Benjamin Britten's opera, composed to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He took as his starting point Lytton Strachey's 'Elizabeth and Essex'. Sarah Walker and Anthony Rolfe Johnson star.

Gianluigi Gelmetti leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma in this performance of Verdi's opera, recorded live in 2011. The cast members include Dimitra Theodossiou, Vladimir Stoyanov, Aquiles Machado, Mariana Pentcheva and Roberto Scandiuzzi.

A premiere recording of Verdi's opera, staged at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in 2012. Performers include Giacomo Prestia, Aquiles Machado and Artur Rucinski. The conductor is Nicola Luisotti.

A visually spectacular interpretation of Wagner's opera, staged by the Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus, in Valencia's Palau de les Arts. Zubin Mehta conducts the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana, with performances by Jennifer Wilson, Juha Uusitalo, Franz-Josef Kapellmann and Catherine Wyn-Rogers.

Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta and Marianela Nunez are the lead dancers in the Royal Ballet's production of Marius Pepita's ballet, recorded live at London's Royal Opera House in January 2009.

Stage director Stephen Langridge brings Harrison Birtwhistle's Greek myth-based opera to Covent Garden's Royal Opera House. Recorded live in spring 2008, the production stars John Tomlinson in the title role. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus.

Alejo Pérez conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in this performance of Charles Gounod's opera at the 2016 Salzburg Festival. Piotr Beczala performs the title role with Ildar Abdrazakov starring as Méphistophélès and Maria Agresta as Marguerite.

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus in this performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, directed by Anna Matison. The cast includes Vladimir Feliauer as King Dodon, Andrei Ilyushnikov as Vladislav Sulimsky, Aida Garifullina as the Queen of Shemakha and Andrei Popov as the Astrologer.

The Orchestra and Chorus of St. Petersburg Opera perform Carlisle Ford's opera 'Susannah'. Set in Tennessee, the modern opera adapts the tragic story of 'Susannah and the Elders' with music based on traditional folk tunes.

Complete collection of Beethoven's violin sonatas, performed by Thomas Albertus Irnberger and Michael Korstick.