before players or engineers were conversant with the soundscapes needed to create Abbado’s vision of a vital yet at the same time properly autochthonous Beethoven manner. Where the Berlin set lacked ...

Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in these 3 great Beethoven symphonies. Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas and Walter Berry are featured vocal soloists ...

One of the highlights of Simon Rattle’s 16-year tenure as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was his final cycle of the Beethoven symphonies (BPHR160091), a set that rightly walked off ...

At the Philharmonie, David Robertson steps in for Kirill Petrenko for a concert all about the wonders of nature, featuring ...

To accompany the series - enjoy archive recordings of Beethoven’s nine symphonies from the BBC Philharmonic - all previously recorded at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

The fact that the classic impulse vies with the Romantic throughout Beethoven’s nine symphonies presents a perennial problem to would-be interpreters ... and which you will look for in vain in Simon ...

The Berlin Philharmonic, boasting a 140-year-old ... I will be conducting Beethoven’s ‘Symphony No. 9 (Choral Symphony)’ on the 200th anniversary of its premiere.” In addition to her ...