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…

Barenboim plays Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor

Barenboim plays Liszt (Wanderjahre Italien)

Austrian piano virtuoso Friedrich Gulda plays works by Chopin, including the NINE PRELUDES OP.28, NOCTURNE OP.62, NO. 1, BARCAROLE OP.60 and BERCEUSE OP.57, in a live recording from the Munich Philharmonie.

Yefim Bronfman plays Brahms Händel Variations op. 24 and Four Piano Pieces op. 119.

In a live recording from Munich's Philharmonie, this talented duo plays Schnittke's Sonata for 'Cello and Piano, Martinu's Variations on a Theme by Rossini, and Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango.

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.

Erich Leinsdorf, the American conductor from Vienna, begann his career as Bruno Walter's and Arturo Toscanini's assistant at the Salzburg Festival, débuting with tremendous success at the New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera House at the tender age…

After the premiere of Dvorak's 8 Symphony in Prague, this piece received such high praise in England that it was named the "English Symphony". For his graduation thesis in 1892, Dvorak chose to conduct the symphony instead of the usual lecture.