Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 ("of Sorrowful Songs") - Lento e Largo

Soprano: Isabel Bayrakdaraian, Sinfonietta Cracovia, conducted by John Axelrod.

Taken from "HOLOCAUST - A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz".

For the first time since its liberation, permission was granted for music to be heard in Auschwitz and a number of leading musicians were brought there to perform music for the film.

The complete symphony by Górecki can be heard here: http://costas-music.blogspot.gr/2014/12/henyrk-gorecki-symphony-no-3-of.html

Bernard Herrmann: Sinfonietta for String Orchestra

Bernard Herrmann: Clarinet Quintet ("Souvenirs de Voyage")

In his film scores (notably, Vertigo), Bernard Herrmann shows influences from Wagner, Debussy and Delius (to name just a few).

In this classical piece, however, his model appears to have been Brahms' wonderful clarinet quintet.

For variety, I have chosen two different interpretations of the work.

Great Conductors of the Third Reich

I just wonder: How can an art coexist with a regime of monsters?

Respighi: Pini di Roma

Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma
Waseda Symphony Orchestra Tokyo
Dir. Ken Takaseki

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Barenboim)

Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde", Opera in 3 acts

Tristan: René Kollo (tenor)
Isolde: Johanna Meier (soprano)
King Marke: Matti Salminen (bass)
Kurwenal: Hermann Becht (baritone)
Melot: Robert Schunk (tenor)
Brangäne: Hanna Schwarz (mezzo)

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Dir. Daniel Barenboim

Nino Rota: Concerto for Strings

Young Soloists of Ljubljana
Director: Matej Haas

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 - Martha Argerich

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 26

Martha Argerich, piano

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn, conductor

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Martha Argerich

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Martha Argerich, Piano
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin
Dir. Riccardo Chailly

Sender Freies Berlin, Berlin, December 1982.

Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428

In the second movement, can you recognize the basic theme from "Tristan und Isolde"?
What a prophet!