Dances & Dreams: Gala from Berlin 2011 - Simon Rattle, Evgeny Kissin, Berlin Philharmonic (Blu-Ray DVD)

Dances & Dreams - The Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle
Evgeny Kissin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle

In 2011 the Berliner Philharmoniker and their musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcomed in the New Year with a gala concert entitled ‘Dances & Dreams’. Spinetingling and inspiring performances of music by Dvorák, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky and Brahms are complemented by the extraordinary talent of the multi-awarded Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin. Kissin’s musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have placed him at the forefront of today’s pianists, and his passionate performance of the renowned Piano Concerto in A minor by Edvard Grieg is mesmerising. Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, December 31, 2011.

Region code
All (A1/B2/C3)
Picture format
Full HD 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
dts-HD Master Audio
Release August 1, 2012
Total running time 88 mins
Booklet notes English, French, German
No. of discs 1

Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 46 in C Major

Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dance No. 2, Op. 64; Piano Concerto A minor Op. 16

Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (orchestra version from “Miroirs”)

Richard Strauss Salome (Salome’s dance)

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (Danse infernale, Berceuse and Finale)

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor