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Love and Longing / Magdalena Kozena Sings Ravel, Dvorak & Mahler

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Biblical Songs (Biblické písne) (10) for voice & orchestra, B. 189 (Op. 99); Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or ...
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Magdalena Kozena's silken mezzo delivers definitive interpretations of this luscious and enchanting orchestral-song repertoire. Magdalena Kozena, Sir Simon rattle, and the Berliner Philharmokiker sedu...continue...
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Richard Strauss: Orchestral Works / Karajan, Berlin PO

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-18

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, Op. 20; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Salome, Op. 54; Ein Heldenleben, Op...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Hauptmann, Norbert; Koch, Lothar; Meneses, Antonio; Spierer, Leon; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Wolfrum, Paul
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"As a performance the 1983 Karajan Also sprach Zarathustra (coupled with an exciting account of Don Juan) will be hard to beat and could very...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Giulini - Berlin PO, Brigitte Fassbaender, Francisco Araiza, live 1984

1 CD / Testament / 2011-10-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The great conductor Carlo Maria Giulini's answer to the question of what fascinated him about making music amounted to his Credo: "Music is a great...continue...
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Ravel Meets Gershwin / Rattle/Berlin PO, Dianne Reeves [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-08-30

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; A Damsel in Distress, film score; The Show is On; Girl Crazy; Funny Face; Rosalie; A Damsel in Distress; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Maurice Ravel: La val...
Performers: Hutchinson, Gregory; Martin, Peter; Reeves, Diane; Rogers, Reuben
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

A true celebration is to welcome the New Year with one of the best orchestras in the world. The Gala from Berlin 2003 presents the...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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New Year's Eve Concert 2010 / Dudamel/Berlin PO, Garanca [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-03-08

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Dalila; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Manuel de Falla...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The 2010 New Years Eve concert from Berlin frames two of the most prominent stars on DG’s roster in the glit-edged splendor these two young...continue...
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Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Invitation to the Dance / Barenboim/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-01-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 17 in D major, K 334; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Berlin music lovers know there is no better way of celebrating the New Year than revisiting the most beautiful works in the history of music...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: All
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Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

An Evening With Renee Fleming / Ion Marin/BPO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka, Op 114/B 203; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite, for orchestra no 2; Richard S...
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Marin, Ion
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recently visitors to the Berlin Philharmonic's Waldbühne concerts have been regaled by some of the greatest opera singers of our age, including such operatic legends...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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An Evening With Renee Fleming / Ion Marin/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka, Op 114/B 203; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite, for orchestra no 2; Richard S...
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Marin, Ion
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recently visitors to the Berlin Philharmonic's Waldbühne concerts have been regaled by some of the greatest opera singers of our age, including such operatic legends...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: All
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Gala From Berlin: Songs of Love & Desire / Freni, Schafer, Alvarez, Keenlyside [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-10-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchest...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Freni, Mirella; Keenlyside, Simon; Schafer, Christine
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Love is the theme of this extraordinary 1998 New Year's Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? The Berliner...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Region: 1
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Open Air: A Night with the Berlin Philharmonic / Vadim Repin, Mariss Jansons [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-02-23

Works: Stanislaw Moniuszko: Halka; Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 4; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Valse-Sch...
Performers: Repin, Vadim
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

As the cameras reveal the scale of this open-air event, held at Berlin's Waldbuhne in 2002, it is not only the music that is transmitted...continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
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Latin American Night: Waldbühne Concert / Barenboim, John Williams, Berlin PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-11-17

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Augustín Barrios Mangoré: La ultima cancion; Alberto Ginastera: Estanci...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Who better to conduct an evening of evocative tango and Latin American inspired rhythms than Argentinean-born Barenboim? Despite playing music outside their usual repertoire, the...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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A Romantic Opera Night: Waldbühne Concert / Levine, Heppner, Berlin PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-11-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Heimliche Aufforderung; Zueignung; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meiste...
Performers: Heppner, Ben
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Conducted by the celebrated James Levine, the 1999 Waldbuhne concert for the Berlin Philharmonic features music by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. The orchestra is...continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 1
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Italian Night: Waldbuhne Concert - Verdi, Bellini, Rossini / Abbado/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Il trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and soloists Angela Gheorghiu, Sergei Larin and Bryn Terfel. The program includes Verdi's overture and chorus of Hebrew slaves...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
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American Night: Waldbuhne Concert - Bernstein, Gershwin / Rattle/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-08-25

