In the focus of attention of this performance from Lugano is Mozart's Concert for flute, harp and orchestra (K.299). It is one of the most popular pieces by the Austrian composer due to the cheerfulness and it's jolly mood. The Orchestra della…

Three generations of listeners have been turned on to the music of mystic singer/ songwriter Terry Callier. During the 1960s, concerts at the "Bitter End" New York, made him a leading figure in the early folk boom. In the 1970s, recordings for Chess…

To standing ovations, Mariss Jansons led the Berliner Philharmoniker with special guest Vadim Repin (violin) through an evening of popular encores compositions.

Gioacchino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle was written in 1863, "the last", the composer called it, of my "péchés de vieillesse" (sins of old age). For its first performance (1864) Rossini arranged the work with only two pianos and harmonium…

Set in an attractive Cistercian monastery, "Sounds like Christmas" combines festive music with the spontaneity and freshness of jazz. This 60-minute made-for-TV Christmas production presents the musical encounter between soprano Angelika…

With this festive concert the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Fabio Luisi celebrates the moving event of the re-opening of the Frauenkirche in Dresden. After the Bombing of Dresden on February 13, 1945, the church burnt out and…

To celebrate his 80th birthday, Kurt Masur led “his” Gewandhaus Orchestra in a special gala concert. For his birthday concert, Masur, currently principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France, chose a…

Recorded live on July 16th from the Freiburg Cathedral, with soprano Barbara Bonney, worldwide renowned for the clarity of her voice and the precision of her diction and baritone Matthias Goerne, whose recent interpretation with Sir Alfred Brendel…

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…

This year’s Gala from Berlin is completely dedicated to W.A. Mozart. In tribute of his 250th birthday the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle give a jolly upbeat for the following year. The program will include some of the greatest works by…