Gala from Berlin : grand finales.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Abbado, Claudio, conductor.

Brandauer, Klaus Maria, performer.

Berliner Philharmoniker, performer.

RIAS-Kammerchor, performer.

Rundfunkchor Berlin, performer.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Symphonies.

Cantatas.

Orchestral music.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

Filmed performances.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Grand finales

Place of Publication:

[Berlin, Germany] : EuroArts Music International, [2014]

System Details:

Blu-ray Disc ; PCM stereo ; all regions ; 1080i full HD ; 16:9; requires Blu-ray player.

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Summary:

"The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate the last day of the 20th century with Grand Finales in the first part of this extraordinary concert, and herald the leap into the 21st century with an explosion of sparkling music in the second half of the programme. For the Grand Finales, Claudio Abbado conducts masterpieces like the final movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky's Firebird and the last movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony. The world-famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer narrates from Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder"--Container.

Contents:

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 Op. 92 (Allegro con brio)

Antonìn Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 Op. 88 (Allegro non troppo)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 5 (Rondo Finale)

Igor Stravinsky: Excerpts from Firebird

Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et chloé (Danse générale)

Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Op. 78 (Alexander's entry into Pskov)

Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (Seht die Sonne)

Paul Lincke: Grigri (Overture, Flies) ; Bergères (March, Brandbrief-Galopp, Berliner Luft)

Siegfried Translateur: Sportpalast-Walzer

Ernst Fischer: Sparkling Champagne

Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Overture)

Walter Kollo: Solang noch unter'n Linden.

Participant:

Berliner Philharmoniker ; Klaus Maria Brandauer ; Rias Kammerchor ; Rundfunkchor Berlin ; Claudio Abbado, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 1999.

Contains:

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 7, op. 92, A major. Allegro con brio

Container of: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Symphonies, no. 8, op. 88, G major. Allegro ma non troppo

Container of: Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 5, C♯ minor

Container of: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit︠s︡a.

Container of: Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Daphnis et Chloé. Danse générale

Container of: Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Cantata).

Container of: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Gurrelieder.

Container of: Lincke, Paul, 1866-1946. Berliner Luft. Berliner Luft

Container of: Translateur, Siegfried. Wiener Praterleben.

Container of: Fischer, Ernst, 1900-1975. In vino veritas. Selections

Container of: Nicolai, Otto, 1810-1849. Lustigen Weiber von Windsor. Ouverture

Container of: Kollo, Walter. Works. Selections.

OCLC:

880359828

Publisher Number:

880242133243

2013324 Euroarts