Conducted by Nicolás Pasquet, the Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Op. 35, a symphonic suite composed in 1888. Recorded on June 18, 2014 at the Weimarhalle, Weimar.
One of the most well-known and beloved Russian operatic lyric tenors, Sergei Lemeshev sings M’appari from Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond (Martha, or The Market at Richmond), a romantic comic opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow set…
Conducted by Paavo Järvi, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs “Ouvertüre zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine” (Overture to the Legend of the Fair Melusine), also known as “Die schöne Melusine”, Op. 32 (MWV P 12), a concert overture…
Quartetto Italiano plays Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, commonly known as “Death and the Maiden”. Schubert composed this piece in 1824, when he was seriously ill and realized that he was dying (he died on 19…
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, the London Symphony Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, known as the “Resurrection Symphony”. Edinburgh Festival Chorus with soloists – soprano: Sheila Armstrong, mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker. Recorded during the 1974 Edinburgh Festival.
Accompanied by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the German-Japanese classical pianist Alice Sara Ott performs Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) plays Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39, an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Open air concert on August 26, 2015, at the shipyard of Wesel, Frankfurt.
Famous Soviet-era musicians Oleg Kagan (violin) and Sviatoslav Richter (piano) perform Violin Sonata (also “Duo” or “Grand Duo”) in A major, Op. Posth. 162, D 574, by Franz Schubert.
Polish classical pianist and classical composer Władysław Szpilman plays Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C♯ minor. Władysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) is widely known as the protagonist of the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist.
The legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Franz Schubert’s “Ellens dritter Gesang” (“Ellens Gesang III”, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, 1825, English: “Ellen’s Third Song”), popularly known as “Ave Maria”. From the Three Tenors concert in Los Angeles, 1994.…
Russian operatic baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings the Russian composer Pyotr Bulakhov’s (1822 – 2 December 1885) famous song “Do not awaken memories”.
Trio Concorde, a student piano trio from Taiwan, performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. The piece was written by the Russian composer in Rome between December 1881 and late January 1882 and subtitled “In memory…