Jos van de Braak

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The aria Spiel'ich die Unschuld vom Lande is sung in the third act by...

The recitativo Crudele! Ah no mio bene! and the aria Non mi dir, bell' idol mio is sung by Donna Anna near the very end of the opera Don Giovanni.In a room of her house, Ottavio offers to make Donna A...

The recitativo Crudele! Ah no mio bene! and the aria Non mi dir, bell' idol mio is sung by Donna Anna near the very end of the opera Don Giovanni.In a room of her house, Ottavio offers to make Donna A...

Mozart's funeral motet Ave verum corpus was composed in june 1791 for Anton Stroll, choirmaster at the spa of Baden, near Vienna. Within a tiny span the music sounds an extraordinary depth of feeling,...

Orfeo's famous aria Che faro senza Euridice ? (What shall I do without Eurydice?) is placed in the third and final act of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice: At length he, Orfeo can no longer resist Eury...

Orfeo's famous aria Che faro senza Euridice ? (What shall I do without Eurydice?) is placed in the third and final act of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice: At length he, Orfeo can no longer resist Eury...

(Soprano, Choir and Concert Band)

(Soprano, Choir and Concert Band)

The first movement of Dvorak's 8th Symphony, Allegro con brio, contains no less than five themes that flow freely into each other but have their own character. Gustav Mahler described this movement as...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

Among Charles Gounod's compositions are several hundred sacred solo songs, including his 1852 setting of the Catholic hymn 'Ave Maria'. Forty years later, Gounod, a devoutly religious albeit also a de...

On Christmas Eve of 1818, Catholic priest Josef Mohr, showed Austrian composer Franz Xaver Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816 and he asked Gruber to set the poem to music. Because the chu...

On Christmas Eve of 1818, Catholic priest Josef Mohr, showed Austrian composer Franz Xaver Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816 and he asked Gruber to set the poem to music. Because the chu...

Rossini's '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 c...

Rossini's "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 c...

Die Oper "La Wally" von Alfredo Catalani ist vor allem für die Arie "Ebben? Ne andro lontana'. Er hatte diese Arie 1878 unabhängig als "Chanson GroÙnlandaise" komponiert und sie später in seine Oper a...

Alfredo Catalani's Opera "La Wally" is best known for its aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana". He had composed that aria independently as "Chanson Groënlandaise" in 1878 and later incorporated it into his...

When Russian composer Joseph Schillinger met Leon Theremin (the inventor of the theremin) they collaborated resulting in a few of the first original pieces for the theremin. Among those pieces Schilli...

Soprano, Mezzo Soprano and Symphonic Band From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera 'Hänsel und Gretel' was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera 'Hänsel und Gretel' was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based pon the Grim...