From Ignaz Jan Paderewski in 1936 to Claudio Arrau in 1970, The Art of Piano features some of the most fascinating material, historically and musically, from the world's film and television archives.

Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable.

This newly revised version of Ballet Favorites features stunning excerpts from the world's most famous ballets. This spectacular compilation showcases the talent of many of the greatest dancers of recent years, filmed at the world's leading venues, and showcases the remarkable athleticism of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Wayne Eagling as well as the beauty and elegance of Irina Kolpakova, Darcey Bussell and many others. Cast & Crew Mikhail Baryshnikov Wayne Eagling Irina Kolpakova Darcey Bussell Yulia Makhalina Igor Zelensky Brian Shaw Lesley Collier Anthony Dowell Galina Mezentseva Konstantin Zaklinsky Irina Kolpakova Alessandra Ferri Jonathan Cope Cynthia Harvey Igor Zelensky Composed by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conducted by: Viktor Fedotov

This film is a vivid portrait that takes you through his life and turbulent years, spoken by the great man himself.

Birmingham Royal Ballet's award-winning chief choreographer, David Bintley, creates his own stunning new Cinderella fairy story, returning to the essence of the 17th-century original.

Birmingham Royal Ballet's award-winning chief choreographer, David Bintley, creates his own stunning new Cinderella fairy story, returning to the essence of the 17th-century original.

Two hundred years after Darwin's birth and 150 years after the publication of his famous book 'On the Origin of Species', this German-Australian-French Docudrama reconstructs the naturalist's voyage around the world and asks contemporary scientists why his ideas still play a part in science today.

Ernest Hemingway was a thrill-seeker eager for exoticism. He would womanize, hunt lions in Africa, was a Literature Nobel Prize winning author, supported the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War and reported on the D-Day invasion in Normandy. But he would always return to his sole home port in Cuba, the Finca, where the rudder of his boat, Pilar, is displayed. This insightful program visits Hemingway's favorite places in Havana, the bars Floridita and the Bodeguita del Medio, and the hotel Ambos Mundos where he used to rent a room.

In the film adaptation of Steven Rivera's brilliant script 'Douglas MacArthur: Return to Corregidor' Gary Saderup brings his acting prowess to bear in creating a sensitive portrait of the legendary American general.

In this thoughtful, provoking, humorous and human portrayal of Albert Einstein we discover not only the man who transformed our conception of the universe, but also the best parts of ourselves.

Oscar nominee and Emmy-winner Alfre Woodard and Lynn Whitfield celebrate in song, poetry and dance their strength, beauty and enormous capacity for love. This explosive, vivid "choreopoem" illuminates the story and struggle of black women in America. The seven women comprising the cast, including author Ntozake Shange, share with the viewer their exuberance for life and their ability to begin again, no matter how ridiculous the odds.

The man from the Tuscan village of Vinci is regarded as the universal genius of the Renaissance, although he only completed a few works. He was an architect and engineer, yet there is not a single building based on his plans, he was a sculptor, yet virtually none of his sculptures are extant. And only a few portraits and frescoes testify to the brilliance of the painter Leonardo.

Princes and popes courted him and quarreled over him: the brilliant sculptor, painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance - Michelangelo Buonarotti.

Paul Cezanne revolutionized art. He made painting an end in itself, maintained that art was a harmony in parallel with nature. Born in Aix-en Provence in the south of France in 1839, he is revered now, but it was not always so. It was the surrounding countryside that served as part of the inspiration for his colorful palettes. He used glasses and fruits in still life paintings to capture the precision of shapes. Form and color were fused together. Many of his paintings were often panned critically, but were appreciated more in his later years. This is the story of one of Modern Painting's most influential artists.

This informative and entertaining program also showcases Turner's many journeys: he was travelling almost incessantly his entire life. Of great importance for his artistic development was the then obligatory tour of Italy. Who was this painter, whose later pictures developed an artistic freedom which increasingly liberated itself from the prevailing style? This program seeks answers to this question at original sites in London, Venice and Rome and tries to portray the psychological suspense of an art which, in its radicalism, was far ahead of its time.

The four-part series - The Germanic Tribes" shows the rise of the tribes of the North from a primitive culture on the fringe of Europe to becoming the heirs of the Roman Empire.

Selected masterpieces of Greek sculpture cast light upon the three great Epochs - the Archaic period, the Classical period and Hellenism.

A Chronicle of History, Romance and Scandals.

The award-winning series I Caesar takes a fascinating look at the public and private lives of six key men who ruled the Roman Empire.

It s a swingin time in Tampa as the world of jazz honors it s legends at the International Jazz Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremonies for 1996. Multi-talented entertainer Steve Allen hosts an evening of tributes and performances with honorees Al Grey, Illinois Jacquet, Rosemary Clooney, Lou Donaldson, Harry Sweets Edison, Frank Foster, Ray Brown, James Moody, and Lionel Hampton. Joining them as presenters and featured performers are Dorothy Donegan, Wynton Marsalis, Al Jarreau, Junior Mance, Grady Tate, Jimmy McGriff, and the Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Grover Mitchell.