Raphael Kubelik conducts the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Hayden's mass recorded live at the Basilika Ottobeuren in 1982. The recital includes performances by Lucia Popp, Doris Soffel, Horst Laubenthal and Kurt Moll.

Kurt Masur conducts the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, featuring soloists Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Doris Soffel, James Wagner and Gwynne Howell.

Director Guy Cassiers sets his Ring cycle firmly in the present, in this production premiered at La Scala in May 2010. With Daniel Barenboim at the podium, René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Johannes Martin Kränzle and Anna Larsson lead an all-star cast.

Director Guy Cassiers sets his Ring cycle firmly in the present, in this production premiered at La Scala in May 2010. With Daniel Barenboim at the podium, René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Johannes Martin Kränzle and Anna Larsson lead an all-star cast.

Director Nikolaus Lenhoff's acclaimed production of Richard Strauss's opera, staged at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden in 2011. Angela Denoke performs the title role alongside Kim Begley, Doris Soffel, Alan Held and Marcel Reijans. Stefan Soltesz leads the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester.

Gabor Ötvos leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, Venice in this production of Wagner's last opera, recorded in 2005. The performers include Richard Decker, Mattias Holle and Wolfgang Schone.