Baton Music

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the 'Wunderhornlieder' have military subjects but beside those there are songs wit...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

In 1876 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed his "Preludio in Mi minore" which became later known as the "Preludio a Orchestra". It"s Puccini"s first surviving work and through its original treatment...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The 'Carmen Fantasy' , together wit...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violinplayer but a composer as well and because of that it's quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. The Carmen Fantasy, together with Z...

L'opera più nota di Kurt Weill (1900-1950) è "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("Threepenny Opera") (1928), una rielaborazione de "L'opera del mendicante" di John Gay, scritta in collaborazione con Bertolt Brech...

Max Reger (1873 -1916), was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Between 1904 and 1912 Reger composed the "Schlichten Weisen" op. 76, 60 songs in 6 volumes. One of th...

Max Reger (1873 -1916), was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Between 1904 and 1912 Reger composed the "Schlichten Weisen" op. 76, 60 songs in 6 volumes. One of th...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Le Nozze di Figaro è una delle tre opere che Mozart compose su libretto di Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), famoso regista teatrale e poeta di corte viennese. La "Canzonetta sull'aria" è cantata nel terz...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The 'Slavonic Dance No. 1' is a 'f...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The 'Slavonic Dance No. 1' is a 'f...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

Der Bürger als Edelmann è il titolo tedesco di una commedia di Molière e di una suite orchestrale di Richard Strauss. L'opera originale francese si chiama "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" e parla di un ricc...

Der Bürger als Edelmann è il titolo tedesco di una commedia di Molière e di una suite orchestrale di Richard Strauss. L'opera originale francese si chiama "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" e parla di un ricc...

Urlicht fa parte dei "Wunderhornlieder" di Mahler ed è utilizzata anche nella sua seconda sinfonia intitolata "Auferstehung". Il testo della canzone tratta del grande dolore e della disperazione in cu...

Urlicht fa parte dei "Wunderhornlieder" di Mahler ed è utilizzata anche nella sua seconda sinfonia intitolata "Auferstehung". Il testo della canzone tratta del grande dolore e della disperazione in cu...

Guglielmo Ratcliff è un'opera tragica in quattro atti del sottoscritto compositore italiano Pietro Mascagni. Il libretto è stato tradotto dalla commedia tedesca "Wilhelm Ratcliff" (1822) di Heinrich H...

Guglielmo Ratcliff è un'opera tragica in quattro atti del sottoscritto compositore italiano Pietro Mascagni. Il libretto è stato tradotto dalla commedia tedesca "Wilhelm Ratcliff" (1822) di Heinrich H...

Le "Danze ungheresi" (Ungarische Tänze), che evocano direttamente il sangue caldo della musica gitana ungherese, consistono in 21 danze, originariamente composte per pianoforte a quattro mani. Forse m...

Le "Danze ungheresi" (Ungarische Tänze), che evocano direttamente il sangue caldo della musica gitana ungherese, consistono in 21 danze, originariamente composte per pianoforte a quattro mani. Forse m...