Partitions pour orchestre symphonique

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, Hungarian Dances (WoO 1), a set of 21 lively dance tunes mostly based on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' (1833-1897) most popular works to...

The first performance of I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers), a five-act opera by Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901), took place at the Paris Opera on June 13, 1855, under the direction of Narcisse Gira...

The first performance of I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers), a five-act opera by Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901), took place at the Paris Opera on June 13, 1855, under the direction of Narcisse Gira...

Manon Lescaut, the third opera and first notable success of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), took shape between 1889 and 1892. Five different writers worked on its libretto. The Teatro Regio in Turin saw...

Manon Lescaut, the third opera and first notable success of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), took shape between 1889 and 1892. Five different writers worked on its libretto. The Teatro Regio in Turin saw...

The ROMANCE in F minor, Op. 11 (B. 39) was composed by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) in 1877, reworked from the Andantino movement of his 1873 STRING QUARTET NO. 5 in F minor, a work written before he wa...

Cellist and composer David Popper published the CELLO CONCERTO No. 5 in C major, Hob. VIIb:5, in 1899 as a completion of stetches supposedly made by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Due to more recent...

Cellist and composer David Popper published the CELLO CONCERTO No. 5 in C major, Hob. VIIb:5, in 1899 as a completion of stetches supposedly made by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Due to more recent...

Based on Norse heroic legends, the sprawling operatic drama DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN took Richard Wagner (1813-1883) over twenty-five years to complete. Through a vast web of leitmotifs, melodic fragme...

Le ballet LES SAISONS, opus 67, a été composé par Alexandre Glazounov (1865-1936) pour le célèbre chorégraphe Marius Petipa en 1899. À l'origine, l'œuvre devait être écrite par l'ami de Glazounov, Ric...

Le ballet LES SAISONS, opus 67, a été composé par Alexandre Glazounov (1865-1936) pour le célèbre chorégraphe Marius Petipa en 1899. À l'origine, l'œuvre devait être écrite par l'ami de Glazounov, Ric...

Le ballet LES SAISONS, opus 67, a été composé par Alexandre Glazounov (1865-1936) pour le célèbre chorégraphe Marius Petipa en 1899. À l'origine, l'œuvre devait être écrite par l'ami de Glazounov, Ric...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) a composé des SONGS TO POEMS BY RUECKERT (SONGS AFTER RÜCKERT ; RÜCKERT-LIEDER) entre 1901 et 1902. Elles n'ont pas été conçues comme un cycle, chaque chanson n'étant reliée...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) a composé des SONGS TO POEMS BY RUECKERT (SONGS AFTER RÜCKERT ; RÜCKERT-LIEDER) entre 1901 et 1902. Elles n'ont pas été conçues comme un cycle, chaque chanson n'étant reliée...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) began composing the songs of DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN (THE BOY'S MAGIC HORN) in 1892, finishing in 1901. Comprised of 15 songs total by the end, each sets folktale texts, as pub...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) began composing the songs of DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN (THE BOY'S MAGIC HORN) in 1892, finishing in 1901. Comprised of 15 songs total by the end, each sets folktale texts, as pub...

Spring Song, Op. 16 (Vårsång) was written in 1894 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and was initially titled Improvisation for Orchestra. Sibelius revised the single-movement tone poem a year later and ret...

Spring Song, Op. 16 (Vårsång) was written in 1894 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and was initially titled Improvisation for Orchestra. Sibelius revised the single-movement tone poem a year later and ret...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) a composé FOUR CHARACTERISTIC WALTZES, Op. 22 en 1899. Pleine de couleurs orchestrales et de vitalité rythmique, chacune des quatre valses présente des scènes varié...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) a composé FOUR CHARACTERISTIC WALTZES, Op. 22 en 1899. Pleine de couleurs orchestrales et de vitalité rythmique, chacune des quatre valses présente des scènes varié...

While librettist W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) had worked previously in 1871-72 to write Thespis, a work for the Christmas season, the 1875 one-act comic opera Tria...

While librettist W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) had worked previously in 1871-72 to write Thespis, a work for the Christmas season, the 1875 one-act comic opera Tria...

HOLOUBEK (LA COLOMBIE SAUVAGE), Op. 110/B. 198, est un poème pour orchestre composé par Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) en 1896. Révisé en janvier de l'année suivante, il raconte l'histoire d'une femme qui...

HOLOUBEK (LA COLOMBIE SAUVAGE), Op. 110/B. 198, est un poème pour orchestre composé par Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) en 1896. Révisé en janvier de l'année suivante, il raconte l'histoire d'une femme qui...

En 1896, peu après son retour d'Amérique dans son pays natal, la Bohême, Antonín Dvorák a écrit une série de quatre pièces orchestrales basées sur le recueil de poèmes de Karel Jaromír Erben, A BOUQUE...