Classical music is often thought of as being austere, ponderous and stern. Yet there are examples that were explicitly intended to be the exact opposite. "Carnival of the Animals" is one of those compositions. Regarded as being plain fun by Saint…

OMG! Van Eyck was here. Celebrating Jan van Eyck: Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Commissioned by the City of Ghent and on the occasion of the Van Eyck Year 2020, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt wrote a new work with the world-famous altarpiece the…

Master Course with Hermann Prey recorded at the Richard-Strauss-Tagen Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1997. Exclusively covered were Lieder by Richard Strauss.

Recorded live from the Munich Philharmonie, Victor Pablo Perez conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in de Falla's El sombrero de tres picos. The Labèque sisters join the orchestra for Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor…

In this live recording, made at the Munich Philharmonie, Gulda is the soloist in a performance of his acclaimed composition Concerto for Myself. He plays with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

The internationally-renowned 'cellist Heinrich Schiff joins members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist for this concert performance of Gulda's Concerto for 'Cello and Wind Orchestra, which the composer conducts himself.

In a concert recorded live from the Munich Philharmonie, Gulda, plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Op.73 (Emperor) with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, which he also conducts.

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo has been invited to perform at the inner courtyard of the Prince‘s Palace in Monaco. It is a magical place, where a wonderful atmosphere meets remarkable acoustics, making it a dream come true for all music…

A New Visual Language: Each movement of this concert was filmed in one long, continuous shot. The camera, hoisted on a thirteen-meter long crane, was able to reach any position either from within or from outside the orchestra. This way, each…

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…