Baton Music

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The 'Carmen Fantasy' , together wit...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it's quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The Carmen Fantasy, together with Z...

L'œuvre la plus connue de Kurt Weill (1900-1950) est "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("L'Opéra de quat'sous") (1928), une reprise de "The Beggar's Opera" de John Gay, écrite en collaboration avec Bertolt Brech...

Max Reger (1873 -1916), was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Between 1904 and 1912 Reger composed the "Schlichten Weisen" op. 76, 60 songs in 6 volumes. One of th...

Max Reger (1873 -1916), was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Between 1904 and 1912 Reger composed the "Schlichten Weisen" op. 76, 60 songs in 6 volumes. One of th...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

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...

Le Nozze di Figaro est l'un des trois opéras que Mozart a composé sur des livrets de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), le célèbre metteur en scène viennois et poète de la cour. (2 Sopranos et Orchestre d'...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The 'Slavonic Dance No. 1' is a 'f...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The 'Slavonic Dance No. 1' is a 'f...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

Der Bürger als Edelmann est le titre allemand d'une pièce de Molière et d'une suite orchestrale de Richard Strauss. La pièce originale en français s'intitule "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" et raconte l'hi...

Der Bürger als Edelmann est le titre allemand d'une pièce de Molière et d'une suite orchestrale de Richard Strauss. La pièce originale en français s'intitule "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" et raconte l'hi...

Urlicht fait partie des "Wunderhornlieder" de Mahler et est également utilisé dans sa deuxième symphonie intitulée "Auferstehung". Le texte de la chanson traite de la grande douleur et du désespoir da...

Urlicht fait partie des "Wunderhornlieder" de Mahler et est également utilisé dans sa deuxième symphonie intitulée "Auferstehung". Le texte de la chanson traite de la grande douleur et du désespoir da...

Guglielmo Ratcliff est un opéra tragique en quatre actes du compositeur italien Pietro Mascagni. Le livret a été traduit de la pièce allemande Wilhelm Ratcliff (1822) de Heinrich Heine. Mascagni a sou...

Guglielmo Ratcliff est un opéra tragique en quatre actes du compositeur italien Pietro Mascagni. Le livret a été traduit de la pièce allemande Wilhelm Ratcliff (1822) de Heinrich Heine. Mascagni a sou...

Les "Danses hongroises" (Ungarische Tänze), qui évoquent directement le sang chaud de la musique tzigane hongroise, se composent de 21 danses, composées à l'origine pour piano à quatre mains. Peut-êtr...

Les "Danses hongroises" (Ungarische Tänze), qui évoquent directement le sang chaud de la musique tzigane hongroise, se composent de 21 danses, composées à l'origine pour piano à quatre mains. Peut-êtr...