![Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Maxim Vengerov, 1993]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Tchaikovsky-Violin-Concerto-Maxim-Vengerov-1993-768x432.jpg)
Accompanied by the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Soviet-born Israeli classical violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Recorded in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 1993.
![Evgeny Kissin plays Winter Wind [Chopin]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Evgeny-Kissin-Winter-Wind-768x432.jpg)
Russian-born British and Israeli pianist Evgeny Kissin plays Étude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor, a solo piano technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. The piece is often referred to as the Winter Wind in English.
RV is the abbreviation of “Ryom-Verzeichnis”, the established inventory of Antonio Vivaldi’s music, devised by the Danish musicologist Peter Ryom (born 31 May 1937 in Copenhagen). Verzeichnis is the German word for catalog. So it can be translated as “Peter…
German classical pianist Olga Scheps performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Seasons”, Op. 37a, a set of twelve short character pieces for solo piano. This performance was recorded on April 29, 2016.
Accompanied by the Verbier Festival Orchestra, the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Recorded at the Verbier Festival in 2014. Encore: Robert Schumann: “Scenes from…
![Philippe Jaroussky & Thibaut Garcia perform Bonfá: Manhã de Carnaval [from the 1959 film Orfeu Negro/Black Orpheus]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Philippe-Jaroussky-Thibaut-Garcia-Manha-de-Carnaval-768x410.jpg)
French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and the Franco-Spanish classical guitarist Thibaut Garcia perform “Manhã de Carnaval” (English: Carnival Morning), often referred to as “Black Orpheus”, a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) and lyricist…
Accompanied by the Orchestre de Paris, Dutch classical violinist Janine Jansen performs Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto, Op. 15. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Recorded during the BBC Proms 2013 in London.
Russian classical pianist Polina Osetinskaya and Soviet-born Israeli violinist Maxim Vengerov perform Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 in A major, commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata. Recorded at Sala Verdi, Milano, on November 15, 2022. It…
Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543. Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on September 10, 2020.
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Nessun Dorma, a very famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) opera Turandot. Recorded during a concert at the Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1987. New Jersey…
Accompanied by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Recorded during the Final Round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in…
Violist Dana Zemtsov and pianist Anna Fedorova perform Carmen Fantasie, part of Franz Waxman’s score to the 1946 movie Humoresque, arranged for viola and piano by the Ukrainian violist and composer Michael Kugel. Recorded during the Afternoon concert at the…