1812 Ouverture Solenelle wurde von Tschaikowsky 1880 zum Gedenken an die Verteidigung Moskaus gegen Napoleons vorrückende Grande Armee in der "Schlacht von Borodino" im Jahr 1812 geschrieben. Die Ouve...
Die Planeten des Komponisten Gustav Holst ist eine siebensätzige Orchestersuite, in der jeder Satz nach einem Planeten des Sonnensystems und seinem entsprechenden astrologischen Zeichen benannt ist. D...
Anton Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in B-flat major was composed in Vienna during the years 1875 and 1876.The crowning glory of the whole work is the Finale. (Concert Band)
'The Planets' by English composer Gustav Holst is a seven-movement orchestral suite in which each movement is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character. The...
Richard Tauber (1892-1948) was an Austrian-born British tenor and composer celebrated for his vocal work in opera and, especially, operetta. In 1913 he made his highly successful operatic debut, as Ta...
Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...
'Girl Crazy' is a musical in two act with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It had its premiere in 1930 in New York and had in the first run a total of 272 performances. The overtur...
Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar (1862 - 1941) parodied the conventions of Romantic opera in his own operas and secular cantatas, his music itself is staunchly Romantic in voice, little troubled by even...
After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. T...
