Jos van de Braak

In the Adagio of Dvorak's eighth symphony, there is a masterly alternation of minor-and major-mode themes picturing an old castle in his proud and melancholic aspects. (Concert Band)

In the Adagio of Dvorak's eighth symphony, there is a masterly alternation of minor-and major-mode themes picturing an old castle in his proud and melancholic aspects. (Concert Band)

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen' belongs to the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was composed in 1895. The beauty of truth and not the beauty of romantic make-believe, so evident for Mahler's songs, is...

Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen' belongs to the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was composed in 1895. The beauty of truth and not the beauty of romantic make-believe, so evident for Mahler's songs, is...

The aria 'Ah prigioniero io sono' ('I am a prisoner') in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' is sung in the fourth and last act: Nabucco turns to the God of the Hebrews and promises to convert himself an...

The aria 'se al nuovo di pugnando' in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'La Battaglia di Legnano' is sung by Rolando, the leader of a group of Italian knights that tried to stop the invasion in Lombardy of the G...

The aria 'se al nuovo di pugnando' in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'La Battaglia di Legnano' is sung by Rolando, the leader of a group of Italian knights that tried to stop the invasion in Lombardy of the G...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e', mostly named flowersong is...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e', mostly named flowersong is...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

In this transcription of Giovanni Gabrieli's Christmas Motet 'Angelus ad pastores ait' for twelve voices in two choirs, the choirs are presented by the woodwind- and the brasschoir of the Symphonic Ba...

In 1905 the Italian born composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) composed incidental music to Gozzi's fable Turandot - the story of the Chinese princess - of which he extracted in the same year an orche...

In 1905 the Italian born composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) composed incidental music to Gozzi's fable Turandot - the story of the Chinese princess - of which he extracted in the same year an orche...

Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones it shows its hero and heroine, the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, caught up in and eventually destroyed by the...

Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones it shows its hero and heroine, the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, caught up in and eventually destroyed by the...

Joseph Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the Trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a Trumpeter of the Vienna Court...

Joseph Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the Trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a Trumpeter of the Vienna Court...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle', also named the Habanera is...

In 1926-1928 Mossolov composed the ballet Stal (steel) intending to glorify the time of industrialization. He wanted to express the feeling of the new industrial, urbanized machine-age in a barbaric s...

In 1926-1928 Mossolov composed the ballet Stal (steel) intending to glorify the time of industrialization. He wanted to express the feeling of the new industrial, urbanized machine-age in a barbaric s...

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...