Decca 0741509: William Walton - At the Haunted End of the Day - This award winning South Bank Show film from 1981, directed by Tony Palmer, is a revealing and moving portrait of the great composer. Supported by archive material, extracts from many of his works and interviews with Lady Susana Walton, Lord Olivier, and Sacheverell Sitwell, Walton reflects on his journey from Oldham in Lancashire to his island home on Ischia in Italy where he was to die in 1983. Performers include, Julian Bream, Ioma Brown, Yvonne Kenny, Ralph Kirschbaum, Yehudi Menuhin, Simon Preston, John Shirley-Quirk, Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Rattle (All regions/NTSC)	£19.00
		Decca 0711539: The Golden Ring - The legendary 1965 BBC film, directed by Humphrey Burton, on the pioneering recording by Sir Georg Solti of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Filmed during the recording of Gotterdammerung in the Sofiensalle with the Vienna Philharmonic, it features performances by the great Wagner singers Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. The disc also includes over an hour of audio excerpts from Solti's Ring in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. (All Regions/NTSC)	£19.00
		Deutsche Grammophon 0730439: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Hildegard Behrens, Mari Anne Haggander, Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Matti Salminen, New York Metropolitan Opera, James Levine (7 discs - All Regions/NTSC)	£89.99
		Deutsche Grammophon 0730439: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (each opera also available separately): Siegfried û (2 discs - All Regions/NTSC)	£27.00
		Deutsche Grammophon 0730439: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (each opera also available separately): Das Rheingold û (1 disc - All Regions/NTSC)	£23.00
		Deutsche Grammophon 0730439: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (each opera also available separately): Die Walkure û (2 discs - All Regions/NTSC)	£27.00
		Deutsche Grammophon 0730439: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (each opera also available separately): Gotterdammerung û (2 discs - All Regions/NTSC)	£27.00
		BFI VD524: Ken Russell's Elgar - made for the BBC's Monitor series and first shown on 11 November 1962. Ken Russell's film is remarkable for its sensitive portrait of the rise of a young musician from a relatively poor background to international fame. The film was also groundbreaking, in that for the first time the BBC relaxed its taboo on using actors in factual films, although Russell was only allowed to use actors if they appeared in long shot and spoke no dialogue. The black and white film is evocative, visually superb and true to the elegiac nobility of Elgar's music. This DVD features a commentary on the film by Michael Kennedy and Ken Russell, footage of Elgar at the Three Choirs Festivals, a live recording of Land of Hope and Glory, which celebrated the opening of Abbey Road studios in 1931, a stills gallery and director's biography. (All Regions/PAL)	£19.99
		BFI VD518: Delius - Song of Summer - A Film by Ken Russell - Perhaps the finest of the series of biographical films that Ken Russell made for the BBC in the 1960's, Song of Summer is an immensely moving story of sacrifice, idealism and musical genius. Based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir Delius as I knew him, and co-scripted by Russell with Fenby himself, it traces the last years of the composer Frederick Delius and Fenby's dedication in giving up five years of his life to helping the blind, paralysed composer set down the unfinished scores he could hear in his head. There are terrific performances from Max Adrian as the monstrous, tyrannical, tormented Delius, Maureen Pryor as his devoted, long-suffering wife Jelka, and Christopher Gable (remarkably, in his first screen acting role) as the shy, intense, talented young composer thrust into this strange household. This DVD features a commentary on the film by Ken Russell and an on-screen biography. (Region 2/PAL)	£19.99
		BFI VD538: Michael Nyman's Man With a Movie Camera - A silent film by Dziga Vertov (USSR 1929) with a specially commissioned score by Michael Nyman, performed by the Michael Nyman Band - an extraordinary piece of filmmaking, a montage of urban Russian life showing the people of the city at work and at play and the machines that keep the city going. It was Vertov's first full-length film, and he used all the cinematic techniques at his disposal - dissolves, split screen, slow motion and freeze-frames - to produce a work that is exhilarating and intellectually brilliant. Michael Nyman's music has reached its largest audience by way of his film scores. Key to the Stalinist 1920s period, Dziga Vertov's extraordinary film Man with a Movie Camera documents the full spectrum of Soviet urban life with dazzling inventiveness. It was Vertov's formal inventiveness and energetic lyricism which inspired Nyman to create his new score for this radical experiment of the Soviet cinematic avant-garde. (Region 2/PAL)	£15.99
