Baton Orchestral

The 'Neue Pizzicato Polka', or 'New Pizzicato Polka', Op. 449, was composed by Johann Strauss in early 1892 for concerts to be given under Eduard Strauss in Hamburg. Strauss later placed the work as a...

Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The third movement is titled 'Scherzo'. This scherzo is depicting a hunting scene with series of horn...

Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The third movement is titled 'Scherzo'. This scherzo is depicting a hunting scene with series of horn...

Die schweigsame Frau (La mujer silenciosa) es una ópera en tres actos de Richard Strauss con libreto de Stefan Zweig. Strauss dio a la obertura el subtítulo de "popurrí". El término designa un popurrí...

Die schweigsame Frau (La mujer silenciosa) es una ópera en tres actos de Richard Strauss con libreto de Stefan Zweig. Strauss dio a la obertura el subtítulo de "popurrí". El término designa un popurrí...

In 1884 Edvard Grieg composed the ‘Holberg Suite’, subtitled ‘Suite in olden style’. It’s a suite of five movements based on eighteenth-century dance forms, written to celebrate the 200th anniversary...

'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...

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...

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...