Chamber Music & Recitals

Containing Shakespeare's Henry IV parts 1 and 2, this double set features outstanding Royal Shakespeare Company productions available at mid-price for the very first time. HENRY IV PART 1 with his crown under threat from enemies both foreign and...

He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels at home in the forests of Estonia and generates therewith - perhaps involuntarily - the impression of a...

The organ is one of the oldest, most complex and most glorious musical instruments known to men. This four part series outlines the history of this magnificent instrument, ranging from the beauty of the sound to the wealth of music written for it, and enc

Leonard Bernstein in Salzau offers a lively and fascinating inside look at the professional world of young conductors and orchestral musicians in three one-hour-long programs. It also portrays one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, Leonard...

Rossini had a truly explosive effect when, at the age of eighteen, his comic one-act farce La cambiale di matrimonio was staged at the San Mois? theatre in Venice, on the evening of November 3rd, 1810. From that moment, Rossini's career would be a series...

For many, the Christmas holiday season would be incomplete without the resounding drum roll and trumpet fanfare that opens Bach's "Oratorium auf die Heilige Weynacht" ("Oratorio for the holy Christmas"). Ever since it was first performed by the...

Paris Opera Ballet DVD

Well-used technical exercises enable to master great cello works. Yet many pieces still contain their own peculiar stumbling blocks and there are many obstacles that can only be that can only be overcome with a certain expertise. Cellist Kliegel opens up...

Art Of Svetlana Zakharova At The Bolshoi DVD

The entire 6 hours, 7 minutes and 7 seconds of the legendary 2nd quartet is performed by the FLUX Quartet.

Tchaikovsky: 3 Ballets At The Bolshoi DVD

A vivid Orlando makes history in Vienna" (New York Times International): Olga Neuwirth's opera Orlando, based on Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name, is the first full-length opera work by a woman celebrating it's premiere at the Vienna State Opera...