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THE HOME OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. All the latest releases, videos and news on our international Warner Classics & Erato artists 🎶
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Happy 100th birthday, Maria Callas! 🎈 #Callas100. Today, we celebrate the legacy of this diva unlike any other, whose breathtaking voice, awe-inspiring presence & pure talent capture our hearts. Watch her electrifying performance of Carmen's Séguedille:
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Happy birthday, Brahms! 🎈 Born #onthisday in 1833. In this excerpt from 1968, Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim play the second movement of his Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major. Discover this and more in the special Jacqueline du Pré edition:
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Coming this April 🎶 Mythologies is Thomas Bangalter's first opus for orchestra, through which the co-founder of Daft Punk reinvents his relationship to composition. Pre-order and learn more here:
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OUT NOW! 🎻 The acclaimed Serbian-French violinist @NemanjaRadulOFF makes his Warner Classics debut with his ensemble @doublesensorch in Roots. Buy and listen to the album here: 🎥 Zepter Creative Studio
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Happy birthday, Martha Argerich! 🎈 The pianist, a true living legend, was born #onthisday in 1941. Enjoy some of her greatest recordings – from her iconic 1965 Chopin album to her live Lugano concerts – on the dedicated playlist:
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Congratulations to Aimi Kobayashi (@aimi_piano), 4th place ex aequo in the International Chopin Piano Competition! 🎉🎹 @ChopinInstitute. Her newest recording exemplifies the special relationship she has with this virtuoso Romantic composer. Enjoy here:
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Happy New Year! 🎊🎇 Here's to another year of music that inspires, moves, and enchants us 🎶. Enjoy @alisonbalsom's Sound the Trumpet album, with Trevor Pinnock and the @EnglishConcert baroque orchestra, here:
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🎧 Bach’s “Adagio” from the Double Concerto for Oboe & Violin BWV 1060, featuring Nemanja Radulović, Sebastien Giot and the Double sens Ensemble. This serene duet blends violin and oboe in a captivating melody. 🎶💫 Enjoy the tranquil performance now:
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Strings on fire! 🔥. @NemanjaRadulOFF and @doublesensorch perform their lively Hommage à Aleksandar Šišić, a medley of pieces by the great Serbian violinist, arranged by Aleksandar Sedlar and directed by Goran Aleksić. Watch the full video here:
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A Peruvian waltz from 1936, "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" was made famous in French as "La Foule" in the 1950s, sung by the legendary vocalist Édith Piaf 🌟. Enjoy @GautierCapucon's rendition with @JeromeDucros, @orchambreparis, and @LionelBringuier here:
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🎧 Pa-pa-ge-na! Pa-pa-ge-no! 🌟.Experience the joyful and exuberant duet from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, featuring @Huwmonren and @ElBoudreault. Immerse yourself in the magic of this celebrated love duet . Click to listen:. #NewMusic #Mozart #PaPaGeNa
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Happy Birthday, Antonín Dvořák! Today we celebrate the genius behind some of the most captivating music ever composed. In honor of his birthday, enjoy Augustin Hadelich’s enchanting performance of Dvořák’s Humoresque No. 7 in G-Flat Major. Watch more:
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Happy birthday, Martha Argerich! 🎈 The legendary pianist was born #onthisday in 1941. Trace back to the beginning of her career with her 1965 Chopin recording, recently remastered, which she made shortly after winning the prestigious Chopin Competition:
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Happy birthday to Hephzibah Menuhin, born #onthisday in 1920 🎈. Here, she plays Chopin's Étude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor at the 1976 @UNICEF concert. Discover her recordings and more about her life as a musician & philanthropist in the Homage collection:
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Dive into the world of Schubert with Aimi Kobayashi’s performance of 4 Impromptus, D. 935 - No. 4 in F minor! This lively piece captures the essence of Schubert's playful spirit. Experience the magic now - watch it here: Listen:
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Happy birthday to Jacqueline du Pré, born #onthisday in 1945 🎈. Cherish her legacy recordings with the dedicated playlist, compiling sparkling moments from her catalogue, from Elgar with Sir John Barbirolli & the @londonsymphony and beyond:
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The opening movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K.457, is performed by pianist @YundiMusic, at the Great Hall of the Mozarteum in Salzburg. This recording is featured in YUNDI's latest album, "Mozart: The Sonata Project - Salzburg." 🎧
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Treble clefs by (L-R) Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel. http://t.co/m5wyl1wFMt.
