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.…
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).
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.
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).
Australia-based Stringspace string quartet musicians performing Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. A beautiful rendition of the famous Baroque piece.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Amsterdam-based Concertgebouw Kamerorkest (Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, a composition for a chamber ensemble. Recorded on April 14, 2013, at Concertgebouw Amsterdam.