Europe is home to numerous splendid palaces that either are or have been inhabited by royalty. But not all are as well known as Versailles in France or Buckingham Palace in Britain. In this video we’ll explore the royal past of the Baltics through the residences of the region's former rulers. From the Baroque summer palace of Peter the Great in Estonia, to the splendid residences of the Curonian Duke Ernst Johann von Biron in Latvia, and finally the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius.
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Autumnal, Op.8 - Complete Performance - Sergei Prokofiev
By “Unknown” (http://musopen.org/)
Symphony No.4, F Minor, Op.36 - II. Andantino - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
By “European Archive” (http://musopen.org/)
Enigma variations, Op. 36 - Theme (Andante) - Edward Elgar
By “Skidmore College Orchestra” (http://musopen.org/)
Enigma variations, Op. 36 - Variation I (L'istesso tempo) - Edward Elgar
By “Skidmore College Orchestra” (http://musopen.org/)
Concerto in E-flat Major for Oboe & Strings - Robert Woodcock
By “The London Baroque Orchestra” (http://musopen.org/)
Swan Lake Op.20 - Act III Pt.1 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
By “European Archive” (http://musopen.org/)
Suite No.2 in D Major - Georg Friedrich Händel
By “Bath Festival Orchestra” (http://musopen.org/)
Clarinet Concerto in F minor - II. Andante - Ludwig Spohr
By “European Archive” (http://musopen.org/)
String Quartet no. 2 in D Major - III. Nocturne Andante - Alexander Borodin
By “Musopen String Quartet” (http://musopen.org/)
Amicus Meus - Tomás Luis de Victoria
By “Anonymous” (http://musopen.org/)
The Art of Fugue, BWV. 1080 - Contrapunctus V - Johann Sebastian Bach
By “George Malcolm” (http://musopen.org/)
Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti, ZWV 187 - Jan Dismas Zelenka
By “Pro Musica Bohemica” (http://musopen.org/)
Concerto in G Major - Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer
By “The Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra” (http://musopen.org/)
→ SOURCES
https://kadriorumuuseum.ekm.ee/en/introduction/history-and-building/
https://www.kadriorupark.ee/park-eng/museums/kadriorg-art-museum
https://rundale.net/en/the-palace/history/
https://mnki.pl/pl/obiekt_tygodnia/2012/pokaz/118,wilno_z_albumu_widokow_historycznych_polski_seria_ii_pl__75,1
https://www.valdovurumai.lt/en/palace-history/i/5371/historical-outline/