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Verdi – Requiem Dies Irae – Part 1
Rare footage of Maestro Ino Savini rehearsing Verdi’s Requiem in Prague in 1972. The performance took place at The Cathedral of St. Vitus on September 9th and was a great…
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10 of the Craziest Musical Instruments Used in Classical Music
…it eventually faded out of use. 6. The Heckelphone Ever heard of the heckelphone? This rare woodwind instrument is like an oboe but deeper and richer. It was designed in…
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Duet – Ondes Martenot and Piano
Josh Semans and Raffael Seyfried play a duet for the piano and rare instrument, the Ondes Martenot.
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Tchaikovsky – Scherzo Burlesque from Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky’s ‘Scherzo Burlesque’ from Suite No. 2 in C is a rarely heard, yet gorgeous and exciting piece of music. Conductor Aleksander Dmitriev leads the Leningrad Philharmonic in a dazzling…
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Hector Berlioz
…poorly received but later recognized for its brilliance. Les Troyens (1858), a monumental opera based on Virgil’s Aeneid. Often considered his masterpiece, it was rarely performed in full during his…
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Arcangelo Corelli
…patron, Cardinal Ottoboni, was central to his personal and professional success. He passed away in Rome in 1713 and was buried in the Pantheon, a rare honor for a musician….
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Henry Purcell
…best music, they are rarely revived today. Sacred Music Purcell demonstrated his versatility as a composer by creating a vast array of sacred music, including anthems, devotional songs, and other…
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Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, Part 1 of 2
Rare and outstanding performance of BACH’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Rene Leibowitz and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged for double orchestra. Leibowitz, a Polish-born conductor, was known…
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Eliot Fisk Plays Bach on Guitar
Eliot Fisk plays Bach on Carla Kelly’s rare “Stellar Class” guitar at a casual get-together in 2006….
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Mozart Violin Sonatas, Performed by Gil and Orli Shaham
…a virtuosic and engaging classical artist, while Orli Shaham has established herself as a talented pianist. Despite being born less than five years apart, they rarely perform together in public….
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Oistrakh Plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 – Part 1 of 4
David Oistrakh performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 with conductor Kirill Kondrashin and the USSR State Orchestra. This performance is part of ClassicalRecords’ YouTube channel, where rare…
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Requiem by Verdi
Rare footage of Maestro Ino Savini rehearsing Verdi’s Requiem in Prague, filmed in 1972. The performance on September 9th was a huge success. The video clips were from rehearsals and…
