Sir Peter Ustinov traces the life and achievements of Felix Mendelssohn. Sketches and drawings by Mendelssohn, extracts from his fascinating correspondence and music performed by the Gewandhausorchester and the Thomaner-Chor are just a few of the…

Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk... these names are synonymous with the great Jazz Age. But how many people know Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, to whom we owe the recorded memory of our Jazz legends? Two German…

Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major "Gran Partita", K. 361 Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 Serenade No. 13 in G major

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".

Guiseppe Verdi: Overture from "La forza del destino" Carlo's recitative and aria from "Don Carlos" Hector Berlioz: Excerpts from "La Damnation de Faust" Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B minor ("Unfinished") Richard Wagner: Sigmund's aria from "Die…

Hector Berlioz: Overture from "Le carneval romain"; Georges Bizet: Carmen suite; Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto pour la main gauche; Claude Debussy: Prèlude á l'aprés midi d'un faune; Maurice Ravel: Bolèro

For the first time after 37 years, Celibidache returned to the podium of the Berliner Philharmoniker for a reconciliatory concert. This was to be his final concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker before his death. Also available is the documentary…

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Overture Op. 36 "Russian Easter" Peter Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Overture 1812, Elegy from the Serenade for Strings Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dance No. 17 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Aram Chatschaturjan Sabre Dance…

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.

Franz von Suppé: Overture "Light Cavalry"; Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy; George Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1; Bedrich Smetana: Overture from "The Bartered Bride"; Richard Strauss: Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier"; Johann Strauss…