Conducted by Andrew Manze, the Collegium Vocale Hannover, the Capella St. Crucis Hannover, the Johannes-Brahms-Chor Hannover, the Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, and the NDR Radiophilharmonie perform Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2 in C minor, popularly known as the Resurrection Symphony.…
Hungarian-born British pianist Sir András Schiff plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, also known as the Les Adieux sonata. This performance was recorded in Japan in 2020.
South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim plays Frédéric Chopin’s second set of Études, “Études Op. 25”. This performance was recorded during the 2019 Isang Yun Competition (an international music competition, held annually in Tongyeong, South Korea. It commemorates Isang Yun, 1917-1995,…
Accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the great Polish-Mexican violinist Henryk Szeryng performs Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major. Conductor: Jan Krenz.
Conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz, the Szymanowski Youth Symphony Orchestra performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Op. 35, a symphonic suite composed in 1888. Concertmaster (lead violinist): Olivia Bujnowicz-Wadowska. This performance was recorded at the Silesian Philharmonic Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland, on…
Accompanied by the Polish-based early music orchestra {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna, the legendary Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15. Conductor: Václav Luks. Both the orchestra and Argerich play on period…
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Recorded in 2012.
Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maria João Pires performs Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine. This performance was recorded in 1998 at the Cité de la Musique, Paris.
Conducted by Klaus Mäkelä, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125. This performance was recorded in Oslo Concert Hall on January 4, 2019.
Violinist Boris Brovtsyn and friends perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48. This performance was recorded during the 2022 Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht (International Chamber Music Festival) on December 30, 2022, at the TivoliVredenburg in…
Accompanied by the Orchestre La Fosse Ô Lyon, the French violinist Lucie Cointet performs German Romantic era composer Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, one of the most popular violin concertos in the classical repertoire.…
Conducted by Bernard Haitink, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Recorded at Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam in 2009.