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La SINFONIA IN RE MINORE di César Franck (1822-1890) è l'opera orchestrale più conosciuta del compositore francese. In tre, anziché quattro, movimenti, la forma dell'opera è raggiunta attraverso la tr...

LES DJINNS was written at the request of pianist Caroline Montigny-Rémaury, though César Franck's (1822-1890) short work for piano and orchestra was instead premiered on March 15, 1885 by Louis Diémer...

Le Chasseur maudit (Il cacciatore maledetto) è un poema sinfonico del compositore romantico César Franck (1822-1890). Ispirato alla ballata Der wilde Jäger (Il cacciatore selvaggio) del poeta tedesco...

Il compositore russo Aleksandr Glazunov (1865-1936) aveva un amore particolare per il balletto, che lo spinse a comporre la suite di otto danze SCÈNES DE BALLET, Op. 52 nel 1894. L'opera fu scritta se...

Hänsel und Gretel, a Märchenspiel (Fairy-tale opera) in three acts, was written by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) in 1890-1892, with a libretto by his sister Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck began to wo...

CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893) fu un prolifico compositore francese della metà dell'Ottocento, ma non fu ben riconosciuto dai suoi colleghi o dal pubblico fino alla prima rappresentazione della sua opera...

Written by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) in 1868, the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 is the only concerto completed by Grieg. It remains one of his most popular works and is among the...

Il poema "Peer Gynt" del grande drammaturgo norvegese Henrik Ibsen, una delle sue opere più grandi, racconta la storia di un giovane così pieno di spavalderia, esuberanza di spirito, vagabondaggio e d...

The great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's poem "Peer Gynt," one of his greatest works, tells the tale of a young man so full of bravado, exuberance of spirit, wanderlust, and wantonness, that his...

SIGURD JORSALFAR, OP. 22, fu composta da Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) per un'opera teatrale di Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in onore del re Sigurd I. Rappresentata per la prima volta a Christiania il 10 aprile 1...

Questa edizione dell'opera più famosa di George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) fu adattata per le rappresentazioni a Vienna da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Suggerito da Gottfried van Swieten, il...

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year...

The three-act opera Rodrigo, HWV 5, was composed in 1707 and was George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) first opera in the Italian style. Telling the tale of the historical Rodrigo, the last Visigothic...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor 'Farewell' (Hob. I.45; 'Abschiedssinfonie' in German), the most well-known of his 'Sturm und Drang' symphonies, in 1772, and it is...

Symphony No. 44 was completed in 1772 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rumored that the composer requested the third movement be played at his funeral, the work is popularly known as "Trauersinfonie...

Tradizionalmente attribuita a Franz Joseph Haydn, la TOY SYMPHONY, Hob.II: 47, è nota per il suo stravagante assortimento di strumenti giocattolo. La paternità è stata a lungo contestata e i musicolog...

French composer Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Le roi d'Ys, an opera in three acts and five tableaux, between 1875 and 1888. He was prompted by his wife, contralto Julie de Maligny, to use the Breton...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914), one of the Russian Five, wrestled with doubt in his own creative talent. Exclusively writing small-scale works, he explored the folk music of his native country, much of wh...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) compose KIKIMORA, Op. 63 nel 1909. Basata su questa figura familiare della mitologia slava, la partitura contiene la seguente descrizione tratta dai racconti popolari russi...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) wrote 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano as a way to incorporate the music of his youth into his compositions, and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2 (1847) is b...

American composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) originally wrote his orchestral Suite No. 1, Op. 42 in 1891, although the original version only included four movements. In 1893, MacDowell added the 3rd...

Francisco de Madina (1907-1972), also known as Aita Madina, received his education in Bordeaux and was ordained a priest in 1929. He served his first parish in Buenos Aires and became director of a sc...

Francisco de Madina (1907-1972), also known as Aita Madina, received his education in Bordeaux and was ordained a priest in 1929. He served his first parish in Buenos Aires and became director of a sc...