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

French-Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón is accompanied by the Südwestdeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Konstanz, performing a colourful recital from the Berliner Philharmonie in 2006.

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Lucerne Festival of 2014. There are pianists who also conduct, and concert masters who lead their orchestra from the violin desk.

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...

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.

Taking the viewer on a journey through the life and work of the Brazilian classical music legend, Heitor Villa-Lobos. The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born in Rio de Janeiro, growing up in a time of social change.

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.

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

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.

Marina De Liso (soprano), Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord), and Nicola Dal Maso (violone) present vocal Baroque music. On the program are Benedetto Ferrari's Amanti io vi so dire, Barbara Strozzi's Lamento, Tradimento, and more.

Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary in 2015, opening with Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34.

Renowned French string quartet, Quatuor Ébène, mark the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven by recording all of the composer's 16 string quartets. Five years of effort culminate in a performance at Philharmonie de Paris.

Pianist Maria João Pires performs the Polonaise-fantasy in A-flat major, Op 61 by the famous conductor, Frédéric Chopin. Composed in 1846, the piece is dedicated to a friend of the composer.

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

On 19 August 2000, the Teatro Colón was filled to the brim with spectators longing to hear Daniel Barenboim play the piano. Barenboim, who is currently best known as a conductor, started his career half a century ago.

Over the course of 19 days, the best youth orchestras in the world led by great conductors, and flanked by virtuoso soloists, guaranteed exciting and inspiring concert performances at the Young Euro Classical 2017.

Choreography by Charles Jude and performed by Opéra National de Bordeaux. Recorded in 2011.

Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos's String Quartet No 11 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janiero, Brasil. The ensemble was founded in 2006 and consists of Carla Rincón and Francisco Roa.

Nikolay Lugansky presents works by Rachmaninoff as well as Ludwig van Beethoven and Alexander Glazunov.

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...

Han Chen (1992, Taiwan) performs Epithalam zu Eduard Reményis Vermählungsfeier (S129) and Grand Duo concertant sur la Romance de 'Le Marin' (S128) during semi-final II (chamber music) of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017.

Israeli-born conductor Daniel Oren leads the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona in a magnificent interpretation of Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco. Verdi's third opera, but first great popular success, was created at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1842.

Andreas Spering conducts Philharmonie Zuidnederland in a performance of Overture Rosamunde (D. 644), by Franz Schubert (1797-1828).

The Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos' String Quartet No 15. The quartet, existing of Carla Rincón, Francisco Roa, Fernando Thebaldi, and Hugo Pilger, was founded in 2006.

Hamlet is a grand opera in five acts by the French composer Ambroise Thomas, with a libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier. In this performance, staged by Serge van Veggel, The New European Ensemble is led by conductor Hernán Schvart.

In 1996, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated its 60th anniversary with a gala led by maestro Zubin Mehta. This musical event features world-renowned soloists, including veteran violinist Isaac Stern, up-and-coming musicians Maxim Vengerov and Gil Shaham, as well as Pinchas Zukerman, Shlo...

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

Claudio Abbado leads the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in a performance of Arnold Schönberg's symphonic poem, 'Pelleas und Melisande', Op. 5. With the encouragement of Richard Strauss, Schönberg composed the work during 1902-1903.