Moldovan-Austrian violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Turkish pianist Fazıl Say perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108. Composed between 1878 and 1888, it is the last violin sonata of the German composer.
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Elīna Garanča sings Cavatine des Romeo [Bellini]
Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings “Cavatine des Romeo” (Romeo’s Cavatina) from I Capuleti e i Montecchi, an Italian opera (Tragedia lirica) in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. From an Elīna Garanča concert in Moscow in 2008.
Jean-Baptiste Arban: Carnival in Venice [Trumpet: Gábor Boldoczki]
Accompanied by the Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Hungarian trumpet virtuoso Gábor Boldoczki plays Jean-Baptiste Arban’s “Carnival in Venice”. Conductor: Stefan Blunier. The piece remains one of the great showpieces for cornet soloists today. Recorded during the Het Zondagochtend Concert on 5 April 2015, at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 [Khatia Buniatishvili]
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52.
Sibelius: Violin Concerto [James Ehnes, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Orozco-Estrada]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Canadian concert violinist James Ehnes plays the Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius. Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on April 17, 2015.
Beethoven: Violin Concerto [Arabella Steinbacher]
Accompanied by the RTVE Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española), German classical violinist Arabella Steinbacher performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61. Conductor: Walter Weller. The video was recorded in Madrid on October 7, 2007.
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Concert at Bonn [Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel]
The concert of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela) at the Beethoven Festival. Bonn, 2007. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 [Nino Gvetadze]
Accompanied by the Georgian Sinfonietta, Georgian classical pianist Nino Gvetadze plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Fazıl Say]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Turkish pianist Fazıl Say plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Alte Oper Frankfurt, March 1, 2013. Cadenza written by Fazıl Say. Encore: Black Earth (36:54) is also written by the pianist himself. It is inspired by Kara …
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee [Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta]
Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker) performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”, an orchestral interlude composed in 1899-1900 and written for the composers’ opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”.