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Germany has a thousand different faces. Cities like Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Cologne or Munich each have their own musical traditions. With music by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, E.T.A. Hoffmann and others. 26 episodes from 6 - 12 minutes.
Length
22 mins
Prog. No.
1100
Alfred Brendel is arguably the most outstanding exponent of Schubert's piano music currently before the public, a man capable of bringing to vibrant life not only the verve of this music but also its poetic intensity and intellectual depth. In this…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
5648
Gabriela Montero loves Improvisation. The Venezualian artist masters this uncommon art like no other classic pianist of today. This remarkable talent has become the highlight of her concerts. This recital recording captures Monteros’ ephemeral…
Length
80 mins
Prog. No.
5785
Pianist András Schiff and cellist Miklos Perenyi come together to perform Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata. Initially written for Arpeggione, an instrument somewhere between viola and cello that disappeared a few years after the writing of this piece…
Length
25 mins
Prog. No.
4443
Recorded during the Munich Klaviersommer, Martha Argerich and Nicolas Economou play MOZART'S PIANO SONATA FOR FOUR HANDS KV 381.
Length
14 mins
Prog. No.
6224
Recorded at the Kongressaal, Munich, Martha Argerich plays the piano and Mischa Maisky the cello, in a performance of Robert Schumann's FANTASY PIECES NOS 1-3 OP.73.
Length
14 mins
Prog. No.
6226
Should it be true that J.S. Bach actually composed the Goldberg Variations as a sleeping aid for Graf Keyserlingk, then Evgeni Koroliov, born 1949 in Moscow, must have succumbed to a misapprehension. The further he proceeds in the series of…
Length
88 mins
Prog. No.
5723
This film traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven's corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern times when a pair of Beethoven enthusiasts, Ira Brilliant and Dr Alfredo “Che”…
Length
84 mins
Prog. No.
6394
In March of 2004, the Royal Opera Covent Garden in London cancelled its contract with Deborah Voigt. The official reason given by the casting director: too fat. The opera world was outraged. Since when can't opera singers be overweight? Since Callas…
Length
60 mins
Prog. No.
5597