Orchestral & Symphonic

This collection of Famous Arias and Scenes, opera's finest, most brilliant moments, will dazzle opera lovers and newcomers alike. The Arias and Scenes are each presented and performed by the most renowned and acclaimed artists of the opera stage, such as

The music of the quintessentially Czech composer Dvor?k is, above all, enjoyable and is a perennial favourite in the Romantic repertoire. This series of concerts is performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Prague Philharmonic Choir, w

The music of the quintessentially Czech composer Dvor?k is, above all, enjoyable and is a perennial favourite in the Romantic repertoire. This series of concerts is performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Prague Philharmonic Choir, w

Hailed by the press as the definitive video production" of Tchaikovsky's music, this exceptional concert series, recorded live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, features the leading Russian conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

The music of the quintessentially Czech composer Dvor?k is, above all, enjoyable and is a perennial favourite in the Romantic repertoire. This series of concerts is performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Prague Philharmonic Choir, w

Born in Berlin on 16 March, 1928, the mezzo soprano Christa Ludwig celebrates her 80th Birthday in 2008. Arthaus Musik is marking this anniversary with a special DVD Birthday Edition: Schubert, Franz Winterreise, together with a Lieder recital

This is the story of how the most famous dancer that England has ever produced was deceived and betrayed by those closest to her; of how a little girl called Peggy Hookham, brought up in Shanghai, told her mother she would one day become the greatest...

There are so many astonishing facts about Maria Callas... First, she was born not in Greece but in Manhattan and went to school there. Second, considering her colossal influence and in contrast to the divas of today, her actual international career was...

The centenary of Benjamin Britten is marked with a new study by the multi-award-winning director Tony Palmer. It is a dark coda to Palmer's four other Italia-Prize-winning films with and about Britten, whom many now regard as one of the greatest...

In 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff was forced into exile from Russia. Soon after, he was known around the world as one of the most brilliant pianists and composers of the century. Not only does this documentary feature his rapturously beautiful melodies (via...

Felix Mandelssohn conducted the premiere performance of Robert Schumann's First or Spring Symphony in 1841, six weeks after the work's completion, and the composer won acclaim as a symphonist on his first try. Dmitri Shostakovich had been a darling of...

Seiji Ozawa conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in this 1993 Russian-oriented performance. Included are Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" and "1812 Overture", plus Stravinsky's "Firebird".