Conducted by Günter Wand, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performs Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. This performance was recorded in 1997 at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Kiel.
Accompanied by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Spanish violinist María Dueñas performs German Romantic era composer Max Bruch’s (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, one of the most popular violin…
Conducted by Duncan Ward, the Philharmonie Zuidnederland (South Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra) performs Antonín Dvořák‘s Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163. This performance was recorded during the Sunday Morning Concert on September 3, 2023, at the Concertgebouw…
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Accompanied by the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, a preeminent Soviet violinist of the 20th century, Leonid Kogan performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine. Encore: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from the…
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Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Julia Fischer performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. This performance was recorded on September 22, 2023, at the Alte Oper Frankfurt.
Alexis Droy performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 on the organ built by Joseph Merklin (17 February 1819 – 10 July 1905). This performance was recorded on May 10, 2015, at the Moulins Cathedral.
Accompanied by the San Francisco-based Early Music ensemble Voices of Music, soprano Anna Dennis sings Fairest Isle from Henry Purcell’s semi-opera King Arthur (z628), which premiered in 1691. This performance was recorded during the ensemble’s “The Great Poets” concert in…
Slovak operatic soprano Lucia Popp sings “Song to the Moon”, a renowned and exquisite aria from Antonín Dvořák’s 1901 opera “Rusalka”. This performance was recorded in 1980 during the re-opening of the Zurich Opera House.
Conducted by Bas Wiegers, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra) performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, an orchestral suite in three movements. Completed in 1940, it is Rachmaninoff’s last composition. Recorded on March 17, 2023, at the…
Hilary Hahn (18 years old at the time of performance) delivers a sublime rendition of the Siciliano from the Flute Sonata in E-flat, BWV 1031, by Johann Sebastian Bach, accompanied by the great Lithuanian pianist Andrius Žlabys. This performance took…
Accompanied by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra), French virtuoso violinist René-Charles “Zino” Francescatti performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61. Conductor: Jean Fournet. This performance was recorded on May 13, 1973.
Conducted by Lorenzo Viotti, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‘s symphonic poem The Tempest, Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18. Recorded during an AVROTROS Friday concert on October 20, 2023, at the Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht.