Berliner Philharmoniker
Also Known As: Berlin Philharmonic, BPO
Biography: The Berlin Philharmonic (German: Berliner Philharmoniker) is a German orchestra based in Berlin which is consistently ranked in the top handful of orchestras in the world, distinguished amongst peers for its virtuosity and compelling sound. It's current Principal Conductor is Kirill Petrenko
Department: Sound
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A Night Of Rhythm & Dance (Waldbühne 2000)
Overview: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual summer concert at the Waldbühne in Berlin is legendary. The Millennium concert, recorded live on 25 June 2000, gathered more than 22.000 people in one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheaters in Europe for one of the most popular classical music concerts in the world. Kent Nagano named his program of popular and rather unusual music from the 20th century “Rhythm and Dance”. It turned out to be an inspiring combination of classical pieces, show tunes, pops, and Far Eastern music, all brought together in a tasty musical stew and rightly labelled as one of the most exciting programmes ever performed at the Waldbühne. It featured Gershwin classics with an outstanding performance by the American mezzo soprano Susan Graham, music by Ravel and the soundtrack to the successful Chinese film “Farewell My Concubine.”
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
Overview: The finest film themes and scores from the Berliner Philharmonie. Expect Jaws, Superman and Star Wars.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-25
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Alice Sara Ott
Overview: The London Telegraph described pianist Alice Sarah Ott as the “hottest new talent in classical music”. She now makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Ravel’s vibrant, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G major. Another artist making his debut is the Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who shows the music of his homeland from its most passionate side: with Jean Sibelius’s Tchaikovsky-inspired First Symphony, and music by the internationally too little known Uuno Klami.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-21
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John Williams & Berliner Philharmonic - The Berlin Concert
Overview: John Williams has made cinematic history with his film scores and transported entire generations into his musical worlds. He has composed the soundtracks for cinema blockbusters such as "Star Wars", "Jurassic Park", "E.T." and "Harry Potter". In this concert, he conducts some of his most famous film classics. At the same time, this is his debut on the podium of the Berliner Philharmoniker. May the Force be with him ...
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-04
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Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
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Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-17
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Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-17
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Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-17
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Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-03-17
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Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
Overview: Karajan had been appointed music director for life of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955, and soon the orchestra mastered the entire palette of Karajan's subtly defined phrasings, moods and orchestral colors. At home in the majesty of Bruckner or the raw power of Beethoven, the orchestra was also able to "let go" with Suppé or a Lisztian Hungarian Rhapsody, as the recording illustrates. For the 1978 New Year's Eve concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, Karajan put together a program of exclusively popular classical works, pieces that would guarantee a bubbly good time. Following Verdi's Overture to "La forza del destino" are the two major works of the program, Bizet's Arlésienne Suite No. 2 and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. The Hungarian March, or "Rákóczy March," from Berlioz's "La damnation de Faust" never fails to rouse listeners with its instrumentation. The program closes with the Intermezzo from Mascagni's "L'amico Fritz" and the popular Overture to "Leichte Kavallerie" by Suppé.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-12-31
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Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-03-14
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Juan Manuel Cañizares - Concierto de Aranjuez
Overview: Cañizares is the first and only flamenco guitarist invited by the Berlin Philharmonic along with the one who performed the Concert of Aranjuez under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-29
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Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert
Overview: Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Choir in a performance of Mozart's Requiem at the Salzburg Cathedral to commemorate the 10th anniversary of renowned Austrian conductor Herbert Von Karajan's death. Featuring soloists Rachel Harnisch, Karita Mattila, Sara Mingardo, Bryn Terfel and Michael Schade, this solemn evening is a fitting tribute to one of the 20th century's most influential musical personalities. Live from Salzburg Cathedral on July 16th, 1999.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-02
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Berliner Philharmoniker 2022/23: Silvesterkonzert mit Kirill Petrenko und Jonas Kaufmann
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-12-31
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Waldbühne 2003: A Gershwin Night – Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: One day in June 2003, thousands of people came to the Waldbühne Park to spend the night with Gershwin, the composer of Porgy and Bess, the super energised Seiji Ozawa conducting the venerable Berliner Philharmoniker and the famous Marcus Roberts jazz trio.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-06
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Waldbühne 2007 - Rhapsodies
Overview: The Waldbühne in Berlin is one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres, with over 20.000 in attendance, the annual concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Waldbühne is a highlight of every concert season. In 2007 Sir Simon Rattle conducted a superb selection of symphonic rhapsodies. Pianist Stephen Hough is widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive pianists of his generation.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-02