		4901109: Igor Markevitch conductor: Wagner - Tannhauser Overture; Tristan & Isolde û Prelude and Liebestod; Shostakovich - Symphony No.1; Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms - French National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch; Stravinsky - LÆOiseau de Feu - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901129: Herbert von Karajan conductor: Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan; Berlioz - Le Corsaire Overture - Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901149: Carlo Maria Giulini conductor: Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition; Mozart - Symphony No.40 in G minor K550; Falla - El Sombrero de tres picos; Verdi - I Vespri siciliani Overture Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini; Rossini - Semiramide Overture - La Scala Orchestra, Guido Cantelli (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901169: Nathan Milstein violin: Mozart - Adagio in E major K261; Rondo in C major K373; Violin Concerto K219 (1st Movement); Paganini - Caprice in C major, Caprice in A min., Paganiniana; Falla - Jota Asturiana; Novacek - Perpetuum mobile; Brahms - Violin Concerto (Finale); Beethoven - Sonata for Piano and Violin op.47 (1st & 3rd Mvts); Bach - Partitas No.2 & No.3; Kreisler - Preghiera on a theme of Padre Martini, Schon Rosmarin - Nathan Milstein violin; orchestra, Norman del Mar; Ernest Lush and Georges Pludermacher pianos and Mischa Elman & Joseph Ziegler (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901189: Teresa Berganza mezzo: songs and arias by Falla, Montsalvatge, Obradors, Guridi, Schubert, Donizetti, Mozart, Rossini - Teresa Berganza mezzo; Gerald Moore and Felix Lavilla pianos; French National Radio Orchestra, Eugen Jochum, Serge Baudo; Gerald Moore Introduces Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Julius Patzak, Hans Hotter and Christa Ludwig in lieder by Schubert, Strauss, Schumann and Wolf (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901209: Mstislav Rostropovich cello: Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No.1; Prokofiev - Sinfonia Concertante; Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death - Mstislav Rostropovich cello; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, Okku Kamu and Galina Vishnevskaya soprano (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901229: Alfred Brendel piano: Beethoven - Piano Sonata op.106 'Hammerklavier'; Bagatelles op.126/2 & 3 - Alfred Brendel piano; Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy - Julius Katchen piano (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901249: Andre Cluytens conductor and Emil Gilels piano: Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe 2nd Suite; Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition; Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No.3 - Emil Gilels piano; French National Radio Orchestra, Andre Cluytens (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4901279: Glenn Gould piano: The Alchemist - a film by Bruno Monsaingeon (Toronto 1974) - music by Schoenberg, Gibbons, Byrd, Webern, Berg and Bach; The Piano Revealed on Film: Trials with Glenn Gould (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904379: Samson Francois piano: Ravel - Concerto for Piano Left-hand; Grieg - Piano Concerto (conductor Louis Fremaux); Maurizio Pollini piano: Chopin - 3 Preludes (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904399: Henryk Szeryng violin: Brahms - Violin Concerto (conductor Paul Paray); music for violin and piano by Bach, Bartok, Brahms, Debussy, Kreisler, Leclair, Locatelli, Novacek, Ravel & Suk (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904419: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano: Strauss - Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier (conductor Charles Mackerras); Irmgard Seefried soprano: Strauss 5 Lieder; Mahler - 3 Lieder; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone: Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Schubert - 4 Lieder (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904439: Christian Ferras violin: Sibelius & Stravinsky - Violin Concertos; works for violin & piano by Bach, Dinicu, Faure, Franck & Stravinsky; Zino Francescatti violin: Mozart - Violin Concerto K218 (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904459: Artur Grumiaux violin: Beethoven & Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos; Bach - Sarabande & Chaconne; Paganini - Caprice No.14; Bloch - Nigun; Ivry Gitlis violin: Saint-Saens - Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904479: Wilhelm Kempff piano: Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Op.27/2, 31/2 & 90; Schumann - Arabesque; Davidbundlertanze; Papillons; Dino Ciani piano: Schumann - Novelette Op.21/1; Bartok - Nocturne (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904499: David Oistrakh violin: Bach - Double Concerto (with Yehudi Menuhin); Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante (with Igor Oistrakh); Brahms - Double Concerto (with Mstislav Rostropovich); Mstislav Rostropovich cello: Bach - Bouree (from suite No.3) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4904519: Yehudi Menuhin violin: Schubert - Piano Trio No.1 (with Hephzibah Menuhin & Maurice Gendron); Bartok - Contrasts (with Jeremy Menuhin & Thea King); Violin Sonatas by Bartok, Enescu & Franck (with Hephzibah Menuhin); Hephzibah Menuhin piano: Mendelssohn - Variations serieuses (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4906819: Georges Cziffra piano: Chopin - Polonaise in A flat op.53, Scherzo op.31, Impromptu op.51; Liszt - Gnomenreigen; Valse-impromptu; Grand Galop Chromatique; Franck - Symphonic Variations; Benno Moiseiwitsch piano - Wagner/Liszt - Tannhauser Overture (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4907639: Maria Callas soprano: Full length documentary of Lord Harewood in conversation - Paris 1968; arias by Massenet, Bellini and Puccini (French National Radio Orchestra - 1965) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928349: Leonid Kogan violin: Handel - Violin Sonata HWV373; Debussy - Beau soir; Shostakovich - 4 Preludes from Op.34; Beethoven - Violin Concerto; Bach - Partita BWV1004; Leclair - Sonata for 2 Violins Op.3/3; Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.17; Paganini - Cantabile; Falla - Suite populaire espagnole - with French National Radio Orchestra, Louis de Froment; Andrei Mytnik and Naum Walter pianos; Elizaveta Gilels-Kogan 2nd violin (recorded 1962 - 