Maria Callas at Covent Garden, 1962 [Complete concert]
Maria Callas‘ complete concert at Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), London. November 4, 1962. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, conductor: Georges Prêtre.
Category Romantic Era
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, the “Funeral March” [Ivo Pogorelić]
Croatian pianist Ivo Pogorelić (Pogorelich) plays Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35, popularly known as The Funeral March.
The Flower Duet (Sumi Jo & Ah-Kyung Lee)
A very beautiful rendition of “The Flower Duet” (French: Duo des fleurs / Sous le dôme épais), a famous duet for sopranos from Léo Delibes’ opera Lakmé, where the two singers’ voices perfectly complement each other. Lakmé: Sumi Jo (soprano),…
Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert 1987 (Karajan, Battle)
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)’s New Year’s Concert in 1987. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Guest singer: Kathleen Battle (soprano).
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic)
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker) plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21.
Jegunova plays Scherzo No. 2 (Chopin)
Latvian concert pianist Olga Jegunova plays Frédéric Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31. Recorded during a piano recital by Olga Jegunova at Bishopsgate Institute (London) in October 2012.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” [Wiener Philharmoniker, Thielemann]
Conducted by Christian Thielemann, the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the “Pastoral Symphony” (German Pastoral-Sinfonie).
Pavarotti sings Nessun Dorma [1990 recording]
Luciano Pavarotti sings Nessun Dorma, a very famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) opera Turandot. Milan, at the 1990 FIFA world cup presentation concert.
Maria Callas sings Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen
Maria Callas, “La Diva” sings Habanera from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen. Recorded at Covent Garden in 1962.
Sándor Lakatos plays Csárdás (Monti)
Hungarian violin virtuoso Sándor Lakatos and his Gipsy Band play Csárdás, a composition by Italian composer Vittorio Monti (6 January 1868 – 20 June 1922). Czárdás is actually a traditional Hungarian folk dance, the name derived from csárda (old Hungarian…
Leonid Kogan plays Paganini’s Nel cor più non mi sento
A preeminent Soviet violinist of the 20th century, Leonid Kogan plays Niccolò Paganini’s “Nel cor più non mi sento“. It is actually a soprano aria from act 2 in Giovanni Paisiello’s 1788 opera L’amor contrastato, ossia La molinara, usually known…
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Sofia Vasheruk]
Accompanied by the Noord Nederlands Orkest (NNO; English, North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra), Russian concert pianist Sofia Vasheruk plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Conductor: Stefan Asbury. Recorded during the Young Pianist Festival in…