DVD:
Greatest Conductors - Limited Edition

A luxurious limited edition highlighting the greatest conductors of our time.

Franz Liszt described the art of conducting as less than a task to be in evidence but rather a feat in disappearing behind the function itself. Conductors are pilots, not servants. Looking back at the past two centuries, we have been blessed with the talent of several outstanding conductors, who did not only guide their orchestras but also their listeners through beloved opuses in search of the perfect sound.

Mariss Jansons. Bernard Haitink. Seiji Ozawa. Zubin Mehta. Claudio Abbado. Daniel Barenboim.

They have led some of the most prestigious orchestras in the world, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In their dedication to finding the perfect sound, they have pushed expressive possibilities to the extreme and broke new ground; whether it was artistically or stylistically by challenging old-established traditions and wearing white turtlenecks instead of a tuxedo on stage.

EuroArts’ conductors retrospective series highlights the careers of these lauded conductors with a selection of concerts illustrating the heights of creative work. All previously released elegant deluxe hardcover books are now available in an exclusive limited box edition, topped off with a previously unreleased edition dedicated to Daniel Barenboim.

English title Greatest Conductors
Genre Classical Music
Production year 1977-2019
Duration 3515 mins (58h)
Video format 16:9 – NTSC (partly 4:3 - NTSC)
Audio format PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Distribution DVD EuroArts Music International GmbH
Musical style Orchestral Performance
Composer Beethoven, Wagner, Liszt, Mahler, Chopin, Verdi, Lincke, Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Suppé, Takemitsu, and many more
English title of music work Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie: Overture; Schubert / Liszt: Wanderer-Fantasie; Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut: Overture; R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes; Don Juan; J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Overture; Unter Donner und Blitz, Polka; Radetzky-Marsch; Maskenfest-Quadrille; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5; Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98; von Weber: Overture to Oberon; Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99; J. S. Bach: Sonata No. 1 for solo violin, BWV 1001 (Presto); Partita for Solo Violin No.2 in D minor, BWV1004; Brandenburg Concertos; Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88; Slavonic Dance, Op. 72 No. 7 in C major; Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise/Mit dem Paukenschlag); Mozart: Concerto for Flute, D Major, KV. 314; iolin Concerto No. 3 in G major KV. 216; Exsultate, jubilate KV 165 & Et incarnatus est from "Great Mass”; Divertimento in D major, KV 136; Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat major, KV.191; Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14; Moniuszko: Mazurka from “Halka; Wieniawski: Polonaise; Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture from "Roméo et Juliette”; The Nutcracker Suite; Overture “1812”, Op. 49; Serenade for Strings: Valse; Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 “Pathétique”; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23, Waltz from “The Swan Lake”; Chapí: Overture from “La revoltosa”; Kim: Elegy; Lumbye: Champagne Galop; Toyama: Dance of the Celestials; Sibelius: Valse triste; Elgar: Wild Bears; Wagner: Prelude to Act III from “Lohengrin”; Wesendonck-Lieder; Kreisler: Tambourin chinois; Gardel/Williams: Por una cabeza; Paganini: Il carnevale di Venezia; Ziehrer: Wiener Bürger; Mascagani: Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”; Bizet: Farandole from “L’Arlésienne”; Massenet: Aragonaise & Navarraise, from “Le Cid”; Koncz: Hungarian Fantasy on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 7; Adagio for Symphony No. 10; Symphony No. 9 in D major; Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird: Infernal Dance of Kashchei – Lullaby – Finale; Chopin: Concert for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, op. 21; Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11; Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op 38; Concert Piece for four Horns and Orchestra in F major Op. 86; Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61; Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”; Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92; Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op. 80; Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, On Schiller’s Ode to Joy; Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, Op. 58; Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B major, D. 485; Takemitsu: "November Steps”; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee, Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Borodin: Polovtsian Dance No. 17; Khachaturian: Sabre Dance; Lincke: Berliner Luft; Gershwin: An American in Paris; Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; Strike Up the Band; I Got Rhythm; Roberts: Cole After Midnight; Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116; Dvořák: Concert Overture “Carnival”, Op.92, Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88, Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op.46, No.8, Slavonic Dances, Op 72, No 2 in E minor for piano for four hands; Glinka: Overture from “Ruslan and Ludmila”; Mussorgsky: Prelude from “Khovanshchina”, Gopak from “The Fair at Sorochintsi“; Prokofiev: Death of Tybalt from “Romeo and Juliet”; Verdi: excerpts from Nabucco, Jérusalem, Il corsaro, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, Falstaff, Messa da Requiem, Nabucco; Falstaff; Saint-Saëns: Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28; Chausson: Poème, Op. 25; Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125; Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”; Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 3 “Les Préludes”; Wagner: Ride of the Valkyrie
Orchestra / Band Los Angeles Philharmonic; Berliner Philharmoniker; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Wiener Philharmoniker; Saito Kinen Orchestra; West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Conductor Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Kazuyoshi Akiyama
Soloist David Breidenthal, bassoon; Daniel Barenboim, piano; Evgeny Kissin, piano; Julian Rachlin, violin; Vadim Repin, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Chen Reiss, soprano; Okka von der Damerau, mezzo-soprano; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Coro del Festival Verdi; Philharmonia Chor Wien; Béjart Ballet Lausanne; The Tokyo Ballet; Katsuya Kokoyana, shakuhachi; Kinshi Tsuruta, biwa; Marcus Roberts Trio; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Martha Argerich, piano; Christine Schäfer, soprano; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Jard van Nes, alto solo; Florence Quivar, alto; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin; Isabelle Faust, violin; Emanuel Ax, piano; Ernst Senff Chor; Tölzer Knabenchor; Mikhail Rudy, piano; Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Vadim Repin, violin; Nina Stemme, soprano; Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet; Dale Clevenger, horn; Stefan Dohr, horn; Ignacio Garcia, horn; Georg Schreckenberger, horn