Nicola Luisotti conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus for this production of Arrigo Boito's work. The performers include Ildar Abdrazakov, Ramón Vargas, Patricia Racette, Erin Johnson, Chuanyue Wang.

A six-volume set of music documentaries by renowned film-maker Bruno Monsaingeon. This collection examines the life of arguably one of the most influential singers of the 20th century, the German lyric baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. In addition to singing, Fischer-Dieskau was also a conductor, writer, painter, reciter and teacher. Included here are several recitals with Lieder by Schumann and Schubert, the documentary 'Autumn Journey' and several master classes.

Renée Fleming takes the title role in this production of Donizetti's opera recorded live at the San Francisco Opera in 2012. Other cast members include Michael Fabiano, Elizabeth DeShong and Vitalij Kowaljow. The conductor is Riccardo Frizza.

Andrea Battistoni leads the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma in this performance of Verdi's opera recorded live in 2012. Cast members include Roberto Aronica, Yu Guanqun, Roberto Frontali and Gabriele Mangione.

The internationally acclaimed Japanese pianist performs a selection of pieces with the Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at the White Nights Festival, Saint Petersburg in 2012. The compositions performed are: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Shostakovich: Symphony No.14; Tsujii: 'Elegy for the Victims of the Earthquake and the Tsunami of March 11, 2011'.

René Jacobs conducts the Freiburger Barockorchester in this performance of Haydn's opera recorded at the Berliner Staatsoper in May 2009. Members of the cast include Marlis Petersen, Tom Randle, Pietro Spagnoli and Alexandrina Pendatchanska.

In a series of live recordings made between 1983-1984 in Austria, Daniel Barenboim performs Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 29-32.

In a series of live recordings made between 1983-1984 in Austria, Daniel Barenboim performs Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 14-21.

András Schiff plays Franz Schubert's Impromptus Op.90 D.899, Op.142 D.935 and Moments Musicaux Op.94 D.78, in a recital recorded in 1989.

Kent Nagano leads the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in Dmitri Tcherniakov's production of Mussorgsky's opera, recorded live at the Nationaltheater, Munich in 2007. Doris Soffel stars as Marfa, with Anatoly Kotscherga as the religious leader Dosifei, Klaus Florian Vogt as Andrey, and Paata Burchuladze as the charismatic Prince Ivan Khovansky.

The German pianist plays a selection of works by Bach, Beethoven and Liszt during a live performance at the Verbier Festival in July 2011. The works featured are: Bach: Partita No. 1, BWV 825; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'; Liszt: Prelude after Bach's 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen'; Au bord d'une source; Nuages gris; Vexilla regis prodeunt.

After 50 years as pianist with the Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler returns to a solo career, here performing a recital of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Schubert at the Cité de la Musique, Paris, in March 2011.