Claudio Abbado: Berliner Philharmonker in Japan

Witness the 1994 performance by the Berliner Philharmoniker that produced rapturous applause from audiences in Japan. This program of Russian favorites includes pieces by Mussorgsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Cesar Cui, Aleksander Borodin and Mily Balakirev (known as "The Five,"), the ever-popular "The Firebird Suite," by Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky's 4th and 5th Symphonies, which rate among his most well-loved compositions.