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Der spanische Komponist Pedro Iturralde (*1929) ist sowohl als Pionier als auch als Nestor der spanischen Jazzmusik zu betrachten. Pequena Czarda (kleiner Tanz) ist ein virtuoses kleines Solostück für...

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his second piano concerto in 1957 as a birthday gift for his 19-year-old son Maxim who premiered the piece during his graduation at the Moscow Conservatory. The eager, brilli...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of operas, oratorios and masses but he was also a fine chamber-work and concerto-composer with a delicate touch and no...

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...

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...

'Il Convegno' (in Italian 'the meeting' or the 'appointment') for two clarinets and piano was composed by Amilcare Ponchielli in 1857. 'Il Covegno' is in three sections, linked by cadenzas and other c...

As a composer Franz Lehar started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his operetta's made him clear that he had to gif his talents to the genre. Der Zarewitsch is one of tho...

Trumpet and Concert Band. Mexican composer Augustin Lara (1897- 1970) was mainly a composer of songs used in movies and cabarets. It is said that Lara never learned musical notation. In total he wrote...

Saint-Saëns also contributed voluminously to the French concertante literature. He wrote five piano concertos, three violin concertos, two cello concertos, and about twenty smaller concertante works f...

Ludwig August Lebrun (1752 -1790) was a German oboist and composer. He started playing with the orchestra at the court of the Prince-Elector Carl Theodor in Mannheim at the age of 12 and became a full...

The 'Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major' by Antonio Vivaldi is one of the few solo works of the early 1700's to feature brass instruments and is among Vivaldi's best-known creations. As with the gre...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Despite being very busy with three different Broadway musicals, Gershwin was able to complete the 'Concerto in F' for Piano and Orchestra in November, 1925. It was commissioned by the American conduct...

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) wrote his 'Villanelle' as a demanding exam piece for the horn class of the Paris Conservatoire in 1906. The title, referencing a cheerful traditional vocal genre that originated...

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer. Caccini is mostly known for his 'Ave Maria'. This hauntingly beautiful 16th century melody was virtual...

Jedes der drei 'Preludes' von George Gershwin aus dem Jahr 1926 ist ein berühmtes Beispiel für den enormen Einfluss des Jazz auf die klassische Musik Amerikas im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Marco Tamanini...

An uncommon and surprising combination: violin and wind orchestra. The arrangement of this work by Camille Saint-Sa?ns was commisioned by Harmonie Orpheus Tilburg and performed at the 1997 World Music...

An uncommon and surprising combination: violin and wind orchestra. The arrangement of this work by Camille Saint-Sa?ns was commisioned by Harmonie Orpheus Tilburg and performed at the 1997 World Music...

A short solo work by the Italian composer Donizetti who, in addition to his many operas, also composed a few concert works for wind instruments. Suitable for beginning soloists. (Clarinet and Concert...

A short solo work by the Italian composer Donizetti who, in addition to his many operas, also composed a few concert works for wind instruments. Suitable for beginning soloists. (Clarinet and Concert...