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A recording of epic proportions: @antonio_pappano conducts @santa_cecilia and a star-studded cast that includes @SondraRadvan, @ErmonelaJaho, @tenorkaufmann, and @Spikelmyers in Puccini's Turandot 🌟 Out this March!. Pre-order and enjoy one aria here:
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OUT NOW! 📣 @BeatriceRana, Yannick @nezetseguin, and the @ChambOrchEurope further the legacy of one of history's most talented musical couples, Clara Wieck-Schumann and Robert Schumann, in their new album. Discover here:
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“For me, the Elgar Cello Concerto is about pure passion,” says @GautierCapucon. We’re excited to share Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 - III. Adagio, performed by Gautier with the @londonsymphony, conducted by @antoniopappano_. Listen now!
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Written in 1735, Le Coucou by the French composer Louis-Claude Daquin imitates the sprightly call of the cuckoo bird, at its most vocal during the day 🐦. Listen to @fazilsaymusic's new recording for his Morning Piano collection:
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Originally written for solo piano, "La fille aux cheveux de lin" ("The Girl with the Flaxen Hair") from Debussy's first book of Préludes transforms effortlessly in this arrangement from @RCapucon's newest album, with @GuillaumeBellom. 🎥 Keep watching:
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Grief, heartbreak, and hurt resonate through every note of Chimène's aria that opens Act 3 of the opera Le Cid, following a horrifying turn of events 💔. Watch Maria Callas's 1962 performance from her recital in Hamburg here: #Callas100
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Marking Ennio Morricone’s death in 2020, an arrangement for orchestra and cello of his much-loved Chi Mai from @GautierCapucon’s Destination Paris. In this clip Capuçon joins the @orchambreparis and pianist @JeromeDucros. 🎧 .🎞️
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In his latest release, @atharaud highlights the gentle allure of Bach’s Suite No.3, BWV 1068: Aria. The piece has been transcribed by Alexandre himself and is performed with a delicate touch that underscores its timeless charm. Listen here: #newrelease
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In the recording studio 🎙️ @GautierCapucon plays Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte, transcribed for cello and orchestra by @JeromeDucros, with the @orchambreparis and @LionelBringuier. 🔊 Listen to the full track, part of Gautier's next album:
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#Stravinsky's Petrushka ballet premiered #onthisday in 1911, performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 🩰🎶. The story brings together music, dance, and incredible scenography in a spectacular production. Discover more about the Ballets Russes legacy:
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Written by the great Ennio Morricone for the 1986 film The Mission, "Gabriel's Oboe" has since flourished into a multitude of musical reimaginations. Enjoy @GautierCapucon's new rendition, with the @ON_Bretagne and conductor Johanna Malangré:
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🎧 Out now: Bach’s “Sicilienne” from the Flute Sonata BWV 1031, reimagined for violin and harpsichord by @NemanjaRadulOFF and Stephanie Fontanarosa. This beautiful Baroque melody evokes the grace and calm of a baroque dance. 🎶✨ . Click here to listen:
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Now available on YouTube! @PerlmanOfficial, @YoYo_Ma, and @DBarenboim came together in 1995 to perform Beethoven's Triple Concerto, with the @BerlinPhil. 🎥 Enjoy the concert here: #Beethoven2020
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Has there ever been a more perfect Norma? ✨. Maria Callas made her first studio recording as this tragic legendary character in 1954, under the baton of Tullio Serafin. 🎧 Listen to the remastered version now on digital platforms:
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Written for Édith Piaf, "La Vie en Rose" is renewed in this solo-cello version by @GautierCapucon 💖 Arranged by @JeromeDucros, also on piano with the @ON_Bretagne and Johanna Malangré. Pre-order Sensations and listen to this piece on digital platforms:
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Elisabeth Leonskaja, especially known for interpretations of Classical and Romantic Austro-German repertoire, takes on Mozart's 18 spectacular piano sonatas in her next musical expedition. Out February 18th!. 🔊 Listen to a new track from the album:
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Have you explored our new release? Mikhaïl Pletnev and Daniel Lozakovich interpret Grieg's 'Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 45, II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza', capturing Grieg's lyrical masterpiece. Discover in their captivating rendition:. @mpltnv
