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Aaron Copland, Fanfare for America

Aaron Copland, Fanfare for America ($FREE)

The cinematic approach of this profile of Copland (1900-90) gives it great style and visual appeal. The programme looks at how a sassy New Yorker of Russian-Jewish background came to write the infectious and accessible music that established a distinctive American idiom. Hugh Wolff, a leading exponent of his music, conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in passages from some of the composer's most famous works.

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Dur: 00:58:30

Akira Imai: Contemporary Japanese Piano Music

Akira Imai: Contemporary Japanese Piano Music ($FREE)

In this live concert recording Imai performs works by contemporary Japanese composers: Makoto Moroi, Mutsuo Shishido, Akira Miyoshi, Michio Mamiya and Akio Yashiro.

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Dur: 00:47:42

Alexander Scriabin: Towards the Light

Alexander Scriabin: Towards the Light ($FREE)

A documentary on the unconventional life and ground-breaking music of the Russian pianist and composer sheds light on the mystical ideas which inspired him. Contributions from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Horowitz, Mikhail Pletnev and Scriabin's daughter.

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Dur: 00:58:16

All The Russias: 1. The Little Birch Tree

All The Russias: 1. The Little Birch Tree ($FREE)

Russians have always espoused village life. The first programme evokes Russia's rural heart and searches for the origins of the Russian folk-song that is at the core of all her music.

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Dur: 00:58:50

All The Russias: 2. Holy Mother Russia

All The Russias: 2. Holy Mother Russia ($FREE)

Russia is at once devoutly Christian and deeply pagan. Programme Two shows how the obsession with things spiritual is in all Russian music.

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Dur: 00:58:43

All The Russias: 3. Devils

All The Russias: 3. Devils ($FREE)

Russia's whole history has been marked by cycles of bloodshed and especially by the torturing and killing of its own people. Programme Four investigates, musically and visually, the legacy of tyranny.

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Dur: 00:58:11

All the Russias: 4. Once Upon A Time

All the Russias: 4. Once Upon A Time ($FREE)

This programme looks at one of the archetypal forms of Russian culture, the fairy-tale. An essential part of Russian childhood, these stories with their princesses, heroes and magical characters are also the inspiration of many of the great Russian ballets, operas, symphonic poems and piano works.

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Dur: 00:56:29

All The Russias: 5. Looking East, Looking West

All The Russias: 5. Looking East, Looking West ($FREE)

Throughout Russian history there has been a love/hate relationship with her neighbours. This final programme in the series travels from the edge of the one-time empire to the heart of Russia.

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Dur: 00:58:22

Arvo Part:Te Deum

Arvo Part:Te Deum ($FREE)

This performance of his luminously beautiful Te Deum is given by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.

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Dur: 00:56:10

Bavarian Radio Choir: Sacred Songs

Bavarian Radio Choir: Sacred Songs ($FREE)

The Bayerischer Rundfunk Choir, conducted by Michael Gläser, sings Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Reger, Messaien, and Bach, in a specially-staged performance at the Benedictine Abbey at Plankstetten.

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Dur: 00:25:19

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido!

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido! ($FREE)

This performance of Beethoven's most famous concert aria, recorded in southern Germany's Amanduskirsche, features soprano Alison Hargan and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti.

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Dur: 00:14:34

Beethoven: Choral Fantasia

Beethoven: Choral Fantasia ($FREE)

This live recording features pianist Gerhard Oppitz and the Südfunk Choir, with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti.

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Dur: 00:20:42

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