Michele Mariotti conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale Di Bologna in this performance of Rossini's opera.

Collection of performances of German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen's early percussion works. The performers include pianists James Avery and Katalin Lukács, celesta player Pavlos Antoniadis and percussionist Steven Schick with his ensemble Red Fish Blue Fish. The works featured are: 'Kontakte', 'Mikrophonie', 'Zyklus', 'Refrain' and 'Schlagtrio'.

Collection of two performances by lied singer Francisco Araiza. The collection includes Schubert's 'Winterreise', filmed at a Romanesque chapel in 1993, and the Mexican tenor also performs Schumann's 'Dichterleibe', accompanied by pianist Jean Lemaire at the Renaissance Grafenschloss in Southern Germany.

Documentary by Tony Palmer about the famous classical violinist Benjamin Schmid. Featuring footage from the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival from 1986 where he performed Erich Korngold's Violin Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Seiji Ozawa, the documentary takes an in-depth look at how that performance started Schmid's life-long journey to becoming one of the world's greatest violinists.