Conductors Archive

Solti’s conducting! This DVD contains three symphonies — Beethoven’s First, and Schubert’s Sixth and Eighth (the ‘Unfinished’). All three performances are directed by Sir Georg Solti, and the Chicago Symphony sounds fabulous! The Beethoven symphony …

Thomas Ades Concert in San Francisco! This amazing British pianist and composer will present an interesting concert on: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 8pm Herbst Theatre, San Francisco Program: JANÁČEK: On an Overgrown Path, Book …

Bach Brandenburg Concerti Performed by Reinhard Goebel conducting Musica Antiqua Köln In the end, music is a matter of taste. And, on occasion, I have to tell you about a recoding that is not satisfying …

Richard Strauss: Alpine Symphony In his Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss depicts in twenty-two continuous sections of music an actual trip to conquer the summit of an alpine mountain. He pervades the score with numerous instrumental …

“Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein” This is a four-disc DVD set containing seven films which were seen between 1954 and 1958. They feature Mr. Bernstein’s lecture/performances about classical and other forms of music. Bernstein was equally comfortable …