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Excerpt of People’s Fair at Shrovetide from Petrouchka by Igor Stravinsky
Pierre Monteux conducts “People’s Fair at Shrovetide” from Petrouchka in this 1959 telecast with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The program also includes Brahms’ Tragic Overture and Hindemith’s Noblissima Visione. Petrouchka…
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Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Marches
Sir Roger Norrington gives a speech and conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Edward Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory at Last Night of the Proms 2008….
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Pohjola’s Daughter by Sibelius, Op. 49, Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1 of 2
Ormandy conducts Sibelius’ Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 – Part 1/2 with Philadelphia Orchestra….
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Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Hindemith conducts Symphonic Metamorphoses 1955.
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Waltz from Der Freischütz – Weber
Erich Kleiber conducts the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra in a historic recording of Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz” waltz. The 1955 recording features an exceptional cast, including Elisabeth Grümmer…
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Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber, 3 of 4 (1955)
Hindemith conducts Symphonic Metamorphoses 3/4.
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Wagner’s Das Rheingold – Act 1, Parts 2-3
Wagner’s Ring, Solti conducts….
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Wagner – Tristan und Isolde
Thielemann conducts Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde with Wiener Philharmoniker….
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Prelude from Das Rheingold, Act 1, Part 1 – Wagner
Wagner’s Ring, Solti Conducts….
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Gustav Mahler – 5th Symphony – Adagietto
Maazel conducts Mahler’s 5th Symphony Adagietto with the Vienna Philharmonic (1983)….
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Smetana’s The Moldau
Karel Ancerl conducts Smetana’s The Moldau with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in this excerpt from VAI DVD 4322 Great Conductors in Rehearsal and Performance: Ancerl/Scherchen. The DVD also features Hermann…
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Smetana – Moldau
Michael Holmes conducts Smetana Moldau (Vltava) with the Varna Philharmonic, Bulgaria on October 11, 1998. Holmes has had a diverse musical career, including historical performance, symphonic conducting, composing/arranging, and scholarly…