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

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…

Based on Shakespeare's play, this ballet version adds some imaginative new twists to a popular tale. Heinz Spoerli and the Ballet der Oper am Rhein dance to music in a variety of styles - including Philip Glass's Violin Concerto No. 1, performed by…

This exciting documentary focuses on the "first supergroup" in pop history: the Cream. The film features extracts from their first concert together in 25 years, performed at the "Hall of Fame", and also footage from a recently-discovered early…

In Offenbachs's Secret, director István Szabó throws new light on the timeless interplay between power, helplessness, courage and conformity in his character studies of two of the most scintillating personalities of France's Deuxième Empire: the…

This film is a portrait of Christian Zacharias - a musician of consistent and uncompromising individuality who is considered by many today to be the leading German pianist. Also available, Christian Zacharias performing Mozart Piano Concertos.

A fascinating documentary, introducing viewers to the life and works of the French composer Erik Satie. This "music film" features biographical details, performances of Satie's most popular compositions and many of his drawings and graphics.

Jordi Savall performs music pieces of Mateu Fletxa and Bartomeu Carceres, two great composers of the Spanish Renaissance. The concert was recorded in the Church Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona and in the 14th Century Monastery of The Paular.

Part one Octet in E-flat major, op. 20 Part two Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Part three Songs without words: "Duetto", "Venezianisches Gondellied", "Spinnerlied" "Die Liebende schreibt", "Bei der Wiege", Variations…

This film was shot in three days early in March 1966 and edited in three weeks. It was the first of its kind and there have been so many successors in the past thirty years that it can truthfully be described as epoch-making. It is probably still the…