Amazing pieces of classical music - 41Diderich Hansen Buxtehude's Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 157, performed by Edward Power Biggs on the magnificent organ of the Gothic Johanniskirche in Lüneburg in 1967. The Renaissance pipe organ of that church in Northern Germany was built in 1553 by... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 38Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in E-flat major, Op. 55 : Act II, the funeral march (Marica funebre) performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan in late 1962. Karajan became the principal conductor of this orchestra... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 37Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 614, was completed eight months before the great composer died on 5 December 1791, and it's in fact his last major chamber work. Like every one of Mozart's string quintets, it's a... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 34Johannes Brahms' so-called "Double Concerto" in A minor, Op. 102, a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra composed in 1887 as his last work for orchestra, performed by Josef Suk (violin) and André Navarra (cello) with the Czech Philharmonic... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 33Ludwig van Beethoven's so-called "Triple Concerto" in C major, Op. 56, a concerto for violin, cello and piano with orchestra, composed between 1803 and 1804, in a performance from May 1960 with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, soloists Wolfgang... See More » (1)
Brandy, "Sittin’ Up In My Room" (1995)From the soundtrack to ‘Waiting To Exhale’ (the great movie based upon the awesome Terry McMillan novel). It encapsulates a lot of what I loved during the 90s. (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 32Johannes Brahms' Tragic Overture, Op. 81, is a concert overture for orchestra written during the summer of 1880. It premiered, under the baton of Hans Richter who was then the director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, on 26th December... See More » (1)
