The most celebrated operatic singing trio of the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Three Tenors‘ 1996 London concert. The concert took place at Wembley Stadium, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra accompanied the famous tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras. Conductor: James Levine.
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Pavarotti sings Celeste Aida
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Celeste Aida, a romanza from the first act of the 1871 opera Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala in Milano in 1986.
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor [Evgeny Kissin]
Russian-born British and Israeli pianist Evgeny Kissin performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2, one of the composer’s most famous compositions. Recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, on September 19, 2014. Kissin played the piece as an encore after Rachmaninoff’s 2nd piano concerto.
Brahms: Violin Concerto [Hilary Hahn]
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra), the American classical violinist Hilary Hahn performs Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77. Conductor: Mikko Franck.
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Yunchan Lim]
Accompanied by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Recorded during the Final Round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 17, 2022, where Lim won the gold medal and became …
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Erik Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 [Kalnciema: organ, Circenis: clarinet]
Latvian organist Liene Andreta Kalnciema and clarinetist Mārtiņš Circenis perform Gymnopédie No. 1, the first of the three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925). This performance was recorded live on the great Walcker organ (1883) at Riga Cathedral in Latvia in 2019. Assistant: Arnold …
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Thibaut Garcia plays Asturias [Leyenda] by Isaac Albéniz
Franco-Spanish classical guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays Asturias (Leyenda), a famous musical work written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz (29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909). Recorded at the Chapelle des Carmélites de Toulouse, France.
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini [Anna Fedorova]
Accompanied by the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, a concertante work that was written for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto, all in a single movement. Conductor: Gerard Oskamp. Recorded on March 11, 2018, during The Sunday Morning Concert in …
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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 …
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Anna Fedorova]
Accompanied by the Sinfonieorchester Sankt Gallen (Sankt Gallen Symphony Orchestra), Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, Op. 1. Conductor: Modestas Pitrenas. Recorded during the NPO Radio 4 Sunday Morning Concert on Sunday, February 2, 2020, in the Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Published by the AVROTROS Klassiek channel.