One of the greatest operatic tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling sings La Donna è Mobile, a famous canzone from the beginning of act 3 of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1851 opera Rigoletto. This recording is from the Ed Sullivan Show…
Isabelle Faust (violin), Sol Gabetta (Cello), and Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) perform Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 929, one of the last compositions completed by the composer. This performance was recorded…
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. This performance was recorded at the Wiener Musikverein, Goldener Saal on September 18,…
Božo Paradžik (double bass) and Mira Wollmann (piano) perform Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, also known as the “Arpeggione Sonata”. The sonata is originally written for arpeggione, a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and…
Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, sometimes known as “Valse du petit chien” (French for “Waltz of the puppy”), and popularly known in English as the Minute Waltz.
Accompanied by the Pan-European Philharmonia, the Cypriot-born British pianist Marios Papadopoulos performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15. Conductor: Peter Tiboris. Recorded at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio on March 23,…
Conducted by Peter Tiboris, the Pan-European Philharmonia performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. This performance was recorded at the Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio on April 18, 2019.
American operatic soprano Dorothy Kirsten, the American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin Mario Lanza, and the American operatic mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom sing “O Terra Addio”, the final duet from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida,” which premiered in Cairo in…
Accompanied by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the American violinist Hilary Hahn performs Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (B.108). Conductor: Jader Bignamini. This performance was recorded on April 12, 2021.
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2, the second work of his opus 64, and the companion to the more famous “Minute Waltz” (Op. 64, No. 1). An excerpt from the…
Janine Jansen and friends perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat major for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, Op. 20. Recorded during Janine Jansen’s International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht (Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht) 2011.
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Amsterdam Sinfonietta performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet in D minor, “Souvenir de Florence”, Op. 70, originally a string sextet, scored for 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos, with an arrangement for chamber orchestra. Concertmaster (lead violinist) and conductor:…