![Pavarotti sings Chitarra Romana [Medison Square Garden, 1987]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pavarotti-sings-Chitarra-Romana-1987-768x432.jpg)
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Chitarra Romana (which means “Roman Guitar”), a 1934 Italian folk song composed by the Italian composer Eldo Di Lazzaro (21 February 1902 – 29 November 1968) with lyrics by the Italian lyricist Bruno Cherubini…
![Mozart: Symphony No. 1 [Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, Johannes Klumpp]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mozart-Symphony-No-1-Folkwang-Kammerorchester-Johannes-Klumpp-768x432.jpg)
Conducted by Johannes Klumpp, the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen (a chamber orchestra historically formed mostly by students of the Folkwang University in Essen, Germany) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16. The symphony was written in…
Accompanied by the Netherlands Bach Society, the English countertenor Tim Mead performs Erbarme dich, mein Gott (English: Have mercy, my God), one of the most celebrated arias from Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Matthäus-Passion” (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244. Conductor: Jos van…
Accompanied by the L.A. Philharmonic and the L.A. Music Center Opera Chorus, the most celebrated operatic singing trio of the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Three Tenors (Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, and Plácido Domingo) perform “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (English: “Let’s…
The legendary American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Drink, drink, drink”, a spirited tenor aria from the operetta “The Student Prince,” which premiered in 1924. The operetta itself, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book…
![Pavarotti sings Nessun Dorma [1994]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pavarotti-sings-Nessun-Dorma-1994-768x432.jpg)
Accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Nessun Dorma, a very famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Recorded during The Three Tenors concert at the Los Angeles Dodger…
![Händel: Sweet Bird [Amanda Forsythe, Emi Ferguson & Voices of Music]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Amanda-Forsythe-Emi-Ferguson-Voices-of-Music-Handel-Sweet-Bird-768x432.jpg)
Accompanied by the award-winning Early music ensemble Voices of Music, the American light lyric soprano Amanda Forsythe and the American flautist Emi Ferguson (baroque flute) perform Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Sweet Bird”, a beautiful and well-known aria from the secular oratorio…
American operatic tenor Lawrence Brownlee and the American baritenor (the opera singer who can sing both baritone and tenor arias) Michael Spyres sing “All’idea di quel metallo”, a famous duet from Gioachino Rossini’s 1816 comic opera “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”…
The German organist Simon Langenbach performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 at the Peterskirche Weinheim. The piece is Bach’s signature work for organ solo. The organ Langenbach performed on is a Walcker Orgelbau.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays Franz Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 90, D. 899.
Accompanied by the German Youth Philharmonic orchestra, the German classical violinist and pianist Julia Fischer performs Edward Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16. Conductor: Matthias Pintscher.
Accompanied by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, German classical violinist and pianist Julia Fischer and the German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, a concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra. Conductor: Alan Gilbert. Recorded…