Marches concertantes pour Harmonie

The 'Andante e Rondo Ungarese', was written in response to the success of Carl Maria von Weber's 'Bassoon Concerto' and was requested by the bassoonist in the Munich Orchestra, Georg Friedrich Brandt....

The Romanian Christmas Carols are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant da...

The Romanian Christmas Carols are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant da...

'Il Convegno' (in Italian 'the meeting' or the 'appointment') for two clarinets and piano was composed by Amilcare Ponchielli in 1857. 'Il Covegno' is in three sections, linked by cadenzas and other c...

'Il Convegno' (in Italian 'the meeting' or the 'appointment') for two clarinets and piano was composed by Amilcare Ponchielli in 1857. 'Il Convegno' is in three sections, linked by cadenzas and other...

The 'Pomp and Circumstance Marches' are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. They include some of Elgar's best-known compositions. The most famous of Elgar's 'Pomp and Circu...

The 'Pomp and Circumstance Marches' are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. They include some of Elgar's best-known compositions. The most famous of Elgar's 'Pomp and Circu...

Non ti scordar di me est l'une des dernières chansons de De Curtis, écrite en 1935 pour un film du même titre, avec le ténor Beniamino Gigli, qui a contribué à rendre célèbres de nombreuses chansons i...

Non ti scordar di me est l'une des dernières chansons de De Curtis, écrite en 1935 pour un film du même titre, avec le ténor Beniamino Gigli, qui a contribué à rendre célèbres de nombreuses chansons i...

The music for Johann Strauss' Operetta 'Der Zigeunerbaron' is regularly performed today. The orchestral pieces that Strauss furnished from the work were also well-recognised, among them, the sparkling...

The music for Johann Strauss' Operetta 'Der Zigeunerbaron' is regularly performed today. The orchestral pieces that Strauss furnished from the work were also well-recognised, among them, the sparkling...

The last movement of the 'Piano Sonata No. 11', marked 'Alla Turca', popularly known as the 'Turkish Rondo' or 'Turkish March', is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces...

The last movement of the 'Piano Sonata No. 11', marked 'Alla Turca', popularly known as the 'Turkish Rondo' or 'Turkish March', is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces...

In autumn 1913, the directors of Vienna's Carltheater commissioned Puccini to compose a Viennese operetta. After confirming that it could take the form of a comic opera with no spoken dialogue in the...

In autumn 1913, the directors of Vienna's Carltheater commissioned Puccini to compose a Viennese operetta. After confirming that it could take the form of a comic opera with no spoken dialogue in the...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-born composer and conductor. In 1920 Korngold composed 'Die tote Stadt', an opera in three acts to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-born composer and conductor. In 1920 Korngold composed 'Die tote Stadt', an opera in three acts to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

Franz Liszt, a deeply religious man, wrote several piano pieces with the title of 'Ave Maria'. One of these is based on a secular chanson of Jacques Arcadelt. Ave Maria d'Arcedelt is is one of Liszt's...

Franz Liszt, a deeply religious man, wrote several piano pieces with the title of 'Ave Maria'. One of these is based on a secular chanson of Jacques Arcadelt. Ave Maria d'Arcedelt is is one of Liszt's...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

Georges Bizet a composé "L'Arlésienne" comme musique de scène pour la pièce de théâtre du même nom d'Alphonse Daudet, généralement traduite par "La fille d'Arles". La musique de scène a toutefois surv...