Soloist: Brandauer, Klaus Maria

Choir: Berlin Radio Chorus

Choir: RIAS Chamber Chorus

Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Abbado, Claudio

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Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Composer: Dvorak, Antonin

Composer: Mahler, Gustav

Composer: Stravinsky, Igor

Composer: Ravel, Maurice

Composer: Prokofiev, Sergey

Composer: Schoenberg, Arnold

Composer: Lincke, Paul

Composer: Translateur, S.

Composer: Fischer, Ernst

Composer: Nicolai, Otto

Composer: Kollo, Walter

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Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin

Playing Time: 01:48:15

Television Director: Hulscher, Hans

Catalogue Number: EuroArts1332

UPC: 880242133281

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The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate the last day of the 20th century with Grand Finales in the first part of this extraordinary concert, and herald the leap into 21st century with an explosion of sparkling music in the second half of the programme.

For the Grand Finales, Claudio Abbado conducts masterpieces like the final movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky's Firebird and the last movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony. The world-famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer narrates from Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder