Orchestral & Symphonic

This DVD conveys an intensely moving view on one of the world's finest and most-respected conductors, Claudio Abbado. The film shows excerpts from rehearsals and concerts with some of his favorite orchestras.

Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf pulls off a brilliant coup with the high aesthetics of this intrigue, a masterful parody of the "everything is possible" of our time - flanked by an ensemble of exquisite vocal talents.

This 2007 gala from Berlin features the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in works by Borodin, Mussorgsky, and Shostakovich.

An all star ensemble of early and baroque music specialists masters the delicate beauty of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos: the alternating solo and ensemble parts all shine with musical excellence, the communication between the musicians is outstanding,...

Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucern Festival Orchestra at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, August 10, 2006.

Keith Jarrett is one of the few jazz superstars whose concerts sell out almost immediately, wherever he plays. Keith is much more than just a jazz musician. Through an exploration of his life and work, and close encounters with the man himself, this...

Leonard Bernstein conducts the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra with soloists Kenneth Riegel live at Symphony Hall, Boston, July 26, 1976. Humphrey Burton directs.

SACRED CANTATS - Philippe Jaroussky, Bach & Telemann - When Philippe Jaroussky - whose angelic voice seems almost timeless - sings works by Telemann and Bach, it becomes abundantly clear that the sheer emotional force and the purifying power of their...

Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with pianist Yuja Wang in works by Mahler and Prokofiev, summer 2009.

Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with mezzo Magdalena Kozena, live at the Concert Hall of the KKL Luzern, August 21 & 22, 2009.

Sergiu Celibidache conducts the Munich Philharmonic with pianist Daniel Barenboim.

The co-production of the Oper Frankfurt with the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano has been recognized as the finest production of this work presented to date. For this love story of a single day Salvatore Sciarrino creates a form of music...