Ana Vidović Guitar Recital
A guitar recital by the Croatian virtuosa classical guitarist Ana Vidović. Live from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco, California, March 28, 2021. Provided by Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with period instruments [Jordi Savall with Le Concert des Nations]
Conducted by Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations, and Vox Bona Chamber Choir perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 with period instruments. With the final chorus based on Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude”,…
Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D Major [Voices of Music & Dominic Favia]
San Francisco-based early music ensemble Voices of Music performs Italian late Baroque era composer Giuseppe Torelli’s Trumpet Concerto in D Major “Estienne Roger 188” with period instruments. Baroque trumpet: Dominic Favia.
Dall’Abaco: Concerto a più istrumenti, Op. 5, No. 6 in D major [Bremer Barockorchester]
Bremer Barockorchester performs Concerto a più istrumenti, Op. 5 – No. 6 in D major by the Italian baroque composer Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco. Recorded at the Unser Lieben Frauen Church in Bremen on October 2nd, 2020.
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto [Sergey Eletskiy]
Accompanied by the MusicAeterna Orchestra, Russian clarinetist Sergey Eletskiy plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622. Conductor: Martin Sandhoff. Recorded at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, Russia on March 18, 2016.
Chausson: Poème, Op. 25 [Anna Tifu]
Accompanied by The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Italian classical violinist Anna Tifu performs Ernest Chausson’s “Poème” for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25. Live concert recorded on 14 September 2018 at the Radio France Auditorium. Conductor: Mikko Frank. Published by…
Catherine Bott performs Zerfließe, mein Herze from Bach’s St John Passion BWV 245
British soprano and Baroque specialist Catherine Bott performs “Zerfließe, mein Herze” from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passio secundum Joannem or St John Passion (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245, a Passion or oratorio, the older of the surviving Passions by Bach (first performed…
Michael Chance sings Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott [Matthäus-Passion]
English countertenor Michael Chance sings “Erbarme dich, mein Gott” (English: Have mercy, my God), an aria for contralto, solo violin, strings (originally 2 violins and 1 viola), and basso continuo, from Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1727 sacred oratorio “Matthäus-Passion” (English: St…
Sébastien le Camus: Laissez durer la nuit par [Anne-Sophie Honoré]
French mezzo-soprano Anne-Sophie Honoré performs Sébastien Le Camus’ “Laissez durer la nuit par” (English: let the night last). This performance was recorded on May 21, 2018.
Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Hadelich]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Grammy-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada. This performance was recorded at the Kloster Eberbach during the Rheingau Musik Festival on June…
Buying a grand piano: reasons why it’s worth it
Yamaha has been the leader in audio technology since the 1800s when it was first established as a reed organ manufacturing company. The birth of the grand piano in the 1900s was the start of a musical legacy that Yamaha…
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Daniil Trifonov]
Accompanied by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Russian concert pianist and composer Daniil Trifonov performs Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10. Conductor: Alan Gilbert. Recorded live on February 5, 2021, at the Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal,…