Vienna Philharmonic

Summer Night Concert 2024 (2024)

Vienna Philharmonic's annual Summer Night Concert takes place in the unique setting of the spectacular Schönbrunn Palace Gardens in Vienna. This year's concert focuses on popular works from the 19th and 20th centuries that highlight Europe's rich musical ...

New Year's Concert 2024 (2024)

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Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023 (2023)

The Vienna Philharmonic's annual Summer Night Concert from the spectacular Schönbrunn Palace Gardens. ...

New Year's Concert 2023 (2023)

For the 65 time Live traditional New Year's concert from the beautiful Musikverein in Vienna. The concert, broadcast in 90 countries and reaching an audience of over 40 million people, features, as usual, polkas, waltzes and overtures from the Strauss cla ...

Anton Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9 (2022)

On the occasion of Bruckner's anniversary, the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Christian Thielemann recorded a complete Bruckner cycle for the first time. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies, the two earliest Bruckner symphoni ...

Anton Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8 (2022)

On the occasion of Bruckner's anniversary, the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Christian Thielemann recorded a complete Bruckner cycle for the first time. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies, the two earliest Bruckner symphoni ...

Summer Night Concert: 2022 - Vienna Philharmonic (2022)

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, after two years of the coronavirus pandemic, the Vienna Philharmonic was able to welcome back an audience without restrictions to its traditional Summer Night Concert. This year's atmospheric highlight of the summer music season ...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2022 (2022)

New Year's Concert 2022 (2022)

Petroc Trelawny hosts the traditional start to the year with a concert live from the golden hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. ...

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021 (2021)

New Year's Concert 2021 (2021)

Having enjoyed a 50-year musical partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti takes charge of the celebrations for the sixth time in what's bound to be a uniquely poignant occasion. The concert includes the traditional mix of Austrian classics, ...

Summer Night Concert: 2020 (2020)

The Summer Night Concert was performed this year on September 18th 2020. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The previous series was the "Concert for Europe", which took place from 2004 until 2007. Thanks to it's UNESCO World He ...

Elektra (2020)

Celebrate the triumphant return of the famed Salzburg Festival with this extraordinary production of Richard Strauss's Elektra, live from the spectacular Felsenreitschule! Lithuanian soprano Aušrinė Stundytė makes her grand debut on the mythical festiva ...

John Williams: Live in Vienna (2020)

DG presents John Williams in Vienna, the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmonic 2020 debut. Saying it's "one of the greatest honors of my life," he received a standing ovation before a single note was played. Sharing the stage with t ...

New Year’s Concert 2020 (2020)

The 2020 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert took place on January 1, 2020, under the baton of Andris Nelsons in the Musikverein in Vienna. Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausor ...

Sommernachtskonzert 2019 (2019)

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Andris Nelsons (2019)

Conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons presents a concert night which concentrates every conceivable passion: Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Trumpet Concerto "Nobody knows de trouble I see" performed with "technical perfection" (Kronenzeitung) by " ...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2019 (2019)

Strauss: Salome (2018)

The story is set at the beginning of the Christian era on a large terrace of Herod's palace, during the reign of Herod Antipas. At night, on a terrace of the palace, Salome, Herod's stepdaughter, is gazed at passionately by Narraboth, captain of the guard. ...

Summer Night Concert: 2018 - Vienna Philharmonic (2018)

The Summer Night Concert of The Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert set in the magical Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. The concert will take place on 31 May 2018 and its theme for this year is 'An Italian ...

New Year's Concert: 2018 - Vienna Philharmonic (2018)

The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It was be broadcast on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 40 million viewers. Broadcast on BBC2, New Y ...

New Year's Concert 2018 (2018)

For the New Year's Concert 2018 world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti returns to conduct the New Year's Concert for the fifth time. He has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for over 500 concerts, has a very close connection to the orchestra and is one of ...

Vienna New Year's Concert 2018 (2018)

For the New Year's Concert 2018 world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti returns to conduct the New Year's Concert for the fifth time. He has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for over 500 concerts, has a very close connection to the orchestra and is one of ...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2017 (2017)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (2016)

This Beethoven Symphony No. 9 from the outstanding Beethoven 9 Project of Christian Thielemann and the Wiener Philharmoniker, first time recorded in HD and 5.0 surround sound, is accompanied by a one hour-long documentary featuring Christian Thielemann and ...

Wiener Philharmoniker - Sommernachts Konzert (2016)

Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic has been the title of the Vienna Philharmonic concert that has been held annually since 2004 in the Schönbrunn Palace Park in Vienna.[1] The concerts take place in the open air, with the stage facing the cas ...

