The great German baritone reveals for the first time on camera the secrets of his outstanding career. This richly illustrated profile of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the greatest musician of all singers and the most prolific singer of our time, is an…

Famous music filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon devoted a whole cycle of concert films to David Oistrakhs musical legacy. He collected recordings from all over the world with him as a soloist with an orchestra and as a chamber musician. The concerts were…

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…

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…

The unique encounter of a masterwork and its consummate performer... The sheer size of this work (over an hour of music) and the boldness of its conception make it the historical pinnacle of all the literature for piano. It parallels J.S. Bach’s…

EuroArts presents a spectacular musical event featuring Daniel Barenboim, one of the most prolific and high-profile artists performing on international stages today. He introduced this concert, which was recorded live at the famous Teatro alla Scala…

Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees are, beyond the shadow of a doubt, among the greatest interpreters of Schubert’s song cycle “Die schöne Müllerin”. The cycle deals with a period in the life of a young miller lad as he wanders along a stream in…

Since 1972 the 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker have been a prominent institution in international musical life. Whether they’re playing classical music, jazz, tango or avant-garde, listeners around the world are invariably fascinated by…

Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven's complete Piano Sonatas. Live recording from the Palais Lobkowitz, Palais Kinsky, Palais Rasumowsky and Schloss Hetzendorf in Vienna (1983/84). All sonatas are available separately (Progr. Nos. 6610-6641)

Cello and piano: The combination has been loved and celebrated by composers throughout all epoques - and rightly so, as Quentin and Moreau prove in their performance. Together, they perform works by Brahms, Schumann, Poulenc, Chopin and Fauré -…