DVD of the Month Archive

The three Mozart operas on this DVD are my great favorites. This recording also serves as a way to remember the conductor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who died a few months ago. The title of this DVD …

I remember the 1950’s, when Leonard Bernstein was one of the major musicians on the music scene. He had burst into the public view when the conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter, became …

Composer Frederic Chopin was born on March 1, 1810. I love his music, and I also greatly admire the performer on this recording, pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. My personal preference is for diversity in music. …

Gustav Mahler Symphony #9, DVD of the Month for November, 2015 Austrian composer Alban Berg probably attended Gustav Mahler’s funeral in 1911. He saw in the symphony #9 by Mahler “the expression of a tremendous …

  Gustavo Dudamel. I enjoyed listening to “The European Concert” DVD yesterday. In that recording, Gustavo Dudamel leads the Berlin Philharmonic in works by Brahms, Haydn, and Beethoven. The concert is presented in the old …