Mitropa Music

Bulgarian Dances est une rhapsodie libre, divisée en quatre mouvements distincts basés sur de célèbres chansons populaires bulgares. Ces chansons ont une tradition très ancienne et proviennent à la fo...

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...

This composition describes a landscape in the Upper Austrian region of Mühlviertel. This area was once besieged by the Celts, who spread fear and terror among the inhabitants, however the people oppos...

Le village de Guflina offre le meilleur point de vue sur les vallées du massif alpin du Liechtenstein. On raconte qu'une caverne se trouverait sous le promontoire qui s'avance en saillie. Dans cette c...

Le cap Horn est le point le plus austral des terres rattachées à l'Amérique du Sud. Cap promontoire, il est situé sur l'île Horn dans le sud du Chili. Pendant de nombreuses années, le cap Horn a...

Selon le philosophe allemand Johann Gottfried Herder 'Les chansons populaires, (…) sont les archives du peuple, le trésor de sa science, de sa religion, de la vie de ses pères, des fautes de so...

In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...

Ireland is a multi-faceted country that has developed a popular and distinctive musical culture. The first movement of Dublin Pictures reflects Irish festivals where there is dancing and traditional b...

Dance from the East is a fiery, oriental dance. It starts with an imposing introduction with the feel of a solemn lament and seamlessly merges into a dance. The piece then builds gradually through an...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

Festival Bells is a fast-paced and demanding opening work. The uplifting mood of the piece describes the anticipation of a festival in Austria. Within the middle section, the Upper Austrian anthem is...

A Journey through a Magical Kingdom describes the journey of a young boy named Bodo through a never-before-seen magical and enchanting world of fairies and mythical creatures, a world of enchanted mou...

Otto M. Schwarz a composé Saxpack pour le centenaire de la Musique de la Police de Vienne. Gert Kolaja, l'un des saxophonistes les plus prolifiques d'Autriche, est membre de cet orchestre professionne...

La commande du Pentaphonia Brass Quintet et du Haize Berriak Sakanako Musika Ekartea Concert Band, tous deux situés au pays Basque espagnol, portait sur la composition d'une oeuvre pour quintette de c...

On raconte que le compositeur américain Leroy Anderson aurait écrit ce noël léger et pétillant au cours d'une vague de chaleur en juillet 1948. Mitchell Parish écrit le texte en 1950. Depuis, de nombr...

Stop the Cavalry de Jona Lewie compte parmi les plus grands succès musicaux des années 1980. Cette chanson anti-militariste est un message musical insolite écrit par un soldat inconnu à l'intention de...

American author Mark Twain spent seven years writing Huckleberry Finn - the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on t...

The programmatic composition Of Castles and Legends is basedon the German legend of the white maiden who lived in the smallcity of Volkmarsen. It tells the tale of invading evil knights whokidnap a be...

Mit Fancy Vienna schuf Doss eine überzeugende Komposition für Solo- Trompete und Klavier im Jazz-Stil. Das von der österreichischen Hauptstadt Wien inspirierte Werk gibt es ebenfalls mit Blasorchester...

Animé par un esprit de curiosité et soucieux d'élargir le répertoire pour instruments solistes, Otto M. Schwarz aime à développer des passerelles entre les styles et les genres. Des accents 'groovy' o...

Who doesn't know the famous introduction 'To boldly go where no man has gone before' at the beginning of each Star Trek sequel? Many generations grew up with Star Trek - one of the most iconic Sci-Fi...

Who doesn't know the famous introduction 'To boldly go where no man has gone before' at the beginning of each Star Trek sequel? Many generations grew up with Star Trek - one of the most iconic Sci-Fi...

Can You Feel The Love Tonight' from Disney's iconic The Lion King was written and performed by Elton John. This magnificent Disney classic has been masterfully arranged for various ensembles by Marc J...