CLASSICAL MUSIC: Editor's Choice

He was registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name was too pretentious and subject to puns. Thus he adopted his mother's maiden name Camargo as a middle name, and thenceforth signed himself M. Camargo Guarnieri. In 1948, he legally changed his name to Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, but continued to sign only the initial of his first name. One of his brothers was named Rossine, a Portuguese misspelling of Rossini Guarnieri, another one Verdi Guarnieri.
» Verdi's Only Chamber Music! String Quartet E minor
Composed in Naples in 1873 as a personal amusement (and never intended for publication) while waiting for Aida to be staged.
» The World’s Oldest Orchestra (dating back to 1448)

Dances

» Brahms Hungarian and Dvorak Slavonic Dances
» Dimitri Mitropoulos: Ginastera Creole Dances, New York Philharmonic
» Hans Christian Lumbye Dances (Galop and Polka)
» Mozart 9 German Dances and Minuet with Country Dance
» Wiener Mozart Ensemble: Mozart Contradances, Willi Boskovsky

Debut Recording / Last Recording

» Arturo Toscanini: The Last Concert: Wagner, Live in Carnegie Hall

» Nathan Milstein: The Last Recital

» Pinchas Zukerman: Debut Recording 1969

» Plácido Domingo Debut at the Vienna State Opera (Verdi Don Carlo)

» Riccardo Muti Debut Recording with The Philadelphia Orchestra
» Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Recital (Hamburg 1987)

Dedications

» Geoffrey Tozer: Medtner Piano Concerto 2, Dedicated to Rachmaninoff
» Ivry Gitlis: René Leibowitz Violin Concerto Op.50, René Leibowitz conducting (Two performances -1961 and 1962) "Dedicated to Ivry Gitlis" (1958) World Premiere

Documentaries/Movies

» Anna Netrebko: The woman The voice

» Carnegie Hall: The History

» Cecilia Bartoli: BBC Spirit of the Arts series

» The History Of The Guitar

» Imagine Being a Concert Pianist - BBC Documentary

» José Carreras: A Life Story

» The Lives of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Bruckner

» Maya Plisetskaya: My Life

» Vivaldi's Women

» Wagner - The Complete Epic, A Tony Palmer Film

Duets

» Placido Domingo and Renata Scotto: Romantic Duets

Encores

» Hamelin encore Mozart Sonata in C K545

» Nathan Milstein: Encores
» Yundi Li Encore: Chinese Piano Pieces
» Jessye Norman Encores, Salzburg '88

Families
» The Bach Family: 125 Videos Collection

» The Menuhin Family: Mozart Concertos for Three and Two Pianos

» The Stamitz Family Concertos and Symphonies Collection

» The Tortelier Family: Handel Trio Sonata in G-minor HWV 387

Father & Son

György Cziffra and György Cziffra, Jr.: Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1

Female Artists & Composers

» Female Pianists and Artists: 340 Videos Collection

» Female Polish Pianists play Works of Chopin Collection

» Women Composers: 51 Videos Collection

Festivals

» Annecy Classic Festival 2012, Nikolai Lugansky concert
» BBC Proms 2012 Highlights
» Ecstatic Music Festival & Lucy Moses School Summer String Festival
» LakeComo Festival Selections 2006 - 2012
» Nordisk Steinway Festival 2012
» Ojai Music Festival Selections 2012-2013

» Ravenna Festival Seasons 2003- 2012 Highlights
» Ravinia Festival Short Videos Collection
» Southbank Centre Short Videos Collection

» Verbier Festival 2012 Highlights

The Folk Connection

» Beethoven Folk Song Arrangements: Yo-Yo Ma, Robert White et al
» Bruno Walter: Daniel Gregory Mason Suite After English Folk Songs, NBC Symphony
» Carl Sandburg Suite, based on Folk-Tunes, Alec Wilder
» Leopold Stokowski: William Levi Dawson Negro Folk Symphony
» Luciano Berio: Folk Songs for mezzosoprano and orchestra
» Max Bruch Suite on Russian Folk Melodies, Manfred Honeck
» Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song, transcribed for violin and piano

