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Conductor Valery Gergiev looks at Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony: A Soviet Artist's Reply to Just Criticism, written at the height of Stalin's purges. Show more
Documentary telling the story of swing, an obscure form of jazz that became the first worldwide pop phenomenon and inspired the first ever youth culture revolution. Show more
Compilation of BBC performances of the Great American Songbook tracks, featuring Shirley Bassey, Jamie Cullum, Bryan Ferry, Captain Sensible, Kirsty MacColl and Florence Welch. Show more
Arena profiles crooner Frank Sinatra, acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, from his early family background to overwhelming showbusiness success. Show more
Documentary telling the story of swing, an obscure form of jazz that became the first worldwide pop phenomenon and inspired the first ever youth culture revolution. Show more
Conductor Valery Gergiev looks at Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony: A Soviet Artist's Reply to Just Criticism, written at the height of Stalin's purges. Show more
