Conductors Archive

Just look at this image: Zubin Mehta, at the age of 26, was the youngest ever conductor to head a major American orchestra. Truly ingenious, he led them to international acclaim. This DVD was recorded …

Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony #1 was composed in 1905–1907 and revised in 1913. It lasts for about forty minutes. This symphony was the very first Stravinsky work that was published; it carries the identification “Opus 1”. …

The Lark Ascending, a tone poem by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, was first performed in London on June 14, 1921. The piece was scored for solo violin and piano in 1914 and revised by …

Carlos Kleiber was born on July 3rd, 1930 in Berlin, Germany and he ultimately became one of the greatest orchestral conductors of the 20th century. As the Nazi’s emerged in Europe, the Kleiber family moved …

When Kirill Petrenko performed Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony with the Berliner Philharmoniker in March 2017, one critic was “stunned at how beautiful and breathtakingly exciting this music can be”. This first audio release of the orchestra …