Gewandhaus Quartet and contrabassist Steffen Adelmann perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (also known as the Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525. The German title of the piece literally means “a little night music”. Composed in 1787, it is one of the most emblematic pieces of classical music. Recorded in …
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 [Yulia Miloslavskaya]
Accompanied by the PreCollege Orchestra Zürich, classical pianist Yulia Miloslavskaya performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen. Recorded on October 1, 2017, in Zurich, Switzerland.
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter) [Hartmut Haenchen & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra]
Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, also known as the Jupiter Symphony. It is the longest and last symphony that Mozart composed. The work is regarded as among the greatest symphonies in classical music by many critics. It …
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 [Stefan Vladar]
Accompanied by the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, the Austrian pianist and conductor Stefan Vladar performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen. Recorded at the Konzerthaus Berlin in 2005.
Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos (Argerich, Barenboim)
Argentine classical pianist Martha Argerich and pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448. This performance, performed at Berlin’s Philharmonie in 2014, brings together two of Argentina’s greatest classical musicians.
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet (IKFU 2021)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, K. 581. On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, violist Amihai Grosz and his friends from Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker) shone in a musical spectacle of the highest level during the Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival (International Chamber Music Festival) Utrecht. Due to the lockdown, the original program of this edition of the …
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 (hr-Sinfonieorchester, Andrés Orozco-Estrada)
Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550. Recorded during the season-opening concert at Alte Oper Frankfurt on September 10, 2020.
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Khatia Buniatishvili)
Accompanied by the Verbier Festival Orchestra, the Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Recorded at the Verbier Festival in 2011.
Vivaldi: Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629 (Jaroussky, Onofri)
Accompanied by the Imaginarium Ensemble, French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629. Violin and conductor: Enrico Onofri. Recorded during the 2016 Festival d’Ambronay.
Emőke Baráth performs “Scherza in mar la navicella” from Handel’s Lotario
Hungarian soprano Emőke Baráth performs the aria “Scherza in mar la navicella” from Handel’s 1729 opera Lotario (“Lothair”), HWV 26. In the album Dualità, Baráth is joined by the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky as conductor of his Ensemble Artaserse in captivating arias for the female voice, embodying roles both male and female.
