Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 [Friedrich Gulda]
Austrian pianist and composer Friedrich Gulda performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Gulda also conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Camerata Salzburg and Maria João Pires at Sion Festival 2011
American conductor and opera administrator Kent Nagano conducts the Camerata Salzburg in Gustav Mahler’s Adagietto (from the 5th Symphony) and continues with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 7, KV 595. Soloist: Maria João Pires. Recorded at the Sion Festival…
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Daydreams” (Murmansk Philharmonic)
Conducted by Dmitry Polyakov, the Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 in G minor, “Winter Daydreams”, Op. 13.
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 [Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein]
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) performs Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 [Maurizio Pollini, Karl Böhm]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Italian classical pianist Maurizio Pollini performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488). Conductor: Karl Böhm.
Bach: Sonata No. 1 [Paulo Martelli, 11-string guitar]
Described as “one of the best guitarists of his generation”, the Brazilian classical guitarist Paulo Martelli plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 for violin solo. The guitar arrangement of the piece also made by…
Gerard Drozd: Adagio op. 44I for Cello and Guitar [Homage to Bach]
German cellist Valentino Worlitzsch and the Bosnian classical guitarist Sanel Redžić perform Gerard Drozd’s Adagio op. 44I for Cello and Guitar (Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach). This is the cello and guitar arrangement of Drozd’s beautiful Op. 44. Live recording…
Plácido Domingo sings E lucevan le stelle [Tosca]
Famous Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo sings “E lucevan le stelle“, a romantic aria from the third act of Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca, composed in 1900 to an Italian libretto by the Italian librettists Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16…
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 [Anne-Sophie Mutter]
Accompanied by the Camerata Salzburg, German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (often referred to by the nickname The Turkish). Anne-Sophie Mutter also conducts the orchestra.
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto [Aligi Voltan]
Accompanied by Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Italian classical bassoonist Aligi Voltan performs the most often performed and studied pieces in the entire bassoon repertory, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191 Conductor: Giovanni Battista…
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 5 [Sviatoslav Richter]
Accompanied by the Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra, the legendary Ukrainian-born Soviet classical pianist Sviatoslav Richter performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175. Composed in 1773, when he was only 17 years old, the piece…
An unpublished photographic portrait of Frédéric Chopin is discovered
Two researchers, Dr. Alain Kohler, a Swiss physicist, and Gilles Bencimon from Radio France Internationale, a passionate musician, have discovered an unpublished photographic portrait of Frédéric Chopin, the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era. According to the…