1968) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928389: Claudio Arrau piano: Schumann - Piano Concerto (London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Hurst); Carnaval; Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.111; Solomon piano: Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.57 'Appassionata' (recorded 1956 - 1963) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928409: Jascha Heifetz violin: Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto 1st movement; Debussy - Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Dinicu - Hora staccato (Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Donald Voorhees); Artur Rubinstein piano: Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 (London Philharmonic orchestra, Antal Dorati); Chopin - Heroic Polonaise; Gregor Piatigorsky cello: Walton - Cello Concerto (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent) (recorded 1949 - 1968) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928429: Leopold Stokowski conductor: Beethoven - Symphony No.5; Schubert - Symphony No.8 (London Philharmonic Orchestra); Wagner - Prelude Act 1 of Die Meistersinger; Debussy - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (London Symphony Orchestra); Pierre Monteux conductor: Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice (London Symphony Orchestra (recorded 1961 - 1972) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928449: Yehudi Menuhin violin: Beethoven - Violin Concerto (London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis); Romance Op.50 (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult); Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1 (Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay); Mozart - Violin Concerto No.3 (French National Radio Chamber Orchestra) (recordings 1962 - 1966) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928469: Regine Crespin soprano: Songs and Arias by Berlioz, Schumann, Schubert, Faure, Roussel, Duparc, Poulenc & Brahms - with French National Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Claude Hartemann; Christian Ivaldi & Janine Reiss pianos; Denise Duval soprano: Songs and arias by Poulenc - with Francis Poulenc piano (recorded 1961 - 1972) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		4928489: Mstislav Rostropovich cello and Sviatoslav Richter piano: Beethoven - Cello Sonatas Op.5/1 & 2, Op.69, Op.102/1 & 2; Mendelssohn - Variations serieuses (recorded 1964 & 1966) (All Regions/PAL)	£15.99
		EMI 5991599: Bach - The Six Cello Suites - Mstislav Rostropovich cello (2 discs - All Regions/PAL)	£21.99
		Philips 0750899: Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov (complete 1872 version) - The ROH Covent Garden production directed by Stephen Lawless and filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1990 by Humphrey Burton. Robert Lloyd, Alexei Steblianko, Olga Borodina, Sergei Leiferkus, Kirov Opera, Valery Gergiev (2 discs - All Regions/NTSC)	£27.00
		TDK DV-OPLBH: Offenbach - La Belle Helene - The Laurent Pelly production filmed at the Theatre Music de Paris, Chatelet, in 2000. Dame Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron, Michel Senechal, Laurent Naouri, Francois Le Roux, Choeur du Chatelet, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (Region 2/PAL)	£26.50
		Columbia Tristar CDR10530: Bizet - Carmen - film by Francesco Rosi. Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham, Radio-France Choir, Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel (Region 2/PAL)	£14.99
		NVC Arts 8573837802: Schubert - Winterreise - Ian Bostridge tenor with Julius Drake piano. Complete performance in David Alden's dramatisation of Schubert's terrifying and deeply moving portrayal of human desolation. Plus 50 min. documentary Over the Top with Franz illuminating the difficulties of bringing Winterreise to the screen. Focusing on the developing relationships of the artists, from the rehersal to final day of filming, this is a rare and humerous insight into the collaborative process. (Region 2-6/PAL)	£26.50
		NVC Arts 0630169132: Britten - Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Norman Bailey, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (Region 0/NTSC)	£21.50
		NVC Arts 063014040162: Janacek - The Makropoulos Affair - Anja Silja, Kim Begley, Anthony Roden, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (Region 0/NTSC)	£21.50
		Warner Vision 0630169132: Britten - Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Norman Bailey, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis (Regions 2-6/PAL)	£21.50
		MGM 15930DVD: Bernstein - West Side Story - film by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Garnering a total of ten Academy Awards in 1961, West Side Story set a brilliant standard for movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Leonard Bernstein's unforgettable score and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics combine with Jerome Robbin's exuberant choreography to create a transcendent fusion of realism and fantasy. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris and conducted by Johnny Green. (All Regions/PAL)	£12.99
		Arthaus 100382/100383: Britten - Peter Grimes - Philip Langridge; Janice Cairns, Alan Opie, Ann Howard, Andrew Greenan, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton (Regions 2-8/PAL)	£26.50
		Arthaus 100382/100383: Britten - Peter Grimes - Philip Langridge; Janice Cairns, Alan Opie, Ann Howard, Andrew Greenan, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton (Region 1/NTSC)	£26.50
		VAI 4238: Rosalyn Tureck at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires on 14 August 1992 and in the Teatro il Sistina, Rome on 10 March 1996. Music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bach-Busoni and Brahms - Rosalyn Tureck piano	£24.00