The composer Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, a few miles outside Paris, in 1862. While a pupil at the Conservatoire, he composed music that did not conform to the theory of the times. He contradicted his teachers by claiming that…

At the age of 20, Robert Schumann decided to dedicate himself to music. He became one of the greatest composers of the romanticism. This documentary covers Schumann’s life from 1828 until his early death in 1856. Excerpts of productions with Leonard…

Renowned Austrian clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs and acclaimed Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova come together to perform Johannes Brahms Sonatas No.1 and No.2 for clarinet and piano. These sonatas were the last chamber music pieces Brahms wrote before his…

This selection of some of Bach’s most perennially popular keyboard music admirably demonstrates the many varied facets of the composer’s fertile imagination. Deep pathos is contrasted with witty humour, serenity is paired with fleetness of foot, and…

Renowned Austrian clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs and acclaimed Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova come together to perform Johannes Brahms Sonatas No.1 and No.2 for clarinet and piano. These sonatas were the last chamber music pieces Brahms wrote before his…

In this live recording Daniel Barenboim and Itzhak Perlman, two of the most renowned and celebrated classical musicians of all time, came together to perform all of Brahms’ violin sonatas at the Orchestra Hall Chicago. Barenboim and Perlman benefit…

In 1741 Johann Sebastian Bach published the fourth and last volume of his most extensive keyboard publication, the Clavier-Übung: an aria and thirty variations known universally as the ‘Goldberg’ Variations. This monumental work, which is about…

In a recording from the Faber Castell Castle in Stein near Nuremberg, Zoltan Kocsis and Miklos Perenyi, two Hungarian interpreters, play Johannes Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in E minor opus 38 for piano and violoncello. The career of Zoltan Kocsis, born in…

The Takács Quartet, one of the most highly acclaimed string quartets of its generation, is joined by Hungarian pianist Zoltán Kocsis to perform Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44.

The well-known musicians Elena Bashkirova, Maxim Vengerov and Boris Pergamenschikow recorded all of Brahms piano trios in 1997. These recordings are characterized by intimacy and emotionality and demonstrate the great skills of all three musicians.