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Passion and power 🔥 Maria Callas sings a dramatic passage of Spontini's "Tu che invoco con orrore", from La Vestale, with Nicola Rescigno and the Sinfonieorchester des NDR. 🎥 Watch her full live performance, from 1959 in Hamburg: #Callas100
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#OnThisDay 120 years ago, Claudio Arrau was born 🎶 Today, he is recognized as one of the great pianists of the 20th century. Much of his vast Warner discography is now available for streaming, and you can explore all the recordings in the 24-CD boxset:
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The divine Maria Callas sings "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia), an iconic aria that demands a dazzling demonstration of skill, personality, and force ⚡. Watch her full performance: #Callas100
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One of Verdi's most masterful operas, Ernani, lends an aria to soprano repertoire that has become a favorite in recital settings: "Surta è la Notte . Ernani, Involami" 💘. Watch Maria Callas's passionate performance from Hamburg in 1962: #Callas100
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Today is #WorldOperaDay! And who better to demonstrate the transcendent power of opera than the supreme Divina, Maria Callas 🎭⭐. Here, she sings "Tu che le vanità" from Verdi's Don Carlo, live in Hamburg in 1959. Watch more: #Callas100 @WorldOperaDay
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Originally written for violin and piano, Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata is imbued with new color and character in this arrangement by @NemanjaRadulOFF, performed with his ensemble @doublesensorch. Discover this and more on their new album:
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Today marks 35 years since Jacqueline du Pré's passing, #onthisday in 1987. She established herself as one of the most impressive cellists the modern world has ever known ✨ Rediscover her artistic genius preserved in recording:
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AVAILABLE: A limited-edition coloured vinyl double album marking the 30th anniversary of the Three Tenors concert at Dodger Stadium, LA. The performance featured Jose Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti. 🎧
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📺 @GautierCapucon plays the lilting 'Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour' from Les contes d'Hoffmann in an original transcription by Jérôme Ducros, part of the cellist's 2023 release 'Destination Paris'. Played here with the @orchambreparis and conductor Lionel Bringuier.
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Édith Piaf 🎶. Among her many celebrated recordings is her rendition of "Les Feuilles Mortes", known in English as "Autumn Leaves" 🍂 Watch @GautierCapucon's performance with @JeromeDucros here:
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Wheels that are constantly turning, carrying us down a long and winding road – this is what the pianist Büşra Kayıkçı (@kayikcibusra_) imagines in the new version of her original piece "Yol/Path" 🌀. Out now on digital platforms! Listen here:
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🌟 The exhilarating finale of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World is out on YouTube now! @nathstutzmann directs the @AtlantaSymphony playing the "Allegro con fuoco". Watch: Listen: #Dvořák
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Happy birthday, Itzhak Perlman (@PerlmanOfficial)! 🎈 The legendary violinist turns 76 today. Enjoy some of his most iconic Tchaikovsky performances, including the Violin Concerto with conductor Eugene Ormandy, in this special digital compilation:
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As if written for it, the sparkling flute beautifully assumes the melody of Mendelssohn's Violin Sonata in F Major in this transcription, recorded by @EPahud and pianist @eric_le_sage for their new album of Romances ✨. Watch more:
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Out today! 🎶 Thomas Bangalter reinvents his approach to composition in Mythologies, performed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine under the direction of Romain Dumas. Discover the recording:
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A waltz full of magic and whimsy 💖 This famous aria, "Ah, je veux vivre !", is sung by Juliette in Gounod's opera Romeo et Juliette. Enjoy @GautierCapucon's cello rendition, arranged by @JeromeDucros and recorded with @orchambreparis & @LionelBringuier:
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Piano virtuoso Frédéric Chopin died #onthisday in 1849 🎶. @BeatriceRana has dedicated her newest album to #Chopin's rich and captivating music. Discover here:
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We were saddened to learn of the passing of conductor Seiji Ozawa. Celebrate his lifelong contribution to music-making with a collection of some his finest recordings in this specially curated Spotify playlist, including works by Prokofiev and Sibelius.
