Ravel: La Valse [Khatia Buniatishvili]
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Maurice Ravel’s La Valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre (a choreographic poem for orchestra). Recorded on September 30, 2014, in London
Dvořák: Violin Concerto [Julia Fischer]
Accompanied by the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, German classical violinist and pianist Julia Fischer performs Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (B.108). Conductor: David Zinman. Recorded during the BBC Proms 2014. Encore: Paul Hindemith – Violin Sonata in…
Bach: Sonata No. 4 For Violin And Harpsichord [Menuhin, Gould]
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Widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, American-born violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin and the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century, perform Johann…
Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola d’amore and Lute [Il Giardino Armonico]
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (The Harmonious Garden) performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Viola d’amore and Lute in D minor, RV 540. Soloists: Enrico Onofri (Viola d’amore), Luca Pianca (lute).
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 [Valentina Lisitsa]
Ukrainian-American classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa plays Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23. It is the first of Chopin’s four ballades for solo piano, composed between 1831 and 1842.
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 [Hofkapelle München]
German baroque music ensemble Hofkapelle München performs Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 by Johann Sebastian Bach. 1st violin and conductor: Rudiger Lotter. Recorded on March 27, 2016, at Het Zondagochtend Concert in the Royal Concertgebouw Concert…
Mozart: Symphony No. 16 [Croatian Chamber Orchestra, Jonathan Griffith]
Conducted by Jonathan Griffith, the Croatian Chamber Orchestra performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 16 in C major, K. 128. This symphony is one of many written during the period in which Mozart stayed in Salzburg, between two trips to Italy.…
Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor, RV 566 [Baroque Orchestra of the Early Music Department of Geneva University of Music]
Conducted by Leonardo Muzii, the Baroque Orchestra of the Early Music Department of Geneva University of Music (Orchestre Baroque Département de Musique Ancienne, Haute école de musique de Genève -HEM- Genève) performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor, RV 566.…
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 [Daniel Barenboim]
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, also known as the Les Adieux sonata.
Albinoni: Adagio [Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra]
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra performs Adagio in G Minor for violin, strings, and organ continuo, a neo-Baroque composition popularly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751), but actually composed by 20th-century musicologist…
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 [Marco Salcito]
Accompanied by the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, the Italian classical guitarist Marco Salcito performs Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99. Conductor: Marcello Bufalini. Recorded live in January 2016 in L’Aquila, Italy.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” [Toscanini, 1948]
Conducted by the legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Members of the Collegiate Chorale (currently MasterVoices) perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (also known as “the Choral”). It is…