Sir Peter Ustinov traces the life and achievements of Felix Mendelssohn. Sketches and drawings by Mendelssohn, extracts from his fascinating correspondence and music performed by the Gewandhausorchester and the Thomaner-Chor are just a few of the…

Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk... these names are synonymous with the great Jazz Age. But how many people know Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, to whom we owe the recorded memory of our Jazz legends? Two German…

A fabulous tale of amourous intrigue based on Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor". Here in a delightfully humorous production, recorded at the Schwetzinger Palace Theatre.

Based on Henry James' novel of the same name, this gripping drama explores an encounter with the super-natural.

Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major "Gran Partita", K. 361 Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 Serenade No. 13 in G major

Trevor Nunn's highly acclaimed staging at Glyndebourne of Gershwin's famous opera, is considered by the Gershwin family to be the best production ever made. Now Primetime has made the firstever television production of "Porgy and Bess".

This documentary shows Harnoncourt in rehearsal and the finale of the fourth act of the Salzburger Festspiele 1995 performance of Mozarts "Le Nozze di Figaro".

Guiseppe Verdi: Overture from "La forza del destino" Carlo's recitative and aria from "Don Carlos" Hector Berlioz: Excerpts from "La Damnation de Faust" Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B minor ("Unfinished") Richard Wagner: Sigmund's aria from "Die…

Hector Berlioz: Overture from "Le carneval romain"; Georges Bizet: Carmen suite; Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto pour la main gauche; Claude Debussy: Prèlude á l'aprés midi d'un faune; Maurice Ravel: Bolèro

For the first time after 37 years, Celibidache returned to the podium of the Berliner Philharmoniker for a reconciliatory concert. This was to be his final concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker before his death. Also available is the documentary…