Conducted by Ton Koopman, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker) plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, K. 22. The composer was nine years old when he composed the piece in The Hague in December 1765. He…
Conducted by the legendary Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Mozart performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments), a collection of six instrumental works, widely regarded as some of the best orchestral…
The great American tenor of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria by Franz Schubert. The video is from the 1956 movie “Serenade”.
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The Basel Chamber Orchestra (Kammerorchester Basel) plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Il gran mogol (The Grand Moghul) concerto (RV 431a), written in the late 1720s or early 1730s. Giuliano Carmignola: conductor and violin. Recorded on January 4, 2014, at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam,…
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Accompanied by the early music ensemble Orfeo 55, the Hungarian soprano Emőke Baráth and the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky perform Italian Baroque composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a sacred work originally scored for soprano and alto soloists. Conductor: Nathalie…
Russian operatic soprano Aida Garifullina and Peruvian operatic tenor Juan Diego Flórez sing “E il sol dell’anima” (English: “Love is the sunshine of the soul”) from Rigoletto, an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.
The famous ballet in two acts, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”, from the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, December 2012. Valery Gergiev: conductor, Vasily Vainonen: choreography, Benjamin Tyrrell: stage and costumes. This successful production is recorded exclusively for EuroArts Music…
Conducted by Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie (Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes), RV 644, an oratorio which the only survivor of the four that he is known to have…
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), German-Korean pianist Christopher Park performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival 2013 at Wiesbaden, Kurhaus. August 21,…
Conducted by Dmitri Slobodeniouk, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Het Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, RFO) performs Dmitri Shostakovich‘s Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor (Op. 113, subtitled Babi Yar). Bass: Sergej Aleksashkin. On April 3, 2011 at the Grote Zaal…
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Leonard Bernstein conducted a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany on December 25, 1989. The performance took place in the Schauspielhaus in the eastern part of Berlin…
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Mitsuko Uchida performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.