Baton Music

In Puccini's La Boheme Rodolfo`s sings in the first act the aria Che gelida manina. It is one of the purest most fragrant ideas that ever came into Puccini`s head with its tenderness recalling the exq...

The 'Neue Pizzicato Polka', or 'New Pizzicato Polka', Op. 449, was composed by Johann Strauss in early 1892 for concerts to be given under Eduard Strauss in Hamburg. Strauss later placed the work as a...

The 'Neue Pizzicato Polka', or 'New Pizzicato Polka', Op. 449, was composed by Johann Strauss in early 1892 for concerts to be given under Eduard Strauss in Hamburg. Strauss later placed the work as a...

Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The third movement is titled 'Scherzo'. This scherzo is depicting a hunting scene with series of horn...

Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The third movement is titled 'Scherzo'. This scherzo is depicting a hunting scene with series of horn...

Die schweigsame Frau (La donna silenziosa) è un'opera in tre atti di Richard Strauss su libretto di Stefan Zweig. Strauss ha dato all'ouverture il sottotitolo "potpourri". Il termine indica un medley...

Die schweigsame Frau (La donna silenziosa) è un'opera in tre atti di Richard Strauss su libretto di Stefan Zweig. Strauss ha dato all'ouverture il sottotitolo "potpourri". Il termine indica un medley...

In 1884 Edvard Grieg composed the ‘Holberg Suite’, subtitled ‘Suite in olden style’. It’s a suite of five movements based on eighteenth-century dance forms, written to celebrate the 200th anniversary...

In 1884 Edvard Grieg composed the ‘Holberg Suite’, subtitled ‘Suite in olden style’. It’s a suite of five movements based on eighteenth-century dance forms, written to celebrate the 200th anniversary...

In Puccini's La Boheme Rodolfo`s sings in the first act the aria Che gelida manina. It is one of the purest most fragrant ideas that ever came into Puccini`s head with its tenderness recalling the exq...

Geronimo Gimeniz (1854 - 1923) was born in Sevilla and by the age of twelve he was a violinist in a theatre orchestra in Cadiz. The intermezzo from 'La Baile de Luis Alonso' is in the repertoire of ev...

Schlagobers ("Panna montata"), Op. 70, è un balletto in due atti su libretto e partitura di Richard Strauss. Composto nel 1921-22, fu presentato per la prima volta all'Opera di Vienna il 9 maggio 1924...

Schlagobers ("Panna montata"), Op. 70, è un balletto in due atti su libretto e partitura di Richard Strauss. Composto nel 1921-22, fu presentato per la prima volta all'Opera di Vienna il 9 maggio 1924...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Geronimo Gimeniz (1854 - 1923) was born in Sevilla and by the age of twelve he was a violinist in a theatre orchestra in Cadiz. The intermezzo from 'La Baile de Luis Alonso' is in the repertoire of ev...

From 1824 through 1829 Rossini's life was centered in Paris where he composed at the age of 37 his 39th and last opera: the masterpiece Guglielmo Tell. Its four part overture is a vast programmatic de...

Le Cid è un'opera in quattro atti e dieci tableaux di Jules Massenet basata sull'omonimo dramma di Pierre Corneille. Mentre "Le Cid" non fa parte del repertorio operistico standard, la suite del balle...

Le Cid è un'opera in quattro atti e dieci tableaux di Jules Massenet basata sull'omonimo dramma di Pierre Corneille. Mentre "Le Cid" non fa parte del repertorio operistico standard, la suite del balle...

Giacomo Puccini compose l'opera "Manon Lescaut" nel 1893 e divenne, insieme a "Tosca", il suo primo grande successo. Manon Lescaut è una rappresentazione devastante di una donna che lotta con il suo d...

Giacomo Puccini compose l'opera "Manon Lescaut" nel 1893 e divenne, insieme a "Tosca", il suo primo grande successo. Manon Lescaut è una rappresentazione devastante di una donna che lotta con il suo d...

El Barbero de Sevilla è una zarzuela in un atto, divisa in tre scene, su libretto di Vico e Miguel de Palacios e musica di Jéronimo Giménez. La prima fu al "Teatro de la Zarzuela" di Madrid il 5 febbr...

El Barbero de Sevilla è una zarzuela in un atto, divisa in tre scene, su libretto di Vico e Miguel de Palacios e musica di Jéronimo Giménez. La prima fu al "Teatro de la Zarzuela" di Madrid il 5 febbr...

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 second dance from the first se...

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 second dance from the first se...