The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Trailer: The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Genre: Music
Cast: Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Kathleen Battle, Grace Bumbry, Mirella Freni, José Carreras
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde (2005)
Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intense interpretation, expressing Bernstein's...
Bruckner Symphony No. 5 (2010)
The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth Symphony by saying: Both Bruckners belief in...
Brahms The Piano Concertos (1984)
Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahmss orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honor the 150th anniversary...
Vespro Della Beata Vergine (1989)
This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the drama as well as the ceremonial aspect...
Mozart Symphonies Vol. II - Nos. 1,25,31,36,38 and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (1978)
In the 1960s Karl Böhm (1894–1981) had made his mark as interpreter of Mozart with the the Berlin Philharmonic. Yet his recordings with...
Mozart Symphonies Vol. I - Nos. 29,34,35,40,41 and Minuet K.409 (1978)
There are only a couple of DVD recordings of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Fortunately, this one by Karl Bohm, recorded live in Vienna's...
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle (2018)
There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beethoven’s own instrument was the piano, and...
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (1975)
Leonard Bernstein made these recordings during his wonderfully productive collaboration with the Wiener Philharmoniker in the mid-1970s when he was...
Lisztomania (1975)
In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow...
Mstislav Rostropovich - Bach Cello Suites (2004)
This is one of the most important recordings of the 20th century, both for its content (considered by many the greatest cello music of all time) and...
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic (1990)
Famed conductor Herbert Von Karajan leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of what may be Vivaldi's best-known composition -- "The Four...