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La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man.She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her lo...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man.She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her lo...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man.She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her lo...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man.She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her lo...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. Like the famous polka Donner und Blitz, the Tick-Tack Polka opus 365 i...

Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune was inspired by the poem The Afternoon of a Faune by Stephane Mallarme, and later formed the basis for a ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. It is one...

Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune was inspired by the poem The Afternoon of a Faune by Stephane Mallarme, and later formed the basis for a ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. It is one...

The fourth movement (Finale) of Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's fifth symphony, beginning and ending as a triumphal march, might be thought to represent the victory of the will, since the fate theme of the...

The Spanish composer Pedro Iturralde (*1929) has to be considered both as pioneer and nestor of Spanish jazz music. Pequena Czarda (little dance) is a virtuoso little solo piece for saxophone and pian...

Tschaikovsky composed his Solo 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 some...

Tschaikovsky composed his Solo 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 some...

One of the most influential of German romantic composers is Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). He is especially known because of his opera's but he composed some masses and a number of solo concerto's...

One of the most influential of German romantic composers is Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). He is especially known because of his opera's but he composed some masses and a number of solo concerto's...

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. The...

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. The...

Ottorino Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936) had already begun to attract international attention for his orchestral tone poem Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) (1917) when he wrote his Ballata della Gn...

Ottorino Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936) had already begun to attract international attention for his orchestral tone poem Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) (1917) when he wrote his Ballata della Gn...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. The story of Princess Turandot is perhaps the most repulsive that any...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. The story of Princess Turandot is perhaps the most repulsive that any...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Richard Wagner, after Tannhäuser, with Lohengrin. This transcription contains the well known prelude to the 3rd...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Richard Wagner, after Tannhäuser, with Lohengrin. This transcription contains the well known prelude to the 3rd...

The score of La Gioconda is best known for its ballet divertimento The Dance of the Hours.The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour of sev...

The score of La Gioconda is best known for its ballet divertimento The Dance of the Hours.The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour of sev...

The score of La Gioconda is best known for its ballet divertimento The Dance of the Hours.The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour of sev...

The score of La Gioconda is best known for its ballet divertimento The Dance of the Hours.The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour of sev...