The renowned basilica in Waldsassen provides the fitting background for this televised 1992 production of Brahms' great choral composition.

Guided by two children and several stars of the classical music scene, our film takes us to the picturesque location of Nürnberg. In St. Lorenz Church, Enoch zu Gutenberg conducts Christmas music and Christmas Carols. James Galway and friends perform…

Widely accepted as a leading authority on Baroque music, Ton Koopman conducts J.S. Bach's Magnificat BWV 243 and the Magnificat of Johann Kuhnau - Bach's predecessor as cantor of the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Performed by the Amsterdam Baroque…

This film is a souvenir of an extraordinary concert that evokes a time when music was for countless human beings the only expression of life and liberty. It reveals to us the true personality of Liz Mc Comb: more than a great gospel singer, she is an…

An in-depth documentary that showcases the variety of Charlie Mariano's musical universe. In the company of old friends and like-minded musicians, Mariano takes us on a journey around the globe, crossing the entire jazz landscape from Swing to Bebop…

With this festive concert the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Fabio Luisi celebrates the moving event of the re-opening of the Frauenkirche in Dresden. After the Bombing of Dresden on February 13, 1945, the church burnt out and…

Since its founding over 500 years ago the Wiener Sängerknaben, a.k.a. Vienna Boys' Choir, has been a fixed attraction in musical life. A number of important musicians have been connected with the famous choir. Joseph Haydn, and Franz Schubert for…

In 1827, a year before his death, Franz Schubert wrote one of his most important works: the Winterreise. In the song cycle the Austrian composer set the 24 poems of Wilhelm Müller to music and depicted the haunted soul and landscape of the state of…

This festive concert from the Gethsemanekirche in Berlin marks the 60th anniversary of the RIAS Kammerchor. Under the baton of the new chief conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann, the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin are performing…

On 9 October in 1989, 70,000 people staged a peaceful demonstration calling for more freedom and democracy in the GDR. Thanks to the claim “Peaceful Revolution”, initiated by Kurt Masur as one of six prominent citizens of Leipzig, everything…