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  • Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement – Presto Agitato, Played by Valentina Lisitsa

    Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, III “Presto Agitato” recorded by Valentina Lisitsa in Beethovensaal, Hannover Germany in Dec 2009. Wilhelm Kempff also recorded a Beethoven cycle in the same hall. Download Vol…


  • Renaud Capuçon Performs Dvořák – Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Enjoy Renaud Capuçon’s charming violin solo of Dvořák’s “Songs My Mother Taught Me” from his Gypsy Songs cycle….


  • Arnold Schoenberg

    …move towards atonality is showcased in “Pierrot Lunaire,” Op. 21, a cycle of expressionistic songs that use sprechstimme (a vocal technique between speech and singing) to convey surreal and haunting…


  • Bedřich Smetana

    …representation of the nation on the operatic stage. However, he rejected the notion of creating national works merely by appropriating folk song, arguing that it would not result in a…


  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    …output includes parts of at least 31 cantata cycles, many operas, concertos, oratorios, songs, music for civic occasions and church services, passions, orchestral suites, and abundant amounts of chamber music….


  • Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride – Operas by Christoph Gluck

    …of dehumanization with contemporary echoes. Set in an endless cycle of violence, this gripping diptych is conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm and brought to life by American soprano Corinne Winters in…


  • New Dawn – Anoushka Shankar’s Live Performance

    “New Dawn” closes Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn—the second release in Anoushka Shankar’s three‑part mini‑album cycle that charts a metaphorical journey from dusk to sunrise. Written with…