We are deeply saddened at the passing of Seiji Ozawa and extend our condolences to his family. The world has lost perhaps the last of the great conductors. We will release a longer tribute to Maestro Ozawa in the coming days.
We've very saddened to hear the news that the mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig has passed at the age of 93.
She will be remembered as one of the true greats of opera and classical music, and leaves behind an incredible legacy.
We are delighted to bring you the service and pre-service music from the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III & Queen Camilla. The Official Album of the Coronation is out now 👑
Happy birthday, Seiji Ozawa! 🎉🎉
We're celebrating this great conductor with today's
#SundayStream
, his recording of Beethoven's immense 9th Symphony with the Mito Chamber Orchestra, released earlier this year:
“I will live my life only for the sake of music” Yunchan Lim
Decca Classics is delighted to announce the exclusive signing of South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim.
🔗
🎧
Absolutely devastated to hear that the coloratura soprano Edita Gruberová has passeed away at the age of 74.
Her legacy remains as one of the great singers and musicians of the 20th and 21st century. She will be missed.
We're extremely saddened to hear that Mirella Freni, one of the great sopranos of the last century, has passed away today at the age of 84.
She will be missed.
PROUDLY PRESENTING: The Official Album of the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III & Queen Camilla. This album will include all music and spoken word from the event and will be available ON THE DAY! Pre order Official Album of the Coronation 🔗
Happy 86th birthday, Seiji Ozawa!
We're celebrating with his stunning live recording of Beethoven's 7th Symphony and the third Leonore Overture with the Saito Kinen Orchestra:
Today would have been Luciano Pavarotti's 84th birthday.
We're celebrating one of the greatest voices of the 20th century with this clip of him singing 'E lucevan le stelle' from Puccini's 'Tosca'.
Which is your favourite Pavarotti role?
The wonderful
@ShekuKM
turns 21 today, so we’re taking a quick look back through 21 amazing moments of his career so far. Happy Birthday Sheku! 🎈
Listen to Sheku's complete recordings here:
Turandot, Puccini's final opera, premiered
#OnThisDay
in 1926!
To mark the occasion, who better, than the incomparable Luciano Pavarotti singing the aria Nessun Dorma:
Wishing a very
#HappyBirthday
to Seiji Ozawa who was born
#OnThisDay
in 1935!🎵🎉Celebrate by listening to the delighfully energetic Beethoven and Grieg album with Martha Argerich and the Mito Chamber Orchestra🎶
🎧:
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 was premiered in Boston(!)
#OnThisDay
in 1875. Here is a clip from the second International Tchaikovsky competition in 1962, featuring none other than Vladimir Ashkenazy playing the fiery third movement:
At 97 years of age, Ruth Slenczynska is Rachmaninoff's last living pupil. Her new album 'My Life In Music' is out today! Listen here:
The album features Ruth's personal favourites by Bach, Barber, Chopin, Debussy, Grieg and Rachmaninoff.
'I was bowled over when Ms Markle called me to ask if I would play during the ceremony, and of course, I immediately said yes!!! What a privilege' -
@ShekuKM
We’re hugely proud that Sheku has been invited to perform at the Royal Wedding.
@KensingtonRoyal
#RoyalWedding
Happy birthday to the Maestro himself! Luciano Pavarotti was born
#OnThisDay
in 1935. Here he is singing 'E lucevan le stelle' from Puccini's 'Tosca' in Hyde Park in 1991.
#OnThisDay
in 1819, the composer and pianist Clara Schumann was born!
Today's
#SundayStream
is
@IsataKm
's wonderful debut recording, featuring Clara Schumann's glorious piano music:
Here's a little excerpt from her Piano Concerto:
At the Grammys in 1998 Aretha Franklin stepped in for Luciano Pavarotti who had been due to sing his trademark piece, 'Nessun Dorma'. The performance was absolutely incredible.
RIP, Aretha Franklin.
George Frideric Handel died
#onthisday
in 1759, 260 years ago.
Here is the wonderful Julia Lezhneva singing the magically beautiful aria "O nox dulcis":
The new album from legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa and the Mito Chamber Orchestra is out today. Here’s a clip from their glorious recording of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony!
