Jos van de Braak

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...

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...

The operetta 'Pique Dame' ('The Queen of Spades') was a revised version of Franz von Suppé's 1862 operetta 'Die Kartenschlägerin' ('The Fortune Teller') and premiered in June 1864 at the Thalia Theate...

The operetta 'Pique Dame' ('The Queen of Spades') was a revised version of Franz von Suppé's 1862 operetta 'Die Kartenschlägerin' ('The Fortune Teller') and premiered in June 1864 at the Thalia Theate...

The 'Missa Solemnis in B flat' was Anton Anton Bruckner's first major work for choir and orchestra. In this transcription of the Agnus Dei, a brass choir of horns, Trumpets and trombones replaces the...

Mozart's funeral motet Ave verum corpus was composed in june 1791 for Anton Stroll, choirmaster at the spa of Baden, near Vienna. Within a tiny span the music sounds an extraordinary depth of feeling,...

Among Charles Gounod's compositions are several hundred sacred solo songs, including his 1852 setting of the Catholic hymn "Ave Maria". Forty years later, Gounod, a devoutly religious albeit also a de...

Renowned as the composer of such operas as 'La Boheme', 'Tosca' and 'Madame Butterfly', Giacomo Puccini began his musical career in the composition of church music. 'Messa di Gloria' was written by Pu...

Renowned as the composer of such operas as 'La Boheme', 'Tosca' and 'Madame Butterfly', Giacomo Puccini began his musical career in the composition of church music. 'Messa di Gloria' was written by Pu...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

Bring the timeless elegance of Viennese classicism to the concert band stage! With the second movement (Andante con moto) from Franz Schubert's renowned Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Baton Music pre...

The duet La ci darem la mano (Give me the hand) from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is sung in the first act when Don Giovanni asks the peasant daughter Zerlina to marry hem. (Soprano, Baritone and Conce...

Moscow, Cheryomushki is an operetta in three acts by Dmitri Shostakovich. It is sometimes referred to as simply "Cheryomushki" which is a district in Moscow full of cheap subsidized housing built in 1...

Bring unmistakable Viennese charm and infectious energy to your concert stage! The spirited "Seufzer Galopp" (Sigh Galop), Op. 9, composed by Johann Strauss Sr. in 1828, bursts with wit, lightheartedn...

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...

O mio babbino caro from Giacomo Puccini's one-act opera Gianni Schicchi is undoubtedly one of the most moving and popular arias in all of music history. In this first-class arrangement published by Ba...

A short aria for lyric soprano. Delicate orchestration contributes to an extremely moving rendition of this splendid melody. (Concert Band)

Anton Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The first movement of this symphony features the famous horn solo, majestic tutti passages and...

Anton Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The first movement of this symphony features the famous horn solo, majestic tutti passages and...

This magnificent Andante con moto is ideal for creating a moment of quiet in a concert programme. It is a pearl of Schubertian melody development and harmonic twists. (Concert Band)

Vincenzo Bellini is one of the great composers of the bel canto era. The aria 'Casta Diva' is Norma's ode to the moon. The role of Norma was one of the favourites of the legendary soprano Maria Callas...

Vincenzo Bellini is one of the great composers of the bel canto era. The aria 'Casta Diva' is Norma's ode to the moon. The role of Norma was one of the favourites of the legendary soprano Maria Callas...