Conducted by Claudio Abbado, one of the most celebrated and respected conductors of the 20th century, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra performs the overture of Lohengrin, WWV 75, a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by the German composer…
California-based early music ensemble Voices of Music performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 with original instruments. Recorded at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Belvedere, California.
Perhaps the best-known triumphal march: from the second act of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1871 grand opera, Aïda (sometimes spelled Aida). This great opera was commissioned by and first performed at Cairo’s Khedivial Opera House (built on the orders of the Khedive…
![Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø and Spanish tenor José Carreras sing Quando sento que mi ami [Serrat]](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Kyrkjebo-Carreras-Quando-sento-que-mi-ami-768x432.jpg)
Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø and Spanish tenor José Carreras sing “Quando sento que mi ami” (When You Tell Me That You Love Me), a song written by the Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat (b. 1943).
Accompanied by the Orchestre de Paris, the Dutch violinist and violist Janine Jansen performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Recorded in January 2015.
Spanish operatic lyric coloratura soprano Victoria de los Ángeles sings “Una voce poco fa” (English: A voice a little while ago) of Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa in two acts, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville). From the BBC…
![Accompanied by the Italian chamber orchestra I Solisti Veneti, Irish virtuoso flute player Sir James Galway performs Flute Concerto No. 3 in D major, RV 428 [Il gardellino] by Antonio Vivaldi](https://andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/James-Galway-Antonio-Vivaldi-Flute-Concerto-No-3-Il-Gardellino-768x432.jpg)
Accompanied by the Italian chamber orchestra I Solisti Veneti, Irish virtuoso flute player Sir James Galway performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Flute Concerto No. 3 in D major, RV 428 “Il gardellino”. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
Belgian baroque ensemble Il Gardellino performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe in c minor, BWV 1060R. Soloist (oboe): Marcel Ponseele. While the existing score is in the form of a concerto for harpsichord and strings (BWV 1060),…
Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and the Brazilian classical pianist Nelson Freire perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 2, Op. 17, a composition for two pianos, which was composed in Italy in the first months of 1901. Recorded in Tokyo in October…
The legendary Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti sings Agustín Lara’s Granada, a song about the Spanish city of Granada written in 1932 by the Mexican composer. New York City Opera Orchestra conducted by Leone Magiera, the Italian pianist, and conductor. He…
Conducted by Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op 125. This performance was recorded on May 7, 2015.
Italian guitarist, theorbist, and lutenist Simone Vallerotonda performs Santiago de Murcia’s Prelude por la E, a piece dated 1714. A beautiful performance on baroque guitar.