Jos van de Braak: Anspruchsvolle Noten

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

The last movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Dvorak's eighth symphony starts with a Trumpet fanfare followed by the dark coloured main theme that dominates throughout the piece: either in its slow lyr...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

Donna Diana' is the only opera of von Reznicek that is still to be performed sometimes. Its style is charming (viennese) and diverting with some spanish coloring.The overture, unique in its freshness...

Nielsen's Rhapsodic Overture (1927) represents the romantic musical element in orchestral composition. The sub-title A fantasy journey to FaroÙr belies the imaginative character of the piece, which is...

Nielsen's Rhapsodic Overture (1927) represents the romantic musical element in orchestral composition. The sub-title A fantasy journey to FaroÙr belies the imaginative character of the piece, which is...

Symphony No. 2, known as "Die Auferstehung" ("The Resurrection"), was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895 and became one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his...

Symphony No. 2, known as "Die Auferstehung" ("The Resurrection"), was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895 and became one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his...

Richard Wagner's Fliedermonolog Was duftet doch der Flieder is sung in the second act of the Opera Die Meistersinger: Sitting outside his house on a sultry Midsummer's Eve, Hans Sachs tries to concent...

Richard Wagner's Fliedermonolog Was duftet doch der Flieder is sung in the second act of the Opera Die Meistersinger: Sitting outside his house on a sultry Midsummer's Eve, Hans Sachs tries to concent...

The Wahnmonolog Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn! is sung by Hans Sachs in the first scene of the third and last act of Richard Wagner's Opera Die Meistersinger. On a sunny morning Sachs is sitting in his wor...

The Wahnmonolog Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn! is sung by Hans Sachs in the first scene of the third and last act of Richard Wagner's Opera Die Meistersinger. On a sunny morning Sachs is sitting in his wor...

From 1824 through 1829 Rossini's life was centered in Paris where he composed at the age of 37 his 39th and last opera: the masterpiece Guglielmo Tell. Its four part overture is a vast programmatic de...

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...

The first movement of Dvorak's 8th Symphony, Allegro con brio, contains no less than five themes that flow freely into each other but have their own character. Gustav Mahler described this movement as...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

Johannes Brahms composed the 'Variations on a theme by Haydn' in the summer of 1873. The theme Brahms used was entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' and attributed to the composer Joseph Haydn. But subsequent...

Johannes Brahms composed the 'Variations on a theme by Haydn' in the summer of 1873. The theme Brahms used was entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' and attributed to the composer Joseph Haydn. But subsequent...

The 'Piano Concerto No. 1' in B-flat minor, Op. 23, is one of the most popular of Tschaikowsky's compositions and among the best known of all piano concertos. The concerto follows the traditional form...

The 'Piano Concerto No. 1' in B-flat minor, Op. 23, is one of the most popular of Tschaikowsky's compositions and among the best known of all piano concertos. The concerto follows the traditional form...

In his early years, Richard Straus was primarily a 'domestic' composer with dances, songs, piano pieces, sonatas and sonatinas after Classical models alternate with first cautious attempts. In this pr...

In his early years, Richard Straus was primarily a 'domestic' composer with dances, songs, piano pieces, sonatas and sonatinas after Classical models alternate with first cautious attempts. In this pr...