Gala from Berlin - Grand Finales (1999) [Blu-ray]

An extraordinary programme for an extraordinary night: The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrates the final day of the 20th Century with Grand Finales in the first part and heralds the leap into the 21st Century with an explosion of sparkling music pieces in the 2nd half of the programme. For the Grand Finales, maestro Abbado conducts masterpieces like Beethoven‘s Finale of the 7th symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky‘s „Firebird“ and the final movement of Mahler‘s 5th Symphony. In the famous Finale of Arnold Schoenberg‘s „Gurre Lieder“, the internationally renowned actor Klaus Maria Brandauer plays a leading role.

Треклист:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: Allegro con brio
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Fischer, Ernst: Sparkling Champagne
Lincke: Grigri: Overture
Folies Bergères: March
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (V: Rondo-Finale: Allegro)
Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor overture
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: Alexander’s entry into Pskov
Ravel: Danse generale from Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Stravinsky: The Firebirds
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