Movies: Berlin Philharmonic

Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin in 2010 was for him “the single most important thing we ever did here”. Critics around...

Claudio Abbado once remarked that, “With Beethoven, you never stop learning“ and indeed: the 75-year-old Milanese maestro has constantly reworked the symphonies of the master from Bonn (1770-1827). When they performed and recorded all nine Beethoven ...

Featuring performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in Japan...

European Concert 1994 From the Staatstheater Meiningen....

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Arias from "Don Giovanni"; Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201; Scena and Rondo for Soprano and piano forte obligato and Orchestra K. 505; Symphony No. 35 in D major K. 385 "Haffner" Documentary on the Berliner Ph...

Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta made her Philharmoniker debut at the 2014 Easter Festival in Baden-Baden with Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, the final great work of the composer. The orchestra and conductor also performed the prelude to Wagner’s Loh...

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker did he decide to give a performance of the complete symphonies. It wa...

Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's 8th Symphony....

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Arvo Pärt: Fratres for string orchestra and percussion György Ligeti: Ramifications for string orchestra Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Erwin Stein arrangement)...

The conductor of this New Year’s Eve concert is Daniel Barenboim, one of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s oldest friends. He also takes on the role of soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 – a work of sparkling beauty and nuanced expression. There a...

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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid...

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Claudio Abbado once remarked that, “With Beethoven, you never stop learning“ and indeed: the 75-year-old Milanese maestro has constantly reworked the symphonies of the master from Bonn (1770-1827). When they performed and recorded all nine Beethoven ...

Premiered in 1806, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major paved the way for three great violin concertos of the 19th and 20th centuries: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Sibelius. Extremely expressive and astonishing in it emotional scope, the work nonethele...

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Beethoven: Egmont-Ouverture Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95 Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Ouverture...