The legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Pourquoi me réveiller, one of the most famous and emotionally charged arias from Jules Massenet’s opera “Werther”, during a concert at New York’s Central Park on June 28, 1993. New York Philharmonic Orchestra…
Concertgebouw Kamerorkest (Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra) performs Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20, a piece for string orchestra in three short movements. This performance was recorded during the AVROTROS Friday concert on October 28, 2016, at the…
The MET Orchestra Chamber Ensemble performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita” for winds in B-flat major, K. 361
Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Groot Omroepkoor perform Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), Op. 50, an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. This performance was recorded during the AVROTROS Friday…
Alasdair Beatson (piano), Tang Tee Khoon (violin), Yang Shuxiang (violin), Julianne Lee (viola), and Eckart Runge (cello) perform Antonin Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81. This performance was recorded on November 11, 2023.
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, commonly known as the “Moonlight Sonata”, and Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op.…
Conducted by Roberto Zarpellon, the Venice Monteverdi Academy Choir and the Chamber Orchestra Lorenzo Da Ponte perform Antonio Vivaldi’s Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie (Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes), RV 644, an oratorio which the only survivor of…
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.…
Romanian-German countertenor Valer Sabadus sings “Ombra mai fu”, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Händel.
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 (“Thun” or “Meistersinger”).
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.
Accompanied by the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Mitsuko Uchida performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, KV. 456. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.