Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony No. 35, K. 385, recorded during the very first Europakonzert in the Smetana Hall in Prague, 1991.

Renowned French string quartet Quatuor ?b?ne marked the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) with a remarkable project: recording all of the great composer's sixteen string quartets.

"It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life today: total harmony of mind and heart, poetry and outcry, fear and consolation, knowing and feeling," declared the Berne paper Der Bund after this stunning performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in August 2003 by the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

This chamber music concert is part of "Preludio" concert series of the Reina Sof?a School of Music in Madrid.

This documentary by Mark Perna shows the training and professional growth actions for opera singers, the promotion and enhancement of the cultural offer of the city and province of Modena and the maintenance and development of the Modenese musical tradition in the field of opera.

Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig leads the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16.

Sir Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27.

Every summer at the Waldbuhne, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra delivers a splendid outdoor classical concert.

The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) won his first praise on his interpretation of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto from the composer himself.

Jean Paul's novel 'Titan', in which an artistically gifted young man, driven by his failure to find his way in society, eventually commits suicide in despair, inspired Gustav Mahler to compose his Symphony No. 1.

Alexander Ullman (1991, United Kingdom) performs Liszt's ?tudes d'ex?cution transcendante, No. 11 Harmonies du soir (S139/11), Nuages gris (S199), Bagatelle sans tonalit?

Emmanuelle Haim conducts Le Concert d'Astr?e in a rendition of G.

The Europakonzert has been a tradition of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1991.

Soprano Sara Gouzy (France, 1991) and pianist Seri Dan (South Korea, 1992) perform "Chevaux de bois" from Claude Debussy's Ariettes oubli?es, L. 63; Franz Schubert's An den Mond, Op. 57, No. 3, D. 193; "Le collier" from Olivier Messiaen's Po?mes pour Mi; "Margaritki" (Daisies) from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Six Romances, Op. 38; 'Quelle aventure!