Isabelle Faust (violin), Sol Gabetta (Cello), and Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) perform Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 929, one of the last compositions completed by the composer. This performance was recorded at the Solsberg Festival 2021.
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Schumann: Piano Concerto [Martha Argerich, Zubin Mehta]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. This performance was recorded at the Wiener Musikverein, Goldener Saal on September 18, 2022.
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata [Božo Paradžik, Mira Wollmann]
Božo Paradžik (double bass) and Mira Wollmann (piano) perform Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, also known as the “Arpeggione Sonata”. The sonata is originally written for arpeggione, a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass …
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C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22 [Andras Adorján, Bach Collegium München]
Accompanied by the Bach Collegium München, the Hungarian-born Dutch flutist Andras Adorján performs Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Recorded in 1998, this is regarded as one of the most reputed performances of the piece.
Chopin: Minute Waltz [Marc-André Hamelin]
Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, sometimes known as “Valse du petit chien” (French for “Waltz of the puppy”), and popularly known in English as the Minute Waltz.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Marios Papadopoulos]
Accompanied by the Pan-European Philharmonia, the Cypriot-born British pianist Marios Papadopoulos performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15. Conductor: Peter Tiboris. Recorded at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio on March 23, 2023. Encore: Für Elise.
Vivaldi: Salve Regina [Delphine Galou, Accademia Bizantina]
Accompanied by the early music ensemble Accademia Bizantina, French contralto Delphine Galou sings Antonio Vivaldi’s “Salve Regina, RV 618“, a sacred motet composed around 1720. This performance was recorded at the Rocchetta Mattei, a fortress located on the Northern Apennine Mountains, on a hill that is 407 meters (1,335 feet) above sea level, in the …
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Bach: Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 [Marten Root, Netherlands Bach Society]
One of the Netherlands Bach Society musicians, the Dutch flautist Marten Root performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013. Root performs on a traverso built by Fridtjof Aurin after Pierre Naust, ca. 1700. This performance was recorded for the project All of Bach on November 28, 2015, at the Oude Dorpskerk, …
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 [Pan-European Philharmonia, Peter Tiboris]
Conducted by Peter Tiboris, the Pan-European Philharmonia performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. This performance was recorded at the Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio on April 18, 2019.
Debussy: Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140 [Spruit, Cai]
Dutch musicians violinist Charlotte Spruit and pianist Yang Yang Cai perform Claude Debussy‘s Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140.