Eduard Strauss

Acclaimed French composer Albert Roussel is known today for his famous pupils, Erik Satie and Edgard Var?Îse, as well as for his own marvelous works. Composed specifically for the famed Goldman Band a...

Charles Gounod's opera 'Faust' tells the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants to be young and feel the passion of love. He concluded a pact with the devil - Méphistophélès - that helps him...

Charles Gounod's opera 'Faust' tells the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants to be young and feel the passion of love. He concluded a pact with the devil - Méphistophélès - that helps him...

The third act of Wagner's opera 'Der fliegende Holländer' opens with the 'Entr'acte' and 'Sailors' Chorus': an introduction including motifs associated with the sailors and with the girls' spinning-so...

The third act of Wagner's opera 'Der fliegende Holländer' opens with the 'Entr'acte' and 'Sailors' Chorus': an introduction including motifs associated with the sailors and with the girls' spinning-so...

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 epi...

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 epi...

'I Masnadieri' ('The Robbers') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an by Andrea Maffei, based on the play 'Die Räuber' by Friedrich von Schiller. As Verdi became more successful in Italy, he...

'I Masnadieri' ('The Robbers') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an by Andrea Maffei, based on the play 'Die Räuber' by Friedrich von Schiller. As Verdi became more successful in Italy, he...

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...

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...

Iolanthe was the seventh collaboration between librettist William Gilbert and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Both men were "at the top of their game" for this venture and this operetta is well known fo...

Iolanthe was the seventh collaboration between librettist William Gilbert and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Both men were "at the top of their game" for this venture and this operetta is well known fo...

Felix Mendelssohn's "Concerto for Violin" became immediately very popular soon after its premiere in 1845 and is still regarded as one of the greatest violin concertos of all time. The concerto has de...

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the...

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the...

Max Bruch composed 'Kol Nidrei' for Cello and Orchestra in 1881. It is styled as an Adagio on two Hebrew Melodies and consists of a series of variations on two main themes of Jewish origin. The first...

Max Bruch composed 'Kol Nidrei' for Cello and Orchestra in 1881. It is styled as an Adagio on two Hebrew Melodies and consists of a series of variations on two main themes of Jewish origin. The first...

Zum 100. Geburtstag von Edvard Grieg im Jahr 2007 dachte sich Stefan Schwalgin etwas ganz Besonderes aus: Er holte die beliebte, überhaupt nicht angestaubte Musik des norwegischen Komponisten in die G...

Johannes Brahms gehört zu den Spitzenkomponisten der Kammermusik des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Er war großartig in dieser Musik und ein hervorragender Nachfolger von Beethoven und Haydn. Ein Meisterwe...

AIDA ist eine der bekanntesten Opern aus der Feder von Giuseppe Verdi. Die Uraufführung fand am 24. Dezember 1871 in Kairo statt. Verdi hatte die pompöse Oper im 'rein ägyptischen Stil' zwar schon ein...

Dem Prinz-Regenten von England Georg August Friedrich gewidmet I. Schlacht Englische Trommeln und Trompeten Rule Britannia Französische Trommeln und Trompeten Marlborough Aufforderung und Gegenruf Sch...