Type: Mass
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Program: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
Choir: The Chorus of the Semperoper Dresden
Soloists: Rene Pape, Emily Magee, Petra Lang
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Location: Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
Year: 2005

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Type: Gala Concert
Location: Berlin State Opera
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic
Soloist: Mikhail Pletnev
Year: 2000

Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic in this landmark concert from Berlin, pairing Beethoven’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 2, with the refined Mikha...

Type: Symphony No.1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra: Berliner Philhamoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Location: Berlin Philhamonic Concert Hall
Year: 2001

Beethoven’s First Symphony is a bold and brilliant debut that bridges Classical elegance with a hint of revolutionary spirit. Premie...

Type: Classical Concert
Conductor: Itzhak Perlman
Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Location: Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Soloists: Navah Perlman, Giora Schmidt, Zuill Bailey
Program: Beethoven
Year: 2011

A celebratory evening in Tel Aviv, where Itzhak Perlman leads the IPO through ...

Type: Symphony No.1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra: Berliner Philhamoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Location: Berlin Philhamonic Concert Hall
Year: 2001

Beethoven was deeply depressed when he realized his hearing loss was probably irreversible. In 1802 he wrote a private letter to his...

Type: Classical Music
Program: Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto in G major
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Soloist: Maurizio Pollini
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Location: Culture Center, Switzerland
Festival: The Lucerne Festival
Year: 2004

Fall into the delights of Beethoven performed by l...

Type: Classical Music
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic
Program: Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Year: 2008

Claudio Abbado conducts this celebrated symphony with a calm, finely shaped sense of nature’s changing moods. He shapes the symphony as a sequence of u...

Type: Classical Concert
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Piano Soloist: Nobuyuki Tsujii
Performed by: Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Location: Mariinsky Theater, Russia
Year: 2012

Nobuyuki Tsujii’s concert at the White Nights Festival was a stunning display of his technical brilliance and emotional depth....

Type: Classical Music
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic
Program: Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Year: 2008

In Symphony No. 7, Beethoven builds an entire world of rhythm, driving the music forward with a physical energy. From the expansive introduction to the...

Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Soloist: Magdalena Kozena
Location: Spanish Hall, Prague
Year: 2013

The Europakonzert from Prague was a stunning celebration of music and culture in the Czech Republic. Featuring Dvořák’s 10 Biblical Songs, a deeply ...

Type: Classical Music
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic
Program: Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Year: 2008

This festival performance of Symphony No. 8 in F major, captures Claudio Abbado leading the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in one of the most refined inter...

Type: Classical Orchestra
Location: Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Germany
Performed by: Berlin Philharmonie Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Year: 1999

The Grand Finale Concert in Berlin featured Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic in a program of Beethoven, Stravinsky, and M...

Type: Classical Concert
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Performed by: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Location: Waldbuhne Amphitheatre, Germany
Year: 2013

This concert was a magical evening for all ages! Held in Berlin’s beautiful open-air Waldbühne amphitheater, the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by ...

Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Insula Orchestra
Conductor: Nicholas Angelich
Location: La Seine Musicale, Paris
Year: 2018

Beethoven Concertos are dynamic and powerful pieces that will thrill audiences of all ages. The "Emperor Concerto" is known for its grandeur and virtuosic piano passages, while...

Type: Classical Concert
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Soloists: Herbert von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Performed by: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Location: Chateau de Versailles, France
Year: 1997

The Europakonzert took place at the iconic Château de Versailles, with its opulent architecture and...

Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Violinist: Gil Shaham
Location: Teatro Massimo, Sicily
Year: 2002

Watching this concert from opera house Teatro Massimo in Sicily is a musical feast where Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvořák are the chefs, and Claudio Abbado ...

Type: Classical Concert
Piano Soloist: Nobuyuki Tsujii;
Location: Carnegie Hall, New York
Year: 2011

Nobuyuki Tsujii, born blind, relies on exceptional memory, hearing, and touch to navigate complex piano pieces. His acute sensitivity to sound, combined with muscle memory, enables flawless perf...

Type: Gala Concert
Location: Prince's Palace, Monaco
Performed by: The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist: Nelson Freire
Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Year: 2019

The Gala Concert from Monte Carlo is an elegant blend of music and location. Filmed in the Prince’s Palace courtyard, enjoy this me...

Type: Piano Concerto
Location: Centennial Hall Bochum, Germany
Orchestra: The Berlin State Orchestra
Performed by: Daniel Barenboim
Year: 2016

This second movement is the only one marked “mesto” (meaning "sad") in all 32 of Beethoven's sonatas! It's deeply expressive, almost tragic. Most Classic...

Type: Classical Music
Composer; Ludwig van Beethoven
Program: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61; Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”)
Location: Baden-Baden Festival, Germany
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Soloist: Isabelle Faust
Year: 2015

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Type: Violin Concerto
Location: Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall, Czech Republic
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Violinist: Lisa Batiashvili
Year: 2022

Watching this concert of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major is an enriching experience. This celebrated concerto showcases Be...

Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Location: Dresden, Germany
Year: 2020

Concert celebrating 150 Years of the Dresdner Philharmonic Orchestra featured Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op...

Type: Orchestral
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, USA and State Opera, Berlin
Location: State Opera House, Berlin, Germany
Year: 1998

A celebration of the Romantic era, with Barenboim's masterful conducting bringing out the nuances and emotional depth of each pi...

Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Pianist: Yefim Bronfman
Location: Thaichovsky Concert Hal, Russia
Year: 2008

The Berlin Philharmonic performs in a different European city each year. For 2008, the stunning Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow ser...