Chamber Music & Recitals

'This hand shall never more come near thee with such friendship.' How long is forever? When the imprisoned Palamon and Arcite vow eternal friendship, they don't expect that anything will come between them. But then from their cell window they see the...

Riccardo Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini is a four-act opera set during the Renaissance period. The plot concerns an arranged marriage between Francesca and Giovanni, also known as Gianciotto, who is impersonated by his handsome brother Paolo, and with...

Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicenter of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money...

Helmut Rilling conducts the Gaechinger Kantorei of Stuttgart and the Bach Collegium Stuttgart in the 7 Bach Motets BMW 225-230.

This DVD includes a portrait of the pianist, as well as a concert and interview. The concert is recorded live at the Ruhr Piano Festival, 2007.

The Borodin Quartet (Mikhail Kopelman, Andrei Abramenkov, Dmitri Shebalin, and Valentin Berlinsky) perform works by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich in 1987.

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 DVD

Medieval England exerted a strong influence on Johann Simon Mayr, especially during his final proto-Romantic period. Alfredo il Grande was to be one of his last operas, with a narrative that takes us to a land under threat of war with the Vikings...

In a deserted city, a young boy stumbles into a theatre. He wanders through the auditorium, where rows of velvet chairs, draping curtains and chandeliers seem to lie in lonely wait for audiences to return. The theatre may be empty, but the show will go...

Mary, Queen of Scots, is taken prisoner and sentenced to death by her cousin Elizabeth, the Queen of England. But Mary remains a figure of light even inside her prison cell. She is able to count on her loyal followers. The result is an intrigue woven...

A bank clerk bludgeons a janitor to death: with no reason, no motive, just like that. This murderer and his "senseless" deed totally derail the general prosecutor whose job it is to bring the charge. In a mad rush, he leaves his well-ordered existence...

The 24 Caprices, as mentioned above, did not provoke any particular reaction in the European musical world when they were first published. At the moment, there are no known reviews in foreign press. It was only with Paganini's European tour from 1828 to...