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Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Carl Orff's rousing and popular choral work Carmina Burana. With soloists Sally Matthews, Lawrence Brownlee and Christian Gerhaher.

Young Euro Classic is the world's most important platform for international young orchestra musicians in the European classical music tradition, and for its development. For 17 days every summer, orchestras from all over the world perform.

Jenny Chen (1994, Taiwan) performs Tchaikovsky/Liszt - Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin, S429, Rubinstein/Liszt - two songs, S554 and Rapsodie Espagnole, S254 in semi-final I of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, in 2017.

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in this powerful performance taken from the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Denmark's national composer, Carl Nielsen. Alongside Nielsen's inscrutably ironic Symphony No. 6, this performance features world-renowned French pianist Lise ...

The 2017 Prague Spring festival is brought to a powerful close as Krzysztof Penderecki conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Philharmonic Choir in a performance of his monumental seventh symphony Seven Gates of Jerusalem. This work bears witness to an introspective thought about...

With virtuosic flair and an eagerness to expand the repertoire, a new generation of pianists has revitalised the instrument's appeal. In addition to the usual classics, they perform formerly scorned works or discover neglected composers.

An audio-visual concert guide to Bela Bartok's `Concerto for Orchestra'.

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

This stunning interpretation of Cinderella is a theatrical ice dancing performance not to be missed. This story of Cinderella focuses on a humble chorus dancer who is thrust into the spotlight, captivates the heart of the most eligible bachelor in town, and despite rival attempts by her stepsiste...

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in this performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 4. This is the final of the composer's short selection of symphonic works. Described by music critic Malcolm Macdonald as one of the supreme creative acts of the Romantic era, Brahms' Fourth Symphony is...

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Strauss' Horn Concerto No 1. This work is one of the most popular and frequently performed horn concertos, written in the 19th century.

Bernard Haitink conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra for the Easter Concert in Baden-Baden, Germany. Performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major Pastoral with violinist Isabelle Faust.

Canadian tenor Andrew Haji (1985) performs 'Ye people, rend your hearts… If with all your hearts' from Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah.

Based upon Carlo Gozzi's tale, it tells the bizarre story of a sick prince who is cursed by a witch into falling in love with three oranges his punishment for laughing at her when she tripped over and revealed her underwear.

The Valerius Ensemble, consisting of Eeva Koskinen (violin), René Geesing (cello) and Ingo Lulofs (piano) play Rachmaninoff's Trio élégiaque Nr 1 and the Finale of Dvořák's Piano Trio No3, Op 65.

Dina Ivanova (1994, Russia) performs `La notte' (S377a) and `Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12', (S379a) during semi-final II (chamber music) of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017. The competition actively presents, develops, and promotes pian...

This tragic masterpiece marked Verdi's breakthrough in 1851. The hunchbacked jester Rigoletto loves his only daughter Gilda deeply and protects her as well as he can. His patron, the Duke of Mantua, however, is infatuated with the pretty girl and does not hesitate when the opportunity arises to s...

Alexander Ullman performs Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 (S125) during the final of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht 2017.

Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni leads the Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie in this performance of Aida. With 56 operas to his credit, this was his first time to conduct Aida, although it is one of the most often performed operas around the world. Celebrated by both the public and crit...

The Easter festival is an internationally renowned event among classical music lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow on Easter Sunday.

The love of his life is made of wood and is over 300 years old: the Stradivari, `Lady Inchiquin'. It is the voice of the star Frank Peter Zimmermann, but for two years he was forced to renounce the instrument due to the bankruptcy of the owner, the West German Landesbank.

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in this performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 4. This is the final of the composer's short selection of symphonic works. Described by music critic Malcolm Macdonald as one of the supreme creative acts of the Romantic era, Brahms' Fourth Symphony is...