Jos van de Braak

Guerra y Paz de Prokofiev es una ópera épica de 13 escenas, más una obertura y un epígrafe, basada en la novela de León Tolstoi. Contrasta la "paz" de la alta sociedad rusa con la "guerra" de la invas...

Guerra y Paz de Prokofiev es una ópera épica de 13 escenas, más una obertura y un epígrafe, basada en la novela de León Tolstoi. Contrasta la "paz" de la alta sociedad rusa con la "guerra" de la invas...

Anton Bruckner compuso sus "Kleine Orchesterstücke" en 1862 como un primer intento en ese campo que más tarde haría suyo: la música orquestal. Estas cuatro piezas son pequeños y melodiosos "momentos m...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The Csardas, sung by Rosalinde demands great virtuosity and gypsy fee...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

Giuseppe Giordani (1751-1798) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Giordani is mostly know for his popular aria 'Caro mio ben'. This song is even nowadays sung by many great singers, as well male...

Die Moldau (Vltava) es el segundo movimiento del ciclo de poemas sinfónicos "Ma Vlast", del compositor checo Bedrich Smetana. En esta pieza, Smetana utiliza la pintura tonal para evocar los sonidos de...

Besides operettas Franz Lehár also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, marches and a number of waltzes. The most popular of these waltzes is 'Gold und Silber' (Gold and Silver) which he composed for Princ...

The 'Piano Concerto No. 1' in B-flat minor, Op. 23, is one of the most popular of Tschaikowsky's compositions and among the best known of all piano concertos. The concerto follows the traditional form...

Vincenzo Bellini, was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era. However, besides his opera's his instrumental output is limited. The Concerto for Oboe in E-flat major, most likely composed...

Le Nozze di Figaro es una de las tres óperas que Mozart compuso sobre libretos de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), el famoso director de teatro y poeta vienés. La obertura de "Le Nozze di Figaro" está en...

Le Nozze di Figaro es una de las tres óperas que Mozart compuso sobre libretos de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), el famoso director de teatro y poeta vienés. La obertura de "Le Nozze di Figaro" está en...

Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861) was a German composer born in Zittau. After a meeting with Beethoven, he decided to devote himself to music and became a private music teacher in Bratislava. Ma...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Since its premiere in 1892, "Werther" has ranked among Jules Massenet's most admired and beloved scores; it has also proved the most enduring. He was inspired to compose the opera about the doomed poe...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. This transcription follows the short but jolly introduction of the fi...

Johann Strauss's operetta 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high acclaim, the pres...

Johann Strauss's operetta 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high acclaim, the pres...

Cavalleria Rusticana, la ópera de mayor éxito de Pietro Mascagni, es un tempestuoso drama de adulterio y venganza ambientado en un remoto pueblo italiano. Sus pasiones terrenales, sus audaces escenas...

The operetta 'Pique Dame' ('The Queen of Spades') was a revised version of Franz von Suppé's 1862 operetta 'Die Kartenschlägerin' ('The Fortune Teller') and premiered in June 1864 at the Thalia Theate...

The operetta 'Pique Dame' ('The Queen of Spades') was a revised version of Franz von Suppé's 1862 operetta 'Die Kartenschlägerin' ('The Fortune Teller') and premiered in June 1864 at the Thalia Theate...

The 'Missa Solemnis in B flat' was Anton Anton Bruckner's first major work for choir and orchestra. In this transcription of the Agnus Dei, a brass choir of horns, Trumpets and trombones replaces the...