Conductors Archive

Bernstein Performs Brahms’ Symphonies # 1 and 3 This DVD presents a wonderful recording of a performance given in 1973. Yes… that’s a long time ago; however, we can learn today from masters of the …

Solti Conducts Elgar While I have appreciated the music of Mozart, Brahms, Mahler, and others for 60 years or so, I am a latecomer to enjoying Elgar’s music. I have done posts on Elgar’s Cello …

Charles Mackerras conducts Brahms Serenades Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 7 May 1833; and he died in Vienna, Austria, on 3 April 1897. The two serenades are wonderful works from Brahms’ early …

Hilary Hahn performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and Bernstein’s Serenade The Beethoven violin concerto is one of the three major concertos for that instrument, along with the Brahms and the Tchaikovsky masterpieces. Hilary Hahn presents a …

Roger Norrington conducts Beethoven Symphony #3 While this recording is not recent, I heard it the other day, and the performance *really* got my attention. Here were the London Chamber Players under Norrington’s direction, and …