An extraordinary programme for an extraordinary night: The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrates the final day of the 20th Century with Grand Finales in the first part and heralds the leap into the 21st Century with an explosion of sparkling music…

In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Peter Tchaikovsky, the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra performs the 6th Symphony "Patethique" and accompanies the renowned Australian pianist, Roger Woodward playing Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto No. 1.

ESP 2 is the true legacy of the music of Miles Davis, kept alive by his former sidemen who are now bandleaders in their own right. Together they honor the heritage of the legendary trumpet master.

Top orchestral soloists and performers from around the world have come together to form the unique World Philharmonic Orchestra. In this concert recorded in Rio de Janeiro, the WPO performs in aid of international charities.

"Jazz en clave" is a septet especially put together by Chucho Valdés for the Jazz Open Stuttgart 1999, and features artists like Giovanni Hidalgo, Claudio Roditi and Juan Pablo Torres who together with Michel Camilo belong to the best Latin Jazz…

Germany has a thousand different faces. Cities like Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Cologne or Munich each have their own musical traditions. With music by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, E.T.A. Hoffmann and others. 26 episodes from 6 - 12 minutes.

Recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin in 1992.

Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio Overture Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, first movement Boris Blacher Variations on a Theme by Paganini Igor Stravinsky Petrushka Antonìn Dvoràk Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor

On the occasion of the Berliner Philharmoniker's first visit in Israel in April 1990 EuroArts recorded the live concert in Tel Aviv. This visit was not only an artistical but also a very important political event - a further step in the…

This programme is based upon the folk music of the South coast fishermen and their reminiscences.