Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent choir & orchestra perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew’s Passion) BWV 244. This performance was recorded in 2010.
Conducted by Karl Böhm, the Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) and the Wiener Staatsopernchor (Vienna State Opera Choir) perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626). Recorded in 1971.
Accompanied by the Haydn Ensemble Berlin, Swiss flute player Emmanuel Pahud performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major (K. 313). Mozartwoche 2000, Salzburg.
Accompanied by the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the Swiss virtuoso oboist Heinz Holliger performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314. Conductor: Jesus Lopez Cobos.
The oldest known piece of polyphonic music, a piece of choral music written for more than one part, was recently found at the bottom of a 10th century manuscript in the British Library, London. It is believed to date back…
Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Joan Sutherland and the Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti sing “Parigi, o Cara” (Paris, o dear) from Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera “La Traviata”. Sutherland & Pavarotti Gala Concert in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House in…
A duet by Luciano Pavarotti and Mario Lanza: they sing “Lamento di Federico”, “È la solita storia del pastore“, a famous aria taken from Act II of the opera L’arlesiana by Francesco Cilea. Well, they are not actually singing together,…
Maria Callas‘ complete concert at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), London. November 4, 1962. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, conductor: Georges Prêtre.
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico performs one of the most famous mandolin pieces; Antonio Vivaldi’s Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425. Mandolin: Duilio Galfetti. A really good rendition, enjoy!
Croatian pianist Ivo Pogorelić (Pogorelich) plays Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35, popularly known as The Funeral March.
A beautiful version of the famous Neapolitan song “‘O Sole Mio”, sung by Mario Lanza, the American tenor, actor, and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. The clip is from the 1959 film “For the First…
Natalia is a short but beautiful instrumental piece from the 1969 album “Le Métèque” by Georges Moustaki (May 3, 1934 – May 23, 2013), the famous Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Italo-Greek origin.