The Great Classics

The Russian ballet director Sergei Diaghilev commissioned many composers to write music for the theatre. This was what caused Serge Prokofiev to compose the four part Scytische Suite (also known as Al...

Antonin Dvorak, dessen Todestag sich im Jahr 2004 zum 100. Mal jährt, schrieb 1879 die Polonaise im Auftrag des Komitees, welches die Festlichkeiten zu der damals weithin berühmten Veranstaltung, die...

Antonin Dvorák, dessen Todestag sich im Jahr 2004 zum 100. Mal jährt, schrieb 1879 die Polonaise im Auftrag des Komitees, welches die Festlichkeiten zu der damals weithin berühmten Veranstaltung, die...

Antonin Dvorak, dessen Todestag sich im Jahr 2004 zum 100. Mal jährt, schrieb 1879 die Polonaise im Auftrag des Komitees, welches die Festlichkeiten zu der damals weithin berühmten Veranstaltung, die...

Festive Overture was composed in 1954 to commemorate the 37th birthday of the October Revolution of 1917. With this overture Shostakovich shows his brighter side, in contrast to his melancholy 10th sy...

Preludes and overtures were often written to set the mood of Viennese folk plays and therefore might be used for more than one production. Such was the case for Poet and Peasant, which introduced a co...

French composer Léo Delibes (1836-1891) was primarily known for his operettas and short comic operas. He was also famous for the ballet Coppelia from which arranger Wil van der Beek has transcribed th...

French composer Léo Delibes (1836-1891) was primarily known for his operettas and short comic operas. He was also famous for the ballet Coppelia from which arranger Wil van der Beek has transcribed th...