Jos van de Braak

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

In this transcription of Giovanni Gabrieli's Christmas Motet 'Angelus ad pastores ait' for twelve voices in two choirs, the choirs are presented by the woodwind- and the brasschoir of the Symphonic Ba...

In 1905 the Italian born composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) composed incidental music to Gozzi's fable Turandot - the story of the Chinese princess - of which he extracted in the same year an orche...

In 1905 the Italian born composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) composed incidental music to Gozzi's fable Turandot - the story of the Chinese princess - of which he extracted in the same year an orche...

Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones it shows its hero and heroine, the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, caught up in and eventually destroyed by the...

Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones it shows its hero and heroine, the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, caught up in and eventually destroyed by the...

Joseph Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the Trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a Trumpeter of the Vienna Court...

Joseph Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the Trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a Trumpeter of the Vienna Court...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle', also named the Habanera is...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle', also named the Habanera is...

In the third act of Charles Gounod's Opera Faust, Marguerite sings her famous Jewel Song 'Ah! Je ris' when she looks satisfied to herself in the mirror and to the box with jewels which Faust gave her...

In 1926-1928 Mossolov composed the ballet Stal (steel) intending to glorify the time of industrialization. He wanted to express the feeling of the new industrial, urbanized machine-age in a barbaric s...

In 1926-1928 Mossolov composed the ballet Stal (steel) intending to glorify the time of industrialization. He wanted to express the feeling of the new industrial, urbanized machine-age in a barbaric s...

At the very end of the opera Otello sings Nium mi tema: he bids farewell to the chill corpse of Desdemona before stabbing himself. (Tenor and Concert Band)

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...

The Italian composer Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. In the last act - after singing the Canzone del Salice (Willowsong) - Desdemona says her eveni...

The Italian composer Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. In the last act - after singing the Canzone del Salice (Willowsong) - Desdemona says her eveni...

The French composer Ambroise Thomas composed his Opera Hamlet in 1868. The Choeur des Comediens et Chanson Bachique is a part of the second act: Hamlet, son of the Danish King, has invited a group of...

The French composer Ambroise Thomas composed his Opera Hamlet in 1868. The Choeur des Comediens et Chanson Bachique is a part of the second act: Hamlet, son of the Danish King, has invited a group of...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment.The aria 'Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante' is sung by Micaela in the th...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment.The aria 'Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante' is sung by Micaela in the th...

The Aria Un baccio di mano (A handkissing) was conceived in May 1788 in Vienna for the singer Francesco Albertarelli as part of the opera Le Geloise fortunate from the Italian composer Pasquale Anfoss...

The Aria Un baccio di mano (A handkissing) was conceived in May 1788 in Vienna for the singer Francesco Albertarelli as part of the opera Le Geloise fortunate from the Italian composer Pasquale Anfoss...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...