Concert for New York - BLU-RAY

In 2014 the World Orchestra for Peace and conductor Valery Gergiev returned for it's fourth appearance to the BBC Proms stage to commemorate the centennial of the outbreak of WW1.The concert featured Roxanna Panufnik's Three Paths to Peace, an orchestra commission, Mahler's Sixth Symphony, and the Symphonic Fantasia from Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten. Founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti, The World Orchestra for Peace is made up of leading players from the world's finest orchestras. Includes a documentary honoring the orchestra's 20th anniversary, Charles Kaye's From War To Peace.

I'm a pukka Indian. Mumbai is my home, says Zubin Mehta about his birthplace. The Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra traveled to India in 2016 with his inspiring 110-member orchestra where together they celebrated Maestro Mehta's 80th birthday with two fantastic concerts at the National Center for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The concert programs featured works of some of Mehta's favorite composers, performed together with three of his closest musical friends Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, and Denis Matsuev. This live recording features those April 2016 concerts in all their glory, featuring works from Strauss, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Beethoven, and Ravel, all in stunning high definition.

SALZBURG FESTIVAL CONCERTS (6-DVD Box Set) DVD 1 – 2008 Opening Concert The concerts that occur each year at the Salzburg Festival are undoubtedly some of the finest performances in the world. Established in 1920, the Festival is held each summer in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In addition to the various concerts that are performed each year, operas and plays are presented as well. This unique and extensive features six concerts from the Salzburg Festival that were recorded between 2007 and 2013. The fine orchestras featured include the Wiener Philharmoniker, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and the National Children's Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela under the batons of Pierre Boulez, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Daniel Barenboim, and Sir Simon Rattle. Maurice Ravel Valse nobles et sentimentales Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91 Igor Stravinsky L’oiseau de feu (The Firebird) Daniel Barenboim, piano Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez, conductor DVD 2 – 2009 Opening Concert Franz Schubert 6 German Dances, D. 820 (arr. A. Webern) Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, “Great” Josef Strauss Frauenherz, Op. 166 Delirien, Op. 212 Pêle-mêle, Op. 161 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor DVD 3 – 2010 Opening Concert Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 Pierre Boulez Notations I-IV and VII (version for orchestra) Anton Bruckner Te Deum, WAB 45 Dorothea Röschmann, soprano Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor René Pape, bass Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor DVD 4 – 2011 Opening Concert Alban Berg Lulu Suite Der Wein Gustav Mahler Das klagende Lied Anna Prohaska, soprano Dorothea Röschmann, soprano Anna Larsson, contralto Johan Botha, tenor Vienna