This film is based on Hermina Chézy's drama of an usurped throne. The theatre music of Franz Schubert forms the main component.

This documentary shows Harnoncourt in rehearsal and the finale of the fourth act of the Salzburger Festspiele 1995 performance of Mozarts "Le Nozze di Figaro".

The conductor Kurt Masur guided the musical destiny of two of the oldest and most respected orchestras: The Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig from 1970 until 1997, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Masur finds himself in highly divergent cultural…

Recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin in 1992.

Recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin in 1992.

Mitsuko Uchida in conversation: She discusses her intellectual and technical approaches to the masterworks of keyboard literature and performs the works under discussion. Arnold Schönberg Drei Klavierstücke Op. 11, Joseph Haydn Klaviersonate C-Major

Peter Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture from "Roméo et Juliette" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Documentary on the musical scene in London and the Royal Albert Hall.

The film focuses primarily on Sanssouci, the summer palace of the Prussian King, Frederick the Great. A performance by the renowned chamber orchestra, The Hannover Band, on historical instruments. Music by J.P. Kirnberger, C.P.E. Bach, C.H. Graun, J…

Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73 Documentary on Meiningen's history and the musical activities of Hans von Bülow, the great pianist and conductor

Recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin in 1992.