Eric Ericson Chamber Choir [Video]

This exquisite DVD Box set presents some of the best concert performances of the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Founded in 1945 by then 27-year-old Eric Ericson, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir has taken a central position in the international music scene and is amongst the foremost professional ensembles worldwide. Claudio Abbado · Sir John Eliot Gardiner · Berliner Philharmoniker · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Roberto Alagna · Daniela Barcellona · Barbara Bonney · Angela Gheorghiu · Ann Hallenberg · Julian Konstantinov · Peter Mattei · Karita Mattila · Thomas Moser · Miah Persson · Helge Rønning · Eike Wilm Schulte · Bryn Terfel · Violeta Urmana. DVD 1 Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (79 mins) Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado · Swedish Radio Choir · Maria Wieslander Recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, 3 April 1997, directed by Bob Coles DVD 2 Europakonzert 1998 (131 mins) Wagner: Overture to the Flying Dutchman · Tchaikovsky: The Tempest · Debussy: Trois Nocturnes · Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri · Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado · Swedish Radio Choir · Maria Wieslander Recorded live at the Vasa Museum, Stockholm, 1 May 1998 DVD 3 Europakonzert 2000 (97 mins) Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra · Symphony No. 9 Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado · Swedish Radio Choir · Maria Wieslander Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 1 May 2000 DVD 4 Verdi: Messa da Requiem (89 mins) Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado · Swedish Radio Choir · Bo Wannefors Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, January 2001, directed by Bob Coles DVD 5 Nobel Prize Concert (99 mins) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir John Eliot Gardiner · Monteverdi Choir Recorded live at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 8 December 2008, directed by Johanna Olofsson