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2018
Overview: 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 farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 2018 concert was conducted by Daniel Barenboim. On the programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 26 in D major, K. 537 „Coronation”, Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Boléro, George Bizet: Carmen-Suite No. 1.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-31
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Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
Overview: In this Baden-Baden concert, Simon Rattle presents a sonorous snapshot of the European music scene in the early 20th century. It includes Richard Strauss’s self-confidently impressive Don Juan, sumptuous songs by Alban Berg, Ravel’s overwhelmingly sensual song cycle Shéhérazade and finally Stravinsky’s both groundbreaking and nostalgic Petrushka. The star guest is the Latvian mezzosoprano Elina Garanca.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7
Overview: 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 Symphonies at the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the nationwide Italian newspaper La Repubblica simply called it: “The most wonderful symphonic cycle of the past decade.” Each of the symphonies is of course a masterpiece in itself – each represents the composer’s musical idiom at a particular stage in his development. Be it the famous Pastorale, his 6th symphony, the popular 9th, with its characteristic motifs, the less commonly performed 4th or the 7th, which marked his leaning toward romantic undertones – Abbado’s interpretations are the fruit of decades of involvement with Beethoven.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-30
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Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 6 & 8
Overview: 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 Symphonies at the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the nationwide Italian newspaper La Repubblica simply called it: “The most wonderful symphonic cycle of the past decade.” Each of the symphonies is of course a masterpiece in itself – each represents the composer’s musical idiom at a particular stage in his development. Be it the famous Pastorale, his 6th symphony, the popular 9th, with its characteristic motifs, the less commonly performed 4th or the 7th, which marked his leaning toward romantic undertones – Abbado’s interpretations are the fruit of decades of involvement with Beethoven.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-30
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Abbado – Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 5
Overview: 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 Symphonies at the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the nationwide Italian newspaper La Repubblica simply called it: “The most wonderful symphonic cycle of the past decade.” Each of the symphonies is of course a masterpiece in itself – each represents the composer’s musical idiom at a particular stage in his development. Be it the famous Pastorale, his 6th symphony, the popular 9th, with its characteristic motifs, the less commonly performed 4th or the 7th, which marked his leaning toward romantic undertones – Abbado’s interpretations are the fruit of decades of involvement with Beethoven.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-30
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Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 9
Overview: 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 Symphonies at the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the nationwide Italian newspaper La Repubblica simply called it: “The most wonderful symphonic cycle of the past decade.” Each of the symphonies is of course a masterpiece in itself – each represents the composer’s musical idiom at a particular stage in his development. Be it the famous Pastorale, his 6th symphony, the popular 9th, with its characteristic motifs, the less commonly performed 4th or the 7th, which marked his leaning toward romantic undertones – Abbado’s interpretations are the fruit of decades of involvement with Beethoven.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-30
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The Berliner Philharmoniker in Tokyo: Concert at the Suntory Hall - Mariss Jansons, Hilary Hahn
Overview: The Berliner Philharmoniker performs work by Shostakovich, Dvorak and Carl Maria von Weber with the help of violinist Hilary Hahn. Recorded live at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 26 November 2000
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-29
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunction of soloists and of choruses, the choice of the Ode to Joy by Schiller, all of this concurs to its fame. The Ninth Symphony is a "Big Bang" in symphonic terms. A grandiose apotheosis, sublimating all of Beethoven's work by being the most universal and immediately understood piece ever written.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
Overview: Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21 2. Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36 3. Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" 4. Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 5. Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 6. Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" 7. Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 8. Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93 9. Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-03
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Mozart - Berliner Philharmoniker - Radek Baborák - Daniel Barenboim
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2012-06-20
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European Concert 1994
Overview: European Concert 1994 From the Staatstheater Meiningen.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Overview: Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b) Schubert, Symphony no. 2 B-Major, D. 125 c) Arnold Schonberg, Kammersinfonie no. 1 E-Major op. 9 (Filmed in Venice, Gran Teatro La Fenice, in February 1995, Chamber Orchestra of Europe). a) Richard Strauss, Elektra (Deborah Polaski, Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovsek, Ferrucio Furlanetto) b) Beethoven, Symphony no 6 F-Major, op. 68, 'Pastorale' (Filmed in the Festspielhaus Salzburg on the occasion of the Easter Festival, April 1995, Berlin Philharmonic). a) Beethoven, Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3 C-MINOR, OP. 37 (Maria Joao Pires) b) Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 D-Minor (Filmed in Paris, Cite de la Musique, in August 1995, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra).
