Jos van de Braak: Mittelschwere Noten

The aria 'Kuda, kuda vï udalilis' is sung by Lensky, fiancé of Olga and friend of Onegin in the second act of Tschaikowsky's opera Eugene Onegin: Lensky challenged Onegin to a duel in response to Oneg...

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 -1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. Although his 'Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in A major' is a favorite of concerto-starved harpists the world over, t...

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 -1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. Although his 'Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in A major' is a favorite of concerto-starved harpists the world over, t...

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 -1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. After retirement as a teacher at the conservatory, Reinecke devoted his time to composition. In his great oeu...

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 -1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. After retirement as a teacher at the conservatory, Reinecke devoted his time to composition. In his great oeu...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. One of the most beautiful and famous arias in the opera reperto...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. One of the most beautiful and famous arias in the opera reperto...

Das "Chanson de Nuit", Op. 15, Nr. 1, wurde von Edward Elgar für Violine und Klavier komponiert und später vom Komponisten orchestriert. Es wurde erstmals 1897 veröffentlicht, obwohl man davon ausgeht...

Das "Chanson de Nuit", Op. 15, Nr. 1, wurde von Edward Elgar für Violine und Klavier komponiert und später vom Komponisten orchestriert. Es wurde erstmals 1897 veröffentlicht, obwohl man davon ausgeht...

Ruslan und Ludmilla ist eine Oper in fünf Akten (acht Tableaus), die von Michail Glinka zwischen 1837 und 1842 komponiert wurde. Die Oper basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Gedicht von Alexander Puschkin a...

Ruslan und Ludmilla ist eine Oper in fünf Akten (acht Tableaus), die von Michail Glinka zwischen 1837 und 1842 komponiert wurde. Die Oper basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Gedicht von Alexander Puschkin a...

Johan Svendsen (1840 -1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. His most famous work is his 'Romance for Violin and Orchestra' opus 26 which nowadays is for many people the only work fo...

Johan Svendsen (1840 -1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. His most famous work is his 'Romance for Violin and Orchestra' opus 26 which nowadays is for many people the only work fo...

Johann Strauss' first operetta was 'Indigo und die vierzig Räuber' (Indigo and the Forty Thieves) which was first staged in 1871. While it would hardly become one of his more famous efforts, it contai...

Johann Strauss' first operetta was 'Indigo und die vierzig Räuber' (Indigo and the Forty Thieves) which was first staged in 1871. While it would hardly become one of his more famous efforts, it contai...

In 1868 Jacques Offenbach's opéra bouffe 'La Périchole' was premiered in Paris. The title character of this three act opera is based on Micaela Villegas, a beloved 18th century Peruvian entertainer an...

In 1868 Jacques Offenbach's opéra bouffe 'La Périchole' was premiered in Paris. The title character of this three act opera is based on Micaela Villegas, a beloved 18th century Peruvian entertainer an...

Vincenzo Bellini, was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era. However, besides his opera's his instrumental output is limited. The Concerto for Oboe in E-flat major, most likely composed...

The 'Andante e Rondo Ungarese', was written in response to the success of Carl Maria von Weber's 'Bassoon Concerto' and was requested by the bassoonist in the Munich Orchestra, Georg Friedrich Brandt....

The 'Andante e Rondo Ungarese', was written in response to the success of Carl Maria von Weber's 'Bassoon Concerto' and was requested by the bassoonist in the Munich Orchestra, Georg Friedrich Brandt....

Non ti scordar di me ist eines der späteren Lieder von De Curtis, das 1935 für den gleichnamigen Film geschrieben wurde, in dem der Tenor Beniamino Gigli mitwirkte, der viele italienische Lieder berüh...

Non ti scordar di me ist eines der späteren Lieder von De Curtis, das 1935 für den gleichnamigen Film geschrieben wurde, in dem der Tenor Beniamino Gigli mitwirkte, der viele italienische Lieder berüh...

The music for Johann Strauss' Operetta 'Der Zigeunerbaron' is regularly performed today. The orchestral pieces that Strauss furnished from the work were also well-recognised, among them, the sparkling...