Chamber Music & Recitals

Acclaimed by critics as an evening of superlative, Martha Argerich - arguably the greatest living pianist - joins Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for an unforgettable interpretation of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Argerich's...

Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a late...

The three-act romantic operetta Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) by Franz Lehar was one of Lehar's later works, and was wildly popular in Vienna and Germany upon it's 1929 debut. The title refers to the supposed Chinese custom of smiling,...

Charles Gounod was enchanted by the young Proven?al-born Fr?d?ric Mistral's epic love poem Mir?io, and enlisted the distinguished Michel Carr? to fashion a libretto. Against the grain of prevailing operatic practice in the 1860s, and it's promotion of...

Directed by Margaret Williams. Starring Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Allan Clayton.

Since it's premiere in a tiny suburban theatre in Vienna, Die Zauberflote has delighted audiences young and old for over 200 years. Mozart's Singspiel seamlessly alternates seriousness and jollity, and combines philosophical ideas with a fairytale world...

Directed by Michael Beyer. Starring Jonas Kaufmann.

Chamber Works DVD

Siegfried Kaminski On Air 3 DVD

One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Gaetano Donizetti's La favorita in it's original French form; a tale of love and war that represents a glorious mix of Italian bel canto and 19th c. grand opera. Vincent Boussard's arresting...

In this 5 DVD boxed set, discover the spirit of China in a musical journey that features it's prosperous cities, modern buildings, and well-known landmarks including the Forbidden City, the Great Wall of China, and many others that shape China's...

These two films by Christopher Nupen, 4-time winner of the Documentary DVD of the Year Award, offer an intimate view of the artist Daniil Trifonov and his hardly-believable gifts that are currently astonishing the world. Mr. Trifonov, winner of both the...