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Conducted by Paavo Järvi, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) plays Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11. Recorded on June 29, 2014 at the Eberbach Abbey (Kloster Eberbach). The opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival (Rheingau Musik Festival) 2014.
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Sarah Chang]
Accompanied by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra), the American classical violinist of Korean origin, Sarah Chang plays Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” [Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic]
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan, the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, commonly known as the Pathétique Symphony. It is the final completed symphony of the Russian composer. Tchaikovsky dedicated the Pathétique to his nephew, Vladimir “Bob” Davydov, whom he greatly admired.
A Julian Bream concert in 1978 [Full]
This Julian Bream concert was recorded in 1978. First transmitted on BBC 2 on 01 February 1978, The English classical guitarist plays pieces from Johann Sebastian Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Albéniz, and Benjamin Britten at the All Saints chapel of New Wardour Castle.
Mario Lanza sings “Una Furtiva Lagrima”
The American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Una furtiva lagrima” (English: A furtive tear), a romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti. There are two videos in the post: the first one is from the 1949 American musical film “That Midnight Kiss”, starring …
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra]
Conducted by Bramwell Tove, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite, a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 [Paolo Marzocchi]
Italian pianist and composer Paolo Marzocchi plays 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. In the second video, the orchestral version is performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker (the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), conducted …
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Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 [Valentina Lisitsa]
Ukrainian-American classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa plays Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set. Recorded live on May 22nd, 2010 in Leiden, Holland.
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Henryk Szeryng, IPO/Zubin Mehta]
Accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish-Mexican violinist and composer Henryk Szeryng (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Recorded at the 1983 Huberman Festival.
Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 [Pathétique]
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique. Live in Berlin (2005). The piece is one of the composer’s most celebrated compositions.
