Leonard Bernstein based his Serenade for violin and orchestra on Plato's "Symposium". Like every work by Bernstein, the Serenade is rife with melodic and rhythmic vibrancy and originality.

After the premiere of Dvorak's 8 Symphony in Prague, this piece received such high praise in England that it was named the "English Symphony". For his graduation thesis in 1892, Dvorak chose to conduct the symphony instead of the usual lecture.

Erich Leinsdorf, the American conductor from Vienna, begann his career as Bruno Walter's and Arturo Toscanini's assistant at the Salzburg Festival, débuting with tremendous success at the New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera House at the tender age…

Recorded live from the Munich Philharmonie, Victor Pablo Perez conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in de Falla's El sombrero de tres picos. The Labèque sisters join the orchestra for Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor…

In a concert recorded live from the Munich Philharmonie, Gulda, plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Op.73 (Emperor) with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, which he also conducts.

Filmed in Salzburg and Paris

A Christmas television special from Prague. The programme features a Thanksgiving service in the beautiful Baroque Church of St. Jacob and carol singing in the medieval Old Town Square.

Filmed in Vienna

Filmed in Vienna and Prague