Baton Music

In Puccini's La Boheme Rodolfo`s sings in the first act the aria Che gelida manina. It is one of the purest most fragrant ideas that ever came into Puccini`s head with its tenderness recalling the exq...

Geronimo Gimeniz (1854 - 1923) was born in Sevilla and by the age of twelve he was a violinist in a theatre orchestra in Cadiz. The intermezzo from 'La Baile de Luis Alonso' is in the repertoire of ev...

'Schlagobers' ('Nata montada'), Op. 70, es un ballet en dos actos con libreto y partitura de Richard Strauss. Compuesto en 1921-22, se estrenó en la Ópera de Viena el 9 de mayo de 1924. A pesar de que...

'Schlagobers' ('Nata montada'), Op. 70, es un ballet en dos actos con libreto y partitura de Richard Strauss. Compuesto en 1921-22, se estrenó en la Ópera de Viena el 9 de mayo de 1924. A pesar de que...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Geronimo Gimeniz (1854 - 1923) was born in Sevilla and by the age of twelve he was a violinist in a theatre orchestra in Cadiz. The intermezzo from 'La Baile de Luis Alonso' is in the repertoire of ev...

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...

Le Cid es una ópera en cuatro actos y diez cuadros de Jules Massenet basada en la obra homónima de Pierre Corneille. Se estrenó en la Ópera de París el 30 de noviembre de 1885 con un reparto repleto d...

Le Cid es una ópera en cuatro actos y diez cuadros de Jules Massenet basada en la obra homónima de Pierre Corneille. Se estrenó en la Ópera de París el 30 de noviembre de 1885 con un reparto repleto d...

Giacomo Puccini compuso su ópera "Manon Lescaut" en 1893 y se convirtió, junto con "Tosca", en su primer gran éxito. "Manon Lescaut" es un retrato devastador de una mujer que lucha contra su deseo de...

Giacomo Puccini compuso su ópera "Manon Lescaut" en 1893 y se convirtió, junto con "Tosca", en su primer gran éxito. "Manon Lescaut" es un retrato devastador de una mujer que lucha contra su deseo de...

'El Barbero de Sevilla' es una zarzuela en un acto, dividida en tres escenas, con libreto de Guillermo Perrín y Vico y Miguel de Palacios y música de Jerónimo Giménez. Se estrenó en el Teatro de la Za...

'El Barbero de Sevilla' es una zarzuela en un acto, dividida en tres escenas, con libreto de Guillermo Perrín y Vico y Miguel de Palacios y música de Jerónimo Giménez. Se estrenó en el Teatro de la Za...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The second dance from the first se...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The second dance from the first se...

Bring unmistakable Viennese charm and infectious energy to your concert stage! The spirited "Seufzer Galopp" (Sigh Galop), Op. 9, composed by Johann Strauss Sr. in 1828, bursts with wit, lightheartedn...

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'.

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe', (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe', (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

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...