Ensembles

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

'I Puritani' (The Puritans) is the last opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It is situated in England during the English Civil War in 1640. The aria 'Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei' is sung in the first act by Ri...

'I Puritani' (The Puritans) is the last opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It is situated in England during the English Civil War in 1640. The aria 'Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei' is sung in the first act by Ri...

Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (1786-1832) was a German-born Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. During his lifetime, Kuhlau was known primarily as a concert pianist and compose...

Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (1786-1832) was a German-born Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. During his lifetime, Kuhlau was known primarily as a concert pianist and compose...

Das Balett 'Nuits d'Egypte' des russischen Komponisten Anton Arensky (1861-1906) basiert auf der Novelle 'Une nuit de Cléopatre' von Théophile Gautier. Berühmt wurde es unter anderem durch die Suite,...

Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet Nuits d'Egypte, based on Théophile Gautier's novella Une nuit de Cléopatre, in 1900. The ballet was programmed by Serge Diaghilev at his...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

Absolutely one of the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is Torna a Surriento' written in 1902 by the Italian composer Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) to words by his brother Giambattista. 'Torna a Surrie...

Absolutely one of the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is Torna a Surriento' written in 1902 by the Italian composer Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) to words by his brother Giambattista. 'Torna a Surrie...

Absolutely one of the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is Torna a Surriento' written in 1902 by the Italian composer Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) to words by his brother Giambattista. 'Torna a Surrie...

Absolutely one of the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is Torna a Surriento' written in 1902 by the Italian composer Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) to words by his brother Giambattista. 'Torna a Surrie...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...

Children's Corner is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy published in 1908 and later orchestrated by Debussy's friend André Caplet. The sixth and last piece of the suite is Golliwogg...

'Le Roi d'Ys' (The King of Ys) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Édouard Lalo, to a libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the old Breton legend of the drowned city of Ys, which was, accord...

'Le Roi d'Ys' (The King of Ys) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Édouard Lalo, to a libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the old Breton legend of the drowned city of Ys, which was, accord...

Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937) was Russian composer and musicologist. He graduated at the Moscow Conservatorium where he studied with Kashkina, Hubert, Taneyev and Arensky. In the 1890s he became a t...

Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937) was Russian composer and musicologist. He graduated at the Moscow Conservatorium where he studied with Kashkina, Hubert, Taneyev and Arensky. In the 1890s he became a t...

'I Lombardi' (or I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, The Lombards on the First Crusade) is an operatic lyric drama in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an e...

'I Lombardi' (or I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, The Lombards on the First Crusade) is an operatic lyric drama in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an e...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...

Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera 'Rigoletto' in 1851 and together with 'La Traviata' (1853) and 'Il Trovatore' (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The aria 'Caro nome' is...

Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera 'Rigoletto' in 1851 and together with 'La Traviata' (1853) and 'Il Trovatore' (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The aria 'Caro nome' is...