Mittelschwere Klassik-Noten

Georges Bizet composed 'L'Arlésienne' as incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play of the same name, usually translated as 'The Girl from Arles'. The incidental music has survived and flourished, how...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

As many French composers in those days, Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) had a passion for ancestral lands and many of his compositions reflect this rural heritage. One of these is the 'Fantaisie sur des th...

As many French composers in those days, Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) had a passion for ancestral lands and many of his compositions reflect this rural heritage. One of these is the 'Fantaisie sur des th...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

Mozart wrote the 'Rondo for Piano and Orchestra' in Vienna in 1782 as an alternative final movement to his 'Piano Concerto No. 5', which he composed in 1773 at the age of eighteen. In fact, this 'rond...

Mozart wrote the 'Rondo for Piano and Orchestra' in Vienna in 1782 as an alternative final movement to his 'Piano Concerto No. 5', which he composed in 1773 at the age of eighteen. In fact, this 'rond...

François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775 - 1834) was a popular French composer with great successes in 'Grand Opera' and 'Opéra Comiques'. His popularity resulted in his nickname 'The French Mozart'. Out of al...

François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775 - 1834) was a popular French composer with great successes in 'Grand Opera' and 'Opéra Comiques'. His popularity resulted in his nickname 'The French Mozart'. Out of al...

Eden is written by Matthias van Nispen tot Pannerden. It is inspired by a few phrases from the Biblical book of Genesis and has a similar instrumentation as Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, from...

Eden is written by Matthias van Nispen tot Pannerden. It is inspired by a few phrases from the Biblical book of Genesis and has a similar instrumentation as Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, from...

'Dubinushka', whose title may be translated as 'The Little Oak Stick', was composed By Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1905 during the first Russian Revolution. Rimsky-Korsakov takes his theme from a revol...

'Dubinushka', whose title may be translated as 'The Little Oak Stick', was composed By Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1905 during the first Russian Revolution. Rimsky-Korsakov takes his theme from a revol...

During his visit to London in 1867 Johann Strauss composed several polka's, quadrilles and waltzes. One of these is the waltz for orchestra 'Erinnerung an Covent Garden' (Covent Garden Memories) based...

During his visit to London in 1867 Johann Strauss composed several polka's, quadrilles and waltzes. One of these is the waltz for orchestra 'Erinnerung an Covent Garden' (Covent Garden Memories) based...

In 1880, while on a convalescent holiday at the coastal resort of Saint-Pair, Emmanuel Chabrier composed what were to be called 'Pièces pittoresques'. Both Alfred Cortot and Francis Poulenc discuss th...

In 1880, while on a convalescent holiday at the coastal resort of Saint-Pair, Emmanuel Chabrier composed what were to be called 'Pièces pittoresques'. Both Alfred Cortot and Francis Poulenc discuss th...

'The Perfect Fool' is a comic opera in one act with music and libretto by Gustav Holst which was premiered in 1923. The opera was not a success, and audiences found the story confusing. Although the o...

'The Perfect Fool' is a comic opera in one act with music and libretto by Gustav Holst which was premiered in 1923. The opera was not a success, and audiences found the story confusing. Although the o...

'Tarantelle styrienne' was written in 1890 after Claude Debussy returned from Villa Medici, Italy, where he had spent over two years studying as part of the requirements of the Prix de Rome, which he...

'Tarantelle styrienne' was written in 1890 after Claude Debussy returned from Villa Medici, Italy, where he had spent over two years studying as part of the requirements of the Prix de Rome, which he...