Baton Orchestral

El Anillo del Nibelungo es un ciclo de cuatro óperas épicas del compositor alemán Richard Wagner, basadas en personajes de las sagas nórdicas y en el 'Nibelungenlied'. "Das Rheingold" es la primera óp...

Der Ring des Nibelungen" (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the...

The 'Naughty Limericks' (Concerto for Orchestra No. 1) from Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin creates striking impressions. This one-movement piece is not a 'Concerto' in the 'Bartokian' sense. 'Naugh...

The Naughty Limericks (Concierto para orquesta nº 1) del compositor ruso Rodion Shchedrin causa impresiones sorprendentes. Esta pieza de un solo movimiento no es un concierto en el sentido bartokiano....

Puccini composed his opera 'Manon Lescaut' in 1893 and it became together with 'Tosca' his first outstanding success. He used some musical elements in Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written....

Puccini composed his opera 'Manon Lescaut' in 1893 and it became together with 'Tosca' his first outstanding success. He used some musical elements in Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written....

'El vuelo del abejorro' es un interludio orquestal escrito por Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov para su ópera "La historia del zar Saltan". La pieza cierra el tercer acto, durante el cual el pájaro-cisne mágic...

Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan". The piece closes the 3rd act, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Pr...

Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century. His public career from 1831 until his deat...

Gayaneh es un ballet en cuatro actos con música de Aram Khachaturian compuesta en 1941-1942. La música es típicamente "khachaturiana", con uso de música folclórica armenia y referencias a Borodin y Ri...

Gayaneh is a four-act ballet with music by Aram Khachaturian composed in 1941-1942. The music is typically "Khachaturian" with use of Armenian Folk music and referring to Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov....

Louis Moreau Gottschalk's compositions were the first to incorporate rhythms and 'native' melodies of the West Indies into the concert music mainstream. His music astutely predated what would become r...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk's compositions were the first to incorporate rhythms and 'native" melodies of the West Indies into the concert music mainstream. His music astutely predated what would become r...

Iolanthe was the seventh collaboration between librettist William Gilbert and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Both men were "at the top of their game" for this venture and this operetta is well known fo...

Italian composer Nino Rota composed orchestral works including four symphonies, several concertos, eight operas, five ballets, songs and chamber music but he was mainly known for his film music like '...

Italian composer Nino Rota composed orchestral works including four symphonies, several concertos, eight operas, five ballets, songs and chamber music but he was mainly known for his film music like '...

Ancient Airs and Dances (Italian: Antiche arie e danze) is a set of three orchestral suites by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. Suite No. 3 was composed in 1932. It differs from the previous two su...

The somewhat wayward French composer Erik Satie was often criticized that his compositions would have no form. So he collected some of his pieces into a kind of 'best of' and put them in the shape of...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Pelléas et Mélisande, Opus 80, es una suite derivada de la música incidental del compositor francés Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) para la obra homónima de Maurice Maeterlinck. La "Sicilienne" (Allegro mol...