Baton Orchestral

In 1939, Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote incidental music for a children's play called 'The Inventor and the Comedians', by the Soviet Jewish writer Mark Daniel. The play was staged at the 'C...

In 1868 Johann Strauss jr. composed the polka 'Freikugeln' (Free-Shooter), opus 326 which commemorated the '3rd German Federal Shooting Contest', which attracted no less than ten thousand entrants fro...

El compositor ruso Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov es conocido sobre todo por la suite orquestal "Caucasian Sketches", que incluye la muy comentada "Procession of the Sardar". Pero igual de interesante es su...

El compositor ruso Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov es conocido sobre todo por la suite orquestal "Caucasian Sketches", que incluye la muy comentada "Procession of the Sardar". Pero igual de interesante es su...

Johann Strauss composed the 'Kuss-Walzer' (Kiss Waltz) in 1881. This waltz was dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich and comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta 'Der lustige Krieg'...

Composed in 1868, 'Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald' (Tales from the Vienna Woods) was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The waltz's premiere that...

Composed in 1868, 'Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald' (Tales from the Vienna Woods) was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The waltz's premiere that...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Inspired by one of his students and his later wife, Ottorino Respighi composed in 1922 'Vetrate di Chiesa' (The Church Windows). This four movement Symphonic Suite is based on Gregorian melodies. It's...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (El añil y los cuarenta ladrones) fue la primera opereta de Johann Strauss, estrenada en 1871 en el Theater an der Wien de Viena (Austria). Más tarde utilizó melodías de...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (El añil y los cuarenta ladrones) fue la primera opereta de Johann Strauss, estrenada en 1871 en el Theater an der Wien de Viena (Austria). Más tarde utilizó melodías de...

In 1860 the curtain of the Carl-Theater in Vienna rose on the first production of Offenbach's parody of Greek mythology, 'Orphée aux enfers' ('Orpheus in the Underworld'). Sitting among the audience i...

In 1860 the curtain of the Carl-Theater in Vienna rose on the first production of Offenbach's parody of Greek mythology, 'Orphée aux enfers' ('Orpheus in the Underworld'). Sitting among the audience i...

Fidelio, la única ópera de Beethoven, encarna sus ideales de heroísmo y libertad frente a la opresión política. La ópera se estrenó en Viena en 1805, con el título de "Leonora" y la obertura que ahora...

Fidelio, la única ópera de Beethoven, encarna sus ideales de heroísmo y libertad frente a la opresión política. La ópera se estrenó en Viena en 1805, con el título de "Leonora" y la obertura que ahora...

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) composed the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in 1874 as a suite of ten piano pieces. The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, a...

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) composed the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in 1874 as a suite of ten piano pieces. The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, a...

As many composers in those days Johann Strauss also wrote a piece celebrating technological innovation. 'Vergnügungszug' (Pleasure Train) was written for the Association of Industrial Societies Ball a...

As many composers in those days Johann Strauss also wrote a piece celebrating technological innovation. 'Vergnügungszug' (Pleasure Train) was written for the Association of Industrial Societies Ball a...

Strike Up the Band es un musical de 1927 de George Gershwin. La historia satiriza el gusto de Estados Unidos por la guerra: Estados Unidos declara la guerra a Suiza por una trivial cuestión comercial....

Strike Up the Band es un musical de 1927 de George Gershwin. La historia satiriza el gusto de Estados Unidos por la guerra: Estados Unidos declara la guerra a Suiza por una trivial cuestión comercial....

Josef Strauss (1827-1870) was an Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss ('Vater') and brother of Johann jr. and Eduard. Josef joined the 'Strauss' family orchestra, along with his brothers Johann an...

Josef Strauss (1827-1870) was an Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss ('Vater') and brother of Johann jr. and Eduard. Josef joined the 'Strauss' family orchestra, along with his brothers Johann an...

Pan y Syrinx es un poema sinfónico de nueve minutos de Carl Nielsen basado en la antigua leyenda que cuenta cómo el amoroso dios Pan inventó la flauta de pan cuando perseguía a la ninfa Syrinx. Syrinx...