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Symphony No. 40 in G minor', KV 550 was written in 1788. Work on the symphony occupied an exceptionally productive period of just a few weeks during which time he also completed the 39th and 41st symp...

Symphony No. 40 in G minor', KV 550 was written in 1788. Work on the symphony occupied an exceptionally productive period of just a few weeks during which time he also completed the 39th and 41st symp...

Mozart completed his 'Symphony No. 41 in C major', KV 551, in August 1788. It's the longest and last symphony that he composed and is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in class...

Mozart completed his 'Symphony No. 41 in C major', KV 551, in August 1788. It's the longest and last symphony that he composed and is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in class...

Jocelyn ist eine Oper in vier Akten von Benjamin Godard und ist am besten für Godards dauerhafteste Komposition, die zarte Berceuse (Wiegenlied) für Tenor Oh! ne t'éveille pas encore bekannt in Englis...

Jocelyn ist eine Oper in vier Akten von Benjamin Godard und ist am besten für Godards dauerhafteste Komposition, die zarte Berceuse (Schlaflied) für Tenor Oh! ne t'éveille pas encore bekannt in Englis...

(Wind Ensemble (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 3 hn, cello, string bass))

(Wind Ensemble (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 3 hn, cello, string bass))

(Wind Ensemble (solo oboe, 2 fl, 2 cl, 2 bs, 3 hn, cello, string bass))

(Wind Ensemble (solo oboe, 2 fl, 2 cl, 2 bs, 3 hn, cello, string bass))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 2 hn and soprano))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 2 hn and soprano))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (solo voice, picc, fl, ob, engl. hn, 2 cl, 2 bs, 4 hn, string bass, harp))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (solo voice, picc, fl, ob, engl. hn, 2 cl, 2 bs, 4 hn, string bass, harp))

Ravel schrieb Ma mère l oye (Mutter Gans) ursprünglich als Klavierduett für die Godebski-Kinder Mimi und Jean, 6 und 7 Jahre alt. Ravel widmete dieses Werk für vier Hände den Kindern (so wie er ein fr...

The Passacaglia is a composition on a recurring bass line with ever-new variations in the melody voices. Falconiero's Passacaglia from Il Primo Libro was original written for three instruments and bas...

picc. trp, 2 trp, flugel hrn, 4 hrn, 3 trb, baritone, tuba, perc., harp The highlights of Saint-Saens oeuvre are the Organ Symphony (1866) and the opera 'Samson et Dalila' (1877). With its familiar st...

The highlights of Saint-Saëns oeuvre are the Organ Symphony (1866) and the opera Samson et Dalila (1877). With its familiar story and many stretches of vigorous and appealing music Samson et Dalila ha...

Instrumentation solo trumpet, picc. trp, trp, flugel hrn, 4 hrn, 3 trb, baritone, tuba 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas. Based on an excellent play by Beauma...

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...

Bei Gustav Mahlers Rückert-Liedern für Gesang und Orchester oder Klavier handelt es sich weniger um einen 'Zyklus', als um eine Sammlung eigenständiger Werke, obwohl sie zusammen veröffentlicht wurden...

In Mozarts Oper 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' versucht der Held, Belmonte, zusammen mit seinem Diener Pedrillo seine geliebte Konstanze aus dem Serail des Pascha Selim zu befreien. Die Arie 'Hier so...

One of the musical highlights from Franz von Suppé's operetta 'Boccaccio' is the aria 'Hab'ich nur dein Liebe' wich is sung by Fiametta. It's a beautiful tiny subdued aria which has become repertoire...