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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...

The opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is the lulla...

The 'Missa Solemnis in B flat' was Anton Anton Bruckner's first major work for choir and orchestra. In this transcription of the Agnus Dei, a brass choir of horns, Trumpets and trombones replaces the...

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was a Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed...

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was a Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

In 1840 Felix Mendelssohn composed his 'Lobgesang' ('Hymn of Praise'), Op. 52. It's a 13-movement 'Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra'. Decades after Mendels...

In 1840 Felix Mendelssohn composed his 'Lobgesang' ('Hymn of Praise'), Op. 52. It's a 13-movement 'Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra'. Decades after Mendels...

Il compositore francese Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) compose il suo "Requiem in re minore", Op. 48, tra il 1887 e il 1890. È diventata la composizione più nota tra le sue grandi opere. L'opera, in sette...

Il compositore francese Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) compose il suo "Requiem in re minore", Op. 48, tra il 1887 e il 1890. È diventata la composizione più nota tra le sue grandi opere. L'opera, in sette...

Mozart's funeral motet Ave verum corpus was composed in june 1791 for Anton Stroll, choirmaster at the spa of Baden, near Vienna. Within a tiny span the music sounds an extraordinary depth of feeling,...

Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Choir and Concert Band 'Die Schöpfung' (The Creation) is an oratorio written between 1796 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn and considered by many to be his masterpiece. The oratorio depi...

Much of Schubert's songs do have a simple strophic character. These verses stand half-way between 'Art-song' and 'Folk-song'; the melody seems to be drawn from nature. Schubert marvellously achieved t...

Much of Schubert's songs do have a simple strophic character. These verses stand half-way between "Art-song" and "Folk-song". The melody seems to be drawn from nature. Schubert marvellously achieved t...

The Domine Deus from Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle is sung by the tenor in the Gloria of the mass.

The Domine Deus from Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle is sung by the tenor in the Gloria of the mass.

The cavatina Fac ut portem is the 7th movement from Rossini's Stabat Mater and sung by a mezzo-soprano.

The cavatina Fac ut portem is the 7th movement from Rossini's Stabat Mater and sung by a mezzo-soprano.

Durante la maggior parte della sua carriera a Lipsia, Bach compose circa una cantata al mese. Si sono conservate circa 200 delle 300 cantate totali da lui create. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" (Gesù, g...

During most of his career in Leipzig Bach composed about one cantata per month. About 200 of the total 300 cantatas he created have been preserved. Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desir...

Among Charles Gounod's compositions are several hundred sacred solo songs, including his 1852 setting of the Catholic hymn "Ave Maria". Forty years later, Gounod, a devoutly religious albeit also a de...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote several settings of the 'Gloria'. RV 589 is the most familiar and popular piece of sacred music by Vivaldi. The 'Gloria RV 589' remained in a relatively unknown statu...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote several settings of the "Gloria". RV 589 is the most familiar and popular piece of sacred music by Vivaldi. The "Gloria RV 589" remained in a relatively unknown statu...

L'oratorio "Mors et Vita" (Morte e Vita) è la continuazione de "La redenzione" e fu il secondo di una proposta trilogia di oratori scritti su commissione di Charles Gounod per il Festival di Birmingha...