Bill Conti

Many see Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the...

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...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Richard Wagner composed the 'Siegfried Idyll' as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December...

Richard Wagner composed the 'Siegfried Idyll' as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December...

When, in 1889, German military composer Carl Teike brought his newly composed march to the regiment, the Kapellmeister simply told him: 'We've got plenty enough of musical marches, put this one in the...

When, in 1889, German military composer Carl Teike brought his newly composed march to the regiment, the Kapellmeister simply told him: 'We've got plenty enough of musical marches, put this one in the...

Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) was a Dutch composer and conductor. His opera 'Thijl' (1940), often regarded as his masterpiece and arguably the most important opera in Dutch musical history, is one of his...

Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) was a Dutch composer and conductor. His opera 'Thijl' (1940), often regarded as his masterpiece and arguably the most important opera in Dutch musical history, is one of his...

Pascual Marquina Narro (1873 - 1948) was a prolific Spanish orchestral and operatic composer. As a composer he is particularly known for his pasodoble works. Among these belong the very well-known pas...

Pascual Marquina Narro (1873 - 1948) was a prolific Spanish orchestral and operatic composer. As a composer he is particularly known for his pasodoble works. Among these belong the very well-known pas...

About Mendelssohn's oratorio 'Elias' The Times said: 'Never was there a more complete triumph - never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.' The libretto of Elijah is most ski...

'Parsifal' is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on 'Parzival' by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival...

'Parsifal' is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on 'Parzival' by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival...

In 1869, Josef Strauss spent the summer together with his brother Johann in Pavlovsk near St. Petersburg. When he recovered from an illness he wrote a particularly fast-paced fast polka and gave the w...

Eine wunderschöne Bearbeitung des Pilgerchores aus Wagner's Tannhäuser, die sehr nahe am Original gehalten ist. Dieses Arrangement kann sowohl mit als auch ohne Männerchor aufgeführt werden.

Besetzung: Eine Aufführung ohne Chor und Solist ist möglich, da alle Choreinsätze zur Unterstützung ins Orchester eingearbeitet wurden. Alt- und Kontrabass-Klarinette, Bass-Saxophon und Violoncello si...

Besetzung: Eine Aufführung ohne Chor ist möglich, da alle Choreinsätze zur Unterstützung ins Orchester eingearbeitet wurden. Alt- und Kontrabass-Klarinette, Bass-Saxophon und Violoncello sind optional...

Wagner on Stage verwendet Auszüge aus den vier schönsten Wagner-Opern: Tannhäuser, Götterdämmerung, Lohengrin und Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Richard Wagner schrieb wohl die dramaturgischsten Oper...

Entdecken Sie Wagner neu mit Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, einer Oper, die heute nicht mehr zu den bekanntesten Werken Richard Wagners zählt, aber seinerzeit sehr gut beim Publikum ankam. Das war a...

Entdecken Sie Wagner neu mit Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, einer Oper, die heute nicht mehr zu den bekanntesten Werken Richard Wagners zählt, aber seinerzeit sehr gut beim Publikum ankam. Das war a...