Hungarian-born British pianist Sir András Schiff plays Johan Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, a musical composition for keyboard consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. This performance was recorded on June 11, 2017, at the Pierre…
Conducted by Alain Altinoglu, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) and Vocalconsort Berlin perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passio secundum Johannem or St John Passion (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245. Soloists: Florian Sievers, tenor (Evangelist); Raoul Steffani, baritone (Jesus); Ilse Eerens, Soprano; Paul Figuier,…
The laureates of the 2024 International Classical Music Awards [ICMA] perform the most beautiful pieces in their repertoire, supported by the Orquesta de València, conducted by Alexander Liebreich. The gala concert took place on 12 April 2024 in the Palau…
Conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, the hr-Sinfonieorchester and the Chœur du Concert D’Astrée perform Georg Friedrich Händel’s psalm setting Dixit Dominus (cataloged as HWV 232). The work uses the Latin text of Psalm 110 (Vulgate 109), which begins with the words…
Conducted by Peter Dijkstra, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, and Groot Omroepkoor performs Georg Friedrich Händel‘s Solomon, HWV 67, an oratorio composed in 1748 and first performed in 1749. This performance was recorded during an AVROTROS Friday Concert on February 4,…
Conducted by Roberto Zarpellon, the Venice Monteverdi Academy Choir and the Chamber Orchestra Lorenzo Da Ponte perform Antonio Vivaldi’s Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie (Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes), RV 644, an oratorio which the only survivor of…
Romanian-German countertenor Valer Sabadus sings “Ombra mai fu”, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Händel.
Accompanied by the Orchestre International de Genève, the Moldovan violinist Alexandra Conunova performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni), a group of four violin concerti. This performance was recorded on August 2, 2015, at the Saint-Ursanne “Piano Festival”.…
The Bremer Barockorchester performs Georg Philipp Telemann’s Concerto for Recorder and Flute, TWV 52:e1. Soloists: Anninka Fohgrub, recorder; Felipe Egaña, traverso. This performance was recorded during Bremer Barockorchester’s “Music without Borders” concert at the Unser Lieben Frauen Church in Bremen…
Accompanied by the early music ensemble Accademia Bizantina, French contralto Delphine Galou sings Antonio Vivaldi’s “Salve Regina, RV 618“, a sacred motet composed around 1720. This performance was recorded at the Rocchetta Mattei, a fortress located on the Northern Apennine…
One of the Netherlands Bach Society musicians, the Dutch flautist Marten Root performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013. Root performs on a traverso built by Fridtjof Aurin after Pierre Naust, ca. 1700. This performance was…
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…