Sommernachtskonzert 2016 (2016)

New Year's Concert 2016 (2016)

Julie Andrews hosts the annual program with the Vienna Philharmonic, this year conducted by Mariss Jansons, and with the Vienna Boys' Choir and Vienna State Ballet soloists. Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the seventh time to host the fe ...

Summer Night Concert (2015)

On Christmas Eve viewers of ERT1 have the opportunity to watch at 10 pm, the concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, sto Concerto Midsummer Night's Schonbrunn 2015, in the unique atmosphere of the gardens of the summer palace of Schonbrunn in Vienna, ...

Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival (2015)

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015 (2015)

The 2015 edition of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert saw Zubin Mehta back on the podium after an eight year absence. Mehta has mellowed a bit in that time, and the program seems to reflect that. The orchestra plays with its usual style and fines ...

New Year's Concert 2015 (2015)

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Il Trovatore (2014)

The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover – the troubadour, Manr ...

Summer Night Concert: 2014 - Vienna Philharmonic (2014)

The renowned orchestra presents the world's biggest annual classical open air concert live from their hometown Vienna, Austria on Thursday, May 29th, 2014. The Summer Night Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic is an annual open-air event that takes place ...

New Year's Concert 2014 (2014)

Daniel Barenboim conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the 2014 News Year's Concert, an annual celebration that showcases classics by the venerable Strauss family and the light music of other composers. True to tradition, this concert offers selections by J ...

Verdi: Don Carlo (2013)

Verdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then there are three versions of this opera, the French 1867 version, the revised Italian four Act Don Carlo 1884, plus the Modena version 1886. This version is the ...

Summer Night Concert: 2013 - Vienna Philharmonic (2013)

Distinguished conductor Lorin Maazel leads the fifth annual Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2013. This year's gala concert revolves around the works of Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, both of whom would have celebrated their 200th birthday this ...

New Year's Concert 2013 (2013)

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La Bohème (2012)

Live performance of Puccini's opera at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. Piotr Beczala stars as Rodolfo with Anna Netrebko as Mimi, Massimo Cavalletti as Marcello and Nino Machaidze as Musetta. Daniele Gatti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Sta ...

Sommernachtskonzert 2012 (2012)

Salzburg Festival 2012 Wiener Philharmoniker (2012)

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert (2011)

This recording features the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival in 2010, in which the Festival celebrated its 90th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Great Festival Hall. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus State Oper ...

Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (2011)

Premiered in 1926, Leoš Janáček's absorbing masterpiece Veˇc Makropulos reflects all the dominant musical styles of the early 20th century, from Bohemian tunefulness to big Straussian phrases, Berg-like jaggedness and primeval rhythms. With the "breath ...

Die Frau ohne Schatten (2011)

This performance of the Richard Strauss opera Frau ohne Schatten, recorded live and in high definition, features vocalists like Stephen Gould, Anne Schwanewilms, Michaela Schuster, and Wolfgang Koch in the leading roles. ...

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-3 (2011)

Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven Symphonies Nos. ...

Beethoven: Symphonies 7-9 (2011)

Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven Symphonies Nos. ...

Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito (2011)

Arthaus presents a truly new way of looking at La clemenza di Tito with this famous and star-studded production from the Salzburg Festival 2003. Here Nikolaus Harnoncourt, renowned for his analytical approach to the search for the core of the music, interp ...

Beethoven: Symphonies 4-6 (2011)

Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven Symphonies Nos. ...

Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies (2010)

Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 ...

Strauss R: Elektra (2010)

The Nikolaus Lehnhoff production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2010. Iréne Theorin stars as Elektra, with Eva-Maria Westbroek as Chrysothemis, Waltraud Meier as Klytämnestra, Robert Gambill as Aegisth, and ...

New Year's Concert 2010 (2010)

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's traditional New Year Concert in 2010. ...

New Year's Concert 2009 (2009)

The ever popular New Year's Concert from Vienna returns in another sparkling performance, broadcast live to over 50 countries! Daniel Barenboim makes his New Year's Concert debut and brings with him a number of works that have never been performed at the c ...

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 (2008)

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 (2008)

Leonard Bernstein conducts three symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op 55 ('Eroica'), Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, op 60 and Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op 67, all performed by Wiener Philharmoniker in Vienna in 1977-8. ...

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9 (2008)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. ...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2008 (2008)

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss) (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz. ...

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn) (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz. ...

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 4 (2007)

A collector's celebration of Solti's time in Chicago and includes bonus material of Solti rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Rossini, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wagner, Strauss, Kodaly, Bartok, Weiner, Berlioz. ...

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 (2007)

Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms' orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honour the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth in 1983. For the concertos, Bernstein enlisted the services of some of the finest ...

Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann (2007)

Mischa Maisky performs with the Vienna Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein in concertos by Haydn and Schumann. ...

