Schedule for Stingray Classica

Daniel Harding, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Christiane Karg

Daniel Harding, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Christiane Karg

Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and four vocal soloists in a magnificent performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626. The soloists are soprano Christiane Karg, mezzosoprano Sara Mingardo, tenor Matthew Swensen, and bass Gianluca Buratto. The Austrian Count Walsegg commissioned Mozart to compose a Requiem in July 1791 to commemorate his late wife, Anna. At the time, Mozart was busy working on his operas La clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute. By the time he started on the Requiem, in the fall of that same year, his health was seriously declining. Mozart passed away in December 1791, leaving the Requiem uncompleted. His pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr completed Mozart's swan song in the form known today, based on Mozart's sketches and possibly verbal instructions. This performance was recorded at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy, in 2021.

2026-07-26 13:49:32 +0000 UTC2026-07-26 14:51:31 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Carlos Miguel Prieto & Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

Carlos Miguel Prieto & Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony, written between 1888 and 1894, is a colossal five-movement work exploring themes of death and resurrection. It was one of Mahler's most popular and acclaimed works during his lifetime, famously culminating in a powerful choral finale. The symphony features immense orchestral forces, including offstage brass and a large choir, which combine to create overwhelming sonic experiences that depict profound spiritual and emotional narratives. The grand scale and dramatic structure represent the triumph of life over death.

2026-08-02 12:19:19 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 14:05:17 +0000 UTC(1h45m)
Conrad van Alphen & Sinfonia Rotterdam

Conrad van Alphen & Sinfonia Rotterdam

Conrad van Alphen leads Sinfonia Rotterdam in a performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, ‘Winter Daydreams', recorded at De Doelen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in September 2022. Having completed a number of shorter orchestral works, Tchaikovsky embarked on a more ambitious project in March 1866: to write his first symphony. In the summer of that year, the young composer showed his still-unfinished score to his former teachers Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Zaremba, whose harsh criticism thoroughly disillusioned him. With significant changes, the entire symphony was first performed in 1868, but Tchaikovsky further revised the work in 1874. Not only did the composer subtitle his symphony ‘Winter Daydreams', he used descriptive titles for the first two of the four movements as well: ‘Dreams of a Winter Journey' and ‘Land of Desolation, Land of Mists'.

2026-08-02 11:21:19 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 12:19:19 +0000 UTC(58m)
David Grimal & Les Dissonances

David Grimal & Les Dissonances

Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218. Leading violinist Grimal features as the soloist. With the exception of the first violin concerto, Mozart composed his other four violin concertos in 1775 at a time when he was concertmaster at the Salzburg court. Among his five concertos, Violin Concerto No. 4 is one of the best-known. This performance was recorded at Cité de la Musique, France, in 2014.

2026-08-02 10:54:32 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 11:21:19 +0000 UTC(26m)
David Radzynski, Franz Welser-Möst & Cleveland Orchestra

David Radzynski, Franz Welser-Möst & Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Möst leads the Cleveland Orchestra in a concert performing Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40. Violin soloist is David Radzynski. Recorded at Severance Hall in Cleveland in February 2023. Strauss, at the age of 34, sparked outrage when he cast himself as the central figure of his tone poem. Generally agreed to be autobiographical, the work contains more than thirty quotations from Strauss's earlier works.

2026-08-02 09:50:03 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 10:54:32 +0000 UTC(1h4m)
Christian Zacharias, Orchestre National de Lille & Isabelle van Keulen

Christian Zacharias, Orchestre National de Lille & Isabelle van Keulen

German conductor Christian Zacharias leads the Orchestre national de Lille in a concert program dedicated to Robert Schumann. The concert opens with the ‘Genoveva' Overture, Op. 81. Although Schumann's only opera Genoveva is not often performed, its overture established itself as an autonomous work in concert halls. After, the composer's Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23, is performed, featuring Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keulen as the soloist. Written in 1853, it is Schumann's only violin concerto. The concert ends with a performance of Schumann's Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38, also known as the ‘Spring Symphony'. This optimistic work is written in 1841 and is the most performed of Schumann's four symphonies. This concert was recorded at Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle in Lille, France, on June 16, 2017.

2026-08-02 08:11:27 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 09:50:03 +0000 UTC(1h38m)
Mademoiselle Karen, Jakob Munch, Danish National Symphony Orchestra & Emma Smith

Mademoiselle Karen, Jakob Munch, Danish National Symphony Orchestra & Emma Smith

One night only! Welcome to the spectacular and decadent world of The Babylon Hotel, where music pours out of every crevice like bubbling champagne. In this concert, the upper class meets the underworld in a melting pot of euphoria and extravagance, nostalgia and pleasure with a carefree sinfulness only seen in the exuberant nightlife of the 1920s around the world. The concert features iconic music from movies and series, such as The Great Gatsby, Burlesque, and Babylon Berlin. The music is performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and DR Big Band under the direction of Miho Hazama. The concert also features the Moka Efti Orchestra, and singers Madame le Pustra, Emma Smith, Mademoiselle Karen, Jakob Munch, and Nikko Weidemann, as well as dancers of Sweet Burlesque. This performance was recorded at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2023.

