The “Little Orchestra” from Portland, Oregon; Pink Martini performs Malagueña. Written in 1928 by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, it was originally the sixth movement of Lecuona’s Suite Andalucia. Live in Portland, December 31, 2005.
A great and dramatic presentation of Herbert von Karajan conducting La Scala Orchestra and Chorus of Milan with the soloists Leontyne Price (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), and Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) at an amazing version of Giuseppe Verdi’s…
Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. Recorded live at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2015.
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan, the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) plays An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (English: “By the Beautiful Blue Danube”, simply known as “The Blue Danube”) by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II. From the…
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Moldovan-Austrian violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, a neoclassical violin concerto in four movements. Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Recorded at Alte Oper Frankfurt on December 12, 2014.
Conducted by Fabio Biondi, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 10 in G major, K. 74. Recorded at the hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt on June 10, 2021. Biondi is also the concertmaster (plays the 1st violin).
Located in Zadar, a 3,000-year-old city on the coast of Croatia, there is an experimental musical instrument: a sea organ that turns Mediterranean waves into Music. It was created by the Croatian architect Nikola Bašić (born 1946).
Ukrainian classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa performs selected works from Johannes Brahms. Recorded on March 1, 2015 at Schaubühne Lindenfels, Leipzig.
Accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. Written in 1878, it is one of the best-known and most performed violin concertos and is considered one of…
Conducted by the Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Orchestre de Paris performs La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (English: The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra), or simply La Mer (i.e. The Sea), an orchestral composition (L…
Conducted by the Colombian violinist and conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. Recorded at Alte Oper Frankfurt on November 5, 2015.
Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Swiss classical pianist Maria João Pires performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595. First performed early in 1791, the year of his death, it is Mozart’s…