Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players return with an outstanding recording of Handel's great oratorio Saul. Featuring superb performances by Neal Davies, Andreas Scholl and Mark Padmore  .

There is no question that one name that does spring to mind in opera singing is that of Kiri Te Kanawa. This 2CD portrait offers a glimpse at the huge breadth of repertory she has performed.

Puccini Discoveries includes Berio's version of the finale to Turandot which was not completed before the composer's death in 1924.

 The motto of the 2004 concert is 'Johann Strauss the Father and his Sons'. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by maestro Riccardo Muti, a conductor who has been closely associated with the orchestra for three decades.

English renaissance ballad tunes for the lute written by John Dowland and his contemporaries, performed by the foremost exponent of the instrument, Nigel North..

Kenneth Leighton's distinctive compositional voice is characterised by rich, lush harmonies, subtle dissonance, rhythmic energy angular lyricism. Pithy thematic ideas and syncopated rhythms are allied to a brilliant mastery of counterpoint and a unique sense of melody.