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    07/25/2023 4:00 pm

    Bach

    The Kuijken Ensemble, made up of the three Belgian Kuijken brothers on flute, violin and viola da gamba and the harpsichordist Robert Kohnen count among the most distinguished of all present-day early-music specialists.

    07/25/2023 4:54 pm

    Gala from Berlin 2004 - Orff: Carmina Burana

    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.

    07/25/2023 6:22 pm

    CMIM Piano 2021

    Kyoungsun Park performs J S Bach's `Prelude and Fugue' in E-flat minor, BWV 853, Carl Czerny's Variations on a theme by Pierre Rode, Op 33, Ottorino Respighi's `Valse Caressante', and `Notturno' from Sei pezzi, P 044.

    07/25/2023 7:02 pm

    Behind the Scenes

    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.

    07/25/2023 7:33 pm

    Chopin

    Krystian Zimerman plays the Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin. Zimerman was born in Zabrze on 7 December 1956. He made his first major breakthrough in 1975, when he won the first prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

    07/25/2023 7:45 pm

    Classica Spotlight

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

    07/25/2023 8:01 pm

    Rachmaninoff

    The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz won his first praise on his interpretation of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto from the composer himself. When Rachmaninoff heard the young Kiev-born pianist play his work shortly after Horowitz's arrival in New York in 1928, he exclaimed: "he swallowed it whole". Fifty years later, on 24 September 1978, Horowitz electrified his audience once again with this monumental work.

    07/25/2023 8:57 pm

    Bach - Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051

    Bach's six Brandenburg Concerto's belong to his best-known works. The composer wrote these concertos between 1711 and 1720 and dedicated them in 1721 to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, in celebration of the pieces' 300th anniversary.

    07/25/2023 10:34 pm

    Modena: The Belcanto School

    Modena and its opera tradition, derived from a long history with roots in the area's folk culture, are located with the region with the highest concentration of opera houses in the world.

    07/25/2023 10:59 pm

    Schumann

    Tabea Zimmermann and Francesco Piemontesi perform Schumann's Phantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, Op 73 at Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on April 17, 2020.

    07/25/2023 11:11 pm

    Nielsen - Commotio

    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 de la Salle as soloist in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4.

    07/25/2023 11:37 pm

    Classica Spotlight

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

    07/26/2023 12:03 am

    Gennaro Manna - Arias in World Premiere

    As the son of one of Naples' most prominent musical families Gennaro Manna was blessed with a pen both versatile and skilled.

    07/26/2023 1:01 am

    Piano Works By Chopin, Scriabin, Schumann & Liszt

    In recent years, a new generation of Chinese pianists has emerged on the international scene. But there are many more young Chinese artists, who the Académie France-Chine aims to enable to deepen their art by introducing them.

    07/26/2023 3:12 am

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Orchestre de Paris in a rendition of Mahler's Symphony No. 4.

    07/26/2023 4:10 am

    Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics

    Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) was undoubtedly one of the most important figures in modern music. In this performance by the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Boulez displays his masterful understanding of 20th century music as he traces the revolutionary harmonic development of musical modernism in three key modern classics: Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Prelude (1859), Arnold Schönberg's Pelleas und Melisande (1903), and Alban Berg's Violin Concerto (1935).

    07/26/2023 5:35 am

    Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821

    Cellist Gabriel Schwabe and pianist Nicholas Rimmer perform Franz Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821 and Camille Saint-Saëns' Swan from the Carnival of the Animals at the Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin.

    07/26/2023 6:00 am

    Discovering Masterpieces

    Featuring discussions about Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 5'.

    07/26/2023 6:27 am

    Rota - 'The Godfather' Suite

    This exclusive live concert production presents a unique selection of movie classics - from Sergio Leone's iconic Spaghetti Westerns to modern mafia masterpieces by Francis Ford Coppola and the cult movies of Tarantino.

    07/26/2023 6:40 am

    Classica Spotlight

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

    07/26/2023 7:00 am

    IVC 2021

    Tenor Zhuohan Sun and pianist Sara Pavlovic perform `Ehetanzlied' from Alexander von Zemlinsky's Sechs Lieder und Gesänge, Op 10, `Nell' from Gabriel Fauré's Trois mélodies, Op 18, and `Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal'.

    07/26/2023 7:23 am

    IVC 2021

    Soprano Ana Carolina Coutinho and pianist Megumi Kuroda perform Franz Schubert's Die Blumensprache, D 519, `Sonnenuntergang' from Viktor Ullmann's Drei Hölderlin-Lieder, and `Verschwiegene Liebe' from Hugo Wolf's.

    07/26/2023 7:46 am

    Historical and Hysterical Guide to the Orchestra

    Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo explore the sound and historical context of each orchestral instrument. This piece was commissioned and given its world premiere by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich for their 150th anniversary Celebration Concert.

    07/26/2023 8:42 am

    Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano II

    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.

    07/26/2023 9:09 am

    Lifschitz & Davidson

    This performance by Sonya Lifschitz and Robert Davidson is recorded at Classical:NEXT 2019 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    07/26/2023 9:40 am

    Segatta - Suite Necromantica

    Cellist Nicola Segatta performs his own composition `Suite Necromantica", written in 2020 on a cello which he built himself. Segatta is an Italian contemporary composer and musician.

    07/26/2023 10:00 am

    Purcell: King Arthur

    `King Arthur' is about the two kings Arthur and Oswald, who are both after the Holy Grail. In the famous stammer aria, the aloof Oswald melts for the fair Grail keeper Emmeline. When she breaks him the news that her heart belongs to King Arthur, Oswald decides to kidnap her. The competing Kings' struggle ends in a nerve-racking duel. Romantic scenes alternate with fiery fights, and dance plays an important role in this staging of 'King Arthur'.

    07/26/2023 11:42 am

    Waldbühne 1996 - Italian Night

    Designed by the German architect Werner March, Berlin's Waldbühne is an amphitheater that seats over 22,000 people. Since WWII, the Waldbühne has been used for a variety of events, including boxing matches and classical and rock concerts.

    07/26/2023 1:30 pm

    The Boy With the Wig: Kids on Mozart

    The Boy with the Wig: Kids on Mozart explores children's fascination with the composer. The 30-minute film features boys and girls aged between eight and eleven recounting his life through humour and serious interpretations of Mozart's biography.

    07/26/2023 1:59 pm

    Beethoven - Violin Concerto

    Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman and the Berliner Philharmoniker perform the `Violin Concerto', Opus 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. Beethoven dedicated his violin concerto to his colleague Franz Clement.

    07/26/2023 2:41 pm

    Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Baritone Thomas Hampson and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra perform Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen under the direction of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). This 1990 concert was filmed in the great hall of Vienna's legendary Musikverein. This cycle is composed of four songs, whose texts are signed by the composer from the folk poems Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Enchanted Corinth of the Child).

    07/26/2023 2:59 pm

    PIAM

    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.

    07/26/2023 3:34 pm

    Classica Spotlight

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

    Stingray Classica

    Available schedules: 03/26/2022 - 12/28/2024 Time zone: (NZST) UTC Country: United States Language: English

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