Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 [Tomás Alegre, András Schiff]

Accompanied by the Freixenet Chamber Orchestra, Argentine/Italian concert pianist Tomás Alegre performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV. 453. Conductor: the famous Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff. This performance was recorded at the Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid on June 23, 2022, and chaired by Queen …

Kreisler: Liebesleid [Janine Jansen, Antonio Pappano]

Accompanied by the English-Italian conductor and pianist Antonio Pappano on piano, Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs Liebesleid (English: Love’s Sorrow), one of the three pieces of Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Melodies in German) composed by the Austrian-born American violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962).

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Malofeev, Altinoglu] and Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [hr-Sinfonieorchester, Alain Altinoglu]

Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev (b. 2001) performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. In the second part of the concert, hr-Sinfonieorchester performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous symphonic suite Scheherazade, Op. 35. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on …

Glenn Gould performs Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No. 7

Accompanied by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould performs Johan Sebastian Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058. Conductor: Vladimir Golschmann. It was Gould’s first color telecast. Recorded during the “The Canada Centennial Concert” to celebrate the …

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathétique” [Fortepiano: Petra Somlai]

Hungarian-born classical pianist Petra Somlai performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as the Sonata Pathétique. Recorded on November 5, 2016. Somlai plays a fortepiano built by Chris Maene in 2000, based on a fortepiano made by the famous 18th-19th century piano builder Gabriel Anton Walter (5 …

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata [Petra Somlai, fortepiano]

Hungarian-born classical pianist Petra Somlai performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor on fortepiano. The piece is marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2., and is popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata. Filmed on 2 June 2020 at Oud-Katholieke Parochie (Old Catholic Church), ‘t Huis te Poort, Schiedam, The Netherlands. …