Hans van der Heide

Though composed as a simple unpretentious little work, this 'Fandango Fantasy' sounds somewhat virtuoso. The slow middlepart makes us think of the plendid piano pieces by the Spanish composer Isaac Al...

Born in 1908, Leroy Anderson was a great American conductor, who also composed a great number of light symphonic pieces of music. This famous 'Sandpaper Ballet' remains as popular as his 'Typewriter'.

During the Second World War, Leroy Anderson was a captain with the American Intelligence Service. After the war he continued to work for the Defence Department in Washington for some years. At that ti...

This selection made a choice from the thrilling and expressive sound tracks John Williams wrote for thethree movie pictures dealing with the adventures of the archeologist Doctor Jones (Harrison Ford)...

The popular and excentric British singer, pianist and composer Elton John (1947) reached the international hitparades with such songs as 'Crocodile Rock' and 'Candle in the Wind'. It was a stroke of g...

After the successful soundtracks he had written for the cartoons 'The little Mermaid', 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty and the Beast', Alan Menken was asked by the Walt Disney Studios to write the music for the...

In seiner Autobiographie, die unter dem Titel 'Die sieben Säulen der Weisheit' veröffentlicht wurde, berichtete der Brite T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) von seinem heldenhaften arabischen Abenteuer. Der er...

CEREMONICO ist ein Werk für einen festlichen Anlass. Es beginnt mit einem feierlichen Maestoso, gefolgt vom langsamen, ausdruckvollen und gesanglichen Hauptthema. Im Mittelteil überstrahlen die Blechb...

This selection made a choice from the thrilling and expressive sound tracks John Williams wrote for the three movie pictures dealing with the adventures of the archeologist Doctor Jones (Harrison Ford...

Born in 1908, Leroy Anderson was a great American conductor, who also composed a great number of light symphonic pieces of music. This famous 'Sandpaper Ballet' remains as popular as his 'Typewriter'.

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While studying at Harvard University he conducted the university symphonic band. In 1936 he was engaged as arranger with the famous 'Bo...

A real typewriter, with the sound amplified, is played by one percussionplayer. The typewriterbell is disconnected and the bell sound is produces on a desk bell by a second player. As an alternative t...