Marches concertantes pour Harmonie

The 'Duetto buffo di due gatti' (Comic duet for two cats) is a popular performance piece for two sopranos which is often performed as a concert encore. The 'lyrics' consist entirely of the repeated wo...

'Tarantelle for Flute and Clarinet' was Camille Saint-Saëns the first concertante piece. He wrote it in 1857 for the first flute and first clarinet of the imperial academy, and it was they who premier...

'Tarantelle for Flute and Clarinet' was Camille Saint-Saëns the first concertante piece. He wrote it in 1857 for the first flute and first clarinet of the imperial academy, and it was they who premier...

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) was one of the composers who defined a Spanish nationalistic sound and profoundly affected the style of other Iberian composers. His 12 Danzas Españolas are relatively e...

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) was one of the composers who defined a Spanish nationalistic sound and profoundly affected the style of other Iberian composers. His 12 Danzas Españolas are relatively e...

Il serait téméraire de suggérer que les quelques œuvres pour piano de Bruckner lui donnent droit à une grande considération en tant que compositeur, si ce n'était pour la vision intéressante de l'atel...

Il serait téméraire de suggérer que les quelques œuvres pour piano de Bruckner lui donnent droit à une grande considération en tant que compositeur, si ce n'était pour la vision intéressante de l'atel...

Sigurd Jorsalfar est une suite orchestrale d'Edvard Grieg célébrant le roi Sigurd Ier de Norvège, compilée en 1872 à partir de la musique de scène d'une pièce de Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. La suite complè...

To celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom of Linz bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier asked Bruckner for a cantata. Bruckner responded enthusiast with the composition of...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) was a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály at the Budapest Academy of Music. He first coupled a career as a music critic with more conventionally serious composition, before,...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) était un contemporain de Bartók et de Kodály à l'Académie de musique de Budapest. Il a d'abord mené une carrière de critique musical tout en composant des œuvres plus série...

The Wasps est une musique de scène composée par le compositeur britannique Ralph Vaughan Williams en 1909. Elle est basée sur la comédie grecque antique d'Aristophane "Les Guêpes", pour une production...

Gustav Mahler a composé ses "Wunderhornlieder" (Chants du cor magique de la jeunesse) entre 1892 et 1901. La moitié seulement des "Wunderhornlieder" ont des sujets militaires, mais il y a aussi des ch...

Gustav Mahler a composé ses "Wunderhornlieder" (Chants du cor magique de la jeunesse) entre 1892 et 1901. La moitié seulement des "Wunderhornlieder" ont des sujets militaires, mais il y a aussi des ch...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

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...

Créée en janvier 1893, "Ninetta", la douzième opérette de Strauss, a connu un grand succès, avec 76 représentations au "Theater an der Wien". L'histoire est pleine de malentendus et de complications,...

Edward German (1862 - 1936) was an English musician and composer best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music including 'Richard III', 'Henry VIII', 'Nell Gwynn' and 'Romeo and Juliet'...

Edward German (1862 - 1936) was an English musician and composer best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music including 'Richard III', 'Henry VIII', 'Nell Gwynn' and 'Romeo and Juliet'...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth 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 a...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth 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 a...