Conducted by the legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Members of the Collegiate Chorale (currently MasterVoices) perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (also known as “the Choral”). It is…
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Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) and MDR Rundfunkchor (The Radio Choir of Leipzig, one of the oldest radio choirs in the world) perform Gioachino Rossini’s Stabat Mater, a musical work based on the traditional structure…
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (the Harmonious Garden) performs Antonio Vivaldi’s La tempesta di mare (“The Storm at Sea”), a flute concerto in F Major (RV 433; P. 261), the first of Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10, published…
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (the Harmonious Garden) performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Chamber Concerto in G minor, “La Notte” (alternative numbering: RV 439, Flute Concerto No. 2 – Six Flute Concertos). Soloists: Giovanni Antonini (flauto), Alberto Grazzi (bassoon).
Conducted by YongHo Choi, the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 15 in G major, K. 124. This performance was recorded on May 20, 2015, at the Seoul Art Center IBK Hall.
Hungarian cellist Miklós Perényi and Hungarian-born virtuoso British classical pianist and conductor András Schiff perform Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, also known as the “Arpeggione Sonata”. The sonata is originally written for arpeggione,…
A concert titled Voix Haute (aloud): French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Spanish soprano Nuria Rial sing Baroque era arias from Händel, Strozzi, Ferrari, and Caccini, with Jaroussky’s own Early Music Ensemble, L’Ensemble Artaserse.
London-based Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovšek and Japanese classical pianist Yoko Misumi perform Fratres, meaning “brothers” in Latin, a composition by the Estonian composer of classical and sacred music Arvo Pärt.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (The Dance in the Village Inn), the best-known of the Mephisto Waltzes (four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt in 1859-62, 1880-81, 1883 and 1885). Recorded…
Conducted by Paavo Järvi, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) plays Robert Schumann‘s Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Opus 52, work for symphony orchestra. Recorded live at Alte Oper Frankfurt on March 6, 2015.
Accompanied by the Orchestre Symphonique de Flandres, Argentine classical pianist Martha Argerich performs Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 by Sergei Prokofiev, regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. Filmed at the La…
American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings Celeste Aida, a romanza from the first act of the opera Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. From The Great Caruso, the 1951 biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario…