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Rogers describes these dances as 'acts of fancy.' The dances include: 'Dance with Pennons,' 'Mourning Dance' (for off-stage soprano solo), and 'Dance with Swords'. They are dazzling in color yet rich,...

Confrey is known primarily for his 'novelty piano' compositions, which cultivated the style of Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin. This arrangement of one of his compositions conjures an image of the...

This classical horn concerto has been masterfully transcribed for wind ensemble accompaniment by Robert W. Rumbelow. The first movement, Allegro Maestoso, is in traditional sonata form; the second, An...

Harrison's Dream is a musical depiction of the forty-year effort by John Harrison during the first half of the 18th century to develop a chronometer capable of providing exact time on the high seas. H...

Harrison's Dream is a musical depiction of the forty-year effort by John Harrison during the first half of the 18th century to develop a chronometer capable of providing exact time on the high seas. H...

The Young Amadeus donne une nouvelle jeunesse à l'Adagio du Concerto pour Clarinette et Orchestre en La Majeur KV 622, une oeuvre que Mozart a composée en 1791, quelques mois avant sa mort. La courbe...

Das Rondo aus dem Stück Abdelazer oder die Rache des Mohren ist eines der bekanntesten Stücke von Purcell - nicht zuletzt, weil Benjamin Britten es für seinen berühmten Young Person's Guide to the Orc...

Turandot (1926) est un opéra posthume. Puccini décède en 1924, laissant son opéra incomplet. Turandot sera achevé par Franco Alfano d'après les esquisses du compositeur. Lyrique, somptueux et poignant...

In 1941, Khatchaturian composed a ballet soon to be known throughout the world - Gayaneh. In this piece the composer describes the landscape of his native country Armenia, and the people who tried to...

This composition is based on a passacaglia theme, in which artistic perfection, symphonic drama and oriental melody lines play a role. The passacaglia is originally a dance made up of a series of vari...

The Gavotte is an old dance that is used by most of the baroque composers such as Bach and Handel. This gavotte, composed by Handel, has been expertly arranged for young band by Andrew Watkin.

Vingt ans de réflexion, quatorze années de création et l'attente d'une vie '. C'est ainsi que l'on peut résumer la Symphonie no 1 qui eut une gestation particulièrement longue. Commencée en 1854, peu...

Vingt ans de réflexion, quatorze années de création et l'attente d'une vie '. C'est ainsi que l'on peut résumer la Symphonie no 1 qui eut une gestation particulièrement longue. Commencée en 1854, peu...

Compositeur essentiellement autodidacte, Modest Moussorgski (1839 - 1881) descend d'une famille aisée de la noblesse russe. Son chef-d'œuvre lyrique Boris Godounov est basé sur la tragédie d'Alexandre...

Composer Modest Moussorgsky (1839-1881) came from the prosperous environment of Russian nobility. In 1865, after his officer's education, he joined the guard's regiment in St. Petersburg. Here he met...

In 1880, Edvard Grieg composed twelve song poems by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje. He arranged two of these songs for String Orchestra published under the title of Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34. These two dee...

La Traviata, un des plus célèbres opéras de Giuseppe Verdi, est inspiré du drame La Dame aux camélias d'Alexandre Dumas fils. Jalonnée de superbes mélodies et d'airs sublimes, la musique de La Traviat...