The new trailer for the ACCENTUS music production of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez and the Staatskapelle Berlin’s performance at the Philharmonie, Essen, is available to view on YouTube now. The programme is composed of:
Franz Liszt:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
Consolation No. 3
Valse oubliée No. 1
Richard Wagner:
A Faust Overture
Siegfried Idyll
This exciting DVD is the first of the ACCENTUS Music 2012 new releases – the concert when live received outstanding reviews with The Daily Telegraph describing it as ‘A real miracle, like catching two starts in a rare celestial conjunction…no wonder the audience went into delirium at the end. They knew they’d witnessed something utterly extraordinary.’
The DVD and Blu-ray will be available from 27th February (UK), 20th February (Germany), 28th February (USA) and 6th March (France).
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