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…
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…
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…
Accompanied by her own early music ensemble Orfeo 55, the French contralto Nathalie Stutzmann sings Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Ah, mio cor, schernito sei,” an aria from the 1735 opera Alcina. This performance is recorded for Stutzmann and Orfeo 55’s 2017…
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Yuja Wang performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, a concertante work that was written for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto, all in a single movement.…
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier. This performance was recorded on November 3, 2023, at…
The legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Mamma, a popular song composed in 1940 by Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896-1978) with Italian lyrics by Bixio Cherubini (1899-1987) under the title “Mamma son tanto felice” (Mum, I am so happy). Flauto: Andrea…
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo (Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra), one of the greatest pianists in the world, Maria João Pires performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, known as the Jeunehomme…
Evgeny Kissin plays Franz Liszt’s Liebesträume No. 3, the third of a set of three solo piano works (S.541), on Liszt’s original C. Bechstein piano. Liebesträume means “Dreams of Love” in English. Liszt’s C. Bechstein piano is in the salon…
Accompanied by pianist Michel Dalberto, Gautier Capuçon 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 the unperformed music as a…
Accompanied by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19. Conductor Daniel Barenboim. This performance was recorded at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina in…
The legendary pianist of the 20th century, Sviatoslav Richter performs Frédéric Chopin’s Études Op. 10 (Nr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12) and Études Op. 25 (Nr. 5, 6, 8, 11). This performance was recorded in London in…