• New release of the EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc series

• The EUROPAKONZERT annually celebrates the founding of the Berlin Philharmonics on 1st May 1882

• Recorded at the Staatstheater Meiningen, in the middle of Germany, 5 years after the German Reunion, the city had remained a musical centre since Hans von Bülow went from the Meininger Hoforchester to Berlin, to be the first conductor of the Berlin Philharmonics

• The evening began with the majestic Fifth piano concerto in E flat major by Beethoven as a delicately magical, virtuoso performance by Claudio Abbado and Daniel Barenboim, followed by Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73, who had also worked with the Meininger Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven Concert for piano and orchestra No. 5 in
E flat major Op. 73
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73

Picture format BLU-RAY DISC: 1080i Full HD - 16:9
Sound format BLU-RAY DISC: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Audio Master
Region code: All (worldwide)
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 86 mins
German FSK: 0