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…

The sitting room in Richard Wagner's Wahnfried villa in Bayreuth serves as the evocative setting for a special performance of Wagner's little-known French songs and piano music, combined with piano transcriptions of Wagner's works and original…

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…

The Kremerata Baltica is an ensemble of young musicians, founded by violinist Gidon Kremer. In this live concert recording, made at the Philharmonie during the 1998 Munich Klaviersommer, Kremer is both leader and a soloist. The programme includes…

The highly acclaimed Hungrian Keller Quartet is playing a programme in which pieces of Bach's "The Art of Fugue" and some György Kurtag quartets and trios are combined. The idea behind it is to demonstrate the relationship between the two great…

Klaus Mertens and Ton Koopman with their programme "At Home with Bach" create an atmosphere of conviviality and present works from "Schemellis Gesangbuch", "Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena", "Andreas Bach-Buch" and "Clavierübungen III".

The unique encounter of a masterwork and its consummate performer... The sheer size of this work (over an hour of music) and the boldness of its conception make it the historical pinnacle of all the literature for piano. It parallels J.S. Bach’s…

The opera „Cosi fan tutte“ featured in a 2x45 minute best-of-version with narrator. The well-known film director Doris Dörrie, long established on the cinema scene as a master of comic genius and famed for her bitter-sweet love stories, had passed…

- Richard Strauss (1864–1949): Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Serenade (arr. Walter Gieseking); Till Eulenspiegel, Op. 28 (arr. Édouard Risler) - Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938): Studies after Chopin’s Studies: No. 47 Badinage; No. 28 Study in Octaves; No. 22…

The Prague Ballet Gala is an exclucive dance event with some of the leading ballet stars of our time, recorded at the beautiful Prague State Opera. Outstanding Dancers from Europe, North America and Asia present their favorite classical and modern…