Baton Orchestral

Italian composer Nino Rota composed orchestral works including four symphonies, several concertos, eight operas, five ballets, songs and chamber music but he was mainly known for his film music like '...

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...

The somewhat wayward French composer Erik Satie was often criticized that his compositions would have no form. So he collected some of his pieces into a kind of 'best of' and put them in the shape of...

The somewhat wayward French composer Erik Satie was often criticized that his compositions would have no form. So he collected some of his pieces into a kind of 'best of' and put them in the shape of...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Pelléas et Mélisande, Opus 80, ist eine Suite aus der Bühnenmusik des französischen Komponisten Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) zu Maurice Maeterlincks gleichnamigem Theaterstück. Die "Sicilienne" (Allegro...

Pelléas et Mélisande, Opus 80, ist eine Suite aus der Bühnenmusik des französischen Komponisten Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) zu Maurice Maeterlincks gleichnamigem Theaterstück. Die "Sicilienne" (Allegro...

Gabriel Fauré composed the 'Pavane' during the summer of 1887 and it was originally be orchestrated for a chamber orchestra. Although he enjoyed composing and performing it, Fauré was unaware of (or t...

Gabriel Fauré composed the 'Pavane' during the summer of 1887 and it was originally be orchestrated for a chamber orchestra. Although he enjoyed composing and performing it, Fauré was unaware of (or t...

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...

George Gershwins "Ein Amerikaner in Paris" ist eine jazzbeeinflusste Tondichtung über die Eindrücke, die er in den 1920er Jahren bei einem Besuch Stadt gewann.

Many see Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the...

Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the...

Rachmaninov komponierte die symphonische Dichtung "Die Toteninsel" op. 29 1908 in Dresden, inspiriert von einem Schwarz-Weiß-Druck des gleichnamigen Gemäldes von Arnold Böcklin, den er 1907 in Paris g...

Rachmaninov komponierte die symphonische Dichtung "Die Toteninsel" op. 29 1908 in Dresden, inspiriert von einem Schwarz-Weiß-Druck des gleichnamigen Gemäldes von Arnold Böcklin, den er 1907 in Paris g...

Franz von Suppé komponierte über 200 Bühnenwerke, von denen heute vor allem die Ouvertüren aufgeführt werden und in Filmen Verwendung finden. Zudem schrieb er auch einige Märsche wie den hier vorliege...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly "Dichter...

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...

Maurice Ravel orchestrierte einige Teile seines 1905 vollendeten Klavierzyklus' 'Miroirs' selbst. Gerade die umwerfend-vielfarbige Orchesterfassung des vierten Stücks 'Alborada del gracioso (Morgenges...

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the...

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the...