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Performance of Arnold Schoenberg\'s opera at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The opera follows the exchanges of a husband and wife when they return from a party and reflect on their flirtations with various guests and the light this casts on the frustrations in their own relationship. Star performers include Georg Nigl, Brigitte Geller and Sonia Visentin.

Charles Munch conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in three rare televised performances from Harvard University in the early 1960s. Featured works include Ravel\'s \'Ma mere l\'oye\' suite, and Debussy\'s \'La mer\' and \'Iberia\'.

The renowned Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich performs Tchaikovsky\'s \'Rococo Variations\' at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall in 1968, with Benjamin Britten conducting. Also included are rare performances of Britten conducting excerpts from his opera \'Gloriana\', with Peter Pears performing \'The Lute Song\'.

Documentary examining the demise of the British rock band The Beatles. Focusing on the second half of the group\'s career following the death of their manager Brian Epstein in 1967, the programme examines the subsequent events that contributed to the eventual break-up of the \'Fab Four\' in 1970.

Sixth volume of films in the documentary series that looks at the work of well-known architects and some of their most renowned creations. The films are \'The Royal Mosque at Isfahan\', \'The Pyramid of Pharoah Djoser at Saqqara\', \'The Philharmonie Luxembourg\', \'The Menier Chocolate Factory\', \'The SAS Royal Hotel\' and \'Saint Pancras Station\'.

Collection of Tchaikovsky\'s symphonies performed by The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live at the Alte Oper Frankfurt in 1991, Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts performances of \'Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13\', \'Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17\', \'Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29\', \'Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36\', \'Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64\' and \'Symphony No. 6 in

Mikko Franck leads the orchestra and chorus of the Finnish National Opera in Kasper Holten\'s production of Korngold\'s opera, recorded live in Helsinki in 2010. The soloists include German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt as Paul, and Camilla Nylund as Marietta.

Angus Jackson directs this live performance of Shakespeare\'s tragedy recorded at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Andrew Woodall plays the role of Caesar as he triumphantly returns to Rome following the war against Pompey. However, with some senators fearing that too much power is held by one man, Caius Cassius Martin Hutson secretly plans to have Caesar assassinated. The cast

Lluis Pasqual\'s powerful production of Mozart\'s Don Giovanni for Madrid\'s Teatro Royal sets this timeless story of sleaze and seduction into the dark world of 1940s Spain. Carlos Alvarez takes the title role Victor Pablo Perez conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid.

Jose Cura and Dmitri Hvorostovsky lead the star cast of Verdi\'s blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky\'s 2002 Royal Opera House production co-produced with Teatro Real Madrid, with sets by the noted Italian film designer Dante Ferretti.

Massimo Zanetti is the conductor for this live performance of Verdi\'s tragic opera, recorded at Teatro Regio di Parma in 2008. An all-star cast includes Francesco Demuro, Leo Nucci, Nino Machaidze and Marco Spotti.

Zubin Mehta conducts the Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus in this performance of Verdi\'s opera. In this 2008 performance, Nina Stemme portrays Leonora with Alastair Miles as her father Il Marchese il Calatrava and Salvatore Licitra as Don Alvaro.

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in this concert featuring selections by Brahms, Wagner and Elgar, recorded live at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, in 2010.

Paul Dugdale directs this documentary which follows legendary British rockers The Rolling Stones as they travel through South America as part of their 2016 tour. Featuring behind the scenes footage and interviews with the band members, the film follows the group as they play a number of sold out shows across the continent before finishing their trip with their historic free concert in Havana, Cuba

Double bill of documentaries about rock legend John Lennon. \'Imagine\' 1988 pieces together the life and musical career of Lennon from his tough childhood in Liverpool to his post-Beatles solo success. Exclusive interviews, archive news footage and performance clips flesh out the story. \'Gimme Some Truth\' 2000 goes behind-the-scenes of the 1971 \'Imagine\' album. Lennon and wife Yoko Ono are shown

Sarah Hicks conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in this performance of film music composed by Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, Sonny Bono and Nino Rota. The concert includes pieces from classic films including \'Taxi Driver\' 1976, \'A Fistful of Dollars\' 1964, \'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly\' 1966 and \'The Godfather\' 1972, among others.

The third volume of a three-part set featuring all of Giuseppe Verdi\'s operas in celebration of the composer\'s bicentenary in 2013. Each performance features its own ten minute introduction. The operas included are \'I Vespri Siciliani\', \'Simon Boccanegra\', \'Un Ballo in Maschera\', \'La Forza del Destino\', \'Don Carlo\', \'Aida\', \'Otello\' and \'Falstaff\'.

David Bickerstaff directs this documentary about Spanish romantic painter Francisco Goya which features location footage and explores the artist\'s best work as well as some of his revealing letters.

Pierre Lacotte directs the Bolshoi Ballet with Cesare Pugni\'s score conducted by Pavel Klinichev and performed by the Bolshoi State Theatre Orchestra. The dancers include Svetlana Zakharova and Ruslan Skvortsov.