Three television programmes about the Brahms Violin and Viola Sonatas. Part One: FAE Scherzo Violin Sonata No 1 Op 78 Part Two: Violin Sonatas No 2 Op 100 and No 3 Op 108 Part Three: Viola Sonatas Op 120 No 1 and Op 120 No 2 Each programme contains…

Three television programmes about the Brahms Violin and Viola Sonatas. Part One: FAE Scherzo Violin Sonata No. 1 Op. 78 Part Two: Violin Sonatas No. 2, Op, 100 and No. 3, Op. 108 Part Three: Viola Sonatas Op. 120 No. 1 and Op. 120 No. 2 Each…

A television film about a single work, Modest Mussorgski’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”. Written as a tribute to a lost friend, Victor Alexandrovich Hartmann, it is a strange and moving masterpiece which has become Mussorgski’s most popular work. It…

This film is not a documentary account of events of Sibelius's life. It is an attempt to use film and Sibelius's music and words to try and convey to the viewer something of his artistic intentions and of his extraordinarily creative and poetic…

This film is not a documentary account of events of Sibelius's life. It is an attempt to use film and Sibelius's music and words to try and convey to the viewer something of his artistic intentions and of his extraordinarily creative and poetic…

A hand-picked ensemble of soloists join together with the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling to give a truly definitive performance of this pre-eminent masterwork.

In this series we present biographies of France's greatest singing stars. While plenty of attention is paid to each singer's biography, their songs form the central point of each film: words and music that trace the lives of these artists far better…

Vladimir Ashkenazy has had a particular affection for the music of Rachmaninoff throughout his professional life, and his performances have long had the ring both of authenticity and of deep commitment. This is not surprising in a Russian-born and…

Vladimir Ashkenazy has had a particular affection for the music of Rachmaninoff throughout his professional life, and his performances have long had the ring both of authenticity and of deep commitment. This is not surprising in a Russian-born and…

Norbert Beilharz's film looks at this masterwork of 19th century liturgical music through 20th century eyes, presenting the entire work, not as the usual televised concert, but rather as a film collage, concentrating on three locations: St. Mark's…