Baton Orchestral

The 'Kaisermarsch' (Imperial March) is a patriotic march composed by Richard Wagner in 1871 in order to exalt the foundation of the German Empire after the victorious Franco-Prussian War. The 'Kaiserm...

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga (1806 -1826) was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed 'the Spanish Mozart' after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an ac...

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga (1806 -1826) was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed 'the Spanish Mozart' after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an ac...

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837- 1910) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian com...

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837- 1910) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian com...

Als Komponist begann Franz Lehár mit Beiträgen zum Operngenre, doch der große Triumph seiner ersten Operette "Die lustige Witwe" im Jahr 1905 machte ihm klar, dass er seine Talente der Operette widmen...

Als Komponist begann Franz Lehár mit Beiträgen zum Operngenre, doch der große Triumph seiner ersten Operette "Die lustige Witwe" im Jahr 1905 machte ihm klar, dass er seine Talente der Operette widmen...

La Damnation de Faust was in the beginning a kind of oratorio, although Hector Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) called it himself a concert-opera. To place the Hungarian March in the piece, Hector Berlioz s...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Egyptischer Marsch Opus 335 is a beautiful...

Entry March of the Boyars, composed in 1895 by the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, has been a popular orchestral favorite ever since and one of the best-known examples of Scandinavian orchestral m...

Der 1895 vom norwegischen Komponisten Johan Halvorsen komponierte Einzugsmarsch der Bojaren ist seither ein beliebtes Orchesterstück und eines der bekanntesten Beispiele für skandinavische Orchestermu...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. His polka opus 332 'Eljen a Magyar!' (Hungaria...

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...

Julius Fucík war ein tschechischer Komponist, der über 400 Märsche, Polkas und Walzer komponiert hat. Da die meisten seiner Werke für Militärkapellen bestimmt waren, wird er manchmal als "böhmischer S...

Johann Schrammel (1850 1893) was an Austrian composer and musician. In 1878 he founded with his brother Josef Schrammel and Anton Strohmayer a trio; they were later joined by the clarinettist Georg Da...

Johann Schrammel (1850 - 1893) war ein österreichischer Komponist und Musiker. Im Jahr 1878 gründete er mit seinem Bruder Josef Schrammel und Anton Strohmayer ein Trio, dem sich später der Klarinettis...

Die dreisätzige Suite 'Sigurd Jorsalfar' entstand 1872 aus einer neunteiligen Schauspielmusik, die Edvard Grieg für ein Theaterstück über den Norwegischen König komponierte. Der daraus stammende 'Homa...

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...

Le Villi ("Die Weiden" oder "Die Feen") ist ein Opernballett in zwei Akten und Puccinis erstes Bühnenwerk. Die drei Orchestersätze - parte sinfonica - aus der Oper, "Preludio", "L'Abbandano" und "La T...

Le Villi ("Die Weiden" oder "Die Feen") ist ein Opernballett in zwei Akten und Puccinis erstes Bühnenwerk. Die drei Orchestersätze - parte sinfonica - aus der Oper, "Preludio", "L'Abbandano" und "La T...

Le Villi ("Die Weiden" oder "Die Feen") ist ein Opernballett in zwei Akten und Puccinis erstes Bühnenwerk. Die drei Orchestersätze - parte sinfonica - aus der Oper, "Preludio", "L'Abbandano" und "La T...

Le Villi ("Die Weiden" oder "Die Feen") ist ein Opernballett in zwei Akten und Puccinis erstes Bühnenwerk. Die drei Orchestersätze - parte sinfonica - aus der Oper, "Preludio", "L'Abbandano" und "La T...

Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...