Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 [Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos]
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, the last of his violin sonatas.
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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 7 [Henryk Szeryng]
Accompanied by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra), the great Polish-Mexican violinist and composer Henryk Szeryng performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, K. 271a/271i, known as the “Kolb Concerto”. Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. This historic…
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2 [Christian Tetzlaff]
German violinist Christian Tetzlaff and the NDR Philharmonie perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129. Conductor: Andrew Manze. This performance was recorded on February 17, 2022, at the NDR Hannover.
International Classical Music Awards 2024 Gala Concert [Alexander Liebreich, Orquesta de València]
The laureates of the 2024 International Classical Music Awards [ICMA] perform the most beautiful pieces in their repertoire, supported by the Orquesta de València, conducted by Alexander Liebreich. The gala concert took place on 12 April 2024 in the Palau…
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 [Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos]
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, “Regensonate” (Rain Sonata).
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio [Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky]
Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), and Mischa Maisky (cello) perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. This performance was recorded in 1998 in Japan. Encore: Tango Pathetique by Peter Kiesewetter.
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 [Yehudi Menuhin]
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF (today the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France), legendary violinist of the 20th century, Yehudi Menuhin performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216. Menuhin also conducts the orchestra.…
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 [Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos]
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 (“Thun” or “Meistersinger”).
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 [Khachatryan, Eschenbach, SWR Symphonieorchester]
Accompanied by the SWR Symphonieorchester, the Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. This performance was recorded in April 2019 at the Liederhalle Stuttgart.
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, [Khachatryan, Kochanovsky, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic]
Accompanied by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky. This performance was recorded at the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on March 16, 2019.
Vivaldi: Four Seasons [Alexandra Conunova, Orchestre International de Genève]
Accompanied by the Orchestre International de Genève, the Moldovan violinist Alexandra Conunova performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni), a group of four violin concerti. This performance was recorded on August 2, 2015, at the Saint-Ursanne “Piano Festival”.…
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings [NDR Elbphilharmonie, Paavo Järvi]
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.