Find it here:
We are delighted to share this video of
@ShekuKM
recording Elgar's Nimrod, arranged by Simon Parkin for 6 cellos. Sheku plays with his past and present teachers, and some of his dearest friends.
Watch the full video:
Album preorder:
Happy birthday,
@PlacidoDomingo
! 🎆🎉🎊🎈
He's got one of the most storied careers in all of opera, with over 150 roles under his belt, and now a flourishing career as a conductor and a baritone! Here he is, singing E Lucevan le Stelle from Puccini's Tosca:
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of the great Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Truly a tragic loss for the world of opera and classical music.
We'd like to remember him with this clip from Eugene Onegin, one of his signature roles.
Happy birthday, Beethoven!
We're celebrating this giant of classical music history with Seiji Ozawa's triumpant recording of his 9th Symphony, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra:
What's your favourite Beethoven piece?
Today, Johann Sebastian Bach turns a whopping 336 years old!
We're celebrating with some of his incredible solo violin music, courtesy of
@raychenviolin
:
Watch the music video here:
What's your favourite piece by Bach?
At least we still have Bach.
Today we're celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's 335th birthday with Hilary Hahn's (
@violincase
) fabulous recording of his violin sonatas:
We are all extremely saddened to hear that the legendary Nelson Freire has died, aged 77.
He was a uniquely gifted pianist and musician, one of the finest interpreters both in concert and on record. His legacy includes many treasured recordings.
May he rest in peace
Two years ago,
#OnThisDay
, we tragically lost the great Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
He has not been forgotten, and his incredible artistry lives on in his recordings. Here is an excerpt of him singing the title role of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin opposite the Tatyana of
@ReneeFleming
:
Today would have been the great Luciano Pavarotti's 85th birthday!
We're remembering his glorious voice and artistry with his legendary concert in Hyde Park:
Out today! Mitsuko Uchida and Mark Padmore perform Schubert’s Schwanengesang and Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, live from
@wigmore_hall
.
Available now on CD and all streaming services:
Edward Elgar was born
#OnThisDay
in 1857 🎶To launch us into the weekend, we’re listening to
@ShekuKM
‘s recording of "Nimrod", arranged by Simon Parkin.
🎧Enjoy the full recording here:
Happy birthday, Vladimir Ashkenazy!
🎵🎂🎉🎊🎹🎈🍰🎶
We're celebrating this master of the piano with this clip of him playing the Gavotte from Bach's 5th French Suite.
You can listen to Ashkenazy's complete recording of Bach's French Suites here:
The debut single from pianist
@yunchanlim_
‘Tristesse’ is available to stream now.
Following Lim's recent sold out Carnegie hall debut, critics described his performance as "virtuosity as life force".
🔗
The great Luciano Pavarotti would have turned 86 today!
We're celebrating his birthday with his legendary Hyde Park concert:
Here's an excerpt from E lucevan le stelle from Puccini's Tosca:
We're extremely saddened to hear that Radu Lupu has passed away at the age of 76.
He leaves behind a legacy of immense musicality and expression, and his death is an great loss to classical music. He will be missed.
Tchaikovsky's glorious opera Eugene Onegin premiered
#onthisday
in 1879, and we can't not share this clip of the late, great Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role:
The collaboration we never knew we needed! For those who missed
@ShekuKM
and
@JessGillamSax
in Ulverston over the weekend, here's a glimpse at their performance together.
In the countdown to New Year, we'll be sharing some of our most memorable moments from the past year, starting off with cellist sensation
@ShekuKM
playing his arrangement of 'No Woman, No Cry' outside Dale Grimshaw's mural in south London.
Happy birthday,
#Tchaikovsky
!
To celebrate his 180th birthday, we've got a bit of archive footage of Vladimir Ashkenazy playing the First Piano Concerto in 1962:
Here's Ashkenazy's great 1963 recording with Maazel and the
@londonsymphony
:
As we're getting close to Christmas, we think it's about time we shared some more festive Luciano Pavarotti, here singing the classic 'Cantique de Noël'
Happy birthday, Marta Argerich!
