Edwin F. Kalmus

Die ursprünglich von Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) für Klavier solo geschriebene fünfsätzige Suite MIROIRS ("Spiegel") entstand zwischen 1904 und 1905, wobei jeder Satz einem anderen Mitglied der französi...

Spanish conductor and composer Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) was dedicated to writing zarzuelas, the populist Spanish genre of lyric-dramatic one-act operas popular at the end of the 19th century and b...

Die Andalucia Suite besteht aus sechs Einzelkompositionen. Dazu gehören das unsterbliche Malaguena und das ebenso schöne Andalucia, bekannt als The Breeze and I. Sowohl Malaguena als auch Andalucia si...

Though Hubay was best known as a violinist, he also distinguished himself as a composer. His FANTAISIE BRILLANTE was written in 1877. Demanding considerable technique, it contains the opera's greatest...

Though Hubay was best known as a violinist, he also distinguished himself as a composer. His FANTAISIE BRILLANTE was written in 1877. Demanding considerable technique, it contains the opera's greatest...

The Nutcracker has achieved the status of being the world’s most popular and most often performed ballet. This is the first edition with a complete full score to accompany William McDermott's 1969 red...

Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) composed the three-act opera Wozzeck between 1914 and 1922 after seeing a production of German playwright Georg Büchner's incomplete drama Woyzeck. Beginning t...

Dies ist der wunderschöne langsame Satz aus Mascagnis Cavalleria Rusticana. Diese gekürzte Fassung fügt dem Original zwei alternative Besetzungen hinzu und ist für bessere Orchester überall geeignet....

EUGENE ONEGIN, based on a verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin, is Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) best-known opera. The story depicts the life of the titular Onegin, a Russian dandy who does not...

EUGENE ONEGIN, basierend auf einem Versroman von Alexander Puschkin, ist die bekannteste Oper von Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893). Die Geschichte schildert das Leben des titelgebenden Onegin,...

EUGENE ONEGIN, based on a verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin, is Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) best-known opera. The story depicts the life of the titular Onegin, a Russian dandy who does not...

Das Ballett El Amor Brujo (Die verhexte Liebe) wurde 1915 von Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) komponiert und bis 1920 immer wieder überarbeitet, so dass mehrere Versionen entstanden. In dem Ballett, das a...

Written in 1909 and one of two suites by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) under Op. 28 written originally for military band, the First Suite in E-flat is considered a cornerstone of the band repertoire. This...

Written in 1911 and one of two suites under Op. 28 written originally for military band, the Second Suite in F is longer and considered more difficult than its sister suite. This version for orchestra...

Musetta's Waltz ist ein recht gewagtes Lied, das Musetta in Puccinis Oper La Bohème singt, um die Aufmerksamkeit eines ehemaligen Liebhabers zu erregen. Diese neu verfügbare Konzertadaption verwendet...

Má vlast (My Fatherland or My Country) is a collection of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) between 1874 and 1879. Conceived as individual works, though commonly presented as...

Má vlast (My Fatherland or My Country) is a collection of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) between 1874 and 1879. Conceived as individual works, though commonly presented as...

George Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) loved to read, a fact well-represented by his Don Quixote Suite: Ouverture in G No. 10, TWV 55:G10 (Burlesque de Quichotte) for strings. Introducing his subject wit...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) wrote his overture King Lear (H 53), just after the abrupt dissolution of his engagement to Camille Moke. He had just arrived in Italy as the winner of the 1830 Prix de Rome...

Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) opéra comique in two acts, Béatrice et Bénédict, was completed in 1862. The French libretto was completed by Berlioz, after a subplot from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Noth...

Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) opéra comique in two acts, Béatrice et Bénédict, was completed in 1862. The French libretto was completed by Berlioz, after a subplot from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Noth...

Während Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) gewöhnlich eng mit programmatischer Musik in Verbindung gebracht wird, hat sein LE CORSAIRE OVERTURE, op. 21/H. 101 hat keinen erzählerischen Hintergrund, obwohl der...

Während Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) gewöhnlich eng mit programmatischer Musik in Verbindung gebracht wird, hat sein LE CORSAIRE OVERTURE, op. 21/H. 101 hat keinen erzählerischen Hintergrund, obwohl der...

One of two orchestral serenades composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) that served as early efforts to write orchestral music, this SERENADE No. 1 in D is the composer's first published orchestral wo...

One of two orchestral serenades composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) that served as early efforts to write orchestral music, this SERENADE No. 1 in D is the composer's first published orchestral wo...