Jos van de Braak

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

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

Vincenzo Bellini is one of the great composers of the bel canto era. The role of Norma was one of the favourites of the legendary soprano Maria Callas. (2 Sopranos and Concert Band)

Louis Ganne (1862 -1923) was a conductor and composer of French operas, operettas, ballets, and marches. Ganne was born in the Auvergne region of France and grew up in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the subu...

Louis Ganne (1862 -1923) was a conductor and composer of French operas, operettas, ballets, and marches. Ganne was born in the Auvergne region of France and grew up in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the subu...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

Eduard Strauss (1835-1916) fue un compositor austriaco que, junto con sus hermanos Johann Strauss II y Josef Strauss, formó la dinastía musical Strauss. Su popularidad se vio eclipsada por la de sus h...

Eduard Strauss (1835-1916) fue un compositor austriaco que, junto con sus hermanos Johann Strauss II y Josef Strauss, formó la dinastía musical Strauss. Su popularidad se vio eclipsada por la de sus h...

Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914) fue un compositor, crítico musical y profesor austriaco. Escribió varias óperas, ballets, obras corales y canciones, y fue una figura destacada de la escena musical vie...

Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914) fue un compositor, crítico musical y profesor austriaco. Escribió varias óperas, ballets, obras corales y canciones, y fue una figura destacada de la escena musical vie...

The 'Seufzer Galopp' (Sigh Galop), opus 9, is a galop composed by Johann Strauss Sr. In 1828. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed this galop for Symphonic Band including the 'Seufzer'.

Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov is mainly known from the orchestral suite 'Caucasian Sketches' which includes the much-excerpted 'Procession of the Sardar'. 'Turkish Fragments' is an orchest...

Russsian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov is mainly known from the orchestral suite 'Caucasian Sketches' which includes the much-excerpted 'Pocession of the Sardar'. 'Turkish Fragments' is an orchest...

En 1934, Sergei Prokofjew compuso "El teniente Kijé". Se trata de una suite sinfónica escrita originalmente como partitura cinematográfica para la adaptación al cine de Alexander Fayntsimmer de la nov...

En 1934, Sergei Prokofjew compuso "El teniente Kijé". Se trata de una suite sinfónica escrita originalmente como partitura cinematográfica para la adaptación al cine de Alexander Fayntsimmer de la nov...

En 1876, Grieg creó la música incidental para el estreno de la obra de Ibsen "Peer Gynt", a petición del autor. Muchas de las piezas de esta obra se hicieron muy populares en forma de suites orquestal...

En 1876, Grieg creó la música incidental para el estreno de la obra de Ibsen "Peer Gynt", a petición del autor. Muchas de las piezas de esta obra se hicieron muy populares en forma de suites orquestal...

From 1824 through 1829 Rossini's life was centered in Paris where he composed at the age of 37 his 39th and last opera: the masterpiece Guglielmo Tell. Its four part overture is a vast programmatic de...