Baton Orchestral

Louis Moreau Gottschalk's compositions were the first to incorporate rhythms and 'native" melodies of the West Indies into the concert music mainstream. His music astutely predated what would become r...

Iolanthe was the seventh collaboration between librettist William Gilbert and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Both men were "at the top of their game" for this venture and this operetta is well known fo...

Italian composer Nino Rota composed orchestral works including four symphonies, several concertos, eight operas, five ballets, songs and chamber music but he was mainly known for his film music like '...

Italian composer Nino Rota composed orchestral works including four symphonies, several concertos, eight operas, five ballets, songs and chamber music but he was mainly known for his film music like '...

Ancient Airs and Dances (Italian: Antiche arie e danze) is a set of three orchestral suites by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. Suite No. 3 was composed in 1932. It differs from the previous two su...

The somewhat wayward French composer Erik Satie was often criticized that his compositions would have no form. So he collected some of his pieces into a kind of 'best of' and put them in the shape of...

The somewhat wayward French composer Erik Satie was often criticized that his compositions would have no form. So he collected some of his pieces into a kind of 'best of' and put them in the shape of...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80 è una suite derivata dalla musica di scena del compositore francese Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) per l'omonima opera teatrale di Maurice Maeterlinck. La "Sicilienne" (Allegro...

Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80 è una suite derivata dalla musica di scena del compositore francese Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) per l'omonima opera teatrale di Maurice Maeterlinck. La "Sicilienne" (Allegro...

Gabriel Fauré composed the 'Pavane' during the summer of 1887 and it was originally be orchestrated for a chamber orchestra. Although he enjoyed composing and performing it, Fauré was unaware of (or t...

Gabriel Fauré composed the 'Pavane' during the summer of 1887 and it was originally be orchestrated for a chamber orchestra. Although he enjoyed composing and performing it, Fauré was unaware of (or t...

Oggi "Carmen" è probabilmente l'opera più famosa di tutto il repertorio operistico, anche se la sua prima nel 1875 fu una grande delusione a causa dell'incomprensione della trama molto realistica: il...

Un americano a Parigi è un poema sinfonico influenzato dal jazz del compositore americano George Gershwin, scritto nel 1928. Ispirato al periodo che Gershwin aveva trascorso a Parigi, evoca i luoghi e...

Un americano a Parigi è un poema sinfonico influenzato dal jazz del compositore americano George Gershwin, scritto nel 1928. Ispirato al periodo che Gershwin aveva trascorso a Parigi, evoca i luoghi e...

Many see Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the...

Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the...

Rachmaninov compose il poema sinfonico "L'isola dei morti" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 nel 1908 a Dresda, ispirato da una stampa in bianco e nero dell'omonimo dipinto di Arnold Böcklin che aveva visto nel...

Rachmaninov compose il poema sinfonico "L'isola dei morti" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 nel 1908 a Dresda, ispirato da una stampa in bianco e nero dell'omonimo dipinto di Arnold Böcklin che aveva visto nel...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly 'Dichter...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly "Dichter...