18Mar
The Cedar
César Cui (1835 - 1918) was a Russian composer, but by profession, he was an army officer (as an engineer). He was also a feared music critic. He was a member of the so-called "Mighty Hope",...
17Mar
Selanka – Idyll for Clarinet and Band –
Zdenek Fibich (1850 - 1900) is a Bohemian composer, who is revered in his homeland but almost forgotten outside it. Alongside Dvorak and Smetana, he is one of the most important Czech composers; unfortunately, he has...
15Mar
Romance for 4 Horns and Band
This "Romance" is a movement from the "Konzertstück", opus 86 for 4 horns and orchestