Partituras para orquesta

Hänsel und Gretel, a Märchenspiel (Fairy-tale opera) in three acts, was written by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) in 1890-1892, with a libretto by his sister Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck began to wo...

CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893) fue un prolífico compositor francés a mediados del siglo XIX, pero no gozó del reconocimiento de sus colegas ni del público hasta que su ópera FAUST se estrenó en París en 1...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) drew material for his NORWEGISCHE TÄNZE, Op. 35 (4 NORWEGIAN DANCES), originally scored for piano and four hands, from an 1853 collection of Norwegian folk tunes compiled by L...

SIGURD JORSALFAR, OP. 22, fue compuesta por Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) para una obra de Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson en honor del rey Sigurd I. Estrenada en Christiania el 10 de abril de 1872, la música incide...

Esta edición de la obra más famosa de George Frideric Haendel (1685-1759) fue adaptada para su representación en Viena por Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Sugerido por Gottfried van Swieten, el l...

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year...

The three-act opera Rodrigo, HWV 5, was composed in 1707 and was George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) first opera in the Italian style. Telling the tale of the historical Rodrigo, the last Visigothic...

El compositor neerlandés Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) compuso su MARCHA DE LOS BOYARS en 1893, y sigue siendo su obra más popular. Tras una oferta de un puesto en el Conservatorio de Bucarest (que rech...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor 'Farewell' (Hob. I.45; 'Abschiedssinfonie' in German), the most well-known of his 'Sturm und Drang' symphonies, in 1772, and it is...

Symphony No. 44 was completed in 1772 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rumored that the composer requested the third movement be played at his funeral, the work is popularly known as "Trauersinfonie...

Tradicionalmente atribuida a Franz Joseph Haydn, la SINFONÍA DE JUGUETE, Hob.II: 47, es conocida por su caprichoso surtido de instrumentos de juguete. Su autoría ha sido objeto de controversia durante...

The three-act opéra comique Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble Bride) was written in 1831, and is one of Ferdinand Hérold's (1791-1833) most popular works during the 19th century. It...

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, un Märchenspiel (ópera de cuento de hadas) en tres actos, fue escrita por Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) en 1890-1892, con libreto de su hermana Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck comen...

French composer Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Le roi d'Ys, an opera in three acts and five tableaux, between 1875 and 1888. He was prompted by his wife, contralto Julie de Maligny, to use the Breton...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914), one of the Russian Five, wrestled with doubt in his own creative talent. Exclusively writing small-scale works, he explored the folk music of his native country, much of wh...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) compuso KIKIMORA, Op. 63 en 1909. Basada en la figura familiar de la mitología eslava, la siguiente descripción de Russian Folk-Tales of I.P. Sakharov (traducida por Carl Si...

Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) began to develop the concept of the symphonic poem (symphonische dichtung; poème symphonique) following his 1847 retirement from concert...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...

La idea de TOTENTANZ, S. 126 (Danza de los muertos) fue concebida por Franz Liszt (1811-1886) en 1838. Le siguieron dos versiones, la primera terminada en 1853 y la segunda en 1864. La llamativa pieza...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) escribió 19 Rapsodias húngaras para piano como una forma de incorporar la música de su juventud a sus composiciones, y la Rapsodia húngara nº 2 en do sostenido menor, S.244/2 (...

American composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) originally wrote his orchestral Suite No. 1, Op. 42 in 1891, although the original version only included four movements. In 1893, MacDowell added the 3rd...

Francisco de Madina (1907-1972), also known as Aita Madina, received his education in Bordeaux and was ordained a priest in 1929. He served his first parish in Buenos Aires and became director of a sc...

Francisco de Madina (1907-1972), also known as Aita Madina, received his education in Bordeaux and was ordained a priest in 1929. He served his first parish in Buenos Aires and became director of a sc...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) compuso su QUINTA SINFONÍA entre 1901 y 1902, una época en la que obtuvo un gran éxito en su carrera como director de orquesta y conoció y se casó con Alma Schindler, que en...