Jos van de Braak

In December 1755 Mozart's father drew inspiration from a horse sleigh-ride. Needless to say, the sleigh bells and coachman's whip were not neglected. (Concert Band)

Besides opera's, Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) composed music for wind ensemble and some solopieces for wind instruments. (English Horn and Concert Band)

Besides opera's, Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) composed music for wind ensemble and some solopieces for wind instruments. (English Horn and Concert Band)

La Traviata' tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. The aria 'E Strano' - how strange it is - is sung by Violetta...

La Traviata' tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. The aria 'sempre libera' is the very end of the first act: Vi...

The Italian Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) may have been the first to embody the tradition of the sheperds music, the Pastorale in orchestral music. In this transcription special attention has to be gi...

The Elegie in its original form for cello and piano dates from 1880 and seems to have been intended as the slow movement of a larger work. Faure orchestrated the piano part in 1895 and the work became...

Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The aria 'Voi che sapete' is sung...

In the final part Maestoso of the Second Symphony in c minor (1901), Scriabin wanted to bring to sound the radiant triumph of men over life's obstacles and defeats. His striving was a concept so simpl...

In the final part Maestoso of the Second Symphony in c minor (1901), Scriabin wanted to bring to sound the radiant triumph of men over life's obstacles and defeats. His striving was a concept so simpl...

'Revelge' (Reveille) belongs to the finest of the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was written in 1899: The military bugle call develops in a demonic marcia funebre for the lost soldier. (Higher Voice...

'Revelge' (Reveille) belongs to the finest of the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was written in 1899: The military bugle call develops in a demonic marcia funebre for the lost soldier. (Higher Voice...

In the Adagio of Dvorak's eighth symphony, there is a masterly alternation of minor-and major-mode themes picturing an old castle in his proud and melancholic aspects. (Concert Band)

In the Adagio of Dvorak's eighth symphony, there is a masterly alternation of minor-and major-mode themes picturing an old castle in his proud and melancholic aspects. (Concert Band)

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen' belongs to the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was composed in 1895. The beauty of truth and not the beauty of romantic make-believe, so evident for Mahler's songs, is...

Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen' belongs to the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was composed in 1895. The beauty of truth and not the beauty of romantic make-believe, so evident for Mahler's songs, is...

The aria 'Ah prigioniero io sono' ('I am a prisoner') in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' is sung in the fourth and last act: Nabucco turns to the God of the Hebrews and promises to convert himself an...

The aria 'se al nuovo di pugnando' in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'La Battaglia di Legnano' is sung by Rolando, the leader of a group of Italian knights that tried to stop the invasion in Lombardy of the G...

The aria 'se al nuovo di pugnando' in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'La Battaglia di Legnano' is sung by Rolando, the leader of a group of Italian knights that tried to stop the invasion in Lombardy of the G...

The 'Missa Solemnis in B flat' was Anton Anton Bruckner's first major work for choir and orchestra. In this transcription of the Agnus Dei, a brass choir of horns, Trumpets and trombones replaces the...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e', mostly named flowersong is...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e', mostly named flowersong is...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...