In 1987, shortly after virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia’s death, Narciso Yepes performed three classical guitar concertos on the same night as a tribute to Segovia.
Conducted by Vincent Dumestre, the early music ensemble Le Poème Harmonique performs Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s grand polyphonic motet Te Deum (H. 146) in D major (probably between 1688 and 1698) and Jean-Baptiste Lully’s 1677 work “Te Deum”.
Alban Berg Quartet plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18. The quartet was written between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801. It is actually the second string quartet that Beethoven composed.
The Academy of Ancient Music, a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England, performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10.
A beautiful Mozart concert: selected arias and Symphony No. 38 (popularly known as the Prague Symphony). Soloist: Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Concentus Musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Accompanied by the Danmarks Radio SymfoniOrkestret (Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra), Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
Daniel Barenboim plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Quasi una fantasia”, Op. 27, No. 2, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata. This performance was recorded in 1983.
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Conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Choir of Clare College perform Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (HWV 74), a secular cantata composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Ambrose Philips. Soloist:…
Harpist Lauren Baker plays the very famous baroque piece, “Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major” on Harp.
Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Dutch classical violin concert and recording artist Janine Jansen performs Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 at Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Latvian classical violinist and conductor Gidon Kremer plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Conducted by Trevor Pinnock, the English Concert and Choir perform Antonio Vivaldi’s hymn Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which words date probably from the 4th Century and which is an integral part of the Ordinary of the Mass. Recorded at the…