Amazing pieces of classical music - 34 PINNEDJohannes 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 - 32 PINNEDJohannes 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)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 31 PINNEDFranz Schubert's "Trout Quintet", or rather his Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, Op. 114, composed in the summer of 1819 after a trip to Upper Austria, should certainly not to be missed out in the row of amazing pieces of classical music, and in... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 30Joseph Haydn's Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2, third movement, movement 30a. (duet): 'Von deiner Güt, O Herr und Gott' sung by Agnes Giebel (Eva) and Gottlob Frick (Adam) with the choir and orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Eugen... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 29Ralp Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 5 in D Major, IRV. 86: III. Romanza - Lento performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of André Previn in 1971. This work was written between 1938 and 1943, and in style it represents a shift... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 28Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham in 1959. It's a symphony in four movements composed by Beethoven between 1811 and 1812,... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 25Maurice Duruflé's Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10, No. 1 "Ubi caritas (et amor)" for a cappella polyphony, specifically four mixed voices (1960). The words mean "Where charity and love are, God is there". "Ubi caritas et amor" is a... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 26Olivier Messiaen's "Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum: III. L'heure vient où les morts entendront la voix du Fils de Dieu" (Jean V, 25), a suite for wind orchestra and percussion instruments composed in five movements, performed by the Groupe... See More » (1)
