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Franz Schubert's 'Symphony No. 8' in B minor, D 759, commonly known as the 'Unvollendete' ('Unfinished Symphony'), is a composition that Schubert started in 1822 but left with only two movements - tho...

The English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) wrote funeral music that includes his 'Funeral Sentences' and the later 'Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary'. It was first performed at the funeral of Q...

The English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) wrote funeral music that includes his 'Funeral Sentences' and the later 'Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary'. It was first performed at the funeral of Q...

Insieme all'opera "Andrea Chénier" e "Siberia", "Fedora" è una delle opere più importanti del compositore italiano Umberto Giordano. "Fedora" è un'opera in tre atti su libretto italiano di Arturo Cola...

Insieme all'opera "Andrea Chénier" e "Siberia", "Fedora" è una delle opere più importanti del compositore italiano Umberto Giordano. "Fedora" è un'opera in tre atti su libretto italiano di Arturo Cola...

The 'Explosions Polka', opus 43, is written by Johann Strauss in 1847. The title was inspired by a discovery of 'guncotton' or 'nitrocellulose' by German scientist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 184...

The 'Explosions Polka', opus 43, is written by Johann Strauss in 1847. The title was inspired by a discovery of 'guncotton' or 'nitrocellulose' by German scientist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 184...

Suor Angelica di Giacomo Puccini è uno dei tre atti unici che fanno parte del trittico "Il Trittico", esempio di verismo-opera, movimento naturalistico dell'opera italiana sorto alla fine del XIX seco...

Suor Angelica di Giacomo Puccini è uno dei tre atti unici che fanno parte del trittico "Il Trittico", esempio di verismo-opera, movimento naturalistico dell'opera italiana sorto alla fine del XIX seco...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. The aria 'In quelle trine morbide is sung in the 2nd act of the...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. The aria 'In quelle trine morbide is sung in the 2nd act of the...

In this transcription Marco Tamanini has combined two martial sections of the opera into a march-fantasy in the great Italian tradition. (Concert Band)

The stunning XXVI Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna was the last work by Antonio Salieri - a sort of brooding soliloquy but, at the same time, something of a massive study in timbre and instrumentatio...

Sapho" is an opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Émile Augier which was premiered in 1851. The story of the opera is based on the legends of the Greek poet Sappho, her love for Phaon and her suic...

Sapho" is an opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Émile Augier which was premiered in 1851. The story of the opera is based on the legends of the Greek poet Sappho, her love for Phaon and her suic...

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" might be described as a thriller with political overtones. Set in Rome in 1800 at a time when the Police Chief Scarpia is conducting a reign of terror, it shows its her...

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" might be described as a thriller with political overtones. Set in Rome in 1800 at a time when the Police Chief Scarpia is conducting a reign of terror, it shows its her...

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" might be described as a thriller with political overtones. Set in Rome in 1800 at a time when the Police Chief Scarpia is conducting a reign of terror, it shows its her...

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" might be described as a thriller with political overtones. Set in Rome in 1800 at a time when the Police Chief Scarpia is conducting a reign of terror, it shows its her...

El sombrero de tres picos" ("The Three-Cornered Hat") is a ballet in two acts choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. The ballet was premiered in 1919 in London at the "Alhambra...

El sombrero de tres picos" ("The Three-Cornered Hat") is a ballet in two acts choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. The ballet was premiered in 1919 in London at the "Alhambra...

Franz Schubert's 'Symphony No. 8' in B minor, D 759, commonly known as the 'Unvollendete' ('Unfinished Symphony'), is a composition that Schubert started in 1822 but left with only two movements - tho...

Franz Schubert's 'Symphony No. 8' in B minor, D 759, commonly known as the 'Unvollendete' ('Unfinished Symphony'), is a composition that Schubert started in 1822 but left with only two movements - tho...

The stunning XXVI Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna was the last work by Antonio Salieri - a sort of brooding soliloquy but, at the same time, something of a massive study in timbre and instrumentatio...

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825 - 1889) was a cornet player, conductor, composer, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the 'cornet à piston' or valved cornet. He was influenced by Niccolò Paganini's vi...