Baton Music

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) was one of the most important organ and harpsichord players of his time. He gave concerts in numerous musical centers and was, among other things, the full-time organi...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Capriccio ist die letzte Oper des deutschen Komponisten Richard Strauss. Sie trägt den Untertitel "Ein Konversationsstück für Musik" und wurde am 28. Oktober 1942 am Nationaltheater München uraufgefüh...

Capriccio ist die letzte Oper des deutschen Komponisten Richard Strauss. Sie trägt den Untertitel "Ein Konversationsstück für Musik" und wurde am 28. Oktober 1942 am Nationaltheater München uraufgefüh...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) war einer der drei großen Komponisten der Belcanto-Epoche, die in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts die italienische Opernszene beherrschte. "La Sonnambula" ist die e...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) war einer der drei großen Komponisten der Belcanto-Epoche, die in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts die italienische Opernszene beherrschte. "La Sonnambula" ist die e...

For piano four-hands Franz Schubert composed a small series of three military marches, which are collected under the catalog of works by Otto Erich, German, as D 733. The first of the three is far mor...

For piano four-hands Franz Schubert composed a small series of three military marches, which are collected under the catalog of works by Otto Erich, German, as D 733. The first of the three is far mor...

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...

The aria E lucevan le stelle is sung by Cavaradossi in the third and final act of Puccini's Opera Tosca. To fulfil his last wishes he is allowed to write a letter to Tosca: `And the stars flickered wh...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

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...

Zaïde ist ein Lied für Sopran und Orchester, das Hector Berlioz im November 1845 auf ein Gedicht von Roger de Beauvoir komponierte. Es entstand zur gleichen Zeit, als er die Komposition von "Die Verda...

Zaïde ist ein Lied für Sopran und Orchester, das Hector Berlioz im November 1845 auf ein Gedicht von Roger de Beauvoir komponierte. Es entstand zur gleichen Zeit, als er die Komposition von "Die Verda...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Ascanio ist eine große Oper, die von Camille Saint-Saëns in den Jahren 1887-1888 komponiert wurde. Das französische Libretto der Oper basiert auf dem Theaterstück "Benvenuto Cellini" von 1852. Der Nam...

Ascanio ist eine große Oper, die von Camille Saint-Saëns in den Jahren 1887-1888 komponiert wurde. Das französische Libretto der Oper basiert auf dem Theaterstück "Benvenuto Cellini" von 1852. Der Nam...

In 1924, the celebrated composer Giacomo Puccini is working on his opera "Turandot". He is seriously ill, feels that his end is near and that he lacks the strength to complete the opera. In a final me...

In 1924, the celebrated composer Giacomo Puccini is working on his opera "Turandot". He is seriously ill, feels that his end is near and that he lacks the strength to complete the opera. In a final me...