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Mahler Symphony No. 5 & Ades Asyla
Overview: Sir Simon rattle conducts the Berliner Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 5 i The video is useful for conveying Simon Rattle's expressive gestures, his fine control of the Berlin Philharmonic, and its precise playing in this his first performance as the orchestra's music director. Ades's Asyla (the plural of "Asylum," used in both its meanings, as a place of refuge and a scene of madness) is available only in the video format, which is sonically quite good and visually striking. It is energetic music, with a lot of percussion, including one piece that looks like a tomato juice can, and one movement that annotator Andrew Porter describes as "a sort of Rite of Spring cum disco." A video interview of Rattle is a fine bonus. --Joe McLellan
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-06
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A Verdi Gala from Berlin
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Recorded in 2000, the program includes excerpts from the composer's "La Traviata," "Falstaff," "Rigoletto," "Don Carlos" and "Un Ballo in Maschera," with solos by Andrea Rost (soprano), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone) and Lucio Gallo (bass-baritone).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-16
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Carmina Burana - Carl Orff - Simon Rattle
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Original Language: la
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Don Carlo
Overview: A live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Overview: 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 the world agreed. They praised the semi-staged “ritualization” by American star-director Peter Sellars, as well as the outstanding musical performances by the soloists, including Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, Thomas Quasthoff and Mark Padmore as the Evangelist.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-04-11
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Europakonzert 2012 from Vienna
Overview: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B flat Major, Op. 56a Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in C Major Hob. VIIb: 1: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2012-05-01
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New Year's Eve Concert 2015 - Berlin Philharmonic
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-01-29
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New Year's Eve Concert 2019 - Berlin Philharmonic
Overview: The Berlin Philharmonic brings in the New Year with a festive concert featuring performances of music by Gershwin, Bernstein, Porter & Loewe.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-12-31
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Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
Overview: Featuring performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in Japan
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-17
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Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts the prestigious Berliner Philharmonikerfor during a concert dedicated to Beethoven. The programme includes the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 with the Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev whose dazzling technique adding to a delicate sensitivity merges instinct and intellectual rigour, and the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-10
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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Waldbuhne 2006 - Thousand and One Nights
Overview: The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker's summer concerts. With over 22.000 in attendance, they are some of the most popular classical music concerts in the world. This year the outstanding orchestra under the baton of Neeme Järvi take us on a trip to arabian "Thousand and One Nights", with soloist Janine Jansen, a rising star who quickly gained the reputation of one of the foremost young violinists on the international concert stages.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Joint Concert in Tel Aviv
Overview: Some concerts are important simply as occasions: The “Joint Concert Tel Aviv” was a celebration of reconciliation, a performance shared by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra that would have been inconceivable a few years earlier. Zubin Mehta takes a massive band consisting of both orchestras through performances of Ben Haim’s fascinating “Psalm”, Ravel’s “La Valse” and Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony”.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-04-18
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: Symphony No. 8 is as different musically from the Seventh Symphony as it is close in time since it was finished only five months later. It appears to be caught between the Dionysian scale of the Seventh Symphony and the titanic universality of the Ninth Symphony. The carefree nature of the "little symphony", as the composer called it himself, should not make one forget its welcome smile.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
Overview: Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto' and 'Choral Fantasy'. Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma are joined by Carola Höhn, Katherina Kammerloher, Andrea Bönig and Endrick Wottrich, amongst others.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-07
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Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
Overview: Famed conductor Herbert Von Karajan leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of what may be Vivaldi's best-known composition -- "The Four Seasons" -- in this sparkling video. Recorded in 1987 at the Chamber Music Hall, this concert features Anne-Sophie Mutter as a guest violin soloist.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-16
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Berliner Philharmoniker - Europakonzert 2016
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-09-30
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Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm
Overview: Stockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact sailing ship from the 17th century, the Vasa. Nowadays, the huge exhibition hall of the Vasa Museum is home to the ancient ship. These unusual surroundings formed the venue of the Berliner Philharmoniker's 1998 European Concert in Sweden, which was conducted by Claudio Abbado. Works of Wagner, Tschaikovsky, Debussy and Verdi Vasa Museum Stockholm, 1. May 1998 Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado Swedish Radio Choir Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Richard Wagner Der fliegende Hollander: Overture (11:32) Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Tempest. Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare (23:02) Claude Debussy Nocturnes (23:10) Giuseppe Verdi Quattro pezzi sacri (41:34)
