The Waldbuhne in Berlin is one of Europe's ideal outdoor amphitheatres. It is home to the Berlin Philharmonic's summer concerts, which are among the most popular classical events in the world, attracting audiences of 20,000 or more people.

In July 2011 the orchestra, under the ebullient direction of Riccardo Chailly, presented this concert of effervescent works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Nino Rota and Ottorino Respighi.

All three composers possessed an unerring instinct for composing music that is guaranteed to please the ear of the listener. In their own individual ways, each of them powerfully demonstrates a phenomenal handling of tone colour. Their music sparkles with light one moment and lurks in the shadows the next.

Riccardo Chailly is famous for having one of the broadest repertoires in the business, ranging from the orchestral highways of Beethoven, Brahms and Bruckner through to the 20th century byways via Bach, the core operatic repertoire and almost anything else - he is an omnivore, with the brilliance to match.

1. Vorspann

2. March

3. Lyric waltz

4. Dance 1

5. Waltz 1

6. Little polka

7. Waltz 2

8. Dance 2

9. Finale

10. La Strada (Filmmusik)

11. 1. The fountain of Valle Giulia at dawn

12. 2. The Triton fountain in the morning

13. 3. The Trevi fountain at noon

14. 4. The Villa Medici fountain at sunset

15. 1. The pines of the Villa Borghese

16. 2. The pines near a catacomb

17. 3. The pines of the Janiculum

18. 4. The pines of the Appian way

19. 3. Allegretto

20. Danza gueresca

21. Berliner Luft

22. Abspann