Marches concertantes pour Harmonie

In 1876, 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 orchestral suit...

The aria 'Infelice! e tuo credevi' is sung by Silva at the end of the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Ernani: Silva has entered his niece and fiancee Elvira's room to find both Ernani and Carlo i...

The aria "Infelice! e tuo credevi" is sung by Silva at the end of the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Ernani: Silva has entered his niece and fiancee Elvira's room to find both Ernani and Carlo i...

The aria 'Vecchia zimarra' is sung by Colline at the end of the fourth act of Puccini's opera 'La Bohème': After Mimi has collapsed on the staircase to the attic room, she is carried into the room. On...

The aria 'Vecchia zimarra' is sung by Colline at the end of the fourth act of Puccini's opera 'La Bohème': After Mimi has collapsed on the staircase to the attic room, she is carried into the room. On...

Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Simon Boccanegra' was first in 1857. Only after a revision in 1880 with new texts by Arrigo Boito, the librettist of 'Otello', the Opera became a success and is even played now...

Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Simon Boccanegra' was first in 1857. Only after a revision in 1880 with new texts by Arrigo Boito, the librettist of 'Otello', the Opera became a success and is even played now...

Johann Strauss" Operetta "Die Fledermaus" belongs to his finest works and is the most successful operetta ever. Even nowadays "Die Fledermaus" is performed - especially around New Year's Day - all aro...

Johannes Brahms composed the 'Variations on a theme by Haydn' in the summer of 1873. The theme Brahms used was entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' and attributed to the composer Joseph Haydn. But subsequent...

Johannes Brahms composed the 'Variations on a theme by Haydn' in the summer of 1873. The theme Brahms used was entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' and attributed to the composer Joseph Haydn. But subsequent...

Italian composer Luigi Denza (1846-1922) is best remembered for 'Funiculì, Funiculà' (1880), a humorous Neapolitan song inspired by the inauguration of a funicular at the summit of the 'Vesuvius'. Bes...

Italian composer Luigi Denza (1846-1922) is best remembered for 'Funiculì, Funiculà' (1880), a humorous Neapolitan song inspired by the inauguration of a funicular at the summit of the 'Vesuvius'. Bes...

The opera 'Macbeth' was first performed in Florence in 1847. A second revised version was premiered in the Paris Theatre Lyrique in 1865. The aria 'Comme dal ciel precipita' is sung by Banco in the fo...

The opera 'Macbeth' was first performed in Florence in 1847. A second revised version was premiered in the Paris Theatre Lyrique in 1865. The aria 'Comme dal ciel precipita' is sung by Banco in the fo...

As a composer Father Strauss is probably not as famous as his son Johann Strauss but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. When Johann Strauss Sr. in the aut...

As a composer Father Strauss is probably not as famous as his son Johann Strauss but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. When Johann Strauss Sr. in the aut...

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 -1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for piano, orchestra, and the ballet. Nowadays he is best known for the ballet 'La Fille mal...

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 -1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for piano, orchestra, and the ballet. Nowadays he is best known for the ballet 'La Fille mal...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin. Although the score gained high acclaim, the press criticized the original libretto as si...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin. Although the score gained high acclaim, the press criticized the original libretto as si...

The 'Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major' by Antonio Vivaldi is one of the few solo works of the early 1700's to feature brass instruments and is among Vivaldi's best-known creations. As with the gre...

The 'Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major' by Antonio Vivaldi is one of the few solo works of the early 1700's to feature brass instruments and is among Vivaldi's best-known creations. As with the gre...

Alexandre Glazounov (1865 - 1936) était un compositeur, professeur de musique et chef d'orchestre russe de la fin de la période romantique russe. En 1899, Glazounov a composé la musique du ballet "Les...

Alexandre Glazounov (1865 - 1936) était un compositeur, professeur de musique et chef d'orchestre russe de la fin de la période romantique russe. En 1899, Glazounov a composé la musique du ballet "Les...

La "Rhapsodie pour saxophone alto et orchestre" de Claude Debussy a été commandée en 1903 par Elisa Hall, présidente du Boston Orchestral Club. Debussy, qui se souciait peu de l'instrument et ignorait...