As one of the most versatile and best-known contemporary German composers, Wolfgang Rihm has always impr

Mirella Freni is one of the most remarkable soprano singers in the world of opera. She has been winning over audiences for half a century with her ever fresh and youthful vocals and with a voice quality which remains undiminished. The portrait shows Mirel

When the Akademie f?r Alte Musik Berlin selected The Art of Fugue for a programme to mark it's 25th anniversary, the decision was not based simply on the magnificent piece of music with which Johann Sebastian Bach crowned his life's work. For Stephan Mai

Richard Heuberger (1850-1914) came from a wealthy, art-loving Graz (Austria-Hungary) family. After working as an engineer, he decided to devote himself completely to music, working as choral director of the Vienna Singakademie, composer of instrumental mu

As is now customary, the first part of the 2012 New Year's Concert from Teatro La Fenice is exclusively orchestral, with Symphony No.5" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The second part, with soloists Jessica Pratt, Walter Fraccaro and Alex Esposito as well as the

In the Opening Concert of the Pierre Boulez Saal, Daniel Barenboim, the Boulez Ensemble and renowned soloists are celebrating the idea of what this new concert hall of the Barenboim Said-Academy in Berlin stands for: to create a space where beloved...

Recently appointed the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons is one of the most interesting upcoming conductors. A dynamic young Latvian conductor, he leads the Bavarian Radio Orchestra in a high-profile program featuring Ives,...

Mozart: Violin Concertos 3-5 & Adagio In E K 261 DVD

Here is the introduction to the opera Giovanna d Arco conducted by Bruno Bartoletti with the MET Royal Opera House Salzburg Festival and Paris Opera.

Grigorovich: Golden Age / Various DVD

Volume 3 of this three volume set recorded at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris with Yuri Temirkanov conducting the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra includes Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet - Overture (1870), Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op...

Choreographer Mark Morris garnered international fame for "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato", considered a landmark achievement, and set to Handel's Baroque masterpiece, in which a colorful array of dancers embody the ecstasy of art that transforms...