Iann Dior

This piece sets the first six verses of Psalm 105 in a song of praise packed with energy and fervour. A spirited organ part is present throughout, with spritely triplet figurations set against long, m...

This original text is a powerful prayer for God to inhabit our music and worship.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

Neben Opern und Balletten komponierte Léo Delibes auch geistliche Werke wie die bekannte 'Messe brêve'. Im Original für Kinderstimmen und Orgel konzipiert, wird sie auch oft mit Frauenstimmen aufgefüh...

Neben Opern und Balletten komponierte Léo Delibes auch geistliche Werke wie die bekannte 'Messe brêve'. Im Original für Kinderstimmen und Orgel konzipiert, wird sie auch oft mit Frauenstimmen aufgefüh...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

In 1877 Dvorak was requested by the violinist Josef Markus to write a new piece for him. Dvorak went back to an earlier piece and transformed the slow movement of the String Quartet opus 7 into the Ro...

In 1877 Dvorak was requested by the violinist Josef Markus to write a new piece for him. Dvorak went back to an earlier piece and transformed the slow movement of the String Quartet opus 7 into the Ro...

For the Danse Macabre, Saint-SaÙns turned to the 'Dance of the Death', which appears in various versions in the Art of the later Middle Ages. Saint-SaÙns evokes (using the xylophone) the midnight cavo...

For the Danse Macabre, Saint-SaÙns turned to the 'Dance of the Death', which appears in various versions in the Art of the later Middle Ages. Saint-SaÙns evokes (using the xylophone) the midnight cavo...

The stunning XXVI Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna was the last work by Antonio Salieri - a sort of brooding soliloquy but, at the same time, something of a massive study in timbre and instrumentatio...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it's quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The Carmen Fantasy, together with Z...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it's quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The Carmen Fantasy, together with Z...

The Prelude for Orchestra (Granada) was commissioned in 1961 by Granada Television for use in their broadcasts.Walton had composed in the genre several times before (Crown Imperial, Spitfire etc.) but...

Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893-1962) was an English conductor and composer. Besides his career as a conductor, Goossens was also a skilled composer, completing nearly seventy works including chambe...

Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893-1962) was an English conductor and composer. Besides his career as a conductor, Goossens was also a skilled composer, completing nearly seventy works including chambe...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The 'Carmen Fantasy' , together wit...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it's quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The Carmen Fantasy, together with Z...

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the first part of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier in 1722 while he was Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold at the court of Cöthen. The somewhat unusual title is based on the dis...

The Prelude and Fugue from The Spitfire (1942) by William Walton had its origin in music for the film The first of the few, a tribute to R.J.Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire, by Leslie Howard .The s...

The chorus Jauchzet Frohlocket! is the very beginning of the first part of Bach's Christmas Oratoria: 'Am erster Weihnachts-feiertage'. (Choir and Concert Band)

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...