WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The Proms don't come more stellar than this! Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra would have comfortably filled the hall on their own, while Martha Argerich could have filled it three times over" - The Independent |
W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / etc
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos & Concerti (from the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] G. For the first time the two musicians performed together in the city of their birth. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra enthralled their audience at the Teatro Colón. With works by Beethoven, Bizet, Mores, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert,... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Symphony No 7 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "This is a fine, generously-filled and well-recorded album of Beethoven's music, in traditional performances that are very good." MusicWeb May 2020 |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens with Jörg Widman's Con brio and are then joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. |
RAMALLAH CONCERT
The Ramallah Concert / Knowledge is the Beginning Daniel Barenboim / The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Mohamed Seleh / Kinan Azmeh / Mor Biron / Sharon Polyak) / Paul Smaczny [ Warner Music Vision / EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Revised Documentary & Live Recording. This DVD documents the orchestra's August 2005 concert in the Palestinian Territory in the city of Ramallah, and includes repertoire for which Barenboim is celebrated - Beethoven, Mozart and Elgar. |
W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Mozart / Strauss: Oboe Concertos Cristina Gómez Godoy (oboe) / West Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Godoy's tone is rich and velvety, and ideally suited to the ecstatic, songful outpouring of Strauss's 1945 Oboe Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2022 |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Ramallah Concert-Symphony No. 5 / Sinfonia Concertante K297b West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2006 ] "A marvellous score set alight by these young players, going for broke in Gaza" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (with Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "It's a highly exciting performance, treating the work as a bravura concerto for orchestra...Lyricism could hardly be in short supply in the Tchaikovsky" (BBC Music) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the Salzburg Festival 2019 Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are not only an internationally-acclaimed touring orchestra but also a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the legendary Martha Argerich. Argerich, gives an... |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Knowledge Is The Beginning (including The Ramallah Concert) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Documentary "Knowledge Is The Beginning" & The legendary Ramallah Concert. Daniel Barenboim established the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with the late Palestinian writer Edward Said in order to... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) BLU-RAY West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |