Juliana Grigoryan sings Quando men vo
Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan sings Quando men vo, a soprano aria in 3/4 time (a waltz) from Act 2 of Puccini’s 1895 opera La bohème.
Narciso Yepes plays Romance Anónimo [Spanish Romance]
Spanish classical guitarist Narciso Yepes plays “Romance Anónimo”, a lovely piece for classical guitar, also known as “Estudio en Mi de Rubira” (Study in E by Rubira), “Spanish Romance”, “Romance de España”, “Romance of the Guitar”, “Romanza” and “Romance d’Amour”…
Young Pavarotti sings La Donna è Mobile in Moscow, 1964
In the year 1964, in Moscow, 29-year-old Luciano Pavarotti sings the famous canzone from the beginning of act 3 of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto, “La Donna è Mobile“. He was not “the king” yet.
Classical Guitar Recital by Narciso Yepes [1979, 10-string guitar]
The legendary Spanish classical guitarist Narciso Yepes (14 November 1927 – 3 May 1997) performs an 80-minute solo recital, plus 25 minutes of encores, on the 10-string guitar of his own conception, at the Teatro Real de Madrid, in 1979.
Sharon Isbin plays Isaac Albéniz’s Asturias (Leyenda)
American classical guitarist Sharon Isbin plays Isaac Albéniz’s Asturias (Leyenda). An astonishing interpretation of one of the most important works of the classical guitar repertoire.
Angel City Chorale sings “Baba Yetu”
“Baba Yetu” is the hit theme to Civilization IV PC game, composed by Christopher Tin and featured on the Grammy-winning album ‘Calling All Dawns’. It is the first video game piece to ever win a Grammy award, for “Best Instrumental…
Quilapayún plays Bach’s Rondeau
Chilean music group Quilapayún plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Rondeau”, Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067, Movement 2/7, with Latin American musical instruments.
Vivaldi’s Spring with human voices [Carmel A-Cappella]
The vocal quintet “Carmel A-Cappella” sings the first movement (Allegro) of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Spring” from the “Four Seasons“. “Carmel A-Cappella” is a vocal quintet containing five female singers ensemble from Haifa, Israel, who specializes in unaccompanied polyphonic music (a-cappella). The…
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto [Julia Fischer]
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the German violinist Julia Fischer plays Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Recorded during the Saint-Denis Festival on June 19, 2014. Encore: Sarabande, one of the…
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” [Myung-whun Chung]
Conducted by Myung-whun Chung, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as the Pathétique Symphony. Recorded on May 16, 2011, at the Korean Art Centre Concert Hall, Seoul Korea. It…
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor [a visual journey]
Stephen Malinowski performs and also visualizes Johann Sebastian Bach‘s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Stephen Anthony Malinowski is an American composer, pianist, educator, software engineer, and inventor. He was born on August 6, 1953, in Santa Monica,…
Tárrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra: 3 beautiful versions
Three versions (Tavi Jinariu, John Williams, and Andrés Segovia) of Francisco Tárrega‘s Recuerdos de la Alhambra (English: Memories of the Alhambra).