Conductors Archive

Karajan – Beauty As I See It – A Film By Robert Dornhelm On the occasion of Herbert Von Karajan’s 100th birthday, this is the definitive documentary of his life. To commemorate Herbert von Karajan’s …

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor Composed 1893-96; revised in 1906 Recorded Live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 3-5 February 2010 Performed by Bernarda Fink, mezzo soprano, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio …

Young Shostakovich It was Shostakovich’s First Symphony that propelled the 19-year old Russian composer to international fame. The symphony’s emotional turmoil, and its innovative orchestration identified Shostakovich as a daring and major talent. From a …

Mahler’s grave Gustav Mahler died on May 18, 1911. A few months earlier he gave his very last concert as Music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He had left Vienna and moved to …

Yuri Bashmet has achieved fame as a result of his excellence as a viola player. Here’s an opportunity to see him in another role: As conductor and interpreter of symphonic music of Brahms and Tchaikovsky. …