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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 “Les Adieux” [Maurizio Pollini]

Maurizio Pollini plays Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 26

Legendary Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini (5 January 1942 – 23 March 2024) plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, also known as the Les Adieux sonata.

Philippe Jaroussky sings Ombra Mai Fu [Francesco Cavalli]

Accompanied by his own early music ensemble, Ensemble Artaserse, French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky sings Francesco Cavalli Ombra Mai Fu.

Accompanied by his own early music ensemble, Ensemble Artaserse, French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky sings Ombra Mai Fu by Francesco Cavalli, the Venetian composer, organist, and singer of the early Baroque period.

Ravel: Boléro [WDR Symphony, Alondra de la Parra]

Conducted by Alondra de la Parra, the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln performs Maurice Ravel Boléro

Conducted by Alondra de la Parra, the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne) performs Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, a one-movement orchestral piece, originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960). This performance was recorded on January 27, 2022, at the Kölner Philharmonie.

Schubert: Ständchen (Serenade) [Camille Thomas, cello, Beatrice Berrut, piano]

Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas and the Swiss pianist and composer Beatrice Berrut perform Franz Schubert Ständchen (Serenade)

Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas and the Swiss pianist and composer Beatrice Berrut perform Franz Schubert’s Ständchen (Serenade), a beautiful love song originally written for voice and piano. Thomas plays the voice part on the cello in this performance which was recorded at Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels on June 5, 2011.

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 [Barenboim]

Daniel Barenboim plays Mozart Piano Sonata No. 16

Daniel Barenboim plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545.

Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra [Isabel Martínez]

Isabel Martínez plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega

Spanish classical guitarist Isabel Martínez plays Francisco Tárrega’s famous guitar piece Recuerdos de la Alhambra (English: Memories of the Alhambra). This is the first single of Martínez’s album “Noche Andaluza”, inspired by the Arab heritage and the popular music from Andalusia. This performance was recorded in the Hammam Al-Andalus in Granada.

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 [Tiffany Poon]

Tiffany Poon plays Robert Schumann Kinderszenen

Hong-Kong born American pianist Tiffany Poon plays Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen (English: “Scenes from Childhood”), Opus 15, a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written during the spring of 1838. This performance was recorded during the Dresden Music Festival 2023 on June 17, 2023, at the Palais im Großen Garten.

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 [Marc-André Hamelin]

Marc-André Hamelin performs Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin performs Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by the Hungarian composer, and is by far the most famous of the set. Cadenza is written by Hamelin himself. This performance was recorded at the Casals Hall, Tokyo, on December 11, 1997.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Maria João Pires, Frans Brüggen]

Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Maria João Pires performs Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.

Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Maria João Pires performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Frans Brüggen. Both Pires and the orchestra perform on period instruments. This performance was recorded on November 4, 2010, at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, Poland.

Dowland: Can She Excuse My Wrongs [Vivid Consort, David Bergmüller]

Early music ensemble Vivid Consort and the Austrian lutenist David Bergmüller perform Can She Excuse My Wrongs, a late 16th-century song by the English Renaissance composer John Dowland. It is the fifth song in Dowland’s First Booke of Songes or Ayres (Peter Short, London 1597). The words are set to a dance tune, a galliard, a form of Renaissance dance and music popular throughout Europe in the 16th century. Musicians: Christine Gnigler – recorder, vocals, Lorina Vallaster – recorder, vocals, Sheng-Fang Chiu – recorder, David Bergmüller – lute. Recorded in Vienna in 2020.