This catalogue represents around 1800 TV highlights of performance and documentary programming in a wide variety of genres, including opera, ballet & dance, orchestral music, jazz and entertainment.
A hand-picked ensemble of soloists join together with the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling to give a truly definitive performance of this pre-eminent masterwork.
The world premiere of Bach's complete motets on film! A masterly and controlled performance by the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conducted by Helmuth Rilling, recorded in the parish church of Oberkaufingen.
Händel's "Messiah" is among the most popular pieces of classical music ever written. This examplary performace with the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart conducted by Helmuth Rilling takes place at the atmospheric church in Ellwangen, Bavaria.
After the success of his masterpiece "The Creation", Haydn wrote his four-part oratorio "The Seasons", with its fresh, happy expressions of rural life throughout the year. This memorable performance of the work is here interspersed with atmospheric…
Haydn's 'Creation' represents the culmination of the composer's long career, a consummate blend of this great musician's mature wisdom and his eternal youthfulness. A live telecast from the magnificent Jesuit Church in Lucerne, Switzerland.
In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English…
The principal conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, performs music by J. S. Bach. Together with the marvelous Berlin orchestra, the conductor takes on Bach's splendid St John's Passion. The solo voice parts are sung by the…
This film documents a performance of the "St. Matthew Passion" in the chapel of King's College Cambridge, featuring one of the finest ensembles performing on historical instruments.
