Folia, Variations by Corelli, Scarlatti and Marais [Ensemble Musica Narrans]
Early music ensemble Musica Narrans performs Folia variations by the baroque period composers Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Marin Marais.
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 [Sviatoslav Richter]
Accompanied by the Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra, the legendary Ukrainian-born Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, KV. 456. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010), Soviet and Russian conductor and violist. Year of the…
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates Zubin Mehta’s 80th birthday
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates Zubin Mehta’s 80th birthday. Mehta is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. 1st day: Khatia Buniatishvili performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Vladimir Horowitz‘s version of the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2…
Mozart: Symphony No. 18 [Ton Koopman]
Conducted by Ton Koopman, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 18 in G major, K. 130. This performance was recorded at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre on June 5, 1991.
Schubert: Rondo in B minor [Batiashvili & Buniatishvili]
Two Georgian musicians, violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili perform Franz Schubert’s Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, D 895.
O death, rock me asleep (Anne Boleyn’s lament) [Anna Dennis & Voices of Music]
Anne Boleyn’s lament, “O death, rock me asleep,” performed by soprano Anna Dennis with the San Francisco-based Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. 4K ultra high definition video from the ensemble’s Great Poets concert, January 2015.
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [hr-Sinfonieorchester, MDR Rundfunkchor, Orozco-Estrada]
Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s all nine symphonies. In the 9th Symphony, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig sings the chorus part. Published by the hr-Sinfonieorchester channel.
11 Years Old Aimi Kobayashi performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 “Coronation”
Accompanied by Moscow Virtuosi, then 11 years old Aimi Kobayashi performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537, generally known as the “Coronation” Concerto at the Svetlanov Hall (Moscow International House of Music), Moscow. Conductor:…
Bartók: Piano Quintet in C Major [Janine Jansen and Friends]
Janine Jansen and Friends perform Béla Bartók’s Piano Quintet in C Major during Jansen’s Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival (International Chamber Music Festival) Utrecht. The performance was recorded at the TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht on June 26, 2015. Published by AVROTROS Klassiek.
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer Sonata” [Kremer, Argerich]
Latvian classical violinist Gidon Kremer and the Argentine pianist Martha Argerich perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9 Opus 47, commonly known as the “Kreutzer Sonata”. Recorded in 1987.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Maurizio Pollini, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), the great Italian classical pianist Maurizio Pollini performs Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. A beautiful interpretation that brings together three gems of classical…
O Paradis: Pavarotti, Lanza and Corelli versions
Luciano Pavarotti, Mario Lanza, and Franco Corelli versions of O Paradis! (O Paradise!): the most famous aria of the 1865 grand opera L’Africaine (The African Woman), the last work of the German opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jacob Liebmann Beer;…