The Bremer Barockorchester (Bremen Baroque Orchestra) performs Georg Philipp Telemann‘s Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba in A minor, TWV 52:a1. Soloists: Recorder: Anninka Fohgrub, Viola da Gamba: Lina Manrique. This performance was recorded at “Unser Lieben Frauen Church”, Bremen on March 20, 2021
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Accompanied by the Staatskapelle Dresden (known formally as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden), the Chinese pianist Lang Lang performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
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Accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Julia Fischer performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. This performance was recorded on January 27, 2024, at the Kölner Philharmonie.
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The one and only Maria Callas sings “Pleurez! Pleurez, mes yeux” from Le Cid, an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d’Ennery, Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau. It is based on the play of the same name by Pierre Corneille. This performance was recorded at the Hamburg Music Hall (today’s Laeiszhalle) in 1962 with the then NDR Symphony Orchestra (today’s NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) conducted by Georges Prêtre.
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Accompanied by the American pianist Michael Isador, the great Polish violinist of the 20th century, Henryk Szeryng plays “Rondo” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K.250 (248b), more commonly known as the “Haffner Serenade“.
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One of the best pianists of the 20th century, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 – 12 June 1995) plays Claude Debussy’s Children’s Corner, L. 113, a six-movement suite for solo piano. This performance was recorded in Torino (Turin) in 1962.
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Dutch conductor, pianist, and composer Reinbert de Leeuw (8 September 1938 – 14 February 2020) plays Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes, six piano compositions in the late 19th century. This performance was recorded on May 13, 2018, at the TivoliVredenburg Utrecht.
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Accompanied by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, Leonid Kogan performs Carmen Fantasie, a virtuoso showpiece for violin and orchestra that built upon various themes from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. The piece is part of Franz Waxman’s score for the 1946 movie Humoresque.
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One of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Vladimir Horowitz plays Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23. Chopin completed the piece in 1835 after his move to Paris, where he dedicated it to Baron Nathaniel von Stockhausen, the Hanoverian ambassador to France. This performance was recorded in 1982 in London.
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Legendary Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini (5 January 1942 – 23 March 2024) plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, also known as the Les Adieux sonata.
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