Gala Concerts / Anniversary Concerts / Memorial Concerts

» AIDS-Gala Berlin (Deutschen Oper Berlin, 2010 and 2009)

» Bolshoi Grand Re-Opening Gala Concert
» Emmanuelle Haïm: Festival of Voices - Live from Paris - Une Fête Baroque - 10th Anniversary Concert

» Maya Plisetskaya 80 Years Celebration

» New York Philharmonic series: 9/11 Concert in HD
» Vaganova Ballet Academy 275 Years Anniversary Gala Concert (2013)
» Yuri Bashmet Anniversary Concert, 2013

Grants

» Avery Fisher Artist Program Selections (Avery Fisher Career Grants)

Great Artists & Composers in Their Youth

» 12 Years Old Ruggiero Ricci plays Paganini La Campanella

» 12 years old Rossini: Sonata a quattro 6 in D major

» 17 Years Old Evgeny Kissin: Chopin Sonata 3 in B minor

Great Brands

» Bösendorfer

» Mason & Hamlin

» Steinway & Sons

» Yamaha Music Instruments: Factory Tours Videos

Great Love
» Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, James Gaffigan. Watch in HD
» Gounod Romeo and Juliet Spotlight, San Diego Opera
» Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy, Artur Rodzinski

Gypsy Orchestra

Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra (100 Violins) Short Videos Collection

Happiness & Ecstasy

» Evgeny Mravinsky: Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy, Live

» Siegfried Wagner (the son of Richard Wagner): Happiness, Symphonic Poem

» Don Quixote Ballet, Opera de Paris (Dorothée Gilbert, Karl Paquette)

» Hilary Hahn and Gustavo Dudamel: Live from the Vatican

» Hilary Hahn: Shostakovich Violin Concerto
» Nicola Benedetti at the Last Night of the Proms 2012

» Wagner Siegfried Met 2012 (Jay Hunter Morris in the title role)

Hidden Treasures

» Benjamin Godard Violin Concerto 1

» Leonid Kogan: Mieczyslaw Weinberg Violin Concerto in G minor

» Louis-Gabriel Guillemain 12 Caprices for Solo Violin

Historical Periods
» The Historical Periods of Britain: Music of The Tudor Period Selections
» Colin Tilney: Elizabethan Songs and Dances

Humor

» Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra (Live at the Albert Hall)
» Franz Reizenstein's Concerto Popolare (The Piano Concerto to end all Piano Concertos)

» The Muppets Show: Great Music Humor!

» Mr. Bean Opens the Olympics
» Musician Jokes

» Rowan Atkinson - The Conductor

» Rowan Atkinson - The Piano Player

Incidental Music
» Mikhail Pletnev: Tchaikovsky Hamlet Incidental Music

Inspired by the Earth, Seasons, Nature, Space, and more.
» Ari Rasilainen: Kurt Atterberg The River - from the Mountains to the Sea
» Bernard Haitink: Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony, London Philharmonic
» Bernard Haitink: Strauss An Alpine Symphony
» Charles Mackerras: Gustav Holst The Planets, BBC Proms
» Christopher Fifield: Frederic Cliffe Cloud and Sunshine
» Danish Girls Choir - Winter Songs
» Daris Milhaud: La création du monde Op.81a
» G. J. Werner: The Seasons (Musical Instrumental Calendar)
» Jascha Horenstein: Britten Four Sea Interludes, BBC Northern Symphony
» Jorma Panula: Adolf Wiklund Summer Night and Sunrise, symphonic poem
» José Serebier: Prokofiev Winter Bonfire
» Julia Fischer: Vivaldi The Four Seasons
» Leonard Bernstein: Ferde Grofé The Grand Canyon Suite, NY Phil
» Neeme Jarvi: Grieg, In Autumn Op. 11
» Ondrej Lenard: Alexander Moyzes Down The River Váh, Slovak Radio Symphony
» Vernon Handley: Sir Arnold Bax Spring Fire, London Symphony
» Vincent D'indy Symphony on a French mountain air for piano and orchestra - 3 Performances

