The sitting room in Richard Wagner's Wahnfried villa in Bayreuth serves as the evocative setting for a special performance of Wagner's little-known French songs and piano music, combined with piano transcriptions of Wagner's works and original…

Zubin Mehta stands close to the Münchner Philharmoniker since decades and was named the first “Honorary Conductor” in the history of the orchestra in 2004. Under his baton numerous legendary concerts took place, of which some fortunately have been…

To celebrate both the bicentenary of the birth of Schubert (1997) as well as the 25th anniversary of the Alban Berg Quartett, this famous foursome performs Death and the Maiden, the most well known of all works ever written for string quartets. The…

These six episodes have been recorded in the wonderful 18th century baroque castle "Schloß Heidecksburg" in Germany. The ensembles and the soloists play chamber music from German and French composers like Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Debussy, Bizet…

This documentary is based on the very personal interpretation of Mozart's 3rd Concerto by Gilles Apap. Apap integrates into the final cadenza variations on popular themes from jazz, Blues, country, Irish, gypsy and Indian music - not only with his…

German Brass, one of the most renowned brass ensembles plays their own Bach arrangements for brass players in the Church of St Thomas in Leipzig.

In the beautiful setting of the historical Fest Hall in Leipzig's Old City Hall, the brothers Kuijken and Robert Kohnen give a live performance of the Musical Offering on historical instruments in an arrangement for transverse flute, violin, viola da…

J.S.Bach's arrangement of the "Stabat Mater" by G.B. Pergolesi has been produced in Italy, in the Villa Medici Giulini, which was built in 1643. The room with its great acoustics was named Zuccarelli Hall after Francesco Zuccarelli who, in the late…

This concert is performed on the new Bach-organ of the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig which was played for the first time at Whitsun 2000 This Organ is built after a historical model and corresponds to the organ on which Bach used to play during his 27…

Heinz Holliger is amongst the most versatile music personalities of our time. The concert – recorded in the Basel Music Academy – brings the multiple award-winning composer and oboist together with the internationally known Keller Quartet with works…