Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Groot Omroepkoor perform Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), Op. 50, an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. This performance was recorded during the AVROTROS Friday…
Alasdair Beatson (piano), Tang Tee Khoon (violin), Yang Shuxiang (violin), Julianne Lee (viola), and Eckart Runge (cello) perform Antonin Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81. This performance was recorded on November 11, 2023.
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, commonly known as the “Moonlight Sonata”, and Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op.…
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 (“Thun” or “Meistersinger”).
Conducted by Alan Gilbert, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, commonly known as the Pathétique Symphony. This performance was recorded on November 4, 2022, at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
The great American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings O Paradis! (Oh Paradise!), one of the most celebrated arias from “L’Africaine” (The African Woman), a grand opéra in five acts with music by the German composer…
Conducted by Günter Wand, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performs Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485. This performance was recorded during the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Kiel, Germany, in 1997.
Martha Argerich (piano), Freddy Varela Montero (violin), Tatiana Glava (violin), Fernando Rojas Huespe (viola), and Stanimir Todorov (cello) perform Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44. This performance was recorded during the first concert of the Festival Argerich…
Accompanied by the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn Orchestra, the Turkish pianist İlyun Bürkev performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Alexander Hülshoff. This performance was recorded at the Munich Herkules Hall on October 25,…
Polish classical pianist Greg Niemczuk plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz No. 19 in A minor, B. 150, a waltz for solo piano. The piece was written sometime between 1847 and 1849 but was not published until 1860, after the composer’s death.…
Conducted by Lorin Maazel (1930-2014), the Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Orchestra performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. This performance was recorded on December 31, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan.
Conducted by Paavo Järvi, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48. This performance was recorded on May 7, 2021, during the International Music Festival Hamburg, at the Elbphilharmonie.