Institutions
» National Endowment for the Arts: Opera Honors and NEA Jazz Masters

Interviews, Conversations & Discussions

» 2 Hours Interview with Jerry Goldsmith

» Carnegie Hall series: Artist Interviews

» English National Opera: interviews & conversations

» Israel Philharmonic Conversations: Yuja Wang

» National Endowment for the Arts: How Art Works - Public Forum

» New York Philharmonic 2012-13 Season: interviews & conversations

» Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Artist Interviews and more
» A Special Evening at Barbican Centre: The role and perceived decline of classical music.

» Thomas Hampson: Interviews Collection

The Jazz Connection
» Andre Previn´s Trio Jazz - King Size! Full Album
» Alexander Tsfasman plays his Concerto 1 for Piano and Jazz Band
» 22 Hours with the Art of Jacques Loussier Trio
» Michael Sanderling: Shostakovich Jazz Suite 2, Live
» Dana Suesse: Jazz Concerto in D major for Combo and orchestra

Lieder

» Dagmar Pecková: Wagner Wesendonck Lieder, Jiří Bělohlávek
» Hermann Prey: Lieder (180 Videos Collection)

Lost & Found
» Federico Maria Sardelli: Vivaldi NEW Discoveries
» Lost Mozart Work Found! Played for the First Time

Madrigals

» Jacopo da Bologna: Italian Madrigals of the 14th Century

Masonic & Templar Music

» The Knights Templar Chants

» Mozart Masonic Funeral Music

Masterclass/Lectures/Education

» Barenboim Masterclass on the Beethoven Sonatas

» Bolshoi Ballet Academy Selections

» Jorge Bolet Master Class Rachmaninoff

» Leonard Bernstein: 6 Harvard Lectures

» Masterclass with Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves

» Maxim Vengerov Masterclasses Playlist

» Pavarotti Masterclass

» Paul Tortelier Masterclass

» Violin Tips and Exercises Collection

Masterpiecess

» Bach The Chaconne: 167 Videos Collection

Medieval & Renaissance Music

» French Middle Age Music Selections

» Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music: 139 Videos Collection

» Music of the Crusades Selections

» Music of the Troubadours, Ensemble Unicorn

» Compendium of Renaissance Musical Instruments

» Music of the English Renaissance, The Baltimore Consort

Mozart & Salieri

» Amadeus (1984): The Director's Cut - The Original Soundtrack (Sir Neville Marriner)

Musical

» 6 Great Broadway Musicals Soundtracks
» Kismet - A Musical Arabian Night (Ramey, Migenes, Hadley, Swenson)

Music & Literature

» Alice Giles: André Caplet The Masque of the Red Death

» Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet, Gran Teatre del Liceu

» Jacqueline Du Pré/Adrian Boult: Strauss Don Quixote

» Jiri Jarov: The Old Man and the Sea, symphonic poem
» Richard Hickox: Delius Sea Drift, after Walt Whitman

» Valery Gergiev: Tchaikovsky Mazeppa (based on Pushkin epic poem Poltava)

Music for Monarchs & Magnates

» Harry Christophers: Music for Magnates and Monarchs

» Haydn: Music for Prince Hesterhazy and the King of Naples

» Johan Helmich Roman Wedding cantata, Aria with violino obligato

» Jordi Savall: The King's Manuscript - Estampies and Danses Royales

» Music for the Royal Wedding of Louis XIV (Lully, Lambert, Cavalli)

Music by Monarchs
» Queen Liliuokalani (the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi): Aloha Oe for Violin & Piano - Rare

Music for Peace

» Karl Jenkins The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace

Music & Sports

» John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme, Boston Pops Orchestra

» Richard Strauss conducts his Olympic Hymne

» Victor Vogel: Olympic Cantata Montreal 76

Music Without Borders
» Lorin Maazel and The New York Philharmonic's famous concert at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, titled "The Pyongyang Concert.

