About "Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23" by Arthur Rubinstein
Chopin’s G minor Ballade is a narrative without words, and Rubinstein tells it with tragic patience—each theme a character stepping from the shadows. The stormy coda arrives not as explosion but as inevitability, the calm before a grief that has always been waiting.
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Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Sunrise
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Arthur Rubinstein
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance. Allegro
Bamberger Symphoniker
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro
Berliner Philharmoniker
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": II. Romanze. Andante
Berliner Philharmoniker
Má Vlast, JB 1:112: No. 2, Vltava
Berliner Philharmoniker
Water Music, Suite No. 1, HWV 348
Berliner Philharmoniker
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
Berliner Philharmoniker
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44: III. Allegro con fuoco
Berliner Philharmoniker
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Allegro
Alfred Brendel
Guillaume Tell: Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra
Boléro, M. 81
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Requiem, K. 626: Sequentia. Lacrimosa
Berliner Philharmoniker
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Berliner Philharmoniker
La vie parisienne: Barcarolle
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tannhäuser: Overtüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Les adieux": III. Vivacissimamente
Arthur Rubinstein
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ": II. Maestoso - Allegro
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale. Allegro moderato
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Hebrides: Overture, Op. 26, MWV P7
Berliner Philharmoniker
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro
Charles Munch
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Arthur Rubinstein
Der fliegende Holländer: Overtüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro ma non tanto
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra
Magnificat, BWV 243: Chorus. Magnificat
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Magnificat, BWV 243: Aria. Deposuit potentes
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Finale. Presto
Berliner Philharmoniker
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
Berliner Philharmoniker
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso
Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 503 "Prague": III. Finale. Presto
Philharmonia Orchestra
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
Herbert Von Karajan
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Presto - Recitativo
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro
I Musici
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate": III. Presto
I Musici
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 197 "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto
I Musici
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Morton Gould
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Philharmonia Orchestra
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417: III. Rondo
Philharmonia Orchestra
Suite form the Nutcracker, Op. 71a: Ouverture miniature
Philharmonia Orchestra
Suite form the Nutcracker, Op. 71a: Danses caractéristiques. Danse de la fée dragée
Philharmonia Orchestra
Suite form the Nutcracker, Op. 71a: Valse des fleurs
Philharmonia Orchestra
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Finlandia, Op. 26
Philadelphia Orchestra
Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565: Toccata
Helmut Walcha
Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565: Fugue
Helmut Walcha
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Helmut Walcha
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Alleluia
John McCarthy
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: No. 3, Clair de lune
Walter Gieseking
6 Cello Suites, Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Pablo Casals
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico
New London Symphony Orchestra
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Philharmonia Orchestra
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Philharmonia Orchestra
Faust, Ballet de la nuit de Walpurgis: II. Adagio
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre
Philharmonia Orchestra
Washington Post
Morton Gould
Carmen Suite No. 1: Prélude
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carmen Suite No. 1: Aragonaise
Philharmonia Orchestra
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
Pizzicato Polka
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thaïs: Méditation
Philharmonia Orchestra
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Philharmonia Orchestra
Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I, Scene 1: Scene. Moderato
Philharmonia Orchestra
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Valse
Philharmonia Orchestra
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Danse des petits cygnes
Philharmonia Orchestra
La gazza ladra: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": IV. Finale. Presto
Philharmonia Orchestra
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
Wiener Philharmoniker
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: III. Presto
Philharmonia Orchestra
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Ase's Death
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale. Alla breve
Symphony Of The Air
6 Violin Sonatas, No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: II. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin
6 Violin Sonatas, No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: IV. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin
Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro
Kammerorchester Karl Richter
Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro moderato
Kammerorchester Karl Richter
Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro - Kadenz
Kammerorchester Karl Richter
Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
Kammerorchester Karl Richter
Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto
Kammerorchester Karl Richter
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Ouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
1812 Overture, Op. 49
Philharmonia Orchestra
Radetzky March, Op. 228
Philharmonia Orchestra