What was it that made Maria Callas the artist one of the most important and influential figures in the field of opera in the last 50 years? And what was the true character of the woman Maria Callas herself? The answers to these questions will never be fully known, but in this documentary many of the people close to her in both her public and her private life give their personal reminiscences and Callas herself, in television interviews and rare newsreel footage, contributes to the overall picture.

"On these 4 CD’s Esschenbach and Frantz tackle the greater part of the repertoire Schubert wrote for four hands on one piano. Great fun to play and it “shows”! So also most enjoyable to listen to." (sleeve notes)

A survey of Dutch music in 27 tracks, spanning from 1746 to 2001, with emphasis on 20th century music.

Extensive compilation of Irish traditional music

"Bernstein, without obscuring the basic purity of the score, also explores its dark corners and the subversive undertones of its endless richness. And soprano Reri Grist, never again so lovingly captured by the recording microphones, is a ravishing delight in the finale as she recounts a child's vision of heaven." -Herbert Glass

"We are very fond of Szymanowski's music. It is so extraordinarily vivid, full of wonderful colours and, in this sense, seems rather unlike Central European music." Charles Dutoit

"deep, meaningful, gripping music, classical in the integrity of its conception, perfect in form and the mastery of orchestral writing—music striking for its novelty and originality, but at the same time somehow hauntingly familiar, so truly and sincerely does it recount human feelings." - Heinrich Neuhaus

Ives' Third Symphony is Ives' most gentle, meditative music. Like most of his greatest works, the Third is also profoundly spiritual.

An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) is the composer who came closest to the essence of flamenco and the supreme expression of the Andalusian musical spirit.

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote 6 solo concertos, 2 each for piano, violin and cello. They show the composer in a variety of guises from light-hearted to profoundly sad. All concertos reveal several facets of this very versatile talent.

This is the first time that all 17 are included in one set. Wonderfully idiomatic, razor-sharp performances by the Cuarteto Latino Americano.