Myths & Legends in Classical Music
» Carlos Kleiber: Strauss Elektra (Birgit Nilsson)
» Ferdinand Leitner: Carl Orff Prometheus (Roland Hermann)
» Liszt: Prometheus and Orpheus (Bernard Haitink, Kurt Masur)
» Martyn Brabbins: Cyril Scott Neptune, Poem of the Sea, BBC Philhamonic
» Osmo Vänskä: Sibelius Kullervo Op. 7, Sinfonia Lahti
» Osmo Vänskä: Sibelius The Oceanides, Sinfonia Lahti
» Pierre Monteux: Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice
» William Christie: Handel Hercules (Shimell, DiDonato, Bohlin)
» William Christie: Purcell King Arthur

Opera

» The 3 Tenors Live in Paris, Los Angeles and Rome

» 7 Wagner Operas (Solti, Kempe, Wiener Philharmoniker)

» Bel canto (Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, and much more): 173 Videos Collection

» Carmen Top 10 (Bizet, Waxman, Sarasate, Shchedrin)
» The Göteborg Opera and Ballet: 2012 Season Highlights

» Great Hits Collection: Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bocelli, Brightman

» Historical Tenors and Their Exceptional Performances

» Opernhaus Zürich Short Videos Collection

» Puccini La Boheme (Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu)

» Verdi: Essential Classic series

Opera Collections

» The Golden Age of Opera: 500 Videos Collection

» Hermann Prey sings Operas and Operettas, Cantatas and Oratorios: 320 Videos Collection

» Opera and Concert Overtures: 160 Videos Collection
» Gran Teatre del Liceu: 400 Videos Collection
» Vocal Music, Arias, Duets: 200 Videos Collection

Opera - Comic

» 21 Hours with the Comic Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan

» Ton Koopman: Mozart Zaide Singspiel (Sandrine Piau in the title role)

Great Operatic Death Scenes

» Great Operatic Death Scenes Episode 1

Bringing Kids to the Opera

» Colin Davis: Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel, Royal Opera House

Ornithology and Classical Music

» Christopher Keene: Anthony Philip Heinrich, Ornithological Combat of Kings

Passion

» Roberto Alagna: 'Pasión' Concert, Versailles 2011
» Antonio Márquez: Sarasate Zapateado

Phonograph Cylinders

This playlist contains the 1888 phonograph recording of Sir Arthur Sullivan's (1842-1900) speech for Thomas Edison, along with the 1888 recording of Sullivan's "The Lost Chord": the oldest "listenable" musical recording in existence. There are also some 1888 recordings from Crystal Palace of Handel's oratorio, Israel in Egypt, which are the first existing recordings we have of music at all - albeit hard to hear. Click Here

Piano Collections

» Famous and Unjustly Forgotten Russian Pianists: 900 Videos Collection

» Female Pianists and Artists: 340 Videos Collection

» Great Hungarian Pianists: 96 Videos Collection

» Great Piano Concertos: 47 Videos Collections

» Piano Works: 400 Videos Collection

» South American Pianists: 125 Videos Collection

Polyphony

» Eleventh Century French Polyphony

Pupils of Great Composers
» Franz Jakob Freystädtler: Concerto facile in D major (A Mozart Pupil)

Rare Recordings

» Rare Piano Concertos: 518 Videos Collection

» Rare Concertos: 98 Videos Collection (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet, Harp, Organ)

» Rare Sonatas: 81 Videos Collection

» Rare Symphonies: 128 Videos Collection

Record Labels

» Decca Classics Short Videos Collection

» Decca Recordings (Leopold Stokowski Recordings)

» Deutsche Gramophone LPs (Pogorelich, Argerich, Maisky, Fischer-Deiskau...)

