Spanish tenor José Carreras sings “Hine E Hine”, a Māori lullaby written by Princess Te Rangi Pai (Fanny Rose Howie nee Porter) (1868-1916), the New Zealand singer and composer in 1907. The song is in Māori language (an Eastern Polynesian…
Accompanied by the Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Hungarian trumpet virtuoso Gábor Boldoczki plays Jean-Baptiste Arban’s “Carnival in Venice”. Conductor: Stefan Blunier. The piece remains one of the great showpieces for cornet soloists today. Recorded during the Het Zondagochtend Concert on 5 April…
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52.
Conducted by Horst Sohm, the French Chamber Orchestra (Orchestre de Chambre Français) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 4 in D major, K. 19. Mozart composed this symphony in London when he was only 9 years old, during his family’s…
Spanish tenor José Carreras sings “Granada”, the famous song written in 1932 by the Mexican singer, actor, and songwriter Agustín Lara. With this song, Carreras concluded the evening in Verona, a concert benefiting the José Carreras Leukemia Foundation in 1988.
The legendary Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo and his son, Plácido Domingo Jr. in a duet singing “Perhaps Love”. Recorded during the closing ceremony of the iTunes Festival 2014 at Roundhouse, London.
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Canadian concert violinist James Ehnes plays the Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius. Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on April 17, 2015.
American musical duo The Righteous Brothers (Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley) perform Unchained Melody, a 1955 song with music by the American composer Alex North (December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) and lyrics by the American lyricist Hy Zaret…
Accompanied by the RTVE Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española), German classical violinist Arabella Steinbacher performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61. Conductor: Walter Weller. The video was recorded in Madrid on October 7,…
Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio (Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud plays the second movement, “Adagio” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488). The piece is recorded…
The concert of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela) at the Beethoven Festival. Bonn, 2007. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
Croatian virtuosa classical guitarist Ana Vidović plays Isaac Albéniz’s Asturias (Leyenda). The piece was originally written for the piano and set in the key of G minor, and first published in Barcelona, by Juan Bta. Pujol & Co., in 1892.…