Baton Orchestral

Dmitri Shostakóvich compuso su Sinfonía nº 5 en re menor, Op. 47, entre abril y julio de 1937. Fue estrenada el 21 de noviembre de 1937 en Leningrado por la Orquesta Filarmónica de Leningrado. El estr...

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...

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'...

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...

Die Moldau (Vltava) es el segundo movimiento del ciclo de poemas sinfónicos "Ma Vlast", del compositor checo Bedrich Smetana. En esta pieza, Smetana utiliza la pintura tonal para evocar los sonidos de...

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) fue un compositor estadounidense. Su estilo se considera "americano", pero quedó eclipsado hacia el final de su vida, cuando la música de Gershwin y Copland se h...

'Russian Easter Festival Overture' (La grande Pâque russe), is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. It is based on themes from the 'obikhod', which is a...

Josef Strauss was an Austrian composer and brother of Johann jr. and Eduard. He joined the 'Strauss' family orchestra, along with his brothers Johann and Eduard in the 1850s. He wrote 283 opus numbers...

In 1851 Johann Strauss jr. composed the 'Albion-Polka', dedicated to Count Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The count and his wife, Priscilla, both loved music...

Durch's Telephon (a través del "teléfono") es una polca de Johann Strauss compuesta en 1890 para el baile anual de la asociación vienesa de autores y periodistas "Concordia". El título, "Durch's Telep...

A Shropshire Lad es una colección de 63 poemas del poeta inglés Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936). Los poemas hablan de la fugacidad del amor y de la juventud, del deber hacia la patria, de enfrentars...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831 - 1896). The melody of the trio is...

Reinhold Glière, a Russian composer of Belgian descent. As a composer Glière followed the Russian romantic tradition, something that brought him official praise in 1948 when the music of Prokofiev and...

Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen composed incidental music for the play 'Vasantasena' in 1896 while he worked as a theater conductor in Bergen. Later he selected four numbers for performance as a co...

Richard Wagner compuso el "Idilio de Sigfrido" como regalo de cumpleaños a su segunda esposa, Cosima, tras el nacimiento de su hijo Sigfrido en 1869. Fue estrenado en la mañana de Navidad del 25 de di...

Richard Wagner compuso el "Idilio de Sigfrido" como regalo de cumpleaños a su segunda esposa, Cosima, tras el nacimiento de su hijo Sigfrido en 1869. Fue estrenado en la mañana de Navidad del 25 de di...

El "Cascanueces" de Tschaikowsky es un ballet en dos actos con un libreto adaptado del cuento de E. T. A. Hoffmann "El Cascanueces y el Rey de los Ratones". Se ha convertido en una de sus composicione...

Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for the play 'Athalia' in the years 1843-1845. The story is based on the play 'Athalie' by the French playwright Jean Racine. From this incidental music, the...

Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for the play 'Athalia' in the years 1843-1845. The story is based on the play 'Athalie' by the French playwright Jean Racine. From this incidental music, the...

El amor brujo es un ballet compuesto en 1914-1915 por Manuel de Falla. En 1925, el ballet cuenta la historia de amor de una gitana poseída por el espíritu de un antiguo amante. Este amante aparece en...

In 1891, Claude Debussy, accepted an odd commission of a Scottish general named Meredith Reid, a descendant of the 'Lords of Ross'. He asked him to write a march using a traditional melody associated...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) was the greatest representative of the national style in Czechoslovakia. He graduated from the Prague conservatory in 1859 and worked several years as a viola player and mus...

Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He stamped his own mark with the quick polka,...

'Chanson de Matin', Op. 15, No. 2, is composed by Edward Elgar for violin and piano, and later orchestrated by the composer. Its first publication was in 1899 though it is thought that it was almost c...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Polka-schnell 'Leichtes Blut' is a beautiful example of Strauss' r...