» Deutsche Grammophon Short Videos Collection
» harmonia mundi Short Videos Selections

» Naxos Short Videos Collection
» Opus Arte Short Videos Collection

» Philips Label Recordings Selections

» Supraphon Records

» VOX Records LPs Collection

» Westminster Records LP Collection

Revolutionary Music
» Music of the American Revolution: The Birth of Liberty
» Music of The French Revolution, Concerto Koln

Sacred Music

» 10 Hours With The Best Sacred Music of The Renaissance

» Andrea Bocelli: Sacred Arias Concert, Myung-whun Chung

» Ave Maria (Giulio Caccini): 44 Videos Collection

» Bach Sacred Cantatas, Pieter Jan Leusink

» Beethoven Missa Solemnis and C.E.F. Weyse Easter and Christmas Cantatas

» Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Collection

» Emil Tabakov: Verdi Four Sacred Pieces, Bulgarian National Choir

» Franz Liszt - Christus Oratorio

» Marco Feruglio: Handel Sacred Music, Collegium Apollineum

» Mozart Requiem Collection

» Sacred Music from the Royal Chapel of Spain

» Sacred Music of the 18th Century by Maltese Composers

Series

» Newest Episodes

Soundtracks - Film Music

» Alan Silvestri: Avengers Movie Suite

» The Greatest Film Composers

» Hans Zimmer: Pirates Of The Caribbean

» Howard Shore: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack

» Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings Symphony

» James Horner: Avatar Movie Soundtrack

» James Horner: The Mask Of Zorro Soundtrack

» James Newton Howard: The Bourne Legacy Movie Suite
» Joe Kraemer: Jack Reacher Soundtrack

» John Williams: Best of Star Wars - Skywalker Symphony

» Nino Rota: The Godfather

Soundtracks -Kids Movies

» Hans Zimmer and John Powell: Kung Fu Panda 2 Movie Suite

» Hans Zimmer: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Soundtrack

» Hans Zimmer: Rango Movie Soundtrack

» John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Soundtrack

» Patrick Doyle: Brave Movie Suite
» Wallace and Gromit Movie Suite

Soundtracks -Video Games

Symphony/Orchestra 'Complete'
» Arnold Bax Symphonies Complete: David Lloyd-Jones, Bryden Thomson

» Beethoven Symphonies Complete, Arturo Toscanini

» Beethoven Symphonies Complete, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

» Beethoven Symphonies Complete, Otto Klemperer

» Beethoven Symphonies Complete, Paavo Järvi

» Hugo Alfvén Symphonies Complete, Niklas Willen

» Joachim Raff Symphonies Complete, Stadlmair, Hermann, Scheider

» Mozart Symphonies Complete, Christopher Hogwood
» Peder Gram Symphonies Complete, Matthias Aeschbacher

» Schumann Symphonies Complete, David Zinman

» Shostakovich Symphonies Complete, Mstislav Rostropovich

» Tchaikovsky Symphonies Complete, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Talent Agencies

» Intermusica Artists Playlist

Tango
» HD Moscow City Symphony: TANGO Concert
» Yo-Yo Ma: Piazzola Le Grand Tango

TEDTalks
» Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen
» John Walker re-creates great performances
» Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us

Traditional Music/ World Music

» David Garrett: 1000 Pipers, a Scottish Traditional

» Haydn Welsh Songs Collection

» Ida Haendel: Romanian Folk Dances

» Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King: The Celtic Viol

» Klezmer / Popular Jewish melodies

» Nigel Kennedy & Kroke Band: East Meets East Album

» The Mad Buckgoat: Ancient Music Of Ireland, Baltimore Consort

» Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble Collection

Transcriptions

» Bach Goldberg Variations for String Trio: Sitkovetsky, Maisky, Caussé. Transcription by Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Watch in HD
» Beethoven Piano Concerto in D major, Op.61a (arranged from Violin Concerto, Op.61) Piano & Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
» Lang Lang: Wagner Siegfried Idyll, arranged for solo piano by Howard Shore
» Vivaldi The 4 Seasons Arranged for Piano by Jeffrey Biegel

