Douglas McLain: Mittelschwere Noten

The work of the Russian composer Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) is characterized by bizarre humour, originality, precision and imagination. Kikimora is a fairy tale for orchestra by Liadow about a female h...

The work of the Russian composer Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) is characterized by bizarre humour, originality, precision and imagination. Kikimora is a fairy tale for orchestra by Liadow about a female h...

1933 komponierte Revueltas seine kurze symphonische Dichtung "Janitzio", benannt nach einer Insel im Patzcuaro-See im Bundesstaat Michoacßn, westlich von Mexiko-Stadt, deren Bevölkerung ihr Einkommen...

Das Diptychon "Estampes Simfoniques" (Symphonische Bilder) des spanischen (katalanischen) Komponisten Joaquim Serra (1907-1957) wäre kein einzigartiges Werk, wenn die Musik, die die Partitur inspirier...

The diptych "Estampes Simfòniques" (Symphonic Images) by the Spanish (Catalan) composer Joaquim Serra (1907-1957) would not be a unique piece in its production if it wasn"t because in this occasion th...

Alejandro Garcia Caturla (1906 - 1940) was a Cuban composer of art music and creolized Cuban themes. He was fascinated by creolized Afro-Cuban rhythms and these Creole themes were characteristic of hi...

Alejandro García Caturla (1906 - 1940) war ein kubanischer Komponist von Kunstmusik und kreolisierten kubanischen Themen. Er war von den kreolisierten afrokubanischen Rhythmen fasziniert, und diese kr...

Ollantay ist eine der letzten Partituren aus der nationalistischen Periode des argentinischen Komponisten Alberto Ginastera. Das Bildmaterial für die Musik stammt aus dem "Popol Vuh", dem Buch des Rat...

Ollantay is one of the last scores of his nationalistic period of the Argentin composer Alverto Ginastera. The imagery for the music comes from the "Popol Vuh", or Council Book, an assemblage of Mayan...

Dvorak wrote his Prague Waltzes in December of 1879, at the request of a prestigious Prague musical society, and premiered the following January. They were written just after the first set of Slavonic...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk war einer der ersten Komponisten, der karibische Rhythmen und Melodien in konzertante Werke einbaute. Seine scharfsinnige Musik nahm das vorweg, was später Ragtime und Jazz wur...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk's compositions were the first to incorporate rhythms and 'native" melodies of the West Indies into the concert music mainstream. His music astutely predated what would become r...

Ancient Airs and Dances (Italian: Antiche arie e danze) is a set of three orchestral suites by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. Suite No. 3 was composed in 1932. It differs from the previous two su...

Heute ist "Carmen" wahrscheinlich die berühmteste Oper des gesamten Opernrepertoires, obwohl ihre Uraufführung im Jahr 1875 eine große Enttäuschung war, weil die sehr realistische Handlung missverstan...

Claude Debussy's L'isle joyeuse (The Happy Island) is an extended solo piano piece that was inspired by Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère, in which a happy group of revelers depart for/from...

Claude Debussy's L'isle joyeuse (The Happy Island) is an extended solo piano piece that was inspired by Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère, in which a happy group of revelers depart for/from...

Mignon ist eine "opéra comique" in drei Akten des französischen Komponisten Ambroise Thomas. Das französische Originallibretto stammt von Jules Barbier und Michel Carré und basiert auf Goethes Roman "...

Mignon ist eine "opéra comique" in drei Akten des französischen Komponisten Ambroise Thomas. Das französische Originallibretto stammt von Jules Barbier und Michel Carré und basiert auf Goethes Roman "...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...

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...

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) was one of the composers who defined a Spanish nationalistic sound and profoundly affected the style of other Iberian composers. His 12 Danzas Españolas are relatively e...

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) was one of the composers who defined a Spanish nationalistic sound and profoundly affected the style of other Iberian composers. His 12 Danzas Españolas are relatively e...