Wil van der Beek

In 1878, on a commission from his publisher, Anton n Dvorák wrote a series of eight Slavonic dances. Modelled on Johannes Brahms' famous Hungarian Dances, although in contrast to Brahms' work, Dvorák...

Offenbach (1819 - 1880), who was born in Germany, moved to Paris when he was a teenage boy and remained there for much of his life. He became especially famous as a composer of numerous operettas. and...

La famosa Barcarolle dall'opera I racconti di Hoffmann di Jacques Offenbach, apre il quarto atto dell'opera che si gira a Venezia, con una barcarola, canzone dei gondolieri veneziani dai ritmi molto o...

Il Faust di Goethe fu più volte messo in musica da compositori famosi quali Berlioz, Busoni, Spohr e Charles Gounod che compose l'opera omonima. Il suo Faust è noto per le belle melodie, le parti voca...

Il Faust di Goethe fu più volte messo in musica da compositori famosi quali Berlioz, Busoni, Spohr e Charles Gounod che compose l'opera omonima. Il suo Faust è noto per le belle melodie, le parti voca...

Questo brano raggruppa tre frammenti di altrettante celebri opere di Giuseppe Verdi. La spumeggiante apertura è assicurata dalla Marcia Trionfale estratta dall'Aida, seguita da due motivi distinti da...

Questo brano raggruppa tre frammenti di altrettante celebri opere di Giuseppe Verdi. La spumeggiante apertura è assicurata dalla Marcia Trionfale estratta dall'Aida, seguita da due motivi distinti da...

The tale of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has been a source of inspiration for many authors, poets, film directors and composers. Among these is the French...

The tale of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has been a source of inspiration for many authors, poets, film directors and composers. Among these is the French...

Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky is famous for his fantastic moving melodies. Different to many of his other romantic Russian contemporaries, Tchaikovsky had a particular feel for the European music taste of...

Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky is famous for his fantastic moving melodies. Different to many of his other romantic Russian contemporaries, Tchaikovsky had a particular feel for the European music taste of...

To choose the musical material of this medley, the arranger had drawn on the rich arsenal of Russian folk songs and dances. Well-known traditional have been combined with less known but certainly no l...

Manuel de Falla is considered one of the biggest Spanish composers. He was very interested in native Spanish folk music, whose influence is rather noticeable in this piece. The Three Cornered Hat, whi...

Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) è stato un compositore russo, educatore musicale e direttore d'orchestra che ha insegnato al Conservatorio di San Pietroburgo, tra gli altri, a Stravinsky e Prokofiev. Le t...

The composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is regarded as Norway's the most important composer and for a large part can be regarded as a miniaturist. He has written famous works such as the Piano Concerto...

Tchaikovsky Highlights'. Various themes from the famous composer P.I Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) are presented here as a medley. The piece makes use of the best known melodies from the following compositi...

Weill's famous "Dreigroschenoper", in which prevailing opera conventions are ridiculed. The first part is a "serious", almost baroque overture, followed by a ballad that is easy on the ears, and the f...

Spanish composer Joaquin Turina was born on December 9, 1882 in Seville. At the age of 4, his musical 'career' began on the accordion. His first musical studies began in Seville, after which he took t...

Richard Strauss is a German composer, not related incidentally to Johann Strauss and his Austrian relatives from Vienna. He was born in Munich on June 11, 1864 and married the singer Pauline de Ahna i...

Il compositore russo Alexandre Glazunov compose quest'opera nel 1900 originariamente come opera solista per violoncello e pianoforte, ma anche per violoncello e orchestra. Si tratta di un lavoro occas...