French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and the Hungarian soprano Emőke Baráth sing the early Baroque era composer Francesco Cavalli‘s (14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) beautiful aria “O luci belle” from Eritrea, an opera in three acts. The libretto is…
The Italian violist Federico Bresciani shared this video, showing that Ravel’s famous piece Boléro is a bit… boring, from a violist’s perspective. He wrote: “Maurice Ravel’s Bolero is one of the most famous classical pieces of the 19th [20th] century.…
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis, Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 in G major (K. 525), widely known as “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”. This concert took place in 1991 in the venerable ambiance…
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Celeste Aida, a romanza from the first act of the 1871 opera Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala in Milano in 1986.
Accompanied by the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the German classical violinist Arabella Steinbacher performs the popular Ralph Vaughn Williams masterpiece “The Lark Ascending”. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Recorded on September 13, 2014, at the Kuppelsaal Congress Center, Hanover.
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Accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music School, Alicja Matuszczyk (oboe) and Julia Iskrzycka (violin) perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060r. Conductor: Andrzej Kucybała. Recorded during the Polish Nationwide Music Schools’ Symphonic…
Gürzenich Kammerorchester Köln performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K.250 (248b), more commonly known as the “Haffner Serenade”. Soloist (violin): Torsten Janicke. Recorded on February 4, 2023.
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Sonata form, also called sonata-allegro form or first movement form, is a structure for a movement of music that was commonly used during the Classical period (roughly, the 18th and early 19th centuries) and is still widely used today. It…
A symphony and a symphonic poem are both significant forms of orchestral music that have contributed greatly to the development of Western classical music. While they share the commonality of being performed by orchestras, these two forms possess distinct characteristics…
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the German pianist Martin Helmchen performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV. 453. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Recorded at the hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt on June 3, 2021.
Accompanied by the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music Orchestra, the Polish bassoonist Klaudia Abramczuk performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerto in E Minor, RV 484. Conductor: Marta Kluczyńska. Recorded during the 3rd Polish Nationwide Music Schools’ Symphonic Orchestras Competition in 2015.
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Conducted by Peter Dijkstra, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Netherlands performs the Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. Recorded on November 8, 2019, at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht,…