Roger Niese

After the enormous success of La Traviata, Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed the operaI Vespri Siciliani. Despite the less succes of the opera the overture is still a populair work in many concertprogr...

The Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet, composed in the autumn of 1869, was Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's first orchestral masterpiece.He was only twent-nine years old and still much influenced by Mily Ba...

The Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet, composed in the autumn of 1869, was Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's first orchestral masterpiece.He was only twent-nine years old and still much influenced by Mily Ba...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. The Operetta...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. From 1893 til...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed two concertpieces - Konzertstücke - opus 113 and 114 for clarinet, bassethorn and orchestra. These works were dedicated with much respect to the clarinettists Ba...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed two concertpieces - Konzertstücke - opus 113 and 114 for clarinet, bassethorn and orchestra. These works were dedicated with much respect to the clarinettists Ba...

George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of thos...

The opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is the lulla...

'Carmen' es probablemente la ópera más famosa de todo el repertorio operístico, aunque su estreno en 1875 fue una gran decepción. 'Parle-moi de ma mere' es cantada por Micaëla y Don José. (Soprano, Te...

'Carmen' es probablemente la ópera más famosa de todo el repertorio operístico, aunque su estreno en 1875 fue una gran decepción. 'Parle-moi de ma mere' es cantada por Micaëla y Don José. (Soprano, Te...

George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of thos...

The first act of Puccini's Opera Tosca is set in a church where Cavaradossi, working on a Madonna, compares the mysterious harmony (recondita armonia) that excists between his dark-haired lover Tosca...

The first act of Puccini's Opera Tosca is set in a church where Cavaradossi, working on a Madonna, compares the mysterious harmony (recondita armonia) that excists between his dark-haired lover Tosca...

Dvorak composed the great Czech national opera, Rusalka in a single burst of inspiration between April 21 and November 27, 1901, to a text by Jaroslav Kvapil based on Hans Christian Andersen. Rusalka...

Dvorak composed the great Czech national opera, Rusalka in a single burst of inspiration between April 21 and November 27, 1901, to a text by Jaroslav Kvapil based on Hans Christian Andersen. Rusalka...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The polka-mazurka Stadt und Land, Opus 322 is a beautiful example of S...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Egyptischer Marsch Opus 335 is a beautiful...

Shosatkovich" ballet The Bolt is a full-length ballet with three acts and seven scenes. The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory. The composer himself fashioned a suite (Suite...

Trumpet and Concert Band. Mexican composer Augustin Lara (1897- 1970) was mainly a composer of songs used in movies and cabarets. It is said that Lara never learned musical notation. In total he wrote...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. When the industrial age dawned in the middle o...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. When the industrial age dawned in the middle o...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on "dance soirees" in Vienna. His polka opus 332 "Éljen a Magyár!" (Hungaria...

Rosen aus dem Süden (Rosas del Sur) es un vals compuesto por Strauss en 1880 con temas extraídos de la opereta "Das Spitzentuch der Königin", inspirada en una novela de Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen. El va...