One of Rossini's masterpieces; a frothy little farce on the surface with an underlying sharp social critique.

This performance is a very intimate meeting of three great artists of Jazz, featuring music ranging from Argentinian Tango to international musical favourites. Very rarely has the vibrant intensity of a performance been captured with such atmosphere.

A sample of today's finest jazz artists, providing an overview of the variety, internationality and fascination of today's world of jazz.

Recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin in 1992.

The Christmas concert recorded at the Berlin Schauspielhaus on the Gendarmeriemarkt was one of the first joint musical productions of the reunited Germany. Fade-overs to landscapes and other locations in snow and ice turn the concert into a romantic…

In Michael Hampe's much-praised staging, Don Giovanni appears "as the embodiment of absolute, irresistible tempestuous life force.." and "as rebel against human order, against law and morality".

Monteverdi is generally regarded as the father of European opera. His "Poppea" is a blood and thunder melodrama, set in Nero's Rome and loaded with passion, jealousy, murder and savage ambition.

They started out in 1981 as a New York City street band, playing jazz, gospel and classics. Now they're an internationally acclaimed quartet forming a tighly-knit unit with their own distinctive identity, performing both traditional and experimental…

The ensemble makes its point both with the fantasic playing of the wind instruments as well as the virtuosic precision of Dave Holland's bass.

The members of the ensemble are all distinguished soloists who represent a high level of artistry. This is traditional Indian folkloristic music at its purest, presented with a high level of interaction between the musicians.