A symphony and a symphonic poem are both significant forms of orchestral music that have contributed greatly to the development of Western classical music. While they share the commonality of being performed by orchestras, these two forms possess distinct characteristics…
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Conducted by Peter Dijkstra, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Netherlands performs the Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. Recorded on November 8, 2019, at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht,…
Russian-born American pianist Vladimir Horowitz plays Franz Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 90, D. 899. Recorded during a concert in Vienna in 1987.
Maria Callas sings O don fatale, a renowned aria from Giuseppe Verdi’s grand opera “Don Carlo”. This concert was recorded live in Hamburg in 1962. Sinfonieorchester des NDR under the baton of Georges Prêtre.
Accompanied by the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim performs Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77. Conductor: Yoel Levi. This performance was recorded on April 8, 2017, at the Seoul Arts Center, South Korea.
Accompanied by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Dutch classical pianist Lucas Jussen performs Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11. Concertmaster: Gordan Nikolić.
Accompanied by the Orchestre National de France, Turkish classical pianist Fazıl Say performs Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi. Recorded on October 6, 2014 at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris).
Accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the German classical violinist and pianist Julia Fischer performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
Accompanied by the Latin Symphony Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin Competition winner Spanish violinist and composer María Dueñas performs Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6. Conductor: Dmitri Slobodeniouk. Recorded in 2018, when Dueñas was only 16 years old.
The most celebrated operatic singing trio of the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Three Tenors (Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, and Plácido Domingo) sing Franz Schubert’s Ständchen (Serenade), a beautiful love song for originally voice and piano. Orchestre de Paris…
Accompanied by the Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar (the Orchestra of the Liszt University), the Romanian classical pianist Alina Bercu performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, popularly known as the “Emperor”. Conductor:…
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Great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and the Soviet-born Israeli cellist Mischa Maisky perform Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, also known as the “Arpeggione Sonata”. The sonata is originally written for arpeggione, a six-stringed…