Conducted by Claudio Abbado, one of the most celebrated and respected conductors of the 20th century, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra performs the overture of Lohengrin, WWV 75, a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by the German composer…
Perhaps the best-known triumphal march: from the second act of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1871 grand opera, Aïda (sometimes spelled Aida). This great opera was commissioned by and first performed at Cairo’s Khedivial Opera House (built on the orders of the Khedive…
Accompanied by the Orchestre de Paris, the Dutch violinist and violist Janine Jansen performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Recorded in January 2015.
Conducted by Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op 125. This performance was recorded on May 7, 2015.
Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Ein Heldenleben (English: A Hero’s Life), Op. 40, a tone poem by Richard Strauss, a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Recorded at Alte…
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (popularly known as the Appassionata, meaning “passionate” in Italian), one of the greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas of the composer. From the Complete…
Natalia Gutman (Cello), Sviatoslav Richter (Piano), and Oleg Kagan (Violin) perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. Recorded live in December 1986 at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, USSR.
Accompanied by the Sinfonieorchester des NDR conducted by Nicola Rescigno, Maria Callas sings “Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo” (You have known the vanities of this world) from Don Carlo, a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Recorded…
Accompanied by the NHK Symphony Orchestra, French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud performs Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83. Conductor: David Zinman. Recorded at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall on 16th January 2013.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Emil Gilels plays Robert Schumann’s Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 (also known as Arabesque).
The most popular operatic singing group during the 1990s and early 2000s, the Three Tenors, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras sing Nessun Dorma, a very famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera in three acts, Turandot. Recorded on…
Italian operatic baritone Leo Nucci sings “Largo al factotum” (Make way for the factotum) from Gioachino Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville), an opera buffa in two acts.