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Liszt's works and his influence have great significance for the history of music. He was not only one of the most brilliant instrumental virtuosos of all time, but also one of the most distinguished piano teachers the world has ever known. All Chopin's waltzes are typical of the new piano style he created. Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony enchants the listener through its charming cheerfulness and the recollection of Italian sun.

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Repubblica e l'Espresso presentano le direzioni di uno dei più grandi nomi della musica classica, Claudio Abbado. Una selezione originale ed esclusiva per ascoltare e apprezzare gli incontri con i grandi compositori, da Beethoven a Mahler, da Mozart a Ciaikovsky, e con le maggiori orchestre internazionali e italiane. Le esecuzioni che hanno emozionato, in primis, lo stesso direttore.

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. The story, set in China, involves prince Calàf who falls in love with the cold princess Turandot. To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has to solve three riddles; any false answer results in death. Calàf passes the test, but Turandot still hesitates to marry him. He offers her a way out : he agrees to die should she be able guess his real name...

Enregistré à la Salle Pleyel, à Paris, en 2007, par l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, placé sous la direction de Myung-Wung Chung. Jean-François Zygel installe sa leçon de musique et son grand piano noir sur la scène de la Salle Pleyel. Le pianiste improvisateur y dévoile les grands principes et les petits secrets de «La Symphonie du Nouveau Monde», d'Antonín Dvorák. Le compositeur tchèque l'écrivit en 1894, lors de son séjour aux États-Unis où il resta pendant quelques années comme directeur du Conservatoire de New York. Elle se veut l'expression de sensations et de souvenirs que Dvorák a envoyés à ses proches au loin.

This double CD contains hymns, psalms and creeds by the famous "Choir of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle" under the direction of Josef Schabasser. Simplistic beauty is the only way to describe it. Listen in awe to 38 Medieval Gregorian Chants for all seasons and occasions. Peaceful, glorious experience from "a capella" perfect performance by harmonic male voices. Included you will find a nice booklet with all the hymns in latin and english. Enjoy.

Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in Russian, by the prestigious performance of the Bolshoi Theatre. The event was the lyrical opening of the 2008-2009 season of the Opéra Garnier.

Le 27 août 2011, dans le cadre du 55e Festival Menuhin de Gstaad, le pianiste danois Nikolaj Znaider, accompagné du Budapest Festival Orchestre, a rendu un vibrant hommage à Brahms en interprétant, sous la direction d'Ivan Fischer, deux œuvres du compositeur allemand : le Concerto pour violon et une Danse hongroise.

Repubblica e l'Espresso presentano le direzioni di uno dei più grandi nomi della musica classica, Claudio Abbado. Una selezione originale ed esclusiva per ascoltare e apprezzare gli incontri con i grandi compositori, da Beethoven a Mahler, da Mozart a Ciaikovsky, e con le maggiori orchestre internazionali e italiane. Le esecuzioni che hanno emozionato, in primis, lo stesso direttore.