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Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

The 'Mass in b minor' (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the ye...

The 'Mass in b minor' (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the ye...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

Le "Messie" (HWV 56) est un oratorio en anglais composé en 1741 par George Friedrich Händel. Après un accueil public d'abord modeste, l'oratorio a gagné en popularité, devenant finalement l'une des œu...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

L'Ave Maria de Charles Gounod consiste en une mélodie qu'il a superposée à une version très légèrement modifiée du Prélude n° 1 "de Joh. Seb. Bach", écrit 137 ans plus tôt. Tout comme l'Ave Maria de S...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

Le "Messie" (HWV 56) est un oratorio en anglais composé en 1741 par George Friedrich Händel. Après un accueil public d'abord modeste, l'oratorio a gagné en popularité, devenant finalement l'une des œu...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) fut, comme son oncle et professeur Andrea, l'un des promoteurs du style antiphonique vénitien. Il fut également l'élève d'Orlando di Lasso et introduisit le style antipho...

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) fut, comme son oncle et professeur Andrea, l'un des promoteurs du style antiphonique vénitien. Il fut également l'élève d'Orlando di Lasso et introduisit le style antipho...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Anton Bruckner a composé ses "Kleine Orchesterstücke" en 1862, comme un premier essai dans ce domaine qu'il allait plus tard faire sien : la musique orchestrale. Ces quatre pièces sont de petits momen...

In this religious aria Leonora - a dramatic soprano - along with the monks of the Madonna degli Angeli monastery, prays that God should not forsake her. The combination of soprano and Male choir lends...