Accompanied by the Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim plays Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. This performance was recorded at the Philharmonie Berlin in 2014.
Accompanied by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Chinese pianist Yuja Wang plays Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. This performance was recorded at the Tokyo NHK Hall on November 22,…
A long-lost waltz by the great Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin has been unearthed in the Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan, sparking widespread enthusiasm in the classical music community. Robinson McClellan, while examining a collection of cultural artifacts,…
Conducted by Jordi Savall, an orchestra performing on period instruments, Le Concert des Nations performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the “Pastoral Symphony”. This performance was recorded at the Philharmonie de…
Accompanied by the SWR Symphonieorchester (Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra), the French violinist Renaud Capuçon performs Richard Strauss’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8. Conductor: Eva Ollikainen. This performance was recorded at the Liederhalle Stuttgart on 19 July 2024.
Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro (English: The Golden Apple), the Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński sings Baroque arias. The program, entitled “Facce d’Amore” includes 8 world premieres and recorded on July 21, 2021, at the…
Accompanied by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs German Romantic era composer Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, one of the most popular violin concertos in the classical repertoire. Conductor: Daniele…
Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (the Harmonious Garden), the great Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli sings “Ombra mai fu”, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse (Xerxes) by George Frideric Händel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
Turkish pianist İlyun Bürkev plays Frédéric Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39. This performance was recorded at the Musikakademie in Liechtenstein in April 2024, when Bürkev was 16 years old.
The great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and the French violinist Renaud Capuçon perform the French romantic composer César Franck’s Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano. This performance was recorded on June 25, 2020.
Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (popularly known as the Appassionata, meaning “passionate” in Italian), one of the composer’s greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas. This performance was…
Conducted by Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), the Israeli Baroque ensemble Barrocada plays Georg Philipp Telemann‘s Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba in A minor, TWV 52:a1. Soloists: Shai Kribus, recorder; Amit Tiefenbrunn, viola da gamba.