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess; I Got Rhythm; Oh, Kay!; Paul Lincke: Berliner Luft
Performers: Marshall, Wayne
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This program features the vocal talents of Willard White in highlights from Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess', as well as interpretations of 'Rhapsody in Blue', 'I...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
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Thomas Quasthoff - The Voice

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; An den Frühling, D 338; Schwanengesang, D 957; Greisengesang, D 778; Auf der Bruck, D 853; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngling an der Quell...
Performers: Kussmaul, Rainer; Mayer, Albrecht; Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Thielemann, Christian;
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berliner Barock Solisten; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

"There's no question regarding this singer's extraordinary gifts, either in a technical sense or as an interpreter of songs--as I noted previously, he has a...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 1 and 14 / Rattle, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, strings & percussion, Op. 135; Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Quasthoff, Thomas
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

2006 marks 100 years since the birth of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), widely regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest composers of the symphony. Sir...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Abbado, Fleming, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Braunstein, Guy; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Claudio Abbado reunites with the Berlin Philharmonic to present Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Berg's Seen Early Songs, featuring 'America's Most Beautiful Voice', soprano Renee...continue...

Karajan - The Collection - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-05-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, Op. 20; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Final Scene
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Schwalbé, Michel; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Undoubtedly this performance is very distinguished, wonderfully spacious and beautifully shaped - the closing Night sequence is very touching - and played with the utmost...continue...

Various: New Years Gala 1996 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2002-02-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1; Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Tzigane; Hector Berlioz: Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 74 min.
Region: All
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Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: Germany
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Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu / Meyer, Abbado, Berlin PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-01-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Toru Takemitsu: Fantasma/Cantos
Performers: Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is Sabine Meyer's second recording for EMI of the great Mozart Concerto. As in the first, made with the Dresden Staatskapelle and Hans Vonk...continue...

Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, etc / Mattila, Abbado, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-01-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Cäcilie; Frühlingsfeier ("Das ist des Frühlings traurige Lust!"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra),...
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Karita Mattila... was one soprano whose reading of the 'Four Last Songs' I eagerly awaited... she would never diminish these languid, expansive melodies with any...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 6, Lieder / Karajan, Ludwig, Berlin PO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-05-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Ludwig, Christa
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Karajan's classic Sixth confirmed his belated arrival as a major Mahler interpreter. Only Bernstein, in his more emotive, less consciously beautifying way,...continue...

Mozart: Arias; Strauss: Orchestral Songs / Schäfer, Abbado

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-04-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mia speranza adorata...Ah, non sai qual pena, K 416; Ch'io ...
Performers: Johannsen, Kay; Pires, Maria-Joao; Schafer, Christine
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"...[Schafer's] unadorned, clear and imaginitive singing of all the Mozart arias demands and hold attention on this [disc]...Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic support Schafer in...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 9, Lieder / Karajan, Ludwig, Berlin PO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-04-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Ludwig, Christa
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Mahler's Ninth is a death-haunted work, but is filled, as Bruno Walter remarked, 'with a sanctified feeling of departure'. Rarely has this...continue...

Prima Voce - Great Singers in Mozart

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, ...
Performers: Hüsch, Gerhard; Hesch, Wilhelm; Ivogün, Maria; Journet, Marcel; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Leider, Frieda; Noréna, Eidé; Patzak, Julius; Schöne, Lotte; Schorr, Fr...
Conductors: ; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Karl; Albergoni, Angelo; Gurlitt, Manfred; Défosse, Henri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Schmalstich, Clemens; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Karajan, Janowitz, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1996-01-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Janowitz, Gundula
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Gundula Janowitz's singing is overpoweringly beautiful and flawless. Her voice is capable of even greater beauty than are Berlin's sound magicians." -Fono Forum...continue...