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🎹 The Wait Is Over! We’re excited to share @atharaud’s new album, showcasing Bach’s mesmerizing piano works. The collection features the beautiful Sicilienne from the Sonata BWV 1031, transcribed by Tharaud and published by @editionslemoine. Watch:
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Today is the 12th anniversary of the death of #MstislavRostropovich, regarded by many as the greatest cellist of the 20th century 🎶. He was equally a master of traditional repertoire as of new music. Listen to some of his best recordings:
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OUT NOW! 📣 David Fray presents his own interpretations of Bach's Goldberg Variations in his new landmark album. Buy, download, and listen here: 🎥 Chagar Productions
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🎶✨ Celebrating 99 years of Fauré’s music, still as moving as ever. Watch @GautierCapucon's beautiful performance of Après un rêve. To see our Fauré boxset: To watch the full video: #FaureAnniversary #GabrielFaure
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Fazıl Say, gymnopédiste. 🇫🇷🎹The Turkish pianist’s new album of Debussy and Satie is out 31 August. @fazilsaymusic
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👻🖤 This Halloween, brace yourself for a spine-tingling performance! 🎃✨ Diana Damrau takes on Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, led by Jérémie Rhorer. Click here for the perfect soundtrack for a haunting night! #Halloween
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Happy birthday, Martha Argerich! 🎈. She was born #onthisday in 1941 in Buenos Aires. Enjoy some of her most iconic recordings, from Mozart to Piazzolla, with the dedicated playlist:
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The world lost a legend #onthisday in 1977 💔. Maria Callas, born 100 years ago, possessed a voice that defied simple classification and rare talent that has set her apart in history. Immerse yourself in her voice unlike any other: #Callas100
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We celebrate the extraordinary David Oistrakh's birthday with a special tribute. 🎉 Discover our exclusive box set, a collection featuring rare audio and video recordings, including world premieres:. Pre-order: #DavidOistrakh #UnseenPerformances
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A longing farewell to the Montmartre of the past, "La Bohême" was first sung by Charles Aznavour in 1965 🎶. This new version by @GautierCapucon was transcribed for solo cello and piano by @JeromeDucros, also accompanist on the recording. Listen here:
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This milestone studio performance by Maria Callas tells the compelling story of Amina, whose sleepwalking causes a scandal that puts her at risk of losing the love of her life. 🎧 Listen to the 1957 recording of La Sonnambula, with Antonino Votto:
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Turandot has been nominated for the Opera Award in the 2024 BBC @MusicMagazine Awards! 🎊 Vote here: @antonio_pappano @santa_cecilia @SondraRadvan @ErmonelaJaho @tenorkaufmann @Spikelmyers @OlivieriBariton
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Maria Callas soars through the emotional range of the aria "O Don Fatale, O Don Crudel", from Act III of Verdi's Don Carlo, in this concert recorded live in Hamburg in 1962 🎙️. Watch the complete aria here: #Callas100
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Today marks the 250th anniversary of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), one of Europe’s greatest Baroque composers. To celebrate all things Rameau, enjoy @DevieilheSabine’s stunning performance of "Tristes apprêts" from Castor et Pollux. 🎶. Watch here:
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Clarinetist David Orlowsky and lutenist David Bergmüller play their original arrangement of Henry Purcell's hauntingly beautiful Sarabande ✨. Now available for streaming in their new EP! Listen to Alter Ego – Postlude here:
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100 iconic performances by La Divina 🌟 From complete operas to recitals, both live and in the studio – this new digital collection invites you into Maria Callas's radiant artistic world through a selection of her very best recordings. Listen: #Callas100
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In this 1962 stage performance from Hamburg, Maria Callas conveys the incredible battle that Chimène, the heroine from Massenet's opera Le Cid, faces within herself after the loss of her father at the hands of her love 🥀. Watch more here: #Callas100
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Many happy returns to pianist @vwagnerpianiste, featured here playing Philip Glass’s dynamic and uplifting ‘Stokes’ from ‘Pieces for Four Hands’ with @atharaud. 🎹🎹 🎧
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.@NemanjaRadulOFF and @doublesensorch perform the Rondo (Allegro) of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, which Nemanja describes as "the concerto I’ve performed most often in public and one that, I believe, has brought me great luck." 🎻. Enjoy the recording:
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Today marks a significant moment with the release of Magnificat by Yves Castagnet, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris and Henri Chalet, the official album of the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris! . Join us in celebrating the rebirth of this iconic cathedral!.
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The highly anticipated album Les Boréades by Rameau, a decade-long project led by György Vashegyi, is out today! . Listen to the focus track "Un Horizon Serein" showcasing @DevieilheSabine’s performance in a serene and perilous aria. 🌟🎶 . Listen here:
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A moment of breathtaking beauty with Thibaut Garcia, playing "Una Limosnita por el Amor de Dios" ("El último trémolo") by Agustín Barrios 💫 He has recorded this splendid piece for his new solo album, releasing next month. Watch his complete performance:
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Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, and @PlacidoDomingo – The Three Tenors – sing Verdi's famous brindisi from La Traviata with Zubin Mehta and the @LAPhil, live in 1994 🌟. Keep watching here on YouTube: #ThrowbackThursday #tbt
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70th Birthday wishes @david_garrett to @PerlmanOfficial: "A wonderful person and tireless mentor to young musicians." http://t.co/o6zGFyTrmI.