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-28
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Beethoven - Symphonies 1-9 (Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle)
Overview: Recordings of all the Beethoven symphonies with their chief conductor are always a milestone in the artistic work of the Berliner Philharmoniker. So it was with Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado, and expectations are correspondingly high for this cycle conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Where does the special status of these symphonies come from? Simon Rattle has an explanation: “One of the things Beethoven does is to give you a mirror into yourself – where you are now as a musician.” In fact, this music contains such a wealth of extreme emotions and brilliant compositional ideas that reveal the qualities of the orchestra and its conductor as if under a magnifying glass.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-05-13
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Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
Overview: The legendary Berlin Philharmonic conductor Herbert von Karajan is chronicled as he conducts two important classical pieces. Music director Von Karajan led the orchestra from 1956 until his death in 1989, creating a legacy of outstanding performances. In 1984, Von Karajan agreed to have a camera crew record a Berlin Philharmonic performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphonies 1 and 8, two of the composer's finest.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Europakonzert 2015 from Athens
Overview: Gioacchino Rossini: “Semiramide” Overture Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Johann Sebastian Bach: “Largo” from Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005 Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 »Rhenish«
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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Berliner Philharmoniker - Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, 41
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-12-31
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New Year's Eve Concert 2018 - Berlin Philharmonic
Overview: 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 are also four famous works by Maurice Ravel, which create an impressive synthesis of elegance and originality. The final highlight is the Boléro, perhaps the most stunning crescendo in music history.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-12-31
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A Spanish Night - Domingo - Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: A Spanish Night - Domingo - Berliner Philharmoniker, Sarah Chang, Ana Maria Martinez
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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Berliner Philharmoniker - Puccini: Tosca
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-10-27
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Overview: Karajan's very best video Beethoven 9th Symphony, recorded December 31, 1977. The Quartet of vocal soloists and Chorus in IV are superb. This is much better than Karajan's 1968 Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven 9 video (DG), filmed in the Philharmonie with no live audience present.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-31
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New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-02-16
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Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming
Overview: Repertoire Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Antonín Dvořák: Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”, Op. 114; Aram Chatschaturjan: Adagio from “Spartacus”; Richard Strauss: Final Scene from “Capriccio”, Op. 85; Richard Wagner: Overture to “Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen”; E. W. Korngold: Mariettas Lied from “Die tote Stadt”; Richard Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1; Sir Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour; Giacomo Puccini: Donde lieta uscì from “La bohème”; Tu che di gel sei cinta from “Turandot”; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Musette svaria sulla bocca viva from “La bohème”; Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta from “La bohème”; Piotr Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” (Fantasy Overture)
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-06-27
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Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World
Overview: This 2002 concert features Gil Shaham with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado in works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, and Verdi.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-26
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Overview: Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Beethoven/Brahms - Violin Concertos (Perlman, Barenboim)
Overview: Daniel Barenboim conducts the Beethoven and Brahms Violin Concertos with the soloist Itzhak Perlman.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-05
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Overview: Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's 8th Symphony.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Waldbühne 2009 | Russian Rhythms
Overview: Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful concert to end the season. In 2009 about 22,000 people had come together at the Berlin Waldbühne to enjoy the traditional summer picnic concert. The theme of the evening was “Russian rhythms”, and star conductor Sir Simon Rattle, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Yefim Bronfman, one of the most famous pianists in the world today, presented a superb selection of Russian music. Repertoire Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71, Overture, The Christmas Tree, March, Pas de deux (Intrada) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op. 30 Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps Lincke: Berliner Luft
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-06-21
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Waldbühne 2017 | Legends of the Rhine
Overview: For their annual season end concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker take the audience on a dreamy, magically journey through the river Rhine with Schumann’s beloved 3rd Symphony Rhenish. Pieces from Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen under the baton of dynamic conductor Gustavo Dudamel complete this evening.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-10-20
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Waldbühne 2015 | Lights, Camera, Action!
