Baton Orchestral

The 'Concerto for Orchestra',is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. It is perhaps the best-...

Chanson de Nuit, op. 15, n° 1, est une œuvre d'Edward Elgar pour violon et piano, orchestrée par la suite par le compositeur. Elle a été publiée pour la première fois en 1897, bien que l'on considère...

Chanson de Nuit, op. 15, n° 1, est une œuvre d'Edward Elgar pour violon et piano, orchestrée par la suite par le compositeur. Elle a été publiée pour la première fois en 1897, bien que l'on considère...

Sir Henry Wood was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the 'Proms'. To mark the centenary of the 'Battle of Trafalgar' in 19...

Sir Henry Wood was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the 'Proms'. To mark the centenary of the 'Battle of Trafalgar' in 19...

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28 (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), is a tone poem written in 1894 and 1895 by Richard Strauss. It chronicles the misadventures and pranks of the German peas...

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28 (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), is a tone poem written in 1894 and 1895 by Richard Strauss. It chronicles the misadventures and pranks of the German peas...

Ruslan et Ludmilla est un opéra en cinq actes (huit tableaux) composé par Michail Glinka entre 1837 et 1842. L'opéra est basé sur le poème du même nom écrit par Alexandre Pouchkine en 1820. L'ouvertur...

Ruslan et Ludmilla est un opéra en cinq actes (huit tableaux) composé par Michail Glinka entre 1837 et 1842. L'opéra est basé sur le poème du même nom écrit par Alexandre Pouchkine en 1820. L'ouvertur...

L'œuvre du compositeur russe Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) se caractérise par son humour étrange, son originalité, sa précision et son imagination. "Le lac enchanté" est un tableau d'ambiance à la manière...

L'œuvre du compositeur russe Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) se caractérise par son humour étrange, son originalité, sa précision et son imagination. "Le lac enchanté" est un tableau d'ambiance à la manière...

Lorsqu'en 1889, le compositeur militaire allemand Carl Teike apporta au régiment la marche qu'il venait de composer, le maître de chapelle lui dit simplement : "Nous avons suffisamment de marches musi...

Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) was a Dutch composer and conductor. His opera 'Thijl' (1940), often regarded as his masterpiece and arguably the most important opera in Dutch musical history, is one of his...

Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) was a Dutch composer and conductor. His opera 'Thijl' (1940), often regarded as his masterpiece and arguably the most important opera in Dutch musical history, is one of his...

Tomás Bretón (1850-1923) was a Spanish conductor and composer. He completed his musical studies at the 'School of Fine Arts' in his hometown, where he earned his living playing in small provincial orc...

Tomás Bretón (1850-1923) was a Spanish conductor and composer. He completed his musical studies at the 'School of Fine Arts' in his hometown, where he earned his living playing in small provincial orc...

Le Villi (Les Willis ou Les Fées) est un opéra-ballet en deux actes et la première œuvre scénique de Puccini. Le deuxième acte, intitulé "La tregenda" (Le Spectre), est précédé de couplets explicatifs...

Le Villi (Les Willis ou Les Fées) est un opéra-ballet en deux actes et la première œuvre scénique de Puccini. Le deuxième acte, intitulé "La tregenda" (Le Spectre), est précédé de couplets explicatifs...

Pascual Marquina Narro (1873 - 1948) was a prolific Spanish orchestral and operatic composer. As a composer he is particularly known for his pasodoble works. Among these belong the 'Rey del Pasodoble'...

Pascual Marquina Narro (1873 - 1948) was a prolific Spanish orchestral and operatic composer. As a composer he is particularly known for his pasodoble works. Among these belong the 'Rey del Pasodoble'...

Leoš Janácek (1854-1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style....

Leoš Janácek (1854-1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style....

Johann Strauss' first operetta was 'Indigo und die vierzig Räuber' (Indigo and the Forty Thieves) which was first staged in 1871. While it would hardly become one of his more famous efforts, it contai...