Finnish bass Matti Salminen takes the lead role in this production of Mussorgsky's opera performed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre Del Liceu in 2004. Sebastian Weigle conducts, with additional performances by Eric Halfvarson, Anatoly Kotcherga and Philip Langridge.

Violinist Ida Haendel and pianist Misha Dacic perform a section of works by Schumann, Enescu and Sarasate at the Miami International Piano Festival in 2009.

A world premiere recording of Aribert Reimann's opera, recorded live at the Vienna State Opera in 2010. Marlis Petersen leads the cast, with Michael Boder conducting and stage direction by Marco Arturo Marelli.

Chopin's two piano concertos are interpreted by two of Russia's leading pianists. Evgeny Kissin plays the F minor concerto op. 21, while Nikolai Demidenko plays the E minor concerto op. 11 at Warsaw's Philharmonic Hall in February 2010.

The second volume in the Beethoven symphonies cycle featuring Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The set features Beethoven's fourth, fifth, and sixth symphonies and contains three documentaries with analysis and discussion of each symphony by Christian Thielemann himself.

Live performance of the ballet composed by Boris Asafiev, who based the music on his impressions of the French Revolution. The dancers of the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company perform, with Pavel Sorokin conducting the orchestra.

Los Angeles Opera's productions of two works by composers who died during the Holocaust, Victor Ullmann's 'Der Zerbrochene Krug', and Alexander Zemlinsky's 'Der Zwerg'. Recorded in 2008, the productions feature the Los Angeles Opera and Choir conducted by James Conlon.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Wien in this production of Josef Haydn's opera 'Il Mondo Della Luna' recorded at the Theatre an der Wien in 2009. Performers include Dietrich Henschel, Bernard Richter and Vivica Genaux.

Nicholas McGegan conducts the Festspieleorchester Gottingen in this production of Handel's opera, recorded live at the Internationale Handel-Festspiele Gottingen, with performances from Tim Mead, Marie Arnet and Kirsten Blaise.

Two classic operas --Pietro Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSICANA and Ruggero Leoncavallo's PAGLIACCI-- are performed in this vibrant 2009 production directed by Grischa Asagaroff. The 2 operas, which have been traditionally performed together since the late 19th century, star Jose Cura, Paoletta Marrocu and Lilianna Nikiteanu, accompanied by the Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House.

Each CD multipack contains a 16-page booklet with introductions in English, German, French and Spanish and a bonus disc containing synopsis and ibretto with translations.

Juliane Banse and Shawn Mathey take the lead roles in this performance of Robert Schumann's only opera, featuring the opera and chorus of the Zurich Opera House, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

The Ballet de l'Opera National de Paris mounted this production of the late Pina Bausch's dance-opera Orpheus und Eurydike, which Bausch had adapted from composer Christoph Willibald-Gluck and Ranieri de' Calzabigi's 1762 opera Orfeo ed Euridice. As the title suggests, it takes its basic narrative from the myth of Orpheus, and his courageous but ill-fated attempt to rescue his lover Eurydice (also known as Eurydike) from the jaws of the underworld. This particular production finds Yann Bridard dancing as Orpheus and Marie-Agnès Gillot dancing as Eurydike , with mezzo-soprano Maria-Riccarda Wesseling accompanying Bridard and soprano Julia Kleiter accompanying Wesseling. Pina Bausch did the choreography and stage direction, while Rolf Borzik designed the sets, costumes and lighting. The Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble & Choir, under the direction of Thomas Hengelbrock, lend musical accompaniment.

Conductor Valerio Galli leads the orchestra and chorus of the Festival Puccini, in this version of the Italian composer's popular opera.

In this celebrated 1976 production of Verdi’s SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Piero Cappuccilli sings the title role alongside Katia Ricciarelli and Giorgio Merighi, with Japan’s NHK Symphony Orchestra.