Orchestral & Symphonic

Resplendent in his powdered wig and 18th-century garb, Maestro Handel (aka Director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Ivars Taurins) leads Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, a stellar cast of soloists - soprano Suzie LeBlanc, countertenor...

Jeanne D'Arc au B?cher, written by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger in 1938, is a fascinating oratorio. The text by Paul Claudel is constructed like a flashback, in which Joan looks back over her life just before she dies. The last moments of the martyr's...

Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya wrote six Piano Sonatas. Spanning just over 40 years, these works are like a guidebook to her musical and spiritual growth. They vary widely in style, from the Shostakovich-inspired first sonata to the angular and...

Embark on a journey with Le Jardin des Voix founder, William Christie, as he searches for and later reveals to the world the previously unknown talent of 10 young singers.

As we enjoy spring with the beautiful music of Andr? Rieu, the King of Waltz will make us waltz into summer with his lovely new DVD - "Magical Maastricht". Together with his wife Marjorie, Andr? personally selected his most impressive and romantic...

Mantovani'S For Lovers Everywhere DVD

The rock keyboard virtuoso, noted for his solo work and years with Yes, takes you through a collection of newly-recorded interpretations of some of his best-known songs and offers insights into the creative process. Among the tunes featured are "Merlin...

Herbert Blomstedt is omnipresent on the concert stages of this world. Where others have been enjoying their retirement for decades, the 95-year-old continues to tour the globe as conductor of numerous top orchestras and, in doing so, seems to defy...

Director Claudia Bauer and her enthusiastic cast translate PeterLicht's radical rewriting of Moli?re's "Tartuffe" into fast-paced comedy. In it's colourful pop outfit, betrayal shines all the brighter and our present times are firmly in their sights. The...

?An exile from his native land following the failed revolution of 1848, the impoverished Richard Wagner is in Zurich working on his opera Tristan und Isolde. There he meets Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck, ardent admirers of his music. Wagner's passionate...

Anna Gmeyner's play "Automat" dates from 1932 and was inspired by the technological innovations of her age as well as by the reactionary attitudes of the bourgeoisie. The provinicalist Adam saves the beautiful stranger Eva from suicide by drowning and...

When lockdown was imposed in 2020 many artists began streaming performances from their own homes. In response, pianist Francesco Piemontesi and director Jan Schmidt-Garre launched a concert series to showcase artists living in Berlin, given in the...