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.

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: 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 …

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”.