Live performance from the 2013 Odeonplatz Concert in Munich. Tenor Rolando Villazón and baritone Thomas Hampson sing works by Verdi and Wagner with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Symphonieorchester and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Music by Jules Massenet and Maurice Ravel is also featured.

A boxed collection featuring historical performances by three of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's eminent music directors, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf and William Steinberg. Stretching from 1958 to 1970, the recordings feature works by amongst others Debussy, Ravel, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Haydn.

Pierre Boulez conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Daniel Barenboim in this opening concert from the Salzburg Festival of 2008. Featured works include Ravel's 'Valses nobles et sentimentales', Bartok's 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1' and Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'.

Influenced by the elegant 18th-century harpsichord works of Couperin, Rameau and Scarlatti, Le Tombeau de Couperin consists of "Prelude," "Forlane," "Menuet," and "Rigaudon." The uninterrupted eight waltzes of Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, orchestrated in 1912 to serve as music for a ballet, abound with lilting rhythms and unexpected harmonic subtleties. This volume of two inspired works will be valued additions to the libraries of musicians, music lovers, and admirers of Ravel.

Simon Rattle leads the London Symphony Orchestra in performances by Ravel, Henri Dutilleux and Maurice Delage. The works performed include 'Daphnis & Chloé Suite 2', 'Le Tombeau de Couperin', 'L'Arbre des Songes', 'Métaboles' and 'Quatre Poèmes Hindous'.

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this live performance commemorating the centenary of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.

Live performance of choreographer Kader Belarbi's interpretation of the classic fairy tale. The dancers of the Ballet du Capitole include Takafumi Watanabe as The Beast and Julie Loria as Beauty.

Documentary series in which classical pianist James Rhodes performs a selection of his favourite works and explains why each piece is important to him. The episodes are: 'Beethoven Waldstein', 'Uppers and Downers', 'Chopin', 'Bach-Busoni', 'Mad, Bad and Sad', 'Beethoven' and 'J.S. Bach'.