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Le Villi (Las Willis o Las Hadas) es una ópera-ballet en dos actos y la primera obra escénica de Puccini. El segundo acto se titula "La tregenda" (El espectro) und va precedido de versos explicativos...

In autumn 1913, the directors of Vienna's Carltheater commissioned Puccini to compose a Viennese operetta. After confirming that it could take the form of a comic opera with no spoken dialogue in the...

In autumn 1913, the directors of Vienna's Carltheater commissioned Puccini to compose a Viennese operetta. After confirming that it could take the form of a comic opera with no spoken dialogue in the...

In 1963 an unknown composition by Verdi was discovered at an Roman antiquarian. This 'Waltz in F Major' (Valzer in fa maggiore) must be a more early work considering the simplicity of the composition...

In 1963 an unknown composition by Verdi was discovered at an Roman antiquarian. This 'Waltz in F Major' (Valzer in fa maggiore) must be a more early work considering the simplicity of the composition...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) fue un virtuoso pianista, compositor und director de orquesta español. Es uno de los compositores más destacados de la era posromántica und ejerció una gran influencia en sus...

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) fue un virtuoso pianista, compositor und director de orquesta español. Es uno de los compositores más destacados de la era posromántica und ejerció una gran influencia en sus...

In 1778 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his 'Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, KV 299'. It is one of only two true double concertos that he wrote as well as the only piece of music...

In 1778 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his 'Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, KV 299'. It is one of only two true double concertos that he wrote as well as the only piece of music...

Johann Strauss, the King of Waltzes, toured the world like a gypsy and his successful tours to St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Paris and New York helped to popularise his waltz music. What difference...

Paul Dukas completed The Sorcerer's Apprentice in the spring of 1897, and it was performed for the first time on May 18 of that year in Paris. On that occasion, the composer conducted the orchestra of...

La Gioconda es una ópera en cuatro actos de Amilcare Ponchielli con libreto de Arrigo Boito, basado en "Angelo, tyran de Padoue", una obra en prosa de Victor Hugo de 1835. Estrenada en 1876, "La Gioco...

The title'Enjoy', but also savour, relish: this is not descriptive music, but music to be appreciated. From three points of view: the rhythm of the first movement, the melody of the second and the swi...

'Vesperae solennes de Confessore', KV 339, es una obra sacra compuesta en 1780 por Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Fue compuesta para uso litúrgico en la Catedral de Salzburgo. "Laudate Dominum" es el quinto...

In this transcription Marco Tamanini has combined two martial sections of the opera into a march-fantasy in the great Italian tradition. (Concert Band)

In 1884 Edvard Grieg composed the ‘Holberg Suite’, subtitled ‘Suite in olden style’. It’s a suite of five movements based on eighteenth-century dance forms, written to celebrate the 200th anniversary...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Richard Wagner, after Tannhäuser, with Lohengrin. This transcription contains the well known prelude to the 3rd...

Gioacchino Rossini composed the Variations in Do for Clarinette in 1810 during his last year of study at the Musical Lyceum of Bologna. It was, in all probability, written for a school concert given b...

Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The composition was...

The famous Meditation from Jules Massenet opera Thaïs is the entr"acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of the second act and nowadays often performed as a separate concert piece.

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

Gioacchino Rossini is primarily known for his opera's, but also composed for other forces like this 'Introduction, Theme, and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra'. It is generally believed that Ross...