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In the impressive Jacobi Church, artist in residence Marco Mencoboni has Francesco Durante's requiem sung with an orchestra, soloists, two choirs and a pair of French horns in the leading role, along with the breathtaking Valentina Mastrangelo.

French pianist Anne Queffélec performs Ludwig van Beethoven's `Piano Sonata No 1' in F minor, Op 2/1, `Piano Sonata No 14' in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op 27, No 2 and `Piano Sonata No 32' in C minor, Op 11.

Between March and May 2020, Schinkel Pavillon Berlin opened its unexpectedly vacated exhibition space for a concert series in isolation. As part of this series, baritone Roman Trekel and pianist Francesco Piemontesi perform a chamber music program.

Soviet-born conductor Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philharmonic and London Voices in a concert recorded at the Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, Prague in October 2018. Compositions include Luciano Berio's `Sinfonia for Eight Voices and Orchestra' and more.

Beethoven's last three sonatas explore the intimate meanders of the human soul, from despair to transfiguration. At the time of their composition, Beethoven was already locked in himself by his deafness. This deeply affected his relationships with others and the world. This psychological framewor...

Daniil Trifonov and the Gulbenkian Orchestra, conducted by Hannu Lintu, play 'Cantus Arcticus' op. 61 by Einojuhani Rautavaara, the Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 by Robert Schumann and the Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 43 by Jean Sibelius.

Introducing internationally renowned treasure: the Domaine Forget festival in Saint-Irénée, Québec. Domaine Forget is one of Canada's leading music academies and hosts this annual festival to promote music and dance. Every summer, 500 music students from around the world gather for an intensive c...

Performers include clarinettist Sharon Kam, soprano Jacquelyn Wagner and pianist Matan Porat who bundle their forces in this recital from Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on 11 May 2020.

The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berlin Philharmonic's summer concerts. With over 22.000 in attendance, they are some of the most popular classical music concerts in the world. Here, Camille Saint-Saëns' `Intro ...

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eímear Noone present interpretations of computer game music that spans the entire history of the genre.

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner's symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy of St Florian's monastery are a perfect match, especially when they are captured on film so thrillingly by such an eminent director as Brian Larg...

Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz performs Beethoven's `Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 7'.

A portrait of a very special vocalist, and of two exceptional composers. When Philippe Jaroussky, whose angelic voice seems almost timeless, not belonging to any one epoque or decade, sings works by Telemann and Bach, it becomes abundantly clear that the sheer emotional force and the purifying po...

Dina Ivanova (1994, Russia) performs Liszt'sTotentanz (S525), Schubert/Liszt - Auf dem wasser zu singen (S558/2) and Erlkönig (S558/4) during the Solo Finals of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition.

Soviet-born conductor Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philharmonic in a concert program dedicated to Czech composers, recorded at the Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, Prague in 2018.

Over the course of eleven days in August 2020, the French town of Rocamadour hosted the fifteenth edition of Festival de Rocamadour, a music festival dedicated to sacred music from the classical, baroque, and romantic periods.

`Iolanta' and `Perséphone' - a double bill consisting of two stage works that represent an ideal of beauty, poetry and hope forms this new production in Madrid from the Teatro Real. In both works, the progression from darkness to light acts as an initiation rite that completely transforms the exi...

Sir John Falstaff leads a dissipated life. Permanently penniless, he sends the same love letter to Frau Fluth and Frau Reich, two rich bourgeois women. Seeing through the ruse, their only amusement comes at the expense of the inept suitor.

Berlioz's experience of an unrequited love finds expression in this emotionally-charged story about an artist, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev. The soloist is mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill.

Cameras follow the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra on its musical journey and capture interviews with the musicians.

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a performance of two great works. Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1. is paired with Brahms' dramatic symphonic debut, Symphony No.1.

Canadian-Italian mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo (1994) performs 'Una voce poco fa' from Gioachino Rossini's opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, 'Must the winter come so soon?' from Samuel Barber's opera Vanessa, 'Cœur sans amour' from Jules Massenet's.