Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the French violinist Renaud Capuçon performs Maurice Ravel‘s Tzigane, a rhapsodic composition that was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányi (1893-1966). Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. This performance was recorded on…
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Accompanied by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Spanish classical guitarist Narciso Yepes performs Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez on his 10-string guitar. Conductor: Yevgeny Svetlanov. Also known as “Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto”, the piece is perhaps the most popular guitar…
Accompanied by the Millennium Symphony Orchestra, the South Korean cellist Yoon-Kyung Cho performs Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191, the last solo concerto of the Czech composer. Conductor: Young Sun Choi. This performance was recorded…
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Conducted by Sir Mark Elder, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, and Groot Omroepkoor (Netherlands Radio Choir) perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region, a setting for chorus and orchestra of a poem by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892), from…
Conducted by James Gaffigan, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra performs Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (L. 86), known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, a symphonic poem for orchestra. This performance was recorded during…
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Fra poco a me ricovero, a tenor aria from Lucia di Lammermoor, a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Recorded during the 1990 FIFA World Cup presentation concert…
Conducted by Krzysztof Urbański, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest performs Bedřich Smetana’s famous symphonic poem “Vltava”, also known by its English name “The Moldau”. Recorded during the Sunday Morning Concert of April 2, 2017, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Austrian pianist and violinist Sophie Druml plays Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52. Recorded on November 20, 2017.
Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the American virtuoso violinist David Nadien plays the “Pas de deux” violin solo from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
The great American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Because”, a song with music and lyrics by the French composer Guy d’Hardelot (1858-1936) and English lyrics by the English lyricist Edward Teschemacher (1876-1940), originally published in…
Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude Op. 28, No. 15, known as the “Raindrop” prelude, one of the 24 Chopin preludes, and it stands out as one of his most renowned works.
Accompanied by the Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra), the Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042. Jansen also conducts the orchestra.