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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…
Length
60 mins
Prog. No.
0186
Splendid rendition of Ravel’s famous opera staged specially for HDTV and performed by the Atelier de l’Opera de Lyon. This new version of the opera was written for four instruments (two pianos, cello and flute), thus emphasizing the fearful emotions…
Length
52 mins
Prog. No.
7766
In 1994, 54-year old José Van Dam undertook to play the role of Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca for the first time, a part that he had refused repeatedly in the past. In April 1995 in Liège, the singer met again with stage director Nicolas Joel for the…
Length
45 mins
Prog. No.
7762
Zubin Mehta stands close to the Münchner Philharmoniker since decades and was named the first “Honorary Conductor” in the history of the orchestra in 2004. Under his baton numerous legendary concerts took place, of which some fortunately have been…
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
4446
To celebrate both the bicentenary of the birth of Schubert (1997) as well as the 25th anniversary of the Alban Berg Quartett, this famous foursome performs Death and the Maiden, the most well known of all works ever written for string quartets. The…
Length
58 mins
Prog. No.
7320
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi became the leading representative of the development of the early Neapolitan Opera Buffa. "La Serva Padrona", his most popular opera until today, caused the "Buffonisten" controversy at its premiere in 1752.
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
1814
"Livietta e Tracollo" is the intermezzo of Pergolesi's last opera for the city of Naples, Adriano in Syria. Like "La Serva Padrona", "Livietta el Tracollo" enjoyed a long run in the repertoire of the opera houses.
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
1815

These six episodes have been recorded in the wonderful 18th century baroque castle "Schloß Heidecksburg" in Germany. The ensembles and the soloists play chamber music from German and French composers like Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Debussy, Bizet…

Length
45 mins
Prog. No.
1313
This documentary is based on the very personal interpretation of Mozart's 3rd Concerto by Gilles Apap. Apap integrates into the final cadenza variations on popular themes from jazz, Blues, country, Irish, gypsy and Indian music - not only with his…
Length
48 mins
Prog. No.
7330
German Brass, one of the most renowned brass ensembles plays their own Bach arrangements for brass players in the Church of St Thomas in Leipzig.
Length
58 mins
Prog. No.
5033