Accompanied by Sam Brown on lute, soprano Angela Hicks sings Flow, My Tears (Lachrimae), a lute song (specifically, an “ayre”) by the Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer John Dowland (1563 – buried 20 February 1626).
When we hear the word recorder today, most of us think of a simple wooden or plastic flute – or of recording audio. But the name of this wind instrument has nothing to do with capturing sound in the modern…
Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz plays Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. Conductor: Zubin Mehta, another legend. This 1978 recording is the last ever of Horowitz playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto…
Accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich. This performance was recorded on October 18, 1998, for a tribute concert to Sir Georg Solti…
The legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Lamento di Federico, a famous aria from Act II of the opera L’arlesiana by Francesco Cilea. This performance was recorded during a concert at New York’s Central Park on June 28, 1993. New…
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Conducted by Carlos Kleiber, widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time, the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, also known as the Linz Symphony. This performance…
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Lang Lang plays Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. This performance was recorded at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna on June 28, 2008.
Accompanied by the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Turkish violinist Deniz Şensoy 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…
German pianist, teacher, and composer Wilhelm Kempff plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano sonatas No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, nicknamed the “Moonlight Sonata”, and No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90, nicknamed “Les…
A coda in music is a concluding section at the end of a piece or a movement that serves to bring the work to a close. The word coda comes from the Italian word for “tail,” and it acts as…
A cadenza in music is a virtuosic passage, typically appearing near the end of a concerto movement, where the soloist performs a dazzling, improvised, or pre-composed display of technical skill and musical expression. Originally improvised, cadenzas allow performers to showcase…
Tema con Variazioni (Italian for “Theme with Variations”) is a musical form in which a composer presents a main melody or theme and then creates a series of variations based on that theme. Each variation alters the theme in some…