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Musicians Christian Zacharias, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Tabea Zimmerman, and Tilmann Wick perform Mozart's `Piano Quartet No. 2' at the Ludwigsburg Festival.

Arvo Pärt based his Kanon Pokajanen (from `Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ', 1995-97) on the canon of repentance as handed down in the earliest Slavic-Christian manuscripts, dating back to the sixth century after Christ. The canon symbolises the change, the transformation from day to...

Yoichiro Chiba performs JS Bach's Partita No 2 in C minor, BWV 826, and Franz Liszt's Sonata in B minor, S 178, during the semi-finals of the 2021 Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal.

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...

A year after the death of Pierre Boulez, the French Institute invites Prague director and producer Reiner Moritz to talk about the life and work of this French composer, pianist and conductor.

The ensemble YES Camerata (Young European String Camerata) and violinist William Hagen perform The Red Priest and the Tanguero at the Academiezaal in the Belgian city of Sint-Truiden in 2017.

The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Neeme Järvi presents the world premiere of Rodion Shchedrin's Double concerto for cello, piano and orchestra. Soloists are Martha Argerich (piano) and Mischa Maisky (cello).

Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded at the Philharmonie in Gasteig, Munich 2016.

German violinist Christian Tetzlaff and Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi bundle their forces in a concert program featuring works by Claude Debussy and César Franck, recorded at Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on April 3, 2020.

A concert including the following works: the Piano Concerto by Maurice Ravel in G major and two works by Gabriela Montero. Montero will be on stage as a pianist herself together with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink closes the Berlin Philharmonic's Europakonzert at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Stravinsky's `Rite of Spring', which he wrote in 1913 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The première caused a sensation and near-riot in the audience due to the avant-ga...

Suite Flamenca consists of seven pieces of traditional flamenco dance presented with Gades' unique insight on the aesthetics of flamenco dance. Consisting of solos, duets and group dances, all sides of flamenco dancing are featured.

The Zadig Trio was born when two childhood friends from France, Boris Borgolotto (violin), and Marc Girard Garcia (cello), joined musical forces with American pianist Ian Barber. Today, they have received several international prizes at competitions in France, Italy, Austria and the USA.

Claudio Abbado conducts the Símon Bolívar Youth Orchestra at the Lucerne Easter Festival in Switzerland in 2010. The ensemble accompanies the young and talented Austrian soprano, Anna Prohaska.

Documentary following the 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which has been a staple of the international musical universe since 1972. Whether playing classical, jazz, tango or avant-garde music, they invariably captivate audiences.

Minsoo Hong performs `La notte' (S377a) and `Hungarian Rhapsody No 12' (S379a) during the second semi-final of the 11th international Franz Liszt piano competition, held at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht in 2017.

Finnish soprano Iida Antola and pianist Anni Laukanen perform Franz Schubert's `Auf dem See, Op 92, No 2 (D 543)' and `Zdes' khorosho' from Sergei Rachmaninoff's `12 Romances (Op 12)'.

Bass-baritone Matthias Hoffman and pianist Lisa Ochsendorf perform `Der Jäger' from Hugo Wolf's `Mörike-Lieder', Franz Schubert's `Fahrt zum Hades', and `Betrunken' from Viktor Ullmann's `Liederbuch des Hafis'.

From the Opéra Royal de Liege, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir in a performance of Verdi's La Traviata recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York in December 2018. Among the soloists are Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, Quinn Kelsey, Maria Zifchak, Marco Antonio Jordao. Verdi's ...

Kent Nagano's combination of popular and rather unusual music from the 20th century.

A look at the composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist Heitor Villa-Lobos, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1887. Featuring a performance of his piece, `Music for Cello and Piano IV'.

Mikhail Pletnev leads the Russian National Orchestra in a performance of Maurice Ravel's `Piano Concerto No 1' with Lucas Debargue as the soloist. The concert opens with a selection of music by Georges.

Philippe Jaroussky sings Bach and Telemann in a portrait of a very special vocalist, and of two exceptional composers.

Pianist Maurizio Baglini performs pieces including Pietro Domenico Paradisi's Sonata No 6, a selection of Franz Liszt's `Grandes Etudes d'après Nicolò Paganini', Paolo Fazioli's `Laendler', and Azio Corghi's `Chansons d'élite'.