Orchestral & Symphonic

Mark-Anthony Turnage has rapidly earned a unique position among composers of his generation for his distinctively lyrical compositional voice, his ability to create complex yet always lucid instrumental textures, and his innate dramatic sense. Improvisat

The PortraitDame Kiri Te Kanawa's story has all the best elements of an operatic fairytale. Coming from a part-Maori background she went on to become one of the world's most famous opera stars. In this exciting portrait, Kiri Te Kanawa talks about her li

Portrait - A Film by Dorian SupinThe Estonian Arvo P?rt is widely regarded as one of today's mostoriginal creators of music. Largely self-taught, he is remote from the mainstream of the contemporary avant-garde. Much of his music is bound up with sacred

With his portrayal of the American flag, Johns revolutionised the American art scene and became, along with Robert Rauschenberg, a forerunner of pop-art and minimalism. The Museum of Modern Art bought three of his works as early as 1958 when he had his...

Don Ellis - Electric Heart is the story of one of the most innovative musicians of the 20th Century. Ellis (1934-1978) fused together a mixture of Jazz-Classical-Rock and his own version of World Music long before anyone else had thought of doing it. He...

This programme records the meeting of two Russian musical giants, as Val?ry Gergiev, the most charismatic and dynamic conductor of our day, rehearses, performs and discusses Stravinsky's masterpiece. Innovative, inspiring and exhilarating, the Sacre du pr

A Concert on the occasion of the XX. World Youth DayBeethoven himself dubbed this mass his greatest and most successful work" and referred to it as an oratorio". Although this was probably primarily a tactic to increase the work's popularity for the u

In This Live Recording from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Internationally Acclaimed Conductor Zubin Mehta Leads Theisrael Philharmonic in the Four Movements of Anton Bruckner: Smassive 'Symphony No. 8'.

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In This Fascinating Series of Films, Andre Previn Conducts Theroyal Philharmonc Orchestra. Each Program Is Introduced Byprevin Who Discusses Each Piece to Ber Performed & the Lives Of the Composer Who Created These Materpieces.

Before their stars shined brightly on "The Partridge Family" and "The Brady Bunch," Shirley Jones and Florence Henderson's names appeared in lights up and down Broadway. They were hits in the hits such as Oklahoma, Carousel, the Music Man, Camelot, the...

In celebration of Verdi's anniversary year, the Mariinsky label presents a high-definition video recording of Verdi's Attila, led by maestro Valery Gergiev, produced by Arturo Gama and featuring acclaimed Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role...