This is a celebration of the New Year in words and music, introduced by Andrew Cruikshank.

Itzhak Perlman plays the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, conducted by Lawrence Foster. This is made as a pair with the Beethoven Concerto, but, in order to present another side of Itzhak Perlman’s many-faceted…

A mixture of music and words from Winchester Cathedral giving the story and meaning of the nativity.

This huge and dramatic choral work was recorded during the 900th anniversary celebration of the Winchester Cathedral in summer 1979.

Claude Debussy Trois Nocturnes Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

To call this a meeting of musical legends might just be too modest a term: In 1982, Yehudi Menuhin met Kurt Masur for a rendition of Brahm's Violin Concerto in D Major.

The starting point of Shchedrin's composition is the tune from Chopin's Prelude in C minor No.28 Op.20. Recorded in the Kongressaal in Munich, it is performed by Rodion Shchedrin himself, Nicolas Economou, Paul Gulda and the American jazz pianist…

This live recording captures the memorable occasion when these two famous jazz pianists met for the first time in the Kongressaal during the Munich Klaviersommer 1983. On two pianos, they play an exciting version of Round Midnight.

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.