Baton Music

Danzon no. 2 by the Mexican composer Arturo Marquez was included on the program of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venuzuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on their 2007 tour of Europe and the Unit...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) fue una figura central en la gran ópera francesa temprana, conocido por su elegante escritura melódica y su claro estilo orquestal teatral. 'La Muette de Porti...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) fue una figura central en la gran ópera francesa temprana, conocido por su elegante escritura melódica y su claro estilo orquestal teatral. 'La Muette de Porti...

The Wasps' is incidental music composed by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909. It was based on Aristophane's ancient Greek comedy 'The Wasps' for a production at Trinity College, Camb...

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...

The Toy Symphony, (Kinder-Sinfonie) was also published as Sinfonia Berchtolsgadensis because it was written for instruments that were manufactured in the toy industry of Berchtensgaden that flourished...

Ecce sacerdos magnus (He aquí un gran sacerdote), WAB 13, es un motete sacro de 1885 del compositor austriaco Anton Bruckner. Es una adaptación musical de la antífona del mismo título. La obra es un r...

As a composer, Johann Strauss Sr. is probably less well known than his son Johann Strauss Jr., but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. Besides this march h...

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...

La obra más conocida de Kurt Weill (1900-1950) es "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("La ópera de los tres centavos") (1928), una adaptación de "La ópera del mendigo" de John Gay, escrita en colaboración con Ber...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

El compositor español Pedro Iturralde (*1929) debe ser considerado a la vez como pionero y nestor de la música jazz española. Pequena Czarda (pequeña danza) es una virtuosa pieza solista para saxofón...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Absolutely the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is 'O Sole Mio' composed by the Italian singer and songwriter Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917) in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro. Though...

Saint-Saëns también contribuyó enormemente a la literatura concertante francesa. Escribió cinco conciertos para piano, tres para violín, dos para violonchelo y una veintena de pequeñas obras concertan...

Nowadays, Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment because of the misunderstanding of the very realistic plot. C...

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...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

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...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831-1896). The melody of the trio is t...

Los Planetas del compositor Gustav Holst es una suite orquestal de siete movimientos en la que cada movimiento lleva el nombre de un planeta del Sistema Solar y su correspondiente carácter astrológico...

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...