Tohru Takahashi: spartiti difficile

In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his wonderful opera Le Nozzi di Figaro. In the opera, Count Almaviva tries to seduce the fiancée of Figaro, his valet. Eventually, through four acts full of c...

Berlioz based his sparkling overture Le Carnaval Romain on themes from his opera Benvenuto Cellini. The opera had been performed a few times in Paris, a number of years before, with little success. Th...

Berlioz based his sparkling overture Le Carnaval Romain on themes from his opera Benvenuto Cellini. The opera had been performed a few times in Paris, a number of years before, with little success. Th...

The Russian composer Mussorgsky was for the most part self-taught. His contemporaries were not always enthusiastic about the innovations in his music and accused him of lacking technique. Today, howev...

Wonderful! But, aren't there too many notes?' asked the emperor Joseph II. 'No, all notes are necessary. This is new music, ' replied Mozart. This is a famous anecdote about the premiere of the opera...

Als Basis für dieses strahlende Werk, das er zum Dank für die ihm verliehene Ehrendoktorwürde der Universität Breslau schrieb, verwendete Brahms in erfinderischer und heiterer Manier verschiedene deut...

The symphonic poem Night on a Bald Mountain took its inspiration from a story by the well known Russian writer Nicola Gogol. Mussorgsky took no steps to promote his masterpiece and it was only after h...

Zu Mozarts Lebzeiten war Die Entführung aus dem Serail die erfolgreichste Oper ausserhalb Wiens und noch heute wird sie oft gespielt. Tohru Takahashi schuf ein lebendiges Arrangement der Ouvertüre in...

L'opera Benvenuto Cellini (1838) di Hector Berlioz si ispira alla vita avventurosa del celebre orafo e scultore Benvenuto Cellini nell'Italia del XVI secolo. A causa della complessità della scrittura...

L'opera Benvenuto Cellini (1838) di Hector Berlioz si ispira alla vita avventurosa del celebre orafo e scultore Benvenuto Cellini nell'Italia del XVI secolo. A causa della complessità della scrittura...

Hector Berlioz schrieb diese Ouvertüre mit dem ursprünglichen Titel La Tour de Nice (Der Turm von Nizza) im Jahre 1844 in selbiger Stadt und benannte sie erst später um, vermutlich nach einem Gedicht...

Hector Berlioz schrieb diese Ouvertüre mit dem ursprünglichen Titel La Tour de Nice (Der Turm von Nizza) im Jahre 1844 in selbiger Stadt und benannte sie erst später um, vermutlich nach einem Gedicht...