Baton Music

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

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...

Kurt Weills (1900-1950) bekanntestes Werk ist "Die Dreigroschenoper" (1928), eine Neubearbeitung von John Gays "The Beggar's Opera", die in Zusammenarbeit mit Bertolt Brecht entstand. Weills Partitur...

Max Reger (1873 -1916), was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Between 1904 and 1912 Reger composed the "Schlichten Weisen" op. 76, 60 songs in 6 volumes. One of th...

Max Reger (1873 -1916), was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Between 1904 and 1912 Reger composed the "Schlichten Weisen" op. 76, 60 songs in 6 volumes. One of th...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Le Nozze di Figaro ist eine der drei Opern, die Mozart nach einem Libretto von Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), dem berühmten Wiener Theaterdirektor und Hofdichter, komponiert hat. Die "Canzonetta sull'a...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The 'Slavonic Dance No. 1' is a 'f...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The 'Slavonic Dance No. 1' is a 'f...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

Der Bürger als Edelmann ist der deutsche Titel eines Stücks von Molière und einer Orchestersuite von Richard Strauss. Das französische Originalstück heißt "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" und handelt von ei...

Der Bürger als Edelmann ist der deutsche Titel eines Stücks von Molière und einer Orchestersuite von Richard Strauss. Das französische Originalstück heißt "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" und handelt von ei...

Urlicht gehört zu Mahlers "Wunderhornliedern" und wird auch in seiner zweiten Sinfonie "Auferstehung" verwendet. Der Text des Liedes handelt von dem großen Schmerz und der Verzweiflung, in der die Men...

Urlicht gehört zu Mahlers "Wunderhornliedern" und wird auch in seiner zweiten Sinfonie "Auferstehung" verwendet. Der Text des Liedes handelt von dem großen Schmerz und der Verzweiflung, in der die Men...

'Guglielmo Ratcliff' ist eine tragische Oper in vier Akten des italienischen Komponisten Pietro Mascagni. Das Libretto wurde aus dem deutschen Schauspiel "Wilhelm Ratcliff" (1822) von Heinrich Heine ü...

'Guglielmo Ratcliff' ist eine tragische Oper in vier Akten des italienischen Komponisten Pietro Mascagni. Das Libretto wurde aus dem deutschen Schauspiel "Wilhelm Ratcliff" (1822) von Heinrich Heine ü...

Die "Ungarischen Tänze", die direkt das warme Blut der ungarischen Zigeunermusik heraufbeschwören, bestehen aus 21 Tänzen, die ursprünglich für Klavier zu vier Händen komponiert wurden. Vielleicht wen...

Die "Ungarischen Tänze", die direkt das warme Blut der ungarischen Zigeunermusik heraufbeschwören, bestehen aus 21 Tänzen, die ursprünglich für Klavier zu vier Händen komponiert wurden. Vielleicht wen...