Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 [Daniel Barenboim]
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90. Recorded live in Berlin in 2005.
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Daniil Trifonov]
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Russian concert pianist, and composer Daniil Trifonov performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30. Conductor: Myung-whun Chung. Recorded on June 19, 2015, at the Philharmonie de Paris.
Four versions of Gerard Drozd’s Adagio Op. 44 [Homage to Bach]
Four versions of the Polish guitarist and composer Gerard Drozd’s beautiful piece: Adagio op. 44 (Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach). The first version (solo guitar): Irina Kulikova. This performance was recorded live at the International GLIWICE GUITAR FESTIVAL on 13…
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 ‘The Tempest’ [Maria João Pires]
Maria João Pires, one of the finest pianists of her generation, performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, usually referred to as “The Tempest”. Recorded on November 21, 2013, at Salle Pleyel…
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue [Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic] (1976)
Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist Leonard Bernstein performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Composed in 1924, the work is for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music…
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Mitsuko Uchida]
Accompanied by the Saito Kinen Orchestra, Japanese naturalised-British classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Yuja Wang]
Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome; Chinese classical pianist Yuja Wang performs Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101. Conductor: Antonio Pappano.
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Yefim Bronfman]
Accompanied by the RAI National Symphony Orchestra (Italian: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI), the Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist Yefim Bronfman performs Sergei Prokofiev‘s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky, flute: Giampaolo Pretto. This performance was…
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 [Daniel Barenboim]
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2. Recorded live in Berlin in 2005.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 [Mitsuko Uchida]
Accompanied by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Japan-born (naturalized in Britain) classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. This performance was recorded during the BBC Proms 2013…
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Martha Argerich]
Accompanied by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Argentine classical pianist Martha Argerich performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Recorded on December 5th, 1982.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 [Radu Lupu]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), the Romanian concert pianist Radu Lupu performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488). Conductor: Sándor Végh.