Stingray Classica

Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.

Maestro Herbert Blomstedt makes his debut with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra at 2020's Lucerne Festival conducting Ludwig van Beethoven's celebrated Symphony No 3 in E-flat major, Op 55, Eroica.

Ester Hoppe, Christian Poltéra and Francesco Piemontesi perform Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100 (D. 929) during the International Chamber Music Festival in Bellinzona, Switzerland in 2019. This trio was among the last compositions completed by Schubert and is dated November 1827. It was publ...

Frank Scheffer presents an intimate portrait of John Cage, one of the 20th century's best composers. From 1982 to 1992, Scheffer worked with Cage on numerous occasions, which resulted in unique archives of historical audio-visual material.

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

Celebrated German violinist Isabelle Faust performs JS Bach's `Sonata No 3' in C major, a piece that includes an extensive fugue in which Bach employs many contrapuntal techniques.

Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.

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.

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 ...

This stunning performance of theatrical ice dancing brings viewers into the enchanting world of Tchaikovsky's magnificent holiday classic, The Nutcracker On Ice, performed by the internationally renowned Imperial Ice Stars, and including former champion figure skaters, Vadim Yarkov and Olga Sharu...

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.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts as the Berlin Philharmonic perform Joaquín Rodrigo's beloved `Concierto de Aranjuez', Emmanuel Chabrier's exuberant `España' and Sergey Rachmaninov's dramatic `Second Symphony' at their 2011 European Concert at the magnificent Teatro Real in Madrid.

The invention of the film camera and television has allowed audiences to experience the artistic intimacy beyond that of beautiful dancing. Exploring how twentieth-century modern media influenced the development of dance, and vice versa.

Alexander Ullman performs 'Die drei Zigeuner' (S383), 'Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth' (S382bis) and 'La lugubre gondola', (S134bis) during semi-final II (chamber music) of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017. The competition actively present...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Messa da Requiem. Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan; conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen conducted by Paavo Järvi - recorded at the 2009 Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven.

The celebrated Italian pianist, Riccardo Schwartz, decided to record solo piano works by Robert Schumann. In this performance, Schwartz presents Schumann's work, Novelletten, Op 21.

From the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona: Don Pasquale by Donizetti. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.

Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra perform works by Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Prokofiev; Daniel Barenboim plays Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.

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

A sparkling performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's famous `Piano Concerto No 1' by the incredible piano virtuoso Russian Daniil Trifonov, with Kent Nagano conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Baritone Hugo Laporte performs `Alzati... Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima' from Verdi's `Un ballo in maschera', `Vy tak pechalny... Ya vas lyublyu' from Tchaikovsky's `Pique Dame', and `Largo al factotum' from Rossini's `Il barbiere di Siviglia'.

Mengjie Han performs Franz Liszt's transcription of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture, S 442 during the quarter finals of the Liszt Piano Competition 2014. Han studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Marlies van Gent.