Conducted by the American conductor James Gaffigan, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic) and the Groot Omroepkoor (Dutch Radio Choir) perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s The Bells (Russian: Kolokola), Op. 35, a choral symphony written in 1913. The words are from…
Accompanied by the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (The orchestra was previously known in Dutch as Orkest van het Oosten (literal translation “Orchestra of the East”), Croatian classical pianist Dejan Lazić performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major…
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90. Recorded live in Berlin in 2005.
Conducted by Norihiko Yoshikawa, the Cappella Accademica plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 21 in A major, K. 134. This performance was recorded on November 25, 2016, at the Hamakita Culture Center in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. The symphony was composed…
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Russian concert pianist, and composer Daniil Trifonov performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30. Conductor: Myung-whun Chung. Recorded on June 19, 2015, at the Philharmonie de Paris.
Four versions of the Polish guitarist and composer Gerard Drozd’s beautiful piece: Adagio op. 44 (Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach). The first version (solo guitar): Irina Kulikova. This performance was recorded live at the International GLIWICE GUITAR FESTIVAL on 13…
Maria João Pires, one of the finest pianists of her generation, performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, usually referred to as “The Tempest”. Recorded on November 21, 2013, at Salle Pleyel…
Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist Leonard Bernstein performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Composed in 1924, the work is for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music…
Conducted by Vasily Petrenko, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58. This performance was recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on March 18, 2016.
Accompanied by the Saito Kinen Orchestra, Japanese naturalised-British classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome; Chinese classical pianist Yuja Wang performs Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101. Conductor: Antonio Pappano.
Accompanied by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the German cellist Maximilian Hornung perform Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, a concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.