2026-08-02 06:26:36 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 08:11:27 +0000 UTC(1h44m)
Conrad van Alphen & Sinfonia Rotterdam

Conrad van Alphen & Sinfonia Rotterdam

Conrad van Alphen leads Sinfonia Rotterdam in a performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, ‘Winter Daydreams', recorded at De Doelen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in September 2022. Having completed a number of shorter orchestral works, Tchaikovsky embarked on a more ambitious project in March 1866: to write his first symphony. In the summer of that year, the young composer showed his still-unfinished score to his former teachers Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Zaremba, whose harsh criticism thoroughly disillusioned him. With significant changes, the entire symphony was first performed in 1868, but Tchaikovsky further revised the work in 1874. Not only did the composer subtitle his symphony ‘Winter Daydreams', he used descriptive titles for the first two of the four movements as well: ‘Dreams of a Winter Journey' and ‘Land of Desolation, Land of Mists'.

2026-08-02 00:59:32 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 01:57:01 +0000 UTC(57m)
Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Causse, Iddo Bar-Shai & Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Causse, Iddo Bar-Shai & Jean-Jacques Kantorow

French violinist Renaud Capuçon appears at the festival Les Coups de Cœur de Chantilly, presenting a chamber music program consisting of classical and 20th century repertoire. He performs with the soloists of the International Menuhin Music Academy led by French conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow. First on the program is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364, in which Capuçon and violist Gérard Caussé appear as the soloists. Capuçon is then joined by pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï for a performance of Mozart's Sonata for violin and piano in E minor, K. 304. The program closes with Dmitri Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a, which is a transcription of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 by Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai, the composer's close friend. This performance was recorded at Château de Chantilly, on May 15, 2021.

2026-08-01 23:37:21 +0000 UTC2026-08-02 00:59:32 +0000 UTC(1h22m)
Anabel de la Mora, Andrés Carrillo, Daniel Cerón & Coro de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

Anabel de la Mora, Andrés Carrillo, Daniel Cerón & Coro de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

Rodolfo Barráez conducts the Orchestra and Choir of the Academia de Musica del Palacia de Mineria in a performance of Carl Orff's cantata Carmina Burana. Soloists are Anabel de la Mora (soprano), Andrés Carrillo (tenor) and Daniel Cerón (baritone). Carmina Burana, composed in 1935 and 1936, is based on 24 poems from a medieval manuscript of the same name. The full title is "Songs from Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images". It was first performed at the Oper Frankfurt on June 8, 1937.

2026-08-01 22:14:47 +0000 UTC2026-08-01 23:37:21 +0000 UTC(1h22m)
Herbert Blomstedt & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Herbert Blomstedt & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Conductor Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester take us on a musical journey to the Czech Republic in this 2020 concert from Leipzig's Gewandhaus. The program opens with Bohemian composer Jan Václav Hugo Voríšek's Symphony in D major, Op. 23 (1821). Although the composition – Voríšek's only symphony – was never performed during the composer's lifetime, it has become one of his most-performed works today. Also on the program is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504. This work, which premiered while Mozart was visiting Prague in 1787, is often referred to as the ‘Prague Symphony'.

2026-08-01 20:43:34 +0000 UTC2026-08-01 22:14:47 +0000 UTC(1h31m)
Les Dissonances & David Grimal

Les Dissonances & David Grimal

Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216. Leading violinist Grimal features as the soloist. With the exception of the first violin concerto, Mozart composed his other four violin concertos in 1775 at a time when he was concertmaster at the Salzburg court. Violin Concerto No. 3 opens with a theme the composer borrowed from the aria ‘Aer tranquillo' of his then recent opera Il re pastore. In the beautiful Adagio, the strings are muted and the oboes make way for the flutes, which only sound in the second movement. The finale movement has a dance-like character. This performance was recorded at Cité de la Musique, France, in 2014.

2026-08-01 20:15:33 +0000 UTC2026-08-01 20:43:34 +0000 UTC(28m)
Lukáš Vondráček, Michael Tilson Thomas & London Symphony Orchestra

Lukáš Vondráček, Michael Tilson Thomas & London Symphony Orchestra

American ‘Conductor Laureate' Michael Tilson Thomas leads the London Symphony Orchestra in a program of romantic masterworks. The concert opens with Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring the brilliant Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček as soloist. The evening concludes with the emotional journey of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5. This performance was recorded at the Barbican Hall in London, UK, on May 15, 2022.

