Accompanied by the Faroe Islands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Danish oboist Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt performs the Italian composer Ennio Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe”, the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission directed by Roland Joffé. Conductor: Bernhardhur Wilkinson. Recorded on January…
Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo sings the famous tenor aria (romanza) “Amor, vida de mi vida” from the zarzuela Maravilla. Salzburg, 2007.
World-renowned Spanish classical and flamenco guitarist Pepe Romero plays Asturias (Leyenda), a musical work written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz; and Fantasia, by Celedonio Romero (2 March 1913 – 8 May 1996, the father of Pepe Romero), the guitarist,…
The great American tenor of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria by Franz Schubert. The video is from the 1956 movie “Serenade”.
Conducted by Dmitri Slobodeniouk, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Het Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, RFO) performs Dmitri Shostakovich‘s Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor (Op. 113, subtitled Babi Yar). Bass: Sergej Aleksashkin. On April 3, 2011 at the Grote Zaal…
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 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.…
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.
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…
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) plays Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47.
Conducted by Paavo Järvi, hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) plays Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F minor (Opus 10). Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on March 6, 2015.