Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” [Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1951 Bayreuth Festival]

A legendary recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op 125, “Choral”: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler who is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. Recorded live on July 29. 1951 at the Bayreuth Festival. Sami Habra, …

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 [Leonard Bernstein, The Berlin Celebration Concert in 1989]

Leonard Bernstein conducted a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany on December 25, 1989. The performance took place in the Schauspielhaus in the eastern part of Berlin (it had now been renamed “Konzerthaus” – concert hall) and featured musicians from both East …

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 [Berliner Philharmoniker, Abbado]

Conducted by Claudio Abbado, one of the most celebrated and respected conductors of the 20th century, the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) with Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Chamber Choir perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, also known as the “Choral”, the final symphony of the German composer. …

Handel: Dettingen Te Deum, HWV 283 [Händelfestspielorchester & Howard Arman]

To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, Howard Arman conducts a fantastic performance of the “Dettingen Te Deum” at the Marktkirche in Halle on April 14, 2009. Three choirs join forces accompanied by The English Concert and the Händelfestspielorchester – around 200 musicians perform in the chancel of this magnificent …

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum and Jean-Baptiste Lully: Te Deum [Le Poème Harmonique]

Early music ensemble Le Poème Harmonique performs Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s grand polyphonic motet Te Deum (H. 146) in D major (probably between 1688 and 1698) and Jean-Baptiste Lully’s 1677 work “Te Deum”. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.

Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Vocalconsort Berlin)

German Baroque music ensemble Vocalconsort Berlin performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a new song, BWV 225), the motet first performed in Leipzig around 1727. Choirmaster: Daniel Reuss. Recorded during the Bach day at the Organization of Early Music on January 29, 2012.

The Cossacks Ride Over the Danube (Alexandrov Ensemble)

The Cossacks Ride Over the Danube is a famous Ukrainian folk song. Here it is played and sung by the Russian Alexandrov Ensemble (also known as the “Red Army Chorus”). The Alexandrov Ensemble has entertained audiences both in Russia and throughout the world, performing a range of music including folk tunes, hymns, operatic arias, and …