Top orchestral soloists and performers from around the world have come together to form the unique World Philharmonic Orchestra. In this concert recorded in Rio de Janeiro, the WPO performs in aid of international charities.

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.

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…

This programme brings together Gulda's Chopin recital, Pour ma douce, and a performance by Gulda and Limpe Fuchs, entitled Consonanza Personale (see below), in which they play a selection of their own compositions and improvisations.

In this live recording from the Munich Philharmonie, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Friedrich Gulda, who is also the soloist in a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466 and the Piano Concerto No. 26 in D…

Joe Zawinul's jazz group Weather Update gave this concert at the Munich Philharmonie. Alongside Zawinul on synthesisers are Victor Bailey on bass, Bobbie Thomas Junior and Peter Erskine on percussion, and Steve Khan on guitar.

Barbara Thompson has long been acknowledged as the first lady of the sax. Together with her band "Paraphernalia" and Jon Hiseman, she ranks among the world's top Jazz-rock ensembles.

Top orchestral soloists and performers from around the world have combined to form the unique World Philharmonic Orchestra. In this concert recorded in Tokyo, the WPO performs in aid of international charities. Giuseppe Verdi : I Vespri Siciliani…

Following this concert, the leading Russian jazz pianist Leonid Chizhik was heralded as a real iscovery for the West. His programme includes his own compositions and jazz standards, as well as extensive improvisation

Italian pianist Andrea Lucchesini performs some of Chopin’s most famous pieces for piano. Lucchesini's playing is both technically virtuosic and emotionally charged, capturing the beauty and grandeur of Chopin's compositions with grace and poise.