Haitnik - Euroakonzert 1999 Krakow

EUROPAKONZERT 199 from KrakowMozart, Exsultate, jubilate KV 165 & Et incarnatus est from Great Mass in C minor, KV 427 Chopin, Concert for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, op. 21 Schumann, Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op 38Berliner Philharmoniker | Bernard Haitink, conductor From St. Mary Church, Krakow The founding of the Berliner Philharmoniker on the first of May in 1882 is annually celebrated with a concert in a European city of cultural significance. For this newly released EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc all recordings were lovingly restored and converted to High Definition video.Conductor is two-time Grammy Award winner Bernard Haitink, who was also nominated Musician of the Year in2007 by Musical America. The concert takes place at St. Mary Church, Krakow, a basilica, after which most of the Churches in the US that were built in the so called Polish style were modelled. One famous example is St. Michael's in Chicago. Soloist Christiane Sch�fer, a renowned Soprano, is noted for her fine and subtle voice. Solo pianist is Emmanuel Ax, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition winner. Ax is an extremely satisfying pianist; he is at home in a wide variety of music and his pianism is always thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous. - The Washington PostBD is enhanced by an enticing documentary containing interviews with contemporary Polish composer and triple Grammy Award winner Krzysztof Penderecki and footage from a performance of the Studium Musicae Cracoviense, an ensemble dedicated to historically accurate performance of - particularly Polish - Renaissance and Baroque music. Picture format BD: 60i - 16:9 - Documentary: SD NTSCDisc Format: BD 25Sound formats BD: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio Region code: All Booklet notes: English, German, French Language (Documentary): GermanSubtitles: English, FrenchRunning time: 95 mins Concert, 19 mins DocumentaryFSK: 0