William Austin

Based on a cantillation melody collected by the composer's father in the 1920s, this short work suggests ancient origins. The tonality reflects very little of the modes we often associate with orienta...

Italian composer Luigi Denza (1846-1922) is best remembered for 'Funiculì, Funiculà' (1880), a humorous Neapolitan song inspired by the inauguration of a funicular at the summit of the 'Vesuvius'. Bes...

Polka-Bohemia Op.82 von Anton Rubinstein war 1868 in einer Sammlung nationaler Tänze für Klavier erschienen. Das Stück vermittelt als tschechische Polka Volkstanz-Stimmung. In der Bearbeitung für Blas...