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. It is the prelude of a three-movement set entitled Chants d’Espagne.
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Bach: Oboe d’amore Concerto in A Major [Lucas Macías]
Accompanied by the Orquesta de Cámara del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón “Camerata Aragón”, the Spanish oboist Lucas Macías Navarro plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Oboe d’amore Concerto in A Major” (Oboe d’amore Concerto in A Major), BWV 1055R. Conductor: Rolando Prusak. Recorded at the Auditorio de Zaragoza on February 1, 2009.
Elena Ashimova plays “A day in November” by Leo Brouwer
Russian classical guitarist Elena Ashimova plays “A Day in November” (Un Die De November) by Leo Brouwer, the Cuban composer, conductor, and guitarist (born March 1, 1939, in Havana). Video: Dmitry Mazurov.
Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 450 [Laurent, Concerto Köln]
Accompanied by the Concerto Köln, Benoit Laurent, the Belgian oboist who performs primarily early music compositions plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 450.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 [Francesco Piemontesi]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Italian classical pianist Francesco Piemontesi performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503. Conductor: Manfred Honeck. Recorded at Alte Oper Frankfurt on March 27, 2015.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 [Nino Gvetadze]
Accompanied by the Georgian Sinfonietta, Georgian classical pianist Nino Gvetadze plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet [Janine Jansen and Friends]
Janine Jansen and Friends play Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, opus 57; one of the composer’s best-known chamber works. It is written for piano and string quartet (two violins, viola, and cello). This performance was recorded during Janine Jansen’s Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht (International Chamber Music Festival) on December 30, 2012.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gergiev]
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) plays Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Fazıl Say]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Turkish pianist Fazıl Say plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Alte Oper Frankfurt, March 1, 2013. Cadenza written by Fazıl Say. Encore: Black Earth (36:54) is also written by the pianist himself. It is inspired by Kara …
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee [Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta]
Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker) performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”, an orchestral interlude composed in 1899-1900 and written for the composers’ opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”.