Partituras para orquesta sinfónica

The triple 'Hafner-Musique' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Hafner Symphony K. 385 in the summer of 1782 on the occasion of the nobilization of his friend and patron Sigmund Hafner. In addition t...

Russian music researcher Polina Vajdman has gone back to all relevant sources in her editing.

For the premiere in London on May 14, 1832, he prepared a fundamental new version, and Mendelssohn continued to fine-tune details until the first printing of the score, which was published by Breitkop...

A visit to the opera provided the impetus for dealing with the fairy-tale theme of the knight Raimund's love for the beautiful mermaid Melusine, which forms the basis of Mendelssohn's fourth concert o...

For the 'Fidelio' overture, composed at lightning speed in 1814, a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library today provides a reliable basis for a new text-critical edition.

Schumann's 'Sinfonietta' in the Urtext The intensity with which Schumann dealt with the symphony is shown not only by the four known works themselves, but also by compositions that stand between the g...

1936 erhielt Béla Bartók von seinem Schweizer Mäzen Paul Sacher den Kompositionsauftrag zur "Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta". Bartók gelang dabei eines der großen Meisterwerke des...

Little is known about the actual composition process of Lemminkäinen and the performance and publication history is rather complex, resulting in a first complete printing of all the four movements en...

Little is known about the actual composition process of Lemminkäinen and the performance and publication history is rather complex, resulting in a first complete printing of all the four movements en...

… a forest god in New York The symphonic poem Tapiola is the final major composition for orchestra that Sibelius was able to complete and publish. In January 1926 he had accepted the commission from t...

Gewiss hatte Robert Schumann recht, als er bald nach Beethovens Tod konstatierte, dass dessen Konzeption von der Sinfonie als großem, universellem Bekenntniswerk von der nächsten Komponistengeneration...

Die Ouvertüre zu Ruy Blas, die letzte von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy komponierte Ouvertüre, ist nicht als frei konzipierte Partitur, sondern als Eröffnungsstück einer Bühnenmusik entstanden. Allerdin...

Of all his symphonies, Mahler gave the Fourth, his favorite and problem child, his most particular attention. 'The Heavenly Life,' a humoresque composed in 1892 for soprano and piano, which he already...

«De la precisión del material vocal depende el rumbo que tomará mi obra en los próximos años». Esta exigencia que Mahler le hizo a C. F. Kahnt, el primer editor de la Sexta sinfonía, se la impuso tamb...

Mahlers Neunte singt von Schönheit, Liebe und Vergänglichkeit. "Welt! Lebe wohl" notierte Mahler über den letzten Takten. Seine letzte vollendete Symphonie umarmt die Welt von Gestern und stößt zuglei...

Richard Strauss was aware (especially following the success of his 'Don Juan') of his reputation and above all of his 'value' as a composer, which led him to rewrite several of his successful works by...

«De la precisión del material vocal depende el rumbo que tomará mi obra en los próximos años». Esta exigencia que Mahler le hizo a C. F. Kahnt, el primer editor de la Sexta sinfonía, se la impuso tamb...

Joachim Raff's Fifth Symphony "Lenore" op. 177, composed in 1872, reveals the composer as a representative of the middle ground between Neo-German aesthetics and the symphonic tradition. It owes its n...

Strauss had originally intended that Don Quixote always be performed, if possible, together with Heldenleben, “since Don Q. in particular is only fully comprehensible alongside Heldenleben.” To date,...

Johann Sebastian Bachs Magnificat BWV 243 ist eine opulente Festmusik, die in vielerlei Hinsicht eine Besonderheit in seinem Œuvre darstellt. Die erste Fassung (Es-dur, BWV 243.1) erfährt ihre Urauff...

Immediately after finishing his First Symphony in B flat major op. 38, Robert Schumann wrote the present D minor Symphony in 1841. Despite its successful world premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 4...

Se dice que "El Danubio Azul" es el himno secreto de Austria y, junto con la "Marcha Radetzky", es la pieza tradicional del Concierto de Año Nuevo de la Filarmónica de Viena. Ya en su estreno mundial...

Johann Strauß Sohn revolucionó el vals vienés en el siglo XIX y lo popularizó en todo el mundo. Sus obras, como los famosos valses "El bello Danubio azul" op. 314 y "Cuentos de los bosques de Viena" o...

Con gran seguridad, Friedrich Wieck anuncia en otoño de 1833 la nueva composición de su hija: «Ahora está componiendo un gran concierto que está llamando la atención de los entendidos». Clara Schumann...