Medici Arts (Firm)

"Among the treasures rediscovered in the BBC archives are two recitals by the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf that were filmed in 1961 and 1970, when she was at the very peak of her powers and was partnered by a pianist who was without doubt the greatest accompanist of the 20th century: Gerald Moore. These two recitals allow us to re-encounter Schwarzkopf in her favourite repertory. Her anthology of German lieder takes us on a journey through the imaginative...

"In Leonard Bernstein - reflections, he discusses his Boston childhood, his musical growth at Harvard and the Curtis Institute and the influence of great masters like Reiner, Mitropoulos and Koussevitzky. He shares his feelings on the primacy of tonal music and speculates on the nature of the creative process."

"The great Israeli-born violinist Itzhak Perlman has already left a huge number of sound recordings of his interpretations, but it adds an extra dimension to be able to watch him execute, for instance, the brilliant spiccato bowing in Saint-Saens's Introduction et rondo capriccioso. A master of the French style through his teacher Ivan Galamian, Perlman at 25 is seen in the first full flush of his talent. Ten years later the mature soloist shows his...