Schubert: Impromptu No. 3 [Olga Jegunova]
Latvian classical pianist Olga Jegunova plays Franz Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 90. From the piano recital by Olga Jegunova at the Bishopsgate Institute (London), October 2012.
Category Romantic Era
Dvořák: Cello Concerto [Gautier Capuçon, Paavo Järvi]
Accompanied by Orchestre de Paris, French cellist Gautier Capuçon plays Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191, the last solo concerto of the Czech composer. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Filmed in the Salle Pleyel in Paris and…
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Opening concert of Musikfest Berlin 2013
The opening concert of the Musikfest Berlin 2013: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays Janaček and Strauss. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Pollini, Böhm, Wiener Philharmoniker]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Italian classical pianist Maurizio Pollini plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: by Karl Böhm.
Elīna Garanča sings Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen
Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings Habanera (the popular name for “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” – English: “Love is a rebellious bird”) from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera “Carmen”. Recorded at the Opéra National de Paris on July 16,…
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Lang Lang]
Accompanied by the Orchestre de Paris, Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. From the opening of the Philharmonie de Paris, January 2015. A brilliant interpretation…
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto [Hilary Hahn]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), American violinist Hilary Hahn performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. Recorded at the Korean Art Centre Concert Hall in Seoul, Korea on June 11, 2012. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Evgeny Kissin]
Accompanied by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, then 13-year-old Evgeny Kissin, the Russian-born Russian-British-Israeli classical pianist plays Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11. Conductor: Andrei Chistyakov. This performance took place on May 23, 1985.
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 [Alban Berg Quartett]
Alban Berg Quartett performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18. The quartet was composed between 1798 and 1800 and was published in 1801.
Pavarotti: A Gala Concert [Munich, 1986]
A Gala Concert by Luciano Pavarotti at Olympia Hall, Munich, Germany. Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor: Emerson Buckley. Year: 1986.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Krystian Zimerman]
Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19. Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) was also conducted by Krystian Zimerman.
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 [Alban Berg Quartett]
Alban Berg Quartet plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18. The quartet was written between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801. It is actually the second string quartet that Beethoven composed.