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Rinaldo was the first opera Georg Friederich Händel produced for London and the first Italian opera composed specifically for the London stage. Even now it's still one of his most performed opera's. I...

The famous Meditation from Jules Massenet opera Tha's is the entr'acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of the second act and nowadays often performed as a separate concert piece.

The famous Meditation from Jules Massenet opera Thaïs is the entr"acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of the second act and nowadays often performed as a separate concert piece.

Classical composers who have used csardas themes in their works include Emmerich Kalman, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Leo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The duet "Si, vendretta, treme...

One finds in Saint-SaÙns' Romance for Horn and Orchestra Opus 36 (1874) characteristics that have come to be considered typically French: elegant line and proportions scored with the utmost clarity. I...

One finds in Saint-Saëns" Romance for Horn and Orchestra Opus 36 (1874) characteristics that have come to be considered typically French: elegant line and proportions scored with the utmost clarity. I...

Maurice Ravel è forse conosciuto soprattutto per la sua opera orchestrale Bolero (1928), che egli considerava banale e che una volta descrisse come un pezzo per orchestra senza musica. Il Bolero è un...

Künstlerleben (Vita d'artista) op. 316 è un valzer scritto da Johann Strauss jr. nel 1867, sulla scia del successo del popolare valzer "Il Danubio blu". Il valzer fu presentato al "Ballo dell'Espero"...

Künstlerleben (Artist's Life) op. 316 is a waltz written by Johann Strauss jr. in 1867, following closely on the success of the popular "The Blue Danube" waltz. The waltz was presented at the "Hesperu...

Classical composers who have used csardas themes in their works include Emmerich Kalman, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Leo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

Classical composers who have used csárdás themes in their works include Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

La Boutique Fantasque o "Il negozio di giocattoli magici" è un balletto ideato da Léonide Massine, che ha scritto la coreografia e il libretto. Ottorino Respighi scrisse le musiche basate su brani per...

La Boutique Fantasque o "Il negozio di giocattoli magici" è un balletto ideato da Léonide Massine, che ha scritto la coreografia e il libretto. Ottorino Respighi scrisse le musiche basate su brani per...

The Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Garland Waltz) is the first dance in Act one of the ballet: It is Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are already underway: the atmosphere is festi...

The Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Garland Waltz) is the first dance in Act one of the ballet: It is Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are already underway: the atmosphere is festi...

'Cantique de Noël' ('O Holy Night') is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem 'Minuit, Chrétiens' ('Midnight, Christians') by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a win...

Il "Volo del calabrone" è un interludio orchestrale scritto da Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov per l'opera "La storia dello zar Saltan". Il brano chiude il terzo atto, durante il quale l'uccello-cigno magico...

Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan". The piece closes the 3rd act, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Pr...

Un americano a Parigi è un poema sinfonico influenzato dal jazz del compositore americano George Gershwin, scritto nel 1928. Ispirato al periodo che Gershwin aveva trascorso a Parigi, evoca i luoghi e...

Un americano a Parigi è un poema sinfonico influenzato dal jazz del compositore americano George Gershwin, scritto nel 1928. Ispirato al periodo che Gershwin aveva trascorso a Parigi, evoca i luoghi e...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...