Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 [Hungarian Symphony Orchestra]
Conducted by Rico Saccani, the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest plays Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 at the Wiener Musikverein, Austria.
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Evgeny Kissin at the Carnegie Hall, 1995]
Accompanied by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin, the Russian-born Russian-British-Israeli classical pianist performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 at the Carnegie Hall Opening Night in New York in 1995. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.…
Boccherini: Minuet [Ensemble Deva]
Ensemble Deva performs the 3rd movement, “minuet” of the Italian classical era composer Luigi Boccherini’s String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275).
Enrico Caruso: Dreams of Long Ago (1912)
One of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Enrico Caruso sings “Dreams of Long Ago”, a beautiful song composed by the Italian tenor. Italian lyrics by John Focacci, and English lyrics by Earl Carroll.
Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood, the Academy of Ancient Music performs Tomaso Albinoni’s 12 Concerti a cinque, a collection of concertos by the Italian composer, published in 1722. Soloists: Andrew Manze (Violin), Frank de Bruine, (Oboe I); Alfredo Bernardini, (Oboe II).
Pachelbel: Canon [Stringspace String Quartet]
Australia-based Stringspace string quartet musicians performing Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. A beautiful rendition of the famous Baroque piece.
Paco Peña: Santo (Tanguillos)
Santo (Tanguillos) from the Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco Peña’s 1991 album Misa Flamenca (English: a Flamenco Mass), which contains Peña’s compositions and his original concept for a flamenco Mass sprang from the desire to unite the Catholic perception of the…
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue [Piano: Fazıl Say]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Turkish classical pianist Fazıl Say performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Conductor: Miguel…
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [Julian Kuerti, hr-Sinfonieorchester]
Conducted by Julian Kuerti, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Op. 35, a symphonic suite composed in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights. Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on January 16, 2015.
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 [Maxim Vengerov]
Accompanied by the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major K. 211. The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Maxim Vengerov, the soloist himself. Recorded during the BBC Proms…
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 [Nathalie Stutzmann]
Conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo plays Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11. Recorded at Sala São Paulo, Brazil, 21 November 2013.
Schumann: Kinderszenen Op. 15, “Scenes from Childhood” [Vladimir Horowitz]
Widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, Russian-American classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz plays Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen (original spelling Kinderscenen, “Scenes from Childhood”), Opus 15, a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written during the spring…