Baton Music

In 1906 Richard Strauss composed the song "Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland" on a text by Heinrich Heine. The text is a simple telling of the Three Kings following the star, and entering the ho...

In 1906 Richard Strauss composed the song "Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland" on a text by Heinrich Heine. The text is a simple telling of the Three Kings following the star, and entering the ho...

The 'Studenten polka', Opus 263 is a polka that was written by Johann Strauss jr. in 1862 for the first general student carnival ball in Vienna after the revolution of 1848 and premiered on February 2...

The 'Studenten polka', Opus 263 is a polka that was written by Johann Strauss jr. in 1862 for the first general student carnival ball in Vienna after the revolution of 1848 and premiered on February 2...

German composer Peter Cornelius composed his song cycle "Weihnachtslieder" ("Christmas Songs"), Opus 8, in 1856. Cornelius, who also was a gifted writer and had first pursued a career as an actor, wro...

German composer Peter Cornelius composed his song cycle "Weihnachtslieder" ("Christmas Songs"), Opus 8, in 1856. Cornelius, who also was a gifted writer and had first pursued a career as an actor, wro...

His comic opera The Bartered Bride is one of the most important works in the Slavonic opera repertoire and the Overture is among one of Smetana's most brilliant and inspired orchestral pieces. (Concer...

Lob des hohen Verstandes is one of the humorous and almost ironic Wunderhornsongs. ((Mezzo)Soprano / Baritone and Concert Band)

La Pícara Molinera ("La meunière aguicheuse") est une zarzuela du compositeur espagnol Pablo Luna (1879-1942). Créée en 1928, "La Pícara Molinera" est considérée comme l'une des grandes réussites du c...

La Pícara Molinera ("La meunière aguicheuse") est une zarzuela du compositeur espagnol Pablo Luna (1879-1942). Créée en 1928, "La Pícara Molinera" est considérée comme l'une des grandes réussites du c...

Le conte du tsar Saltan est un opéra en quatre actes de Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov, basé sur le poème éponyme de 1831 d'Alexandre Pouchkine. L'story met en scène le prince Gvidon qui, séparé de son père,...

Le conte du tsar Saltan est un opéra en quatre actes de Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov, basé sur le poème éponyme de 1831 d'Alexandre Pouchkine. L'story met en scène le prince Gvidon qui, séparé de son père,...

Gustav Mahler a composé ses "Wunderhornlieder" (Chants du cor magique de la jeunesse) entre 1892 et 1901. La moitié seulement des "Wunderhornlieder" ont des sujets militaires, mais il y a aussi des ch...

Gustav Mahler a composé ses "Wunderhornlieder" (Chants du cor magique de la jeunesse) entre 1892 et 1901. La moitié seulement des "Wunderhornlieder" ont des sujets militaires, mais il y a aussi des ch...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

King Arthur est un semi-opéra en cinq actes sur une musique de Henry Purcell et un livret de John Dryden. L'intrigue est basée sur les batailles entre les Britanniques du roi Arthur et les Saxons, plu...

King Arthur est un semi-opéra en cinq actes sur une musique de Henry Purcell et un livret de John Dryden. L'intrigue est basée sur les batailles entre les Britanniques du roi Arthur et les Saxons, plu...

Lob des hohen Verstandes is one of the humorous and almost ironic Wunderhornsongs. ((Mezzo)Soprano / Baritone and Concert Band)

Richard Wagner's Fliedermonolog Was duftet doch der Flieder is sung in the second act of the Opera Die Meistersinger: Sitting outside his house on a sultry Midsummer's Eve, Hans Sachs tries to concent...

Les quatre premières symphonies de Gustav Mahler sont souvent appelées les "Symphonies du Wunderhorn", car nombre de leurs thèmes trouvent leur origine dans des chansons antérieures de Mahler sur des...

Les quatre premières symphonies de Gustav Mahler sont souvent appelées les "Symphonies du Wunderhorn", car nombre de leurs thèmes trouvent leur origine dans des chansons antérieures de Mahler sur des...

French composer Jules Demersseman was one of the first French composers to write music for the newly-developed saxophone. One of these was 'Fantaisie sur un thème original' for Alto Saxophone and Pian...

French composer Jules Demersseman was one of the first French composers to write music for the newly-developed saxophone. One of these was 'Fantaisie sur un thème original' for Alto Saxophone and Pian...

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg composed the four 'Symphonic Dances Op. 64' in 1896. They draw their inspiration from the earlier folk works collected by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman. Slovenian arranger Gr...