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Leonard Bernstein conducts Second Symphony of the american composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in 1987.

Stern is soloist, and Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra, in this 1963 performance of the first movement from the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21. I purchased the cassette tape (serial number MYT 37811) pictured in the video above in the early 90s, shortly after CBS released it as part of the "Great Performances" series. Movement 1: Allegro non troppo

Concerto for Two Pianos in A-Flat Major Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) At the pianos: Love Derwinger & Roland Pöntinen. With: The Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, under the baton of Lev Markiz. Artwork: Lithograph by Friedrich Jentzen (1815-1901) from 1837, covering the painting by Theodor Hildebrandt (1804-1874). All other artwork by Mendelssohn himself.

This is Part 1 of 2 of the New York Pro Musica 1958 production of this Musical Drama. It's musical director was Noah Greenberg. Father Reinbert Weakland, O.S.B. transcribed the music into modern notation. It was presented at the Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York. The cast included: Russell Oberlin (Belshazzar's Prince) Betty Wilson (Belshazzar's Queen) Brayton Lewis (Belshazzar) Charles Bressler (Daniel) Sorry if the playback sounds a little slow at times. The record I used to record this video was slightly warped.

Bruch-Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor op. 26 (Complete) Isaac Stern: violin-Philadelphia Orchestra-Eugene Ormandy: conductor-1966 (The second recording of this concerto by Stern and Ormandy)

Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance) Op. 65 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Perry So 15 October 2010

Beethoven. Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer) Colin Davis (Conductor) Staatskapelle Dresden (Orchestra) Claudio Arrau (Performer)

Murray Perahia KBE (born April 19, 1947) is an American concert pianist and conductor. (Murray Perahia, Wikipedia) 00:00 - Allegro 05:23 - Andante 10:44 - Allegro

Mozart finished his last symphony, no. 41 on August 10, 1788. It was nicknamed "Jupiter" after his death. Certainly it is the loftiest and most magisterial of Mozart's symphonies, with a formal and ceremonial quality in keeping with its key of C major. Although today we think of C major as the plainest and most basic of keys — all white notes on the piano — in the late 18th century it was usually associated with court and high-church pomp since it was well suited to the valveless trumpets of the period. And we find two of them adding brilliance...

Op.68 -- Freiburger BarockorchesterI post this with a humble heart. It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. I think it is as close to meeting heaven and Christ as I will get to on earth. 15:30 of talented, dedicated, wonderful musicians giving their all to a piece by Arcangelo Corelli (17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713)

If you use a WordPress website and would like a short, classical music Christmas greeting, this is easy.First see if you like the music.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpRZecQpxuc(Click above.)This widget looks like this:Here's the way to use it:WordPress > Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Text<iframe width="285" height="214" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GpRZecQpxuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Just start a new text widget where you want it to appear, then copy in the iFrame above. Or use any little, short music video you'd like.(A "Widget" is a little internet do-dad that's easy to use & powerful.)

Anyone have any information on any venue of any kind in Austin Saturday, August 9 where one could listen to some pretty music? Interested in classical, guitar, piano, etc. and would be most grateful. That failing, anyone know of a venue where one could watch a good quality foreign film with an actual plot?

Couple Avoids Jail: Will Keep Record Store Open by Judith Schumann Weizner Back Issues of Heterodoxyhttp://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=337(April/May 2000)The Musikants Today, Ernest and Sylvia Musikant are breathing easy for the first time in many months , having won an eleventh-hour reprieve of the prison sentence they were to begin serving this morning for a violation of the Racial Equity in Employment Act.The couple, whose classical record store, We’ll Get Bach To You, has been a fixture on Manhattan’s West Side since 1968, had been ordered to report to the Federal Race and Hate Crimes Correctional Facility on Ward’s Island to begin their...

Scientists manage to study the physics that connect the classical the quantum world 10 hours ago Enlarge Principle of the experiment: In the beginning the atom cloud is prepared in an almost perfectly ordered quantum state (symbolized by gray atoms). Over time, this quantum order is lost and disorder spreads through the system with a certain well-defined velocity (symbolized by the mixture of red and gray atoms). This disorder can be associated with the emergence of a temperature. The initial quantum properties are lost only through interactions between the atoms, without any influence from the outside world. How does a...

http://www.wbachradio.com/index.php http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/nassau/?callsign=WBACHFM&playnextauto=true We lost the local classical station on our airwaves and have found it on the net and want to share it. If you enjoy classical 24/7 these are the folks to tune in. And no annoying nasal NPR-types to with fruity nasal tones and pretentious words to ruin perfectly fine music.

Anyone who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last weekend knows that, although Republicans won big in November, the conservative movement is still facing an identity crisis. There are many facets to this, but one way of looking at it is to say that libertarian ideas are encroaching on conservatism.

A long time ago, there was this wondrous thing called "college radio." Some stations played classical music, some played experimental jazz. Some played alternative rock back when alternative rock was actually an alternative. Today, across the left end of the F.M. dial, there's nothing but the incessant droning of pretentiously accented liberals who pronounce Michele, "Mishay" and compete for who can pronounce third-world place-names in the most unique way. (Why is Nicaragua, "Neek-ah-rrrrragooah," but Quebec is "Kwebeck"? And excuse me, but English-speakers built the city of Los Angeles, so it's pronounced, "Lawss Anjilis," not "Loehss Onhileess" until Mexico formally announces...

A conga line formed at a classical music concert last Saturday. In a sold-out Vienna arena that will host Lady Gaga later this year, audience members danced in the aisles, waved flags from around the world, and pressed against the stage with flowers and wine—all for the Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu, who held sway with a wagging violin bow and permanent smile for more than two hours, through seven encores and a deluge of balloons. Wearing a dark blue tuxedo and gold watch chain, his hair swept back to his shoulders, the 60-year-old grandfather/sex symbol led his 55-piece...

In recent years Britain has become the "Willy Wonka" of social control, churning out increasingly creepy, bizarre, and fantastic methods for policing the populace. But our weaponization of classical music - where Mozart, Beethoven, and other greats have been turned into tools of state repression - marks a new low. We're already the kings of CCTV. An estimated 20 per cent of the world's CCTV cameras are in the UK, a remarkable achievement for an island that occupies only 0.2 per cent of the world's inhabitable landmass. A few years ago some local authorities introduced the Mosquito, a gadget that...

Every Christmas season, which in our home begins around the second week of November, I am on a mission. My goal: find one new CD and one new Christmas movie to add to our growing collection. The movie gets rotated in with about a dozen or so other favorites while the CD takes front and center stage. Whatever this CD is, it is played so constantly throughout the next 6 weeks that it must, by nature of its place in our routine, be extraordinary. I don’t give this spot to just any artist; but, rather, I spend time searching...