Inspirational women of classical music (42)

Martha Argerich plays Schumann, Piano Concerto

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly

• Gewandhaus Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)

Yuja Wang performs Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, and Prokofiev

Verbier Festival 2010

Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium

A documentary on female conductors

Vladimir Jurowski and Hélène Grimaud perform Strauss and Ravel

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Gulbenkian Choir

Handel's Hercules

William Christie, Luc Bondy – With William Shimell (Hercules) and Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira)

I'm a Creative Animal

A Portrait of Barbara Hannigan

Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim perform Russian Songs

Songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky

• Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

Khatia Buniatishvili plays Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky

Verbier Festival 2011

Maria Callas sings two recitals in Paris

In 1965 and 1958

• Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France)
• Palais Garnier (Paris, France)

Mozart's The Magic Flute

Riccardo Muti, Pierre Audi – With Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night) and René Pape (Sarastro)...

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Ralph Vaughan Williams, Antonín Dvořák and Ludwig van Beethoven

Europakonzert 2013, Prague

• Spanish Hall at Prague Castle (Prague, Czech Republic)

Puccini's La Bohème

Jesús López Cobos, Giancarlo del Monaco – Inva Mula (Mimi), Laura Giordano (Musetta) – Teatro Real Madrid

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Anoushka Shankar: Traveller

Gypsy music from India to Spain

• Festival de Músiques Religioses i del Món de Girona (Girona, Spain)

Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel, Mozart, Bartók, Debussy – With Maria João Pires

Europakonzert 2003, Lisbon

• Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Lisbon, Portugal)

Claudio Abbado conducts R. Strauss and Wagner – With Renée Fleming, Violeta Urmana, René Pape...

2004 Lucerne Festival Opening Concert

The finest Russian musicians gathered around Yuri Temirkanov and Anna Netrebko

2003 St. Petersburg Gala, celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city

• Grand Hall of the Saint. Petersburg Philharmonia (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Neeme Järvi: One Thousand and One Nights – With Janine Jansen

Waldbühne 2006: Sheherazade, An Oriental Night – Berliner Philharmoniker

• Berlin Waldbühne (Berlin, Germany)

Bellini's La Sonnambula

Evelino Pidò, Marco Arturo Marelli – Natalie Dessay (Amina), Javier Camarena (Elvino) – Opéra Bastille

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Paolo Arrivabeni, Jean-Louis Grinda – With Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Patrizia Ciofi (Donna Anna), Sonya Yoncheva (Donna Elvira)...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier

London Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Katia and Marielle Labèque play Bach with Il Giardino Armonico

Musikverein Wien

• Wiener Musikverein (Vienna, Austria)

Sol Gabetta plays Haydn and Vasks

Kammerorchester Basel – Camerata Vocale Freiburg

Homage to Montserrat Figueras

Portrait of the singer Montserrat Figueras

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Müller-Schott and André Previn play Mozart's trios

At the Teatro Bibiena in Mantua

• Teatro Bibiena (Mantua, Italy)

Brigitte Engerer and Jean-Yves Clément : Chopin's Nocturnes

Nuits de l'âme – Literary concert

• Théâtre du Beauvaisis (Beauvais, France)

Julia Varady

Gesang als passion

Anne Sofie von Otter and Marc Minkowski perform Canteloube and Mozart

Verbier Festival 2010

Jacqueline Du Pré and the Elgar Cello Concerto

A film by Christopher Nupen