Hong-Kong born American pianist Tiffany Poon plays Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen (English: “Scenes from Childhood”), Opus 15, a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written during the spring of 1838. This performance was recorded during the Dresden Music Festival…
Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin performs Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by the Hungarian composer, and is by far the most famous of the set. Cadenza is written by…
Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Maria João Pires performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Frans Brüggen. Both Pires and the orchestra perform on period instruments. This performance was recorded…
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier. This performance was recorded on November 3, 2023, at…
Evgeny Kissin plays Franz Liszt’s Liebesträume No. 3, the third of a set of three solo piano works (S.541), on Liszt’s original C. Bechstein piano. Liebesträume means “Dreams of Love” in English. Liszt’s C. Bechstein piano is in the salon…
Accompanied by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19. Conductor Daniel Barenboim. This performance was recorded at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina in…
The legendary pianist of the 20th century, Sviatoslav Richter performs Frédéric Chopin’s Études Op. 10 (Nr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12) and Études Op. 25 (Nr. 5, 6, 8, 11). This performance was recorded in London in…
Accompanied by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: Marios Papadopoulos. This performance was recorded at the Sheldonian Theatre (Oxford, England) in December 2014.
One of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Tito Schipa sings “Una Furtiva Lagrima” (A furtive tear), a romanza from Act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti. A 1929 video.
Accompanied by the French pianist and composer Jérôme Ducros, the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky sings Franz Schubert’s Du bist die Ruh’ (You are rest and peace), D. 776, Op. 59, No. 3, a Lied composed in 1823. The text is…
Conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, the Orchestre National de France (France National Orchestra) performs the Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. An excerpt that was recorded on May 16,…
The Japanese pianist and composer known for his Chopin performances, Hayato Sumino plays Frédéric Chopin’s Étude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor, a solo piano technical study composed in 1836. The piece is often referred to as the Winter…