Baton Orchestral

Rachmaninov a composé le poème symphonique "L'île des morts" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 en 1908 à Dresde, inspiré par une impression en noir et blanc du tableau éponyme d'Arnold Böcklin qu'il avait vu en...

Rachmaninov a composé le poème symphonique "L'île des morts" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 en 1908 à Dresde, inspiré par une impression en noir et blanc du tableau éponyme d'Arnold Böcklin qu'il avait vu en...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly 'Dichter...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly "Dichter...

Claude Debussy's L'isle joyeuse (The Happy Island) is an extended solo piano piece that was inspired by Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère, in which a happy group of revelers depart for/from...

Claude Debussy's L'isle joyeuse (The Happy Island) is an extended solo piano piece that was inspired by Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère, in which a happy group of revelers depart for/from...

Maurice Ravel a achevé en 1905 son cycle pour piano "Miroirs", dont certaines parties ont été orchestrées par le compositeur lui-même. La quatrième partie, "Alborada del gracioso", créée en 1919 à Par...

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the...

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the...

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 suites...

Mignon est un opéra comique en trois actes du compositeur français Ambroise Thomas. Le livret original français est de Jules Barbier et Michel Carré, d'après le roman de Goethe "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrj...

Mignon est un opéra comique en trois actes du compositeur français Ambroise Thomas. Le livret original français est de Jules Barbier et Michel Carré, d'après le roman de Goethe "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrj...

L'œuvre du compositeur russe Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) se caractérise par son humour étrange, son originalité, sa précision et son imagination. La "Danse de l'Amazone" est l'une de ses dernières compo...

The work of the Russian composer Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) is characterized by bizarre humour, originality, precision and imagination. "Danse de l"Amazone" is one of his last compositions. It was writ...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (1786-1832) was a German-born Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. During his lifetime, Kuhlau was known primarily as a concert pianist and compose...

Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (1786-1832) was a German-born Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. During his lifetime, Kuhlau was known primarily as a concert pianist and compose...

In 1900, Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet 'Nuits d'Egypte', based on the novella 'Une nuit de Cléopatre'. The ballet became very succesful and in 1902 a suite from this b...

Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet Nuits d'Egypte, based on Théophile Gautier's novella Une nuit de Cléopatre, in 1900. The ballet was programmed by Serge Diaghilev at his...

Children's Corner est une suite en six mouvements pour piano solo de Claude Debussy publiée en 1908 et orchestrée plus tard par André Caplet, ami de Debussy. Le sixième et dernier morceau de la suite...

Children's Corner is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy published in 1908 and later orchestrated by Debussy's friend André Caplet. The sixth and last piece of the suite is Golliwogg...

Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937) was Russian composer and musicologist. He graduated at the Moscow Conservatorium where he studied with Kashkina, Hubert, Taneyev and Arensky. In the 1890s he became a t...

Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937) was Russian composer and musicologist. He graduated at the Moscow Conservatorium where he studied with Kashkina, Hubert, Taneyev and Arensky. In the 1890s he became a t...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...