2026-08-01 17:52:03 +0000 UTC2026-08-01 20:15:33 +0000 UTC(2h23m)
Daniel Harding, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Christiane Karg

Daniel Harding, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Christiane Karg

Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and four vocal soloists in a magnificent performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626. The soloists are soprano Christiane Karg, mezzosoprano Sara Mingardo, tenor Matthew Swensen, and bass Gianluca Buratto. The Austrian Count Walsegg commissioned Mozart to compose a Requiem in July 1791 to commemorate his late wife, Anna. At the time, Mozart was busy working on his operas La clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute. By the time he started on the Requiem, in the fall of that same year, his health was seriously declining. Mozart passed away in December 1791, leaving the Requiem uncompleted. His pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr completed Mozart's swan song in the form known today, based on Mozart's sketches and possibly verbal instructions. This performance was recorded at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy, in 2021.

2026-07-26 13:49:32 +0000 UTC2026-07-26 14:51:31 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Ludwig Wicki, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Junior Choir & Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger

Ludwig Wicki, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Junior Choir & Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger

Swiss conductor Ludwig Wicki leads the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Junior Choir in a sparkling concert program of film music. The program features a selection of music from great and Oscar-winning Hollywood films, including Titanic, The Bodyguard, Pirates of the Caribbean, Braveheart, and Moulin Rouge, written by major composers such as John Williams, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, and Klaus Badelt. Highlights include ‘He's a pirate/Davy Jones' from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ‘Now We Are Free' from Gladiator ‘My Heart Will Go On' from Titanic and ‘Shallow' from A Star Is Born. Featured soloists in this concert are the young talented singers Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger and Diluckshan Jeyaratnam. This performance was recorded at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2022.

2026-07-26 12:15:35 +0000 UTC2026-07-26 13:49:32 +0000 UTC(1h33m)
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

The Easter Festival is an internationally renowned event among classical music lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow on Easter Sunday. Each year the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and its musical director Valery Gergiev travel across Russia - for the past 10 years now! In 2012, the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev performed the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev's symphonies and piano concerti - a composer with whom Maestro Gergiev and the orchestra seemed particularly in tune. Complete program: 'Symphony No.1, Op. 25', 'Piano Concerto No.1', 'Symphony No.5, Op. 100'.

2026-07-26 10:30:36 +0000 UTC2026-07-26 12:03:44 +0000 UTC(1h33m)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons & Kristine Opolais

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons & Kristine Opolais

Andris Nelsons, together with his then-wife, the great soprano Kristine Opolais and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig present a program dedicated to Antonin Dvořák, singing the melodies that the composer hid in all layers of his music with tender, warm, soft colors. Nelsons' tempos remain calm and relaxed, allowing the omnipresent beauty of Dvořák's music to unfold and flood the Gewandhaus. The program opens with Othello, a Concert Overture for Orchestra, Op. 93. Opolais performs “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka, “Songs my Mother Taught Me” from Gypsy Songs, Op. 55/4. This is followed by the Polonaise and 'O, marno, marno to je' from Rusalka and 'Dobrá! Já mu je dám!... Jak je mi?' from Smetana's opera Dalibor. The concert closes with a performance of Dvořák's Symphony no. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”). Recorded at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig in May 2017.

2026-07-26 08:31:39 +0000 UTC2026-07-26 10:30:36 +0000 UTC(1h58m)
Herbert Blomstedt & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Herbert Blomstedt & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Conductor Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester take us on a musical journey to the Czech Republic in this 2020 concert from Leipzig's Gewandhaus. The program opens with Bohemian composer Jan Václav Hugo Voríšek's Symphony in D major, Op. 23 (1821). Although the composition – Voríšek's only symphony – was never performed during the composer's lifetime, it has become one of his most-performed works today. Also on the program is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504. This work, which premiered while Mozart was visiting Prague in 1787, is often referred to as the ‘Prague Symphony'.

2026-07-26 06:46:32 +0000 UTC2026-07-26 08:21:10 +0000 UTC(1h34m)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería & José Areán

Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería & José Areán

Mahler's Symphony No. 10 is an unfinished work left by the composer at his death, representing his ultimate emotional journey from torment and heartbreak to an unreserved acceptance of life and human love. The symphony, built on the composer's personal anguish and existential explorations, is characterized by its deep emotional range, intricate orchestration, and epic scale, culminating in a powerful affirmation of human connection in the face of mortality. Deryck Cook completed a version of the work with the help of materials provided by Mahler's widow.

2026-07-25 00:38:44 +0000 UTC2026-07-25 02:24:13 +0000 UTC(1h45m)