German classical guitarist Anika Hutschreuther plays Gran Vals, also known as Grande Valse, by Francisco Tárrega, the Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the Romantic period. A phrase from the composition has been claimed to be “probably the world’s most…
Accompanied by the Academy of St. Martin in The Fields, one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century, Mstislav Rostropovich performs Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major for cello and orchestra, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101. Rostropovich…
One of the best flamenco guitarists ever, Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia plays Zequinha de Abreu’s “Tico Tico”, the best-known work of the Brazilian composer. Because of the lack of written tradition, Tico-Tico is played in various melodic versions…
Maria Radner was a German contralto and internationally renowned opera singer. She died yesterday, on 24 March 2015 along with her husband and colleague Oleg Bryzhak and their infant son, in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, which occurred near Prads-Haute-Bléone,…
Ukrainian classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa plays Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, S.178, a sonata for solo piano. Recorded on March 1, 2015, in Leipzig.
Legendary Italian tenor Franco Corelli sings Nessun Dorma from Turandot, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Corelli uses his great “spinto” voice…
Conducted by Rico Saccani, the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest plays Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 at the Wiener Musikverein, Austria.
Accompanied by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin, the Russian-born Russian-British-Israeli classical pianist performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 at the Carnegie Hall Opening Night in New York in 1995. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.…
Ensemble Deva performs the 3rd movement, “minuet” of the Italian classical era composer Luigi Boccherini’s String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275).
One of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Enrico Caruso sings “Dreams of Long Ago”, a beautiful song composed by the Italian tenor. Italian lyrics by John Focacci, and English lyrics by Earl Carroll.
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood, the Academy of Ancient Music performs Tomaso Albinoni’s 12 Concerti a cinque, a collection of concertos by the Italian composer, published in 1722. Soloists: Andrew Manze (Violin), Frank de Bruine, (Oboe I); Alfredo Bernardini, (Oboe II).
Australia-based Stringspace string quartet musicians performing Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. A beautiful rendition of the famous Baroque piece.