Benvenuto Cellini (2007)

Live performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007. The story tells of Cellini's love for Teresa, daughter of the Papal Treasurer Balducci. His rival, the Papal Sculptor Fieramosca, overhears Cellini plotting to run away with Teresa during the car ...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2007 (2007)

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 (2007)

Under the guidance of famed American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a rousing performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concertos nos. 3, 4 and 5. Premiered in 1808 ...

Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (2007)

Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies No. ...

New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic (2007)

Metha performs his 4th New Year's Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Johann Strauss II, Josef Strass, Joseph Hellmesberger, Johann Strauss I, and Eduard Strauss. ...

Don Giovanni (2006)

Don Giovanni's list of romantic conquests reaches into the hundreds. But his reputation as a lothario puts him in danger as the women he's betrayed -- and their suitors -- begin to seek revenge. A modern-day setting proves the timeless nature of Mozart's p ...

The Marriage of Figaro (2006)

This release contains the celebrated 2006 production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro that was directed for the stage by Claus Guth at that year's Salzburg Festival. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo takes the title role, and gets support from Anna Netrebko as Sussanna, B ...

New Year's Concert 2006 (2006)

Wiener Philharmoniker, director Mariss Jansons ...

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 conviction that modern man had at last caught up with the message encoded in Mahler's last completed work. Having m ...

Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms (2005)

Wiener Philharmonic Karl Bohm Claudio Abbado ...

La traviata (2005)

Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine a ...

New Year's Concert 2005 (2005)

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year Concert for 2005. ...

Der Rosenkavalier (2004)

This 2004 production of Richard Strauss's three-act comic opera Der Rosenkavalier (1911) emerged from the efforts of the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg. It stars Adrianne Pieczonka as Feldmarschallin, Franz Hawlata as Baron Ochs, Angelika Kirchschlager as ...

Neujahrskonzert 2004 (2004)

The Vienna Philharmonic's 2004 New Year's Concert was conducted by Riccardo Muti and featured a traditional program of music by the Strauss family and their contemporaries, performing well-known pieces like the "An der schönen blauen Donau" waltz and the ...

Valery Gergiev Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Prokofiev, Schnittke & Stravinsky (2003)

One of music's most sought-after conductors guides you through an outstanding concert of works. Internationally acclaimed as an inspired interpreter of Russian music, Valery Gergiev draws exceptional performances from the orchestra to produce a colorful, v ...

New Year's Concert 2003 (2003)

The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert for 2003. ...

Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (2003)

This installment of the Herbert von Karajan: His Legacy series showcases the acclaimed conductor leading the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra in a 1984 performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 5 in E Minor, op. 64. One of the most legendary figu ...

New Year's Concert 2002 (2002)

The New Year's Concert from in Vienna delights countless spectators every year. The list of star conductors who have conducted this traditional concert reads like a who's who of the international music scene and it is an honor for even the biggest star to ...

New Year's Concert: 2001 - Vienna Philharmonic (2001)

The New Year's Concert recorded live at the Musikverein Vienna on January 1, 2001. Includes a programme of music by the Strauss family. Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. ...

Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (2001)

Austrian maestro Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this 1984 performance of Tchaikovsky's last completed work -- Symphony no. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), op. 74 -- recorded live at Großer Musikvereinssaal in Vienna. One of classica ...

Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta (2000)

Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta ...

Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (2000)

This installment of the Herbert von Karajan: His Legacy series showcases the acclaimed conductor leading the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra in a 1984 performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36. One of the most legendary figu ...

Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 (1999)

The Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, plays the music of Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor. ...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8: Wiener Philharmoniker (1996)

On the 100-year anniversary of the death of Joseph Anton Bruckner, Pierre Boulez conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in their interpretation of Bruckner's "Symphony No. 8." A complex masterpiece, the composition is considered one of the last great Romantic ...

Mozart Requiem (1991)

You will find this Requiem the finest on video. It certainly outshines Bohm's dated approach, and Bernstein's lethargically slow performance. (No disrespect to them, I enjoy them but this is better :) It also gives us a superb opportunity to view Solti at ...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 (1987)

The 1987 Vienna New Year's Concert was the first and only New Year's Concert conducted by Mr. Herbert von Karajan, the "Emperor of Conducting" and the "General Director of Music in Europe", and of course, the only New Year's Concert ever held. ...

Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 (1987)

This recording of Karajan's 1987 New Year's Day Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic and the ballet of the Vienna State Opera at the Großer Musikvereinsaal in Vienna features the music of Josef Strauss and Johann Strauss, Jr. With an emphasis on the polka ...

Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1986)

Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass (1985)

Herbert von Karajan, who led the Belgian Philharmonic for more than three decades until his death in 1989, conducts this moving June 1985 concert filmed in Rome's breathtaking St. Peter's Basilica. Karajan and the orchestra take on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart' ...

