The History of Deutsche Grammophon The series of programmes celebrating the centenary of the Deutsche Grammophon record label.
The Golden Years: 1963-80. From the sixties onwards. DG became an international recording company.
Technology had reached its highest point within the LP era, and before the microphones came some of the finest artists ever recorded. Conductors
Karajan, Bohm and Jochum worked with both the Berlin and Vienna
Philharmonics, and Dietrich Fischer -Dieskau. Gundula Janowitz, the Amadeus Quartet, Emil Gilels ,
Michelangeli, Carlos Kleiber ,
Fritz Wunderlich , Martha Argerich , Leonard Bernstein , Itzhak Perlman and Daniel Barenboim produced a series of recordings that remain unsurpassed. Stephen Johnson opens this treasure chest of music and talks to the artists, critics and those involved with the company during that golden age. Including excerpts from: Bernstein West Side Story
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
Ligeti Lux Aeterna Grieg Lyric Pieces