Jussi Björling sings Flower Song from Bizet’s Carmen
One of the leading operatic tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling sings La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Flower Song), a famous aria from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen. A 1950 recording.
Händel: Tornami a vagheggiar [Amanda Forsythe, Apollo’s Fire]
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Accompanied by the Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, the American light lyric soprano Amanda Forsythe sings “Tornami a vagheggiar”, a soprano aria from George Frideric Händel‘s 1735 opera Alcina. Recorded in October 2014 at the Fairmount Presbyterian Church in…
Bach: Johannes-Passion [St John Passion] [Netherlands Bach Society, Van Veldhoven]
Conducted by Van Veldhoven, the Netherlands Bach Society performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passio secundum Johannem or St John Passion (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245. This performance was recorded on March 11, 2017, at the Grote Kerk, Naarden, the Netherlands.
Händel: M’hai Resa Infelice [Jeanine De Bique, Holland Baroque]
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Accompanied by the early music ensemble Holland Baroque, the Trinidadian classical soprano Jeanine De Bique sings M’hai Resa Infelice, a soprano aria from George Frideric Händel‘s 1741 opera Deidamia (HWV 42).
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 [Dumay, Collard]
French Violinist and conductor Augustin Dumay and the French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard perform Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105.
Philippe Hirschhorn plays Sauret Cadenza [Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1]
Latvian virtuoso violinist Philippe Hirschhorn (11 June 1946, Riga – 26 November 1996, Brussels) plays the French violinist and composer Émile Sauret’s (22 May 1852 – 12 February 1920) famous cadenza for the first movement of Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto…
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 [hr-Sinfonieorchester, Paavo Järvi]
Conducted by Paavo Järvi, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93. This performance was recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on May 19, 2022.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Lars Vogt]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the German pianist Lars Vogt (8 September 1970 – 5 September 2022) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Karina Canellakis. This performance was recorded…
Vivaldi: “Gelido in ogni vena” from Farnace [Christopher Lowrey, Voices of Music]
Accompanied by the San Fransisco-based early music ensemble Voices of Music, the American countertenor Christopher Lowrey sings Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gelido in ogni vena” from the opera Farnace. This performance was recorded during the Voices of Music “Harmonic Labyrinth” concert, December,…
Mario Lanza sings Vesti la Giubba [From The Great Caruso, 1951]
The great American tenor and Hollywood film star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Vesti La Giubba”, a famous tenor aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 opera Pagliacci (Clowns). From the 1951 movie “The Great Caruso”.
Jaroussky sings Verdi Prati [from Händel’s Alcina]
French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Verdi Prati, an aria from George Frideric Händel‘s opera “Alcina,” which premiered in 1735. Freiburger Barockorchester conducted by Andrea Marcon. This performance was recorded in 2015.
Manuel de Falla: Danse Espagnole [Galy, González-Buajasán]
French violinist Manon Galy and the Cuban-born French pianist Jorge González-Buajasán perform Manuel de Falla’s Danse Espagnole (Spanish Dance), originally the Dance from Falla’s 1913 opera La vida breve (Spanish Life is Short or The Brief Life), which was arranged…