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Today is Robert Schumann's birthday! 🎈 The German composer and pianist was born #onthisday in 1810. Enjoy @BeatriceRana's performance of his romantic Widmung, which she sees as emblematic of his relationship with his wife, the virtuoso pianist Clara:
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The violin of Maria Ioudenitch sings in place of the human voice in this alluring transcription, made by the violinist herself and recorded with pianist Kenny Broberg, of Rachmaninoff's "Don't sing, my beauty, for me", from 6 Romances, Op. 4. 🎧 Listen:
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Happy birthday, Pablo Casals! 🎊. The cellist was born #onthisday in 1876 in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain. Enjoy his recordings of the Bach Cello Suites, made from 1936-1939:
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Is Erik Satie still relevant? To composer John Cage: "It’s not a question of Satie’s relevance; he’s indispensable." 💡. Bertrand Chamayou (@ChamayouB) plays works by these innovative composers on his next album – out November 17th! Listen to a new single:
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Wishing a Happy 70th Birthday to the extraordinary Sir Simon Rattle!🎉. To celebrate, we have a digital collection of his most iconic recordings for EMI and Warner Classics: 🎶. #SirSimonRattle #SimonRattle
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WATCH! Renaud Capuçon plays music written by Georges Delerue from the Academy Award-nominated 1980 film Le Dernier Metro (‘The Last Metro’), performed here with Les Siècles and conductor Duncan Ward from the album 'Les choses de la vie'.
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Happy 200th birthday to César Franck! 🎈 The Romantic composer is especially admired for his works for orchestra, organ, piano and chamber ensembles. Enjoy @RCapucon & @BuniatishviliKh's recording of his Violin Sonata and more in the César Franck Edition:
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Jean-Claude Petit's iconic main theme from Jean de Florette - an evocative wistful melody played here by @RCapucon and @LesSiecles with @DuncanWardMusic - is one of many enchanting tracks on Capucon's album Les Choses de la Vie - Cinema II. 🎧
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OUT NOW! 🎉 Step into a classical haven of Mozart's entire piano sonata collection, performed by the great pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. Album available here to buy, download, and stream:
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Out today on CD & digital platforms! 🎵. Piano works by three Central European composers form the program of Piotr Anderszewski's new recording: Bartók, Janáček, and Szymanowski, all of whom drew inspiration from the musical traditions of their homelands:
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Experience La Bourée from Bach’s Suite en sol BWV 996 in a new light, as @atharaud brings an intimate, personal touch to this timeless piece with his own transcription. Discover the full album here : #Bach #LaBourée #SuiteEnSol #BWV996
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.@RCapucon's newest solo album is now available in a vinyl edition! 💝 Discover here: The recording with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne presents his milestone interpretation of Vivaldi's Four Seasons alongside concertos by Chevalier de Saint-George.
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Soprano Sabine Devieilhe sings the Air des clochettes from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes, with @fxrroth and @LesSiecles. Discover this and more on her 2017 album Mirages: #tbt #throwbackthursday
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RELEASED TODAY: Flautist @EPahud’s album Mozart Stories celebrates Mozart in a series of transcriptions for flute and piano. Here Pahud plays the adagio from Violin Sonata K379. Pahud says: “Mozart is the reason why I became a musician.” 🎧
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.@GautierCapucon presents the world premiere of "Pense à nous" by Jean-Jacques Goldman, with @JeromeDucros, @orchambreparis, conductor @LionelBringuier, and the young singers of the @MaitriseRF 🎙️✨. Discover it on Gautier's new album, Destination Paris:
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Today marks the first anniversary of the death of Ennio Morricone 🎶. Here, @RCapucon plays one of his most famous and cherished melodies, the theme from Cinema Paradiso, with Stéphane Denève and the @BrusselsPhil. Enjoy more:
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The intense rhythmic pulse of @philipglass's "Music in Similar Motion" coaxes us into a daze as we propel through its variations, played by saxophones, strings, and percussion. 🎧 Listen to BL!NDMAN's new recording here:
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Happy birthday, Verdi! Born #onthisday in 1813 🎈. Maria Callas sings the emotion-laden aria "Tu che le vanità", from the final act of Don Carlo, in this performance with Nicola Rescigno and the Sinfonieorchester des NDR. Watch more: #Callas100
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More Stories by @AnnelLenaerts is out now! ✨. The new EP brings together more music that has played a special part in her musical life, in beautiful transcriptions for solo harp. Listen here:
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Cellist @GautierCapucon plays Rameau’s scene-setting Danse des Sauvages from the 18th century opéra-ballet “Les Indes galantes” with Paris Chamber Orchestra, from the Destination Paris album. 🎧 📺
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