Amstel Music

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

La Quintessenza is a musical approach of the quintessence, the heart of the matter. By focusing a five note motif in a number of variants, De Meij tries to get through to the essence of the musical ma...

The very character of Till (the mythical prankster in the animated adventure romp Till Eulenspiegel) calls for over-the-top and minutely timed action music. Focusing first on Till's Theme and later Ki...

La première symphonie de Johan de Meij,'The Lord of the Rings' (Le Seigneur des anneaux), est fondée sur la trilogie éponyme de J.R.R. Tolkien. Depuis leur parution, en 1955, ces livres ont fasciné de...

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

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Marche Americana owes a great deal to those heroic movie marches by composers in the like of John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, and others. In fact, you could say that it is a brash film t...

This lively new work, expertly arranged by Johan de Meij, is taken from the soundtrack of the recently released animated film Till Eulenspiegel. In writing the music for the film the composer, Søren H...

This is the London Symphony Orchestra recording of Symphony No. 1 - The Lord Of The Rings by Johan de Meij.

En 1988, il y a tout juste 25 ans, Johan de Meij composa sa première oeuvre pour orchestre d'harmonie, la Symphonie n° 1 'The Lord of the Rings' . L'enregistrement de l'oeuvre sur compact disc a é...