Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 009 Salzburg Festival Opening Concert - DVD

Intolerable Cruelty (DVD Widescreen) [D

Pierre Boulez conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with pianist Daniel Barenboim in works by Ravel, Bartok, and Stravinsky.

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.