Baton Music

'Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three 'da Ponte' opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The duet 'Crudel! Per...

'Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three 'da Ponte' opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The duet 'Crudel! Per...

Andreas van Zoelen (* 1978) is a saxophonist of Dutch/Moravian descent. He studied conducting and saxophone at the Brabants Conservatorium in the Netherlands, with Jean Pennings. He started his compos...

Andreas van Zoelen (* 1978) is a saxophonist of Dutch/Moravian descent. He studied conducting and saxophone at the Brabants Conservatorium in the Netherlands, with Jean Pennings. He started his compos...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as 'The Five'. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions - 'Capr...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as 'The Five'. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions - 'Capr...

'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 indi...

'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 indi...

In the Steppes of Central Asia is the common English title for a "musical tableau" (or symphonic poem) which Borodin composed in 1880. The work was originally intended to be presented as one of severa...

The Havanaise in E major Opus 83, is a composition for violin and orchestra based on the habanera rhythm, written in 1887 by Camille Saint-Saëns. The havanaise (habañera in Spanish) is a dance in 2/4...

The Havanaise in E major Opus 83, is a composition for violin and orchestra based on the habanera rhythm, written in 1887 by Camille Saint-Saëns. The havanaise (habañera in Spanish) is a dance in 2/4...

Although some of Revueltas's music might hint at somber, ancient Indian rites (Noche de los Mayas and Sensemaya) or paint austere landscapes (Planos and Itinerarios), Caminos (1937) is one of Revuelta...

Although some of Revueltas's music might hint at somber, ancient Indian rites (Noche de los Mayas and Sensemaya) or paint austere landscapes (Planos and Itinerarios), Caminos (1937) is one of Revuelta...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. The set of songs is not a cycle in the narrowest sense, be...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. The set of songs is not a cycle in the narrowest sense, be...

Zaide (originally, "Das Serail) is an unfinished opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Only the arias and ensembles from the first two acts were composed. Missing are an overture and third...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The duet 'Trinke Liebchen, trinke schnell' is sung by Alfredo and Ros...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The duet 'Trinke Liebchen, trinke schnell' is sung by Alfredo and Ros...

'Du und Du (Thou and Thou, or alternatively, You and You), opus 367, is a waltz composed by Strauss in 1874. The waltz features themes from the operetta Die Fledermaus. The title of the piece, as well...

'Du und Du (Thou and Thou, or alternatively, You and You), opus 367, is a waltz composed by Strauss in 1874. The waltz features themes from the operetta Die Fledermaus. The title of the piece, as well...

El sombrero de tres picos' ('The Three-Cornered Hat') is a ballet in two acts choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. The ballet was premiered in 1919 in London at the 'Alhambra...

Dimitri Shostakovichs 8. Streichquartett wurde, mit Zustimmung des Komponisten, von Rudolf Barshai für Streichorchester, unter dem Titel'Kammersinfonie in c-Moll', umgearbeitet. 2014 arrangierte Anton...

Shostakovich work on the String Quartet No. 8 proceeded simultaneously with incidental music to the film Five Days - Five Nights and in this quartet he for the first time resorts to quoting themes and...

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843) was an Austrian dance music composer. He is best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even t...