Jussi Björling sings Flower Song from Bizet’s Carmen
One of the leading operatic tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling sings La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Flower Song), a famous aria from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen. A 1950 recording.
Category Romantic Era
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 [Dumay, Collard]
French Violinist and conductor Augustin Dumay and the French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard perform Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105.
Philippe Hirschhorn plays Sauret Cadenza [Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1]
Latvian virtuoso violinist Philippe Hirschhorn (11 June 1946, Riga – 26 November 1996, Brussels) plays the French violinist and composer Émile Sauret’s (22 May 1852 – 12 February 1920) famous cadenza for the first movement of Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto…
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 [hr-Sinfonieorchester, Paavo Järvi]
Conducted by Paavo Järvi, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93. This performance was recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on May 19, 2022.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Lars Vogt]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the German pianist Lars Vogt (8 September 1970 – 5 September 2022) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Karina Canellakis. This performance was recorded…
Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 [International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht]
Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Clara-Jumi Kang (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Timothy Ridout (viola), Pablo Ferrández (cello), and Zvi Plesser (cello) perform Johannes Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36. This performance was the opening concert of the Internationaal…
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” [Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra]
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Conducted by Iván Fischer, the Budapest Festival Orchestra performs Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, commonly known as the “Unfinished Symphony”. The concert took place on February 28, 2014, at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall…
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Olga Scheps]
Accompanied by the Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů (Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra), the German pianist Olga Scheps performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Robert Kružík. This performance was recorded in 2021.
Liszt: 12 Transcendental Études [Yunchan Lim]
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South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim performs Transcendental Études (French: Études d’exécution transcendante), S.139, a set of twelve compositions for piano by Franz Liszt. Recorded on June 10, 2022, during the semi-final of the 2022 Cliburn Competition, where Yunchan Lim took…
Liszt: Liebesträume No. 3 [Khatia Buniatishvili]
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Liebesträume No. 3 (Liebesträume means “Dreams of Love” in English), the third of a set of three solo piano works (S.541) by Franz Liszt. This performance was recorded during the 2011 Verbier Festival.
2023 Nobel Prize Concert [Soloist: Julia Fischer]
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This year’s Nobel Prize Concert brings together world-renowned conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and acclaimed violinist Julia Fischer, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. On 8 December, works by Boccherini, Brahms, and Ravel were performed on the Konserthuset Stockholm stage. The…
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence [Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra]
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Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra 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 Michael Waterman’s arrangement for chamber orchestra. Recorded during the…