Baton Music

La Bohème was first performed in 1886 at the Teatro Regio in Turin. It soon became a staple of the operatic repertoire and has remained so ever since. Puccini had begun for the first time to speak wit...

Dvorak wrote his Prague Waltzes in December of 1879, at the request of a prestigious Prague musical society, and premiered the following January. They were written just after the first set of Slavonic...

Le Nozze di Figaro est l'un des trois opéras que Mozart a composés sur des livrets de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), le célèbre directeur de théâtre et poète de cour viennois. L'aria "Dove sono i bei m...

Le Nozze di Figaro est l'un des trois opéras que Mozart a composés sur des livrets de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), le célèbre directeur de théâtre et poète de cour viennois. L'aria "Dove sono i bei m...

L'opéra "Cavalleria Rusticana" de Pietro Mascagni est un drame tempétueux d'adultère et de vengeance qui se déroule le dimanche de Pâques dans un village italien isolé. Ses passions terreuses, ses scè...

L'opéra "Cavalleria Rusticana" de Pietro Mascagni est un drame tempétueux d'adultère et de vengeance qui se déroule le dimanche de Pâques dans un village italien isolé. Ses passions terreuses, ses scè...

Rimsky-Korsakov wrote concerto's for Oboe, Clarinet and Trombone and Military Band. The Concerto for Oboe (Variations for Oboe) is now edited by Marc Koninkx for the instrumentation of a modern Sympho...

The Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Garland Waltz) is the first dance in Act one of the ballet: It is Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are already underway: the atmosphere is festi...

The Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Garland Waltz) is the first dance in Act one of the ballet: It is Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are already underway: the atmosphere is festi...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

'Cantique de Noël' ('O Holy Night') is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem 'Minuit, Chrétiens' ('Midnight, Christians') by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a win...

'Cantique de Noël' ('O Holy Night') is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem 'Minuit, Chrétiens' ('Midnight, Christians') by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a win...

La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre, a été écrite par Maurice Ravel entre février 1919 et 1920. Conçue comme un ballet, elle est aujourd'hui plus souvent entendue comme une œuvre de concert....

La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre a été écrite par Maurice Ravel entre février 1919 et 1920. Conçue comme un ballet, elle est aujourd'hui plus souvent entendue comme une œuvre de concert....

Choral Varié a été écrit en 1904 par le compositeur français Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) et est l'une des plus belles pièces écrites pour saxophone au cours de ce siècle. Elle a été commandée et dédiée...

Choral Varié was written in 1904 by French composer Vincent d"Indy (1851-1931) and is one of the most beautiful pieces written for saxophone in this century. It was commissioned by and is dedicated to...

Don Giovanni est un véritable aria-opéra, contrairement à "Le Nozze di Figaro", qui est un opéra d'ensemble. Dans cet opéra, Mozart exprime de manière subtile la frustration des amours infructueuses d...

Don Giovanni is a real aria-opera, in contrast with "Le Nozze di Figaro" that is called an ensemble-opera. In this opera Mozart expresses in a subtle way the frustration of the unsuccessful love affai...

Johann Strauss composed his 'Spanischer Marsch' (Spanish March) in 1888 for María Cristina, regent of Spain, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. This march repres...

Johann Strauss composed his 'Spanischer Marsch' (Spanish March) in 1888 for María Cristina, regent of Spain, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. This march repres...