Munchner Philharmoniker At The Proms 2016 - Munchner Philharmoniker At The Proms 2016 - DVD

Valery Gergiev, fresh from his appointment as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015, takes his new ensemble to the BBC Proms for a concert of the utmost in drama and vivid musicianship. The brilliant young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov's thrillingly virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 3, while the Russian stage and film actor Alexei Petrenko recites the text in Galina Ustvolskaya's resonant and profound Symphony No.3 'Jesus Messiah, Save Us!'. The programme also features a hypnotic Ravel Bolro, an alternately tender, florid and witty Rosenkavalier Suite, and the rousing Hungarian March by Berlioz.