EUROPAKONZERT 1994
From the Staatstheater Meiningen

Daniel Barenboim
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

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

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 Blow 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.

Region code: All (worldwide)
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 86 mins
German FSK: 0German FSK: 0