Dutch violinist and violist Janine Jansen & Friends play Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence“, Op. 70, a string sextet scored for 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos. Recorded during the Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival…
French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud plays the last movement, Ciaccona (Chaconne) from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) on piano. Piano transcription of the piece was written by the Italian composer, pianist,…
Congratulations – “A Happy New Year Song” song from Pink Martini’s 2010 album “Joy to the world”. The album was recorded and mixed at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon from May 2008 to August 2010. It consists of Christmas…
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble.
Conducted by Markus Stenz, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Dutch abbreviation RFO) plays Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52, commonly known as Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise). Recorded on 23 January 2015 in De Vrijdag…
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Conducted by Giovanni Antonini, the pioneering Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (“The Harmonious Garden”) plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 (RV 580), the tenth of L’Estro Armonico (Harmonic…
Croatian-Serbian pianist Ivo Pogorelić (Pogorelich) plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas No. 27 and 32. Recorded at Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy, in 1987.
Accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker), the Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Conducted by Andrei Gorbatenko, the San Francisco Academy Orchestra plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K. 16. It was written in 1764 when Mozart was only eight years old.
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a youth orchestra based in Seville, Spain, plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op 125, also known as the “Choral”.
American soprano Renée Fleming and Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky concert in Moscow, 2006. It was the first concert of the “Hvorostovsky and Friends” concert series. State Chamber Orchestra of Russia conducted by Constantine Orbelian.
Conducted by Bernard Haitink, the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) plays Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major (H. 1/104). Recorded during the BBC Proms 2012 in London. It is Haydn’s last symphony, and the last of the twelve…