Mitropa Classics

The celebrated Austrian composer Josef Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) owes his fame predominantly to his symphonies, his masses, his Te Deum, his string quintets and his devotional church music, including...

This attractive overture by Saverio Mercadante is an important example of original composition for band from the 19th century. Mercadante was inspired by themes by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) from hi...

This overture, called Sinfonia, is without doubt one of the best original works for concert band to emerge from the 19th century. It is characterised by its fluid spontaneity as well as its rich textu...

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...

The Barber of Seville is based on the first of Beaumarchais' (1732- 1799) two sequential plays, The Marriage of Figaro being the second, although unusually the overture does not contain any themes fro...

Camillo De Nardis' Il giudizio universale (The Universal Judgement) was awarded first prize at the Competition for Band Composition held in Naples. This composition was inspired by Verdi's Requiem wit...

In this symphonic poem, George Gershwin portrays a day in the life of an American tourist in Paris. The music accompanies him along the Champs Elysées and through the Latin Quarter, where he becomes -...

In this symphonic poem, George Gershwin portrays a day in the life of an American tourist in Paris. The music accompanies him along the Champs Elysées and through the Latin Quarter, where he becomes -...

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral comes originally from the second act of Richard Wagner's famous romantic opera Lohengrin. This solemn and stately music accompanies the wedding procession that carri...

Franz Liszt's 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies are characterised by melancholy, great expressiveness and wonderful gypsy rhythms. No. 2 is the best known of all, mainly thanks to the use of various passages fo...

Das Andante Religioso ist der langsame Teil der vierten von sechs Orgelsonaten, die der Komponist und Pianist Mendelssohn Bartholdy zwei Jahre vor seinem Tod komponierte. Die authentische Blasorcheste...

Auf dem Programm der traditionellen Neujahrskonzerte der Wiener Philharmoniker stehen natürlich stets Wiener Komponisten, allen vorweg Strauss (Vater und Sohn) oder auch Josef Schrammel, dessen Quarte...

The genre operetta (literally meaning 'small opera') originated halfway through the 19th century, as an antidote to the ever-lengthening opéra comique, which by that time contained more and more tragi...

In diesem Werk treffen sich drei Walzermelodien aus verschiedenen bekannten Operetten: Zunächst erklingt Lippen schweigen aus Die lustige Witwe von Franz Lehar, danach folgt Ja, das alles auf Ehr aus...

Diese würdevolle Musik von Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) wurde von Rolf Amstad für Blasorchester bearbeitet. Das Stück eignet sich besonders, um Ihre Musikerinnen und Musiker mit dem Spielen eines Wer...

Diese würdevolle Musik von Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) wurde von Rolf Amstad für Blasorchester bearbeitet. Das Stück eignet sich besonders, um Ihre Musikerinnen und Musiker mit dem Spielen eines Wer...

Das Andante Religioso ist der langsame Teil der vierten von sechs Orgelsonaten, die der Komponist und Pianist Mendelssohn Bartholdy zwei Jahre vor seinem Tod komponierte. Die authentische Blasorcheste...