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Die Zauberflöte isn"t a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lytton's novel of t...

George Gershwin composed his "Cuban Overture" in July and August 1932. Originally was the work titled "Rumba" and was the result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba in February 1...

Many see Wagner's Tristan und Isolde as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

Le compositeur français Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) a composé son "Requiem en ré mineur", opus 48, entre 1887 et 1890. Il est devenu la composition la plus connue de ses grandes œuvres. En sept mouvemen...

Le compositeur français Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) a composé son "Requiem en ré mineur", opus 48, entre 1887 et 1890. Il est devenu la composition la plus connue de ses grandes œuvres. En sept mouvemen...

Mozart composed 'The Coronation Mass' (Krönungsmesse KV 317) in 1779. It's one of the most popular of his 17 extant settings of the 'Ordinary of the Mass'. This setting, like the majority of Mozart's...

Mozart composed The Coronation Mass (Krönungsmesse KV 317) in 1779. It's one of the most popular of his 17 extant settings of the "Ordinary of the Mass". This setting, like the majority of Mozart's ma...

Brahms composed this festive overture in 1879 as a gesture of gratitude to the University of Breslau for the honourary doctorate in philosophy it granted him. He incorporated a number of student songs...

Brahms composed this festive overture in 1879 as a gesture of gratitude to the University of Breslau for the honourary doctorate in philosophy it granted him. He incorporated a number of student songs...

Glinka (1804-1857) was the founder of the national school of Russian music and as such his compositions are often based on Russian folk music. This is also applicable to 'Kamarinskaja', for which he u...

Glinka (1804-1857) was the founder of the national school of Russian music and as such his compositions are often based on Russian folk music. This is also applicable to 'Kamarinskaja', for which he u...

A miniature symphony by the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) in a highly programmatic style. The work consists of four movements played without interruption and is based on The Noon Witch sto...

A miniature symphony by the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) in a highly programmatic style. The work consists of four movements played without interruption and is based on The Noon Witch sto...

In the final part Maestoso of the Second Symphony in c minor (1901), Scriabin wanted to bring to sound the radiant triumph of men over life's obstacles and defeats. His striving was a concept so simpl...

In the final part Maestoso of the Second Symphony in c minor (1901), Scriabin wanted to bring to sound the radiant triumph of men over life's obstacles and defeats. His striving was a concept so simpl...

In the Adagio of Dvorak's eighth symphony, there is a masterly alternation of minor-and major-mode themes picturing an old castle in his proud and melancholic aspects. (Concert Band)

In the Adagio of Dvorak's eighth symphony, there is a masterly alternation of minor-and major-mode themes picturing an old castle in his proud and melancholic aspects. (Concert Band)

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...