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Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman and the Berlin Philharmonic perform the Violin Concerto, Op 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. Beethoven dedicated his Violin Concerto to his colleague Franz Clement, a prominent violinist of the time. The piece was presented in Vi...

Les Dissonances play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No 4 in D major, K 218. Leading violinist Grimal features as the soloist. Les Dissonances is a conductorless ensemble, consisting of musicians from prestigious European orchestras.

Karl Jenkins' `The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' will be performed in New York today as part of a series of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This performance was recorded at Cardiff's St David's Hall as part of the composer's 60th birthday celebrations. Conducted by the com...

Soprano Erika Baikoff and pianist Gary Beecher perform Franz Schubert's 'Suleika I, Was bedeutet die Bewegung', Op. 14, No. 1 (D. 720); Die Blumensprache, Op. 173, No. 5 (D. 519).

A look at the life and work of Brazilian composer and musical legend, Heitor Villa-Lobos. The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1887.

Leonardo Colafelice (Italy, 1995) performs Felix Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 and Frédéric Chopin's Heroic.

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

In a 2019 performance from the Muziekgebouw in Eindhoven, Hartmut Haenchen conducts the philharmonie zuidnederland for this performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. The German-born conductor, who became a Dutch citizen through naturalisation, was chief conductor at the Dutch National Opera...

Celebrating the diversity and richness of Canada through the eyes and ears of its people.

A look at how one can describe the intimate connection between an instrument and its player. World-renowned violinist Frank Peter Zimmerman refers to his 1711 Stradivarius Lady Inchiquin as the love of his life.

Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos's String Quartet No 2 at the Palácio do Catete in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ensemble was founded in 2006 and consists of Carla Rincón and Francisco Roa.

The soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's `Divertimento No 11', also known as the `Nannerl-Septet'. The work, composed in 1776, is scored for an oboe, two horns, two violins, a viola and a double bass.

Philip the Good founds his Order of the Golden Fleece, which enables him to give form to and to maintain both his knightly ideals and his political relations.

The programme is introduced with a short documentation about Schönberg's Pelleas et Melisande, based on a text by Claudio Abbado. Every musical theme relates to a special colour appearing on screen.

German conductor Christian Zacharias leads the Orchestre national de Lille in a concert program dedicated to Robert Schumann. The concert opens with the 'Genoveva' Overture, Op. 81 and Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23.

At the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conductor John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17, `Little Russian', and Edward Elgar's `Enigma Variations'.

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.

A six-part documentary on the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Director Liloye Boubli takes viewers on a journey through the life and work of the Brazilian legend of classical music.

From the Rammenau castle, the Gewandhaus-Quartett performs Mozart's String Quartet No 19 in C major, K 465, a piece dubbed `Dissonance' because of its unusual introduction including dissonant notes preceding a brilliant allegro.

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

Pianist Gabriele Strata (Italy, 1999) performs Béla Bartók's Szabadban (Out of Doors), and Muzio Clementi's Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2, during the first round of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM).

Pianist Michelle Candotti (Italy, 1996) performs Frédéric Chopin's Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60, Franz Liszt's Paraphrase de concert sur Ernani II, S. 432, and Béla Bartók's Piano Sonata, Sz. 80, during the first round of the Piano Edition.

The most beloved melodies from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Travel back in time to the era of black and white movies when stars like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn served up unforgettable musical hits.

Behind-the-scenes of the Teatro Regio Torino and bearing witness to the enviable reputation that has prevailed since its opening in 1740. It is both a symbol of excellence and a prestigious stage hosting operas, ballets, concerts, and musicals.

Intercultural chamber music ensemble AU Ensemble performs Canadian contemporary composer Rita Ueda's `...and even if the sky fades into the dark'.

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...

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink leads the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Seventh Symphony by Gustav Mahler, recorded at The Berliner Filharmonie in 1993.

In the summer of 2019, the Utrecht Early Music Festival explored the musical legacy of Naples: a cultural metropolis of contradiction and solidarity.

The Russian National Orchestra and the Moscow Synodal Choir are led by maestro Mikhail Pletnev from the ninth Russian National Orchestra Grand Festival, opening with a performance of Maurice Ravel's music suite to the ballet `Daphnis and Chloe'.

Patrick Debrabandere conducts the Vox Mago chamber choir in a performance of Christoph Graupner's (1683-1760) cantata Magnificat anima mea.

After recording all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas to celebrate the composer's 250th birthday, celebrated Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz decided to record solo piano works by Robert Schumann. His Fantasie in C, Op. 17, was written in 1836.

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