Mitropa Music

This is the tale of the small Upper Austrian village of Neukirchen/Lambach. The beautiful landscape around the village is as green and golden as the linden leaf cross on the village coat of arms. For...

Franz Liszt's 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies are characterised by melancholy, great expressiveness and wonderful gypsy rhythms. No. 2 is the best known of all, mainly thanks to the use of various passages fo...

The Imperial Royal State Railways was the first rail company in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Imperial Overture tells the tale of a tourist who visits Austria and travels by rail across Austria. During...

The river Maas and the town of Ohé en Laak in the Dutch province of Limburg are inextricably linked with one another. Thousands of years have passed with wars and other dramatic events. One story is a...

Marc Jeanbourquin found inspiration for his composition Mazel Tov in traditional klezmer music. The title of the work means 'congratulations' in Hebrew-a wish heard at weddings, births and bah mitzvah...

Terra Mystica is a concert work describing the beautiful area of Hausruck in upper Austria. The three segments (Pastorale, Cathedral and Homeland) each depict different aspects with very different mus...

Terra Mystica is a concert work describing the beautiful area of Hausruck in upper Austria. The three segments (Pastorale, Cathedral and Homeland) each depict different aspects with very different mus...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

This energetic and rhythmical piece from Gerald Oswald depicts the frivolous spirit of young people. The middle section contains a short contemplative section symbolising the youngsters' search for ba...

This energetic and rhythmical piece from Gerald Oswald depicts the frivolous spirit of young people. The middle section contains a short contemplative section symbolising the youngsters' search for ba...

The Curse of the Mermaid tells the story of a greedy and wealthy fisherman wanting to make money in any way possible. When his business starts to fail, he puts the blame on the mermaids. One day, the...

This spectacular work is based on the legend of La Vouivre - the giant snake. Suitable as a contest or concert piece, La Vouivre is full of sounds effects such as the sound of a snake, as well as shor...

This spectacular work is based on the legend of La Vouivre - the giant snake. Suitable as a contest or concert piece, La Vouivre is full of sounds effects such as the sound of a snake, as well as shor...

The Pilgrim Concerto, written for the 2012 World Music Contest Kerkrade, is a highly demanding yet rewarding work for alto saxophone and wind band. It is one of a series of spiritual works by the comp...

Skyliner is the first symphonic concert march from the pen of composer Otto M. Schwarz. His debut in this genre is a spectacular concert march in his unmistakable filmic style. In Skyliner, Otto M. Sc...

Ive been arguably credited with having written some 300 songs, 299 of which enjoyed a rather bumpy ride from relative obscurity to total oblivion. Heres the other one. ' These are the words of the gre...

Luceafarul (The Evening Star) is based on an old Romanian legend about a princess who falls in love with the evening star. Eventually the star returns her love, and one night he climbs down in human f...

This beautiful and intense slow composition including lots of melodic and musical sequences is dedicated to Saint Francis-a figure whose life story has always impressed the composer. He had previously...

Mambo Americano is a homage to the composers of the golden age of mambo. Compositions such as those of Perez Prado or Leonard Bernstein's Mambo from West Side Story of the 1950s are an established par...