🎵🎹🎂🎉🎊🎈🍰🎶
We're celebrating this pianist extraordinaire with this fabulous clip of her playing Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto with Riccardo Chailly:
We're saddened to hear of the death of the legendary composer Ennio Morricone, aged 91.
His film scores will live on as some of the most inventive and iconic music ever composed for the screen.
"At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them"
On this
#RemebranceDay
, we take a moment to remember, reflect and listen.
Full recording:
The great Giacomo Puccini was born
#OnThisDay
in 1858!
To celebrate, who better than Luciano Pavarotti singing E lucevan le stelle from Puccini's Tosca:
A sneak peak of Debussy's 'Le Faune' performed here by
@OrchestreParis
and
@klausmakela
, coming soon on Klaus' upcoming album.
Inspired by the poem L'après-midi d'un faune, this piece is one of Debussy's most famous works 🦌🎶
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Clara Schumann was born
#OnThisDay
in 1819! 🤩 To remember her, we're listening to her Piano Concerto in A minor, recorded here by
@IsataKm
😍 This album was made in celebration of Clara Schumann's 200th Anniversary in 2019 🎶
🔗:
Happy birthday, Martha Argerich! 🎉🎹🥳
We're celebrating with a little clip from her most recent recording of Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto with Seiji Ozawa and the Mito Chamber Orchestra:
The great Giacomo Puccini was born
#OnThisDay
in 1858!
What better celebration than Luciano Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma from Puccini's final opera Turandot?
Listen to Zubin Mehta's recording of Turandot, starring Pavarotti, here:
We are SO excited to finally share the release of
@ShekuKM
's brand new album featuring the famous Elgar Cello Concerto! 🤩Sheku recorded this iconic work with none other than
@SirSimonRattle
and
@LondonSymphony
at
@AbbeyRoad
! Get the album now:
German composer Richard Strauss was born
#OnThisDay
in 1864!🎼We’re listening to
@LiseDavidsen
singing his “Vier letzte Lieder” (Four Last Songs), which were the last works he composed.
🎧Listen to it in full:
Happy birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach! The great master turns 334 years old today!
💃🎈🎶🎉🎊🎆🎇🎀🎁🎂🍰🎵🎹🎼🕺
We're celebrating with this clip of Vladimir Ashkenazy playing the Gavotte from the fifth French Suite. Enjoy!
Happy 249th birthday, Ludwig van Beethoven!
Do you have a favourite Beethoven piece?
Here's a thrilling excerpt from one of our favourites, the Fourth Symphony, played by Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra:
Rachmaninov's immensely challenging Third Piano Concerto premiered on this day in 1909. Enjoy this glorious excerpt played by Valentina Lisitsa and the
@londonsymphony
Orchestra!
Enjoy this snippet of ‘Scherzo’ from Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ from Isata Kanneh-Mason 🎶
In her new album, Isata explores a range of familiar works and hidden gems from both Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn’s vast repertoire 🌟
🎧
We were extremely saddened to receive the news of Jessye Norman's death last night.
She was a truly unique artist and her legacy will continue for decades to come.
May she rest in peace.
She's done it!!!
@NickyBenedetti
has won "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" at the
#GRAMMYs
for her album with
@wyntonmarsalis
on Decca Classics. Congratulations Nicky, what an incredible achievement!! 👏🎉🎻🥳
@RecordingAcad
Listen to the album here:
Mozart's ever-popular motet "Exsultate, Jubilate" premiered
#OnThisDay
in 1773 in Milan.
In other words, it's the perfect occasion for this clip of the sensational Julia Lezhneva singing an excerpt from the first movement:
Today marks 125 years since the death of the pianist and composer Clara Schumann.
We're listening to
@IsataKm
's brilliant debut recording, featuring Schumann's piano concerto and other solo piano pieces:
Igor Stravinsky was born
#OnThisDay
in 1882.🎉To celebrate, we are listening to Riccardo Chailly conducting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in the world premiere recording of Stravinky’s lost work, “Chant Funèbre”.🤩
🎧Listen here:
We're very saddened to hear of the death of Peter Schreier yesterday.
An outstanding tenor, his wide repertoire ranged from Bach to Stravinsky. He will be missed.