Conducted by Jordi Savall, an orchestra performing on period instruments, Le Concert des Nations performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the “Pastoral Symphony”. This performance was recorded at the Philharmonie de…
Accompanied by the SWR Symphonieorchester (Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra), the French violinist Renaud Capuçon performs Richard Strauss’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8. Conductor: Eva Ollikainen. This performance was recorded at the Liederhalle Stuttgart on 19 July 2024.
Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro (English: The Golden Apple), the Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński sings Baroque arias. The program, entitled “Facce d’Amore” includes 8 world premieres and recorded on July 21, 2021, at the…
Accompanied by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs German Romantic era composer Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, one of the most popular violin concertos in the classical repertoire. Conductor: Daniele…
Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (the Harmonious Garden), the great Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli sings “Ombra mai fu”, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse (Xerxes) by George Frideric Händel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
Turkish pianist İlyun Bürkev plays Frédéric Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39. This performance was recorded at the Musikakademie in Liechtenstein in April 2024, when Bürkev was 16 years old.
The great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and the French violinist Renaud Capuçon perform the French romantic composer César Franck’s Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano. This performance was recorded on June 25, 2020.
Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (popularly known as the Appassionata, meaning “passionate” in Italian), one of the composer’s greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas. This performance was…
Conducted by Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), the Israeli Baroque ensemble Barrocada plays Georg Philipp Telemann‘s Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba in A minor, TWV 52:a1. Soloists: Shai Kribus, recorder; Amit Tiefenbrunn, viola da gamba.
Accompanied by the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie (Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia), the Latvian virtuoso violinist Philippe Hirschhorn plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Winter (L’inverno) from The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni).
Accompanied by the French pianist François Daudet, the French cellist David Louwerse plays Sicilienne, Op. 78, a short work by Gabriel Fauré, composed in 1893. It was originally an orchestral piece, written for a theatrical production that was abandoned. In 1898, Fauré arranged…
Martha Argerich (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), and Jing Zhao (cello) perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50.