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From the Rammenau Castle, the Gewandhaus-Quartett presents Mozart's String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575.

Gidon Kremer's return to J S Bach's partitas. In this recording from 2006, Kremer once again takes on the greatest challenge for any violinist: Bach's magnificent Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006).

Yeontaek Oh performs Ludwig van Beethoven's Andante Grazioso con Moto in F major, WoO 57, 'Andante Favori', Ferruccio Busoni's Toccata, BV 287, Preludio, Fantasia, and Ciaccona, and Robert Schumann's Humoreske in B-flat major.

Excerpts of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos' are performed by the Freiburger Barockorchester, under the baton of Gottfried von der Goltz.

Schinkel Pavillon Berlin opened its unexpectedly vacated exhibition space for a concert series in isolation titled Concerts in Quarantine. Israeli pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï performs several excerpts from François Couperin's `Pièces des Clavecin'.

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...

Olena Tokar (soprano) and Igor Grishin (piano) perform a lieder and piano program, recorded at Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on March 30, 2020. The program opens with five songs by Pauline Viardot: `Two Roses', `On Georgia's Hills', `Evening Song'.

Olivier Latry, current holder of the Great Organ of Notre Dame, plays Pierre Cochereau's Boléro, Louis Vierne's Carillon of Westminster and Scherzo.

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Solti plays the Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók.

In this exquisite 2016 concert from Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Russian National Orchestra and star-pianist Boris Berezovsky are led by conductor Mikhail Pletnev in a performance of magnificent works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Energetic, intellectual, eloquent and confident: in the Missa Gaudeamus we encounter a grown-up Josquin Desprez, who shows off with bravura all the compositional techniques and stylistic elements of his day. Cantus firmus and canon techniques go hand in hand with melodic ingenuity, rhythmic compl...

Critics praise her, and the audience loves her. Kristine Opolais, the prima donna and the star of the New York Metropolitan Opera, performs in her home country Latvia. She gives a splendid concert with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's `Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125'. The European Concert has been a tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 1991. The musicians commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra's founding on ...

For this exceptional recital, recorded in 2019 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Camille and Julie Berthollet are accompanied by pianist Guillaume Vincent and the Ensemble Appassionato under the direction of Mathieu Herzog.

This Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 1 BWV 1014 is the first of the set of sonatas Johann Sebastian Bach composed before 1725, probably during his time as chapel master in Köthen.

Although the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi applied unsuccessfully to study at the Milan Conservatory, this renowned college of music was eventually named after him. Today, the 'Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi' counts numerous successful musicians among its alumni: from Giacomo Puccini, Alfre...

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 ...

Ying Li performs Claude Debussy's `Images, Book I', Frédéric Chopin's `Nocturne in C-sharp minor', and Franz Liszt's `Paraphrase' from Verdi's `Rigoletto' at the Teatro EDI Barrio's in Milan.

Chinese pianist Ying Li performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's `Sonata No 13 in B-flat major' and Béla Bartók's `Sonata, BB 88, Sz.80' at the Nuovo Teatro Ariberto in Milan in June 2021.

Ying Li performs Ludwig van Beethoven's `Sonata No 28 in A major', Frédéric Chopin's `Fantasia in F minor', and Sergei Prokofiev's `Sonata No 7 in B-flat major' at the Sala Verdi of the Conservatory of Milan in July 2021.

Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo have finally found common ground between classical music and professional wrestling. Clementi had to contend with Mozart's ingenuity, Beethoven blew Steinbelt out of Vienna, and Handel sparred Scarlatti in a joust of fingers.

Violinist Federico Guglielmo and harpsichordist Roberto Loreggian perform a selection of Baroque pieces from Nicola Matteis, Giuseppe Tartini, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Antonio Vivaldi.

`The Magic Flute' is one of Mozart's best-loved works. This upbeat opera tells the tale of Prince Tamino, who, on orders of the Queen of the Night, needs to save Princess Pamina from Sarastro.

Swedish pianist and composer Roland Peter Pöntinen performs Couperin's Les Baricades mistérieuses, Rameau's Gavotte in a minor, Busoni's Albumblatt No 1, Saariaho's Prelude and Ballade, Chopin's Ballade No 4 in F minor, Albéniz' Ibera - book 2, Nos 1 and 3, Rachmaninov's Sérénade in B flat minor ...

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...

Emmanuel Krivine leads the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104, featuring Aleksandr Khramouchin as the soloist. The Cello Concerto is one of the most-performed works in its genre.

A portrait of a very special vocalist and of two exceptional composers. When Philippe Jaroussky, whose angelic voice seems almost timeless and not belonging to any one epoque or decade, sings works by Telemann and Bach.

Between March and May 2020, Schinkel Pavillon Berlin opened its unexpectedly vacated exhibition space for a concert series in isolation titled Concerts in Quarantine. As part of the series, pianist Severin von Eckardstein performs.