Jos van de Braak

Guerre et Paix de Prokofiev est un opéra épique en 13 scènes, plus une ouverture et une épigraphe, basé sur le roman de Léon Tolstoï. Il oppose la "paix" de la haute société russe à la "guerre" de l'i...

Guerre et Paix de Prokofiev est un opéra épique en 13 scènes, plus une ouverture et une épigraphe, basé sur le roman de Léon Tolstoï. Il oppose la "paix" de la haute société russe à la "guerre" de l'i...

Cavalleria Rusticana, l'opéra le plus réussi de Pietro Mascagni, est un drame tempétueux d'adultère et de vengeance qui se déroule dans un village italien isolé. Ses passions terreuses, ses scènes de...

Anton Bruckner a composé ses "Kleine Orchesterstücke" en 1862, comme un premier essai dans ce domaine qu'il allait plus tard faire sien : la musique orchestrale. Ces quatre pièces sont de petits momen...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The Csardas, sung by Rosalinde demands great virtuosity and gypsy fee...

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem "Minuit, Chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a wine merc...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

Giuseppe Giordani (1751-1798) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Giordani is mostly know for his popular aria 'Caro mio ben'. This song is even nowadays sung by many great singers, as well male...

Die Moldau (Vltava) est le deuxième mouvement du cycle de poèmes symphoniques "Ma Vlast" du compositeur tchèque Bedrich Smetana. Dans cette pièce, Smetana utilise la peinture sonore pour évoquer les s...

Besides operettas Franz Lehár also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, marches and a number of waltzes. The most popular of these waltzes is 'Gold und Silber' (Gold and Silver) which he composed for Princ...

The 'Piano Concerto No. 1' in B-flat minor, Op. 23, is one of the most popular of Tschaikowsky's compositions and among the best known of all piano concertos. The concerto follows the traditional form...

Vincenzo Bellini, was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era. However, besides his opera's his instrumental output is limited. The Concerto for Oboe in E-flat major, most likely composed...

The 'Funeral March of a Marionette' (Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) is a short piece by Charles Gounod. It was written in 1872 for solo piano and orchestrated by the composer in 1879. The 'Funeral...

Le Nozze di Figaro est l'un des trois opéras que Mozart a composés sur des livrets de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), le célèbre directeur de théâtre viennois et poète de cour. L'ouverture du Nozze di F...

Le Nozze di Figaro est l'un des trois opéras que Mozart a composés sur des livrets de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), le célèbre directeur de théâtre viennois et poète de cour. L'ouverture du Nozze di F...

Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861) was a German composer born in Zittau. After a meeting with Beethoven, he decided to devote himself to music and became a private music teacher in Bratislava. Ma...

Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861) was a German composer born in Zittau. After a meeting with Beethoven, he decided to devote himself to music and became a private music teacher in Bratislava. Ma...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Since its premiere in 1892, "Werther" has ranked among Jules Massenet's most admired and beloved scores; it has also proved the most enduring. He was inspired to compose the opera about the doomed poe...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. This transcription follows the short but jolly introduction of the fi...

Johann Strauss's operetta 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high acclaim, the pres...