Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire. It is a scenic cantata composed in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Here the UC Davis…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 22 in C major, K. 162. It was written in April 1773, when the composer was 17 year old. The piece has the scoring of two oboes, two horns, two trumpets, and strings.
Renowned Soviet musicians violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Sviatoslav Richter, known for the depth of their interpretations, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire, perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108.
Accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Wiener Symphoniker), considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, the Italian classical pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 – 12 June 1995) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5…
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Accompanied by the Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra), the Australian fortepiano player, harpsichordist, and pianist of South African origin, Kristian Bezuidenhout performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV. 453 on the fortepiano, the original instrument.…
Accompanied by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Maria João Pires performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
Accompanied by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the American concert pianist and conductor Murray Perahia performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s all piano concertos (1-5). Conductor: Neville Marriner.
Conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performs Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne (usually translated as ‘The Girl from Arles’). This performance was recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall in October 2014. The work is an incidental music to Alphonse…
Conducted by the Dutch violinist and conductor Jaap van Zweden, the Dutch Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Radio Philharmonic Orchestra) performs Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (French: Le Sacre du Printemps), a ballet and orchestral concert work, which was written for…
Conducted by the American conductor James Gaffigan, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic) and the Groot Omroepkoor (Dutch Radio Choir) perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s The Bells (Russian: Kolokola), Op. 35, a choral symphony written in 1913. The words are from…
Accompanied by the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (The orchestra was previously known in Dutch as Orkest van het Oosten (literal translation “Orchestra of the East”), Croatian classical pianist Dejan Lazić performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major…
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90. Recorded live in Berlin in 2005.