Unpublished

» Leonid Kogan: Babajanian Violin Concerto - RARE Live Unpublished Recording
» Scriabin Symphonic Poem (Never published in his lifetime)

Virtual

» Eric Whitacre: The Virtual Choir Selections

World Record

» The Largest Symphony Ever Written according to Guinness Book of World Records
» HJ Lim: The World's Fastest Version of Flight of the Bumblebee

» World Violin Speed Record: Ben Lee - Flight of the Bumblebee

World Premiere

» Denis Matsuev: Rachmaninoff Fugue

» Giora Schmidt: World Premiere of Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor, transcribed for solo violin by Noam Sivan. Watch in HD

» Janine Jansen: Richard Dubugnon Violin Concerto

» Krystof Lecian: Paganini 24 Caprices for Cello

» Michael Talbot Bassoon Concerto 1 (Robert Rønnes)

» Michael Talbot 6 Bassoon Sonatas

» Norman Dello Joio Symphony for Voices and Orchestra, Rare Recording

» Oscar Shumsky: Pierre Rode 24 Caprices for Solo Violin - A RARE World Premiere Rec.

» Schoenberg conducts his Suite Op.29

» Zoltan Székely: Bartok Violin Concerto 2 Premiere, Willem Mengelberg

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

» Jukka Pekka Saraste: Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Young Virtuosi
» Victor Trenev - 1st Prize, 54th Kocian Violin Competition (Bulgaria)
» Elin Kolev with Gewandhaus Leipzig (Bulgaria - Germany)
» Mark Ehrenfried: Rhapsody in Rock, Liszt, Prokofiev, and more (Germany)

Zarzuela (Spanish lyric-dramatic genre)
» Plácido Domingo: Fiesta De La Zarzuela

Genres

INSTRUMENTAL/PIANO

20 Hours with the Art of Chopin and 37 Great Pianists
Famous and Unjustly Forgotten Russian Pianists: 900 Videos Collection
Female Pianists and Artists: 340 Videos Collection
Franz Liszt: 195 Videos Collection
Great Hungarian Pianists: 90+ Videos Collection
Great Piano Concertos: 40+ Videos Collections
Piano Works: 400 Videos Collection
Rare Piano Concertos: 500+ Videos Collection
South American Pianists: 120+ Videos Collection
Vladimir Horowitz: USA Tours Collection (200 Videos 18 Hours)

INSTRUMENTAL/VIOLIN

6 Famous Violinists in Their Youth
23 Violin Concertos performed by Leonid Kogan
24 Violin Concertos performed by Jascha Heifetz
30 Violin Concertos performed by David Oistrakh
41 Virtuoso Artists on Bruch Violin Concertos
44 Violin Concertos performed by Itzhak Perlman
Bach The Chaconne: 167 Videos Collection
Paganini Caprices Complete: 7 Great Performances
Tartini: The Violin Concertos Collection

INSTRUMENTAL/EXPLORE MORE

The Complete Vivaldi 25 Cello Concertos, Ofra Harnoy
Guitar (Classical and Flamenco): 80+ Videos Collection
Harpsichord Concerti: 100+ Videos Collection
Instrumental Selections
...for Violin, Piano, Cello and much more: Accordion, Balalaika, Bangdi, Basset Horn, Clarinet, Contrabass, Cornett, Erhu, Flageolet, Flute, Musical Glasses, Guitar, Harp, Harpsichord, Horn, Japanese Drums, Lute, Oboe, Organ, Recorder, Saxophone, Sitar, Timpani, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba...

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