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World (1985)

Under the direction of Herbert Von Karajan, the Vienna Philharmonic performs Austrian composer Antonym Dvorak's Symphony No. 9. Dvorak's work was influenced by both European and American folk music, and in his later years by African-American and American I ...

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 of the composer's birth in 1983. For the concertos, Bernstein enlisted the services of some of the finest ...

Der Rosenkavalier (1984)

A production of Strauss' opera 'Der Rosenkavalier' performed at the Saltzburg Festival in 1984. Includes the Vienna State Opera Choir, the Philharmonic Orchestra with singers Wilma Lipp, Anna Tomowa-Sintow and Agnes Baltsa. ...

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies (1984)

Here is the most convincing presentation of Brahms' symphonies that I personally have ever experienced. There is no explaining a gift like Leonard Bernstein, a true legend and one of the truly great ones of the 20th century (and a great Brahms conductor!). ...

Mozart Violin Concertos 1-5 & Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat (1983)

Gidon Kremer performs the complete Mozart Violin Concertos plus the Sinfonia concertante with violist Kim Kashkashian. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the VIenna Philharmonic. The works were filmed in Vienna between 1983 and 1987. ...

Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos (1979)

Pollini plays flawlessly, with the greatest finesse and sensitivity, very much in tune with each composer's personal style. His performances are exemplary in every respect. The video and audio are quite acceptable, given their 1970s vintage. Böhm and Abba ...

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures (1978)

Excellent Bernstein performance. Interesting version for String Orchestra. Interesting video details to introduce your friends to classic orchestral music (lets them to understand the sound of each instrument the music comes from). ...

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (1976)

For Mahlerites, his symphonies are much more than musical performances--they can be an emotional or spiritual journey through the struggles, fears, and triumphs of life. This Sixth Symphony is a 1976 performance in the Vienna Musikvereinssaal with PCM ste ...

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal (1976)

"Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during which Leonard Bernstein is seen and heard rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. ...

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 at the peak of his career. Humphrey Burton's direction is, as always, very fine, giving the viewer/listener ...

Salome (1974)

This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Joc ...

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (1973)

Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, while emphasizing his emotional extremism. The uplifting Second "Resurrection" Symphony, with which Bernstein had an especially long and close association, is ...

Die Fledermaus (1972)

Witty, fun, intoxicating film of Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, based on a stage production from Vienna State Opera; this is a showcase for the entire cast, but most especially Eberhard Wächter as the insufferably boorish Gabriel Eisenstein, and Gu ...

Così fan tutte (1970)

Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Philharmonia Chor Conducted by Karl Böhm Directed by Vaclav Kaslik ...

Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major (1970)

In Vienna's Musikverein, Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic celebrates Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday with a joyful performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Maestro Bernstein conducts the orchestra from the keyboard in this his ...

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony (1970)

To play Beethoven's music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first movement. And the F ...

Der Rosenkavalier (1962)

The legendary soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf stars in this acclaimed film of Richard Strauss' delightful opera, Der Rosenkavalier. This Salzburg Festival production of Strauss' great work toured the world, and this filmed version was hailed by The New York ...

Viennese Girls (1949)

Begun in Austria in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the minor Austrian composer Carl Michael Ziehrer, who overcomes hypersensitivity in competitive situations which leads initially to failures in both career and romance. ...

Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023 (2023)

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2019)

Power struggles among rival families in 14th-century Genoa, a story of tragic love, a young girl gone missing… Verdi's Simon Boccanegra combines the perfect ingredients for gripping dramatic opera with a strong political message. On the stage of the Salz ...

Schubert: Fierrabras (2015)

Fierrabras of 1823 is the last of Franz Schubert's stage works. Rarely performed to this day, this heroic-romantic opera has now been staged for the first time ever at the Salzburg Festival by famous director Peter Stein. Based on an old French 12th-centur ...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (2014)

With their "musical comedy" in the spirit of Mozart, Richard Strauss and his brilliant librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal created the most popular of all their works and one of the most frequently performed operas of all time. Disguised as a refined comedy, ...

Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival) (2010)

A spectacular production of Aida filmed at Bregenz Festival's lakeside stage in 2009, with Carlo Rizzi conducting the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra and the Polish Radio Choir. ...

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2007)

Leonard Bernstein filmed Piano Concertos 3, 4, and 5 in 1989, but did not live to film the first two. He died in 1990. So Krystian Zimerman, the pianist, paid tribute to Bernstein and rounded out the set in 1991 by both playing and conducting Concertos 1 a ...

Eugene Onegin (2007)

The Wiener Philharmoniker mounts, and Andrea Breth stages, this 2007 production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, starring Peter Mattei, Joseph Kaiser, Anna Samuil and Renée Morloc. The Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor lends adde ...

Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1986)