Accompanied by the award-winning early music ensemble Voices of Music, the American countertenor Christopher Lowrey performs “Ombra mai fu“, the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel. A 4K, Ultra HD video from the Voices of…
Amsterdam-based Baroque ensemble Combattimento (continuation of the former Combattimento Consort Amsterdam which terminated its activities at the end of January 2014) performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043, also known as…
Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova sings “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Love is a rebellious bird), also known as “Habanera”; one of the most famous arias from act 1, scene 5 of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera “Carmen”.
German choir of boys and young men in Windsbach, the Windsbacher Knabenchor Germany sings German Christmas carols. Conductor: Martin Lehmann. Recorded live in HD on December 20, 2015 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, during the Sunday Morning Concert. Published by…
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova plays pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Recorded on December 8, 2016, at Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Published by the AVROTROS Klassiek.
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker), Wiener Jeunesse Choir, and the Uruguay-born Swiss pianist Homero Francesch as a soloist perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80; simply known as…
Conducted by Marek Janowski, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs the overture of Robert Schumann’s Manfred: Dramatic Poem with Music in Three Parts (Opus 115) (German: Manfred. Dramatisches Gedicht in drei Abtheitungen). Recorded live at the Alte Oper Frankfurt…
Accompanied by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, the American violinist and conductor Joshua Bell performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35; considered one of the most technically difficult works for the…
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor (Op. 93). Recorded in London during the BBC Proms 2013.
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, nicknamed the “Little Russian”. This performance is published by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and originally aired March 1, 2015 on…
L’APPASSIONATA, a Chamber orchestra based in Verona, Italy performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 24 in B flat major, K. 182 Concertmaster: Lorenzo Gugole.
Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, French cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Recorded live from Paris Cité de la Musique on 2 November 2012.