Berliner Philharmoniker: biography, videos

Biography

Founded in 1882 by a group of independent musicians - Berliner Philharmoniker roughly translates as "The Berlin Music Appreciation Society" – the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has remained a self-directed ensemble to this day. From the outset it has been one of the world’s most important orchestras, and has been led by a series of internationally renowned conductors. Hans Von Bulow was its first conductor, followed by Arthur Nikisch, Wilhelm Furtwängler and Sergiu Celibidache. In 1955, the musicians of the orchestra chose Herbert von Karajan as their new artistic director. During the years that followed, Karajan and the orchestra fashioned a new and unique sound as well as a performance standard that brought the Berlin Philharmonic worldwide fame. The tours they undertook and the recordings they have made also contributed to the reputation of the group, each of whose members is a distinguished soloist.

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Sol Gabetta plays Elgar's Cello Concerto

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mozart's last three symphonies

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mendelssohn, Bach and Beethoven – With Christian Tetzlaff, Camilla Tilling, Nathalie Stutzmann, Joseph Kaiser, Dimitry Ivashchenko

Mozart's The Magic Flute

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Britten and Bruckner – With Ian Bostridge

Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and Symphony No. 10 – With Anne Sofie von Otter and Jonas Kaufmann

Pierre Boulez conducts Bartók – With Gidon Kremer and Yuri Bashmet

Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini perform Beethoven Choral Fantasy

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 2

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 1

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 3

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 4

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 5

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 6

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 8

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Lorin Maazel conducts his symphonic synthesis of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung

Mikhaïl Pletnev and Claudio Abbado in a program dedicated to Beethoven

Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart's Requiem

Claudio Abbado and Maxim Vengerov, Gypsy

Claudio Abbado conducts Italian opera arias – With Bryn Terfel, Sergei Larin, and Angela Gheorghiu

Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven, Blacher, Paganini, Stravinsky, and Dvořák – With Sarah Chang

Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma in an all-Beethoven concert

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Rameau and Berlioz

Mstislav Rostropovich conducts Tchaikovsky, Schnittke and Shostakovich – With Vladimir Spivakov and Yuri Bashmet

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mozart and Haydn's "Une Symphonie imaginaire" (a pasticcio by Sir Simon Rattle) – With Daishin Kashimoto and Amihai Grosz

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