Concertos pour orchestre d'instruments à vent

Le compositeur viennois Johann Strauss junior (1825 - 1899) a composé, outre ses célèbres valses et opérettes, un grand nombre de polkas qu'il jouait avec son propre orchestre lors des soirées dansant...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Experience a masterclass in musical artistry with the 'Concertino For Flute', published by the renowned Baton Music, seamlessly combining the tonal elegance of the solo flute with the rich, expressive...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

Absolutely the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is 'O Sole Mio' composed by the Italian singer and songwriter Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917) in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro. Though...

La Bohème a été créée en 1886 au Teatro Regio de Turin. Elle est rapidement devenue un incontournable du répertoire de l'opéra et l'est restée depuis. Puccini avait commencé pour la première fois à pa...

Saint-Saëns a également apporté une contribution importante à la littérature concertante française. Il a écrit cinq concertos pour piano, trois concertos pour violon, deux concertos pour violoncelle e...

Experience a captivating masterpiece of French elegance, lively spirit, and virtuosic brilliance with "Scaramouche"! In this first-class edition published by the renowned Baton Music, the alto saxopho...

Nowadays, Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment because of the misunderstanding of the very realistic plot. C...

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

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...

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...

El sombrero de tres picos" ("Le chapeau à trois cornes") est un ballet en deux actes chorégraphié par Léonide Massine sur une musique de Manuel de Falla. La première du ballet a eu lieu en 1919 à Lond...

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843) était un compositeur autrichien de musique de danse. Il est surtout connu comme l'un des premiers compositeurs viennois à avoir réformé la valse, la faisant passer d'une simp...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...

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...

Reinhold Glière a composé le Concerto pour cor et orchestre en 1950 pour le corniste russe Valery Polekh. De nos jours, il s'agit de l'œuvre la plus connue de Glière et, bien qu'elle ait été composée...

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...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831-1896). The melody of the trio is t...

The Planets du compositeur anglais Gustav Holst est une suite orchestrale en sept mouvements, dont chacun porte le nom d'une planète du système solaire et le caractère astrologique correspondant. L'or...

Les Planetes du compositeur Gustav Holst est une suite orchestrale en sept mouvements dans laquelle chaque mouvement porte le nom d'une planète du système solaire et du caractère astrologique correspo...

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...