Overview: The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s summer concerts. With over 20.000 in attendance, they are some of the most popular classical music concerts in the world. In 2015 the Berliner Philharmoniker surrounded themselves with plenty of celebrities, including not only conductor Sir Simon Rattle, but also many figures from film history: Indiana Jones, Robin Hood, Ben Hur and many more. They were all brought to life musically when the orchestra performed some of Hollywood’s most famous film music. With film music from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. composed by John Williams. Live from the Waldbühne Berlin, 2015.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-11-20
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Bartok: Concerto for Violin - Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez
Overview: An all Bartók programme featuring one of the leading violinists - Gidon Kremer - and one of the world's leading viola players - Yuri Bashmet. The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Pierre Boulez, conclude this concert with the The Miraculous Mandarin, a work composed in 1918-1919. By the time it was premiered, the score caused a scandal due to the eroticism of its argument.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Bach: St. John Passion
Overview: Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the outstanding events of the past season. As before with the St Matthew Passion, star director Peter Sellars succeeded in creating a staging which made the spiritual and dramatic content of the Passion story even more intensive. The New York Times also praised the “brilliant and energetic” playing of the orchestra, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung the “haunting, almost unsurpassable singing of all those involved.”
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-03-22
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Waldbühne Berlin: Russian Night
Overview: Seiji Ozawa conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in this 1993 performance at Berlin's Waldbuhne, an amphitheater tucked into a natural valley and modeled on a similar structure in the ancient Greek city of Epidaurus. From this lovely vantage point, viewers are treated to an evening of Russian favorites, including Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird," Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" suite, Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" and more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-10-15
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Waldbühne 2016 · Ein tschechischer Abend - Lisa Batiashvili, Berliner Philharmoniker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Overview: Herbert von Karajan directs the Berlin Philharmonic in an Italiannate take of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony and an assured rendering of the Fifth, while the "Pastoral" Symphony, conceived and directed by Hugo Niebeling in 1967, is a revolutionary mix of styles - Fantasia meets Expressionism meets film noir.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-06
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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
Overview: 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 was left to audiences of his native Italy to witness these concerts in February 2001 in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-06-14
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Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
Overview: Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in these 3 great Beethoven symphonies. Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas and Walter Berry are featured vocal soloists with the Choir of the Berlin Opera in the 9th Symphony.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-10-24
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Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
Overview: This set was recorded in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Herbert von Karajan is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest conductors of the 20th century, and around 1970 he was at his peak.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-06
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Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
Overview: The music is not Beethoven's most familiar, but it is absolutely charming. The concerto is appealing in its melodic material and the intricate interactions among the soloists and orchestra. The Choral Fantasy features a long piano solo that Beethoven wrote for himself, plus a choral melody that sounds like a preliminary sketch for the last movement of his Ninth Symphony. Both works pose unusual balance challenges, to which Barenboim and the recording engineers rise impressively.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-11
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Das Mauerkonzert
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-11-12
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Berliner Philharmoniker in Singapur - A Musical Journey in 3D
Overview: Recorded live at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore, 22 & 23 November 2010 The orchestra presents Mahler's unique and breathtaking First Symphony and Rachmaninov's late Symphonic Dances. The Philharmonic's beautiful rendering of Mahler's homage to nature and Rachmaninov's nostalgic ode to Russia is taken to a new level in this 3D recording using state-of-the-art video and audio technology. Join Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker on a musical journey that takes the concert experience to a breathtaking new level a feast for eyes and ears in 3D!
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-12-18
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Europa Konzert from Madrid 2011
Overview: or twenty years the Berliner Philharmoniker has celebrated its 1882 founding with a concert at a major European venue, and the 2011 event takes place at the magnificent Teatro Real in Madrid. The renowned orchestra, under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, performs Joaquín Rodrigo’s beloved Concierto de Aranjuez, Emmanuel Chabrier’s exuberant España, and Sergey Rachmaninov’s dramatic Second Symphony. It is joined for the Concierto by the famous flamenco guitarist Cañizares, whose virtuosity and sensitivity are given full opportunity to shine in this multi-faceted and subtle work.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-27
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