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Classical Performance
The Classical Performance podcast features the very best live classical performances, recorded by WCRB. From local up-and-comers to world-renowned masters, the Classical Performance podcast is your source for classical, on the go. Find episodes and subscribe in iTunes.
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Schumann and Romance
Robert Schumann was born in this month in 1810, so we have Krista River and Judith Gordon performing Schumann's great song-cycle, "Frauenliebe und Le...
The Passion of Rachmaninov with pianist Ya-fei Chuang
We're celebrating Rachmaninov's birthday! Ya-fei Chuang's virtuosity and passion are front and center in this live performance of his Piano Sonata No....
A Celebration of Maurice Ravel!
Ravel once said: “We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art.“ Canadian pianist Janina Fia...
It's Mendelssohn's birthday! Let's celebrate!
February is Mendelssohn's birthday month, and it's also the month of Valentine's Day. Felix wrote the Andante and Rondo Capriccioso for a girl he was...
Happy Birthday Mozart!
Mozart's birthday is January 27th, and we're celebrating with a couple of great performances from our studio.
Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major,...
A Beethoven Birthday celebration
It's Beethoven's birthday on December 16th! We celebrate with a studio performance featuring some of his more out-of-the way pieces.
Beethoven:...
Mistral plays Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"
The chamber music ensemble Mistral is in its 21st season. We take a look back at a studio performance of a scaled-down version of Vivaldi's "The Four...
Tyler Duncan sings "Songs of Travel" by Vaughan Williams
Baritone Tyler Duncan sings Vaughan Williams's tribute to the open road: "Songs of Travel", set to the poetry of Robert Louis Stephenson.
Ralph...
Alisa Weilerstein plays Chopin with Inon Barnatan
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein has been acclaimed world-wide since she performed in our studio back in 2008. We revisit that perfromance with Inon Barnatan...
The Boston Early Music Festival - Retrospective
Looking forward to the Boston Early Music Festival, June 11-18, 2017, we remember three great performances from past festivals.
Handel: Fuga in...
A Brahms Celebration with James Campbell and Marc-Andre Hamelin
Clarinetist James Campbell and pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin got together in our WCRB studio to celebrate Brahms:
Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Clari...
A Bach Celebration from WCRB's Studio
Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday, with two fine performances from our WCRB studio:
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 for Violin in D minor, B...
A Chopin Celebration from WCRB's Studio
Celebrating the March birthday of Frederic Chopin - Two performances from our WCRB Studio:
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.65 with Alisa Wei...
A Mozart Celebration from WCRB's Studios
It's a Mozart Birthday Celebration - three fabulous peformances from our WGBH/WCRB Studios:
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304, with Corey...
Daniil Trifonov plays Fairy Tales by Medtner
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.”...
Blue Heron sings Du Fay
Blue Heron sings Guillaume Du Fay
Guillaume Du Fay: Entre vous, gentils amoureux
Du Fay: Je me complains
Du Fay: J’ate...
Trio Cleonice plays Beethoven
Beethoven, with Trio Cleonice
Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2 in E-flat Major
Trio Cleonice: Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin; Gwen Kr...
Charlie Albright plays Liszt and Chopin
The Washington Post calls him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.”
Robert Schumann, trans. Franz Liszt: Widmung
F...
Christina Day Martinson plays Biber
Biber's Mystery Sonatas, with violinist Christina Day Martinson
Heinrich Biber: Mystery Sonatas Nos. 9-12
Christina Day Martinson,...
Max Levinson plays Schumann
Schumann, with pianist Max Levinson
Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Arabesque, Op. 18
Recorded at WGBH's Studio One on Septemb...
Irina Muresanu plays Brahms and Hubay
Brahms and Hubay, with Boston-based violinist Irina Muresanu
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Irina Muresa...
Tchaikovsky, with A Far Cry
The self-conducted string orchestra A Far Cry plays Tchaikovsky's "Souvenir de Florence".
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “S...
Beethoven, with the Warner-Nuzova Duo
Cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova play Beethoven's arrangement of a Mozart aria.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on “Bei Männern, w...
Brahms, with David Deveau and the Shanghai Quartet
Pianist David Deveau and the Shanghai String Quartet play Brahms at the 2015 Rockport Chamber Music Festival.
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in...
Beethoven, with the Shanghai String Quartet
The Shanghai Quartet play Beethoven on opening weekend of the 2015 Rockport Chamber Music Festival
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in...
Bach, with Sergey Schepkin
Bach, with Sergey Schepkin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother, BWV. 992
Sergey Schepkin...
Ravel, with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Ravel, with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Members of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble: Anna Reine...
Beethoven, with Anton Nel
Pianist Anton Nel plays Beethoven and Mendelssohn
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10 No. 2
Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp...
Sarah Chang Plays Franck and Elgar
Violinist Sarah Chang is joined by pianist Andrew von Oeyen for music by Franck and Elgar
Cesar Franck: Sonata in A major, Mvt. 4 (Allegretto po...
Ravel, with the Parker String Quartet
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Parker String Quartet: Daniel Chong, violin; Karen Kim, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Kee-Hyu...