Baton Music

El Anillo del Nibelungo es un ciclo de cuatro óperas épicas del compositor alemán Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Las obras se basan libremente en personajes de las sagas nórdicas y del Nibelungenlied. "D...

The Polka 'Fata Morgana', Opus 330 was written by Johann Strauss for the grand ball of the Association of Artists in Vienna, which was held in Dianabad-Saal on 1 February 1869. All three Strauss broth...

Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (1851-1909) was a Spanish composer. He wrote a large number of symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as zarzuelas and operas and is considered one of the most popu...

The String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Opus 11, was the first of Tschaikowsky's three string quartets. It was premiered in Moscow in 1871. The second movement from this quartet is the melancholic "Andan...

Dvorak wrote his Prague Waltzes in December of 1879, at the request of a prestigious Prague musical society, and premiered the following January. They were written just after the first set of Slavonic...

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. El aria "Dove sono i bei momenti" se canta en...

La ópera "Cavalleria Rusticana" de Pietro Mascagni es un tempestuoso drama de adulterio y venganza ambientado el Domingo de Pascua en un remoto pueblo italiano. Sus pasiones terrenales, sus audaces es...

La ópera "Cavalleria Rusticana" de Pietro Mascagni es un tempestuoso drama de adulterio y venganza ambientado el Domingo de Pascua en un remoto pueblo italiano. Sus pasiones terrenales, sus audaces es...

Rimsky-Korsakov wrote concerto's for Oboe, Clarinet and Trombone and Military Band. The Concerto for Oboe (Variations for Oboe) is now edited by Marc Koninkx for the instrumentation of a modern Sympho...

The Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Garland Waltz) is the first dance in Act one of the ballet: It is Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are already underway: the atmosphere is festi...

The Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Garland Waltz) is the first dance in Act one of the ballet: It is Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are already underway: the atmosphere is festi...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

'Cantique de Noël' ('O Holy Night') is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem 'Minuit, Chrétiens' ('Midnight, Christians') by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a win...

'Cantique de Noël' ('O Holy Night') is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem 'Minuit, Chrétiens' ('Midnight, Christians') by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a win...

La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre, fue escrita por Maurice Ravel entre febrero de 1919 y 1920. Fue concebida como ballet, pero actualmente se escucha más a menudo como obra de concierto. L...

La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre, fue escrita por Maurice Ravel entre febrero de 1919 y 1920. Fue concebida como ballet, pero actualmente se escucha más a menudo como obra de concierto. L...