Spanish classical guitarist Carles Trepat plays pieces from composers like Fernando Sor, Miguel García, Isaac Albéniz, Julián Arcas, and Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert was recorded at the Teatro Colón de A Coruña, Spain, on January 9, 2014. Trepat plays…
Conducted by Nejc Bečan, the Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra performs George Gershwin‘s jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) An American in Paris. Concertmaster (lead violinist): Nejc Avbelj. This performance was recorded during the Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert 2016.
Conducted by Maciej Tarnowsky, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Female Choir perform The Planets, Op. 32, a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst. This performance was recorded at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall on November 27, 2015.
Conducted by Frank Strobel, the NDR Radiophilharmonie plays the Italian Composer Ennio Morricone‘s soundtrack for “Once Upon a Time in the West”, a classic 1968 spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone. Soloists: Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod, soprano; Dieter Kropp, harmonica.…
The great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Recorded on December 19, 1989, at…
Accompanied by the Utrecht Conservatory Orchestra, the Spanish pianist Brianda García Álvarez performs Dmitri Shostakovich‘s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102. Conductor: Néstor Bayona. The piece was composed in 1957 for the 19th birthday of the composer’s…
With the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Evgeny Kissin performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. This performance was recorded on December 1, 2023, at the Sala Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Legendary Italian tenor Franco Corelli sings Recondita Armonia, the first romanza in the opera Tosca (1900) by Giacomo Puccini. From the 1956 Italian movie Tosca. Corelli was 35 years old when he starred in the movie.
With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Lahav Shani. This performance was recorded in Tel Aviv on October 14, 2022.
Accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26. Conductor: Darío Alejandro Ntaca. This performance was recorded during the 25th Singapore International Piano Festival on…
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evgeny Kissin performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. This performance was recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, on September 19, 2014.
Accompanied by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, the Latvian virtuoso violinist Philippe Hirschhorn plays Maurice Ravel‘s Tzigane, a rhapsodic composition that was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányi (1893-1966). Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki.