Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7(2020)

movie - first aired/released 2020-05-07

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yo-Yo Ma, who recorded the masterpiece Beethoven Triple Concerto with Karajan over 40 years ago, now release a new recording with Barenboim as part of the Beethoven 250th anniversary project. Recorded during concerts in Buenos Aires and Berlin in the summer of 2019, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim conducted and played piano. Connecting the humanity embodied by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Beethoven's pursuit of harmony and revolutionary ideas, this release features the Triple Concerto alongside Symphony No. 7, brimming with joyful dance rhythms.