Thibaut Garcia plays Sacrificio [Sainz de la Maza]
French classical guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays the Spanish composer Sainz de la Maza’s Sacrificio (sacrifice), written for the 1965 film La Frontera de Dios.
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 [NDR Elbphilharmonie, Günter Wand]
Conducted by Günter Wand, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performs Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485. This performance was recorded during the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Kiel, Germany, in 1997.
Schumann: Piano Quintet [Martha Argerich and Friends]
Martha Argerich (piano), Freddy Varela Montero (violin), Tatiana Glava (violin), Fernando Rojas Huespe (viola), and Stanimir Todorov (cello) perform Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44. This performance was recorded during the first concert of the Festival Argerich…
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [İlyun Bürkev, Klassische Philharmonie Bonn Orchestra]
Accompanied by the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn Orchestra, the Turkish pianist İlyun Bürkev performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Alexander Hülshoff. This performance was recorded at the Munich Herkules Hall on October 25,…
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.
Chopin: Waltz in A minor [Greg Niemczuk]
Polish classical pianist Greg Niemczuk plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz No. 19 in A minor, B. 150, a waltz for solo piano. The piece was written sometime between 1847 and 1849 but was not published until 1860, after the composer’s death.…
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 [Lorin Maazel]
Conducted by Lorin Maazel (1930-2014), the Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Orchestra performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. This performance was recorded on December 31, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan.
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”.…
Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead [Netherlands Philharmonic, Lorenzo Viotti]
Conducted by Lorenzo Viotti, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead, Op. 29, a symphonic poem inspired by Arnold Böcklin’s painting, Isle of the Dead, which the composer saw in a black-and-white reproduction in Paris in…
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte [Orchestre National de France, Dalia Stasevska]
Conducted by Dalia Stasevska, the Orchestre National de France performs Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess), originally a work for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, written in 1899 while the French composer was studying at the…
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.
Pavarotti sings La Girometta [Sibella] at the Central Park in 1993
The legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings La Girometta, a charming Italian art song composed by Gabriele Sibella, during a concert at New York’s Central Park on June 28, 1993. New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leone Magiera. More than…