Beethoven: Three Sonatas Op. 31 [Fortepiano: Ruxandra Oancea]
Romanian-born Canadian classical pianist Ruxandra Oancea performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Three Sonatas Op. 31 (Piano sonatas No. 16, 17, and 18) on fortepiano.
La Traviata: “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” [Damrau, Flórez at Metropolitan Opera]
German soprano Diana Damrau, Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and the Met Chorus sing “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (English: “Let’s drink from the joyful cups”), a famous duet with a chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, an 1853 opera in…
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik [Gewandhaus Quartet with Steffen Adelmann, double bass] [2005 recording]
Gewandhaus Quartet and contrabassist Steffen Adelmann perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (also known as the Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525. The German title of the piece literally means “a little night music”. Composed…
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Barenboim, Celibidache] [1991 recording]
Accompanied by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache. Recorded at the Gasteig (Philharmonie, München) in 1991.
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Hadelich, Dallas Symphony Orchestra]
Accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Italian-German-American Grammy-winning classical violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: Gemma New. Recorded live in Dallas on April 23, 2021.
Top 5 most expensive violins in the world
What is the most expensive violin in the world? And why the best violins are so expensive? First of all, Making a violin is a real art. The violin is an instrument that requires tremendous craftsmanship to produce the perfect…
Jakub Józef Orliński sings Vedrò con mio diletto [Vivaldi]
Accompanied by the early music ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro, Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński sings Antonio Vivaldi’s “Vedrò con mio diletto” (English: I will see with joy). Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 [Yulia Miloslavskaya]
Accompanied by the PreCollege Orchestra Zürich, classical pianist Yulia Miloslavskaya performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen. Recorded on October 1, 2017, in Zurich, Switzerland.
Brahms: Violin Concerto [Maxim Vengerov]
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Accompanied by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra (Budapest), Maxim Vengerov performs Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77. Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy. Recorded at Kodály Centre in Pécs, Hungary on October 21, 2021. All cadenzas are written by Vengerov himself.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending [Hilary Hahn]
Accompanied by the Camerata Salzburg, an Austrian chamber orchestra based in Salzburg, Austria, American classical violinist Hilary Hahn performs the popular Ralph Vaughn Williams masterpiece “The Lark Ascending”. Conductor: Louis Langrée. Recorded at the 2013 George Enescu Festival.
Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Hilary Hahn, 2010 recording]
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Accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), American classical violinist Hilary Hahn performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen. This performance was recorded live in 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 [Hilary Hahn, Mariss Jansons]
Accompanied by the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), the American classical violinist Hilary Hahn performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Encores: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77: IV.…