Baton Music

Para celebrar la colocación de la primera piedra de la nueva Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom de Linz, el obispo Franz-Josef Rudigier pidió a Bruckner una cantata. Bruckner respondió entusiasmado con la composici...

Léo Delibes was a French composer specialized in ballets, operas, and other works for the stage. His most notable works include ballets like 'Coppélia' and 'Sylvia' as well as the operas 'Le roi l'a d...

Belgian composer César Franck Composed his Mass, Opus 12 in 1872. In the fifth movement of this mass he incorporated the strophe of 'Sacris solemniis' that begins with the words 'Panis Angelicus' ('br...

Belgian composer César Franck (omposed his Mass, Opus 12 in 1872. In the fifth movement of this mass he incorporated the strophe of "Sacris solemniis" that begins with the words "Panis angelicus" (bre...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

El "Ave María" de Charles Gounod consiste en una melodía que superpuso a una versión muy poco modificada del Preludio nº 1 "de Joh. Seb. El clave bien temperado" de Bach, escrito 137 años antes. Junto...

El "Ave María" de Charles Gounod consiste en una melodía que superpuso a una versión muy poco modificada del Preludio nº 1 "de Joh. Seb. El clave bien temperado" de Bach, escrito 137 años antes. Junto...

The 'Mass in b minor' (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the ye...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

El "Mesías" (HWV 56) es un oratorio en lengua inglesa compuesto en 1741 por George Friedrich Händel. Tras una acogida inicial modesta, el oratorio fue ganando popularidad hasta convertirse en una de l...

El "Ave María" de Charles Gounod consiste en una melodía que superpuso a una versión muy poco modificada del Preludio nº 1 "de Joh. Seb. El clave bien temperado" de Bach, escrito 137 años antes. Junto...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

El "Mesías" (HWV 56) es un oratorio en lengua inglesa compuesto en 1741 por George Friedrich Händel. Tras una acogida inicial modesta, el oratorio fue ganando popularidad hasta convertirse en una de l...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) fue, al igual que su tío y maestro Andrea, uno de los desarrolladores del estilo antifonal veneciano. También fue alumno de Orlando di Lasso y llevó el estilo antifonal a...

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) fue, al igual que su tío y maestro Andrea, uno de los desarrolladores del estilo antifonal veneciano. También fue alumno de Orlando di Lasso y llevó el estilo antifonal a...

After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi suggested that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honor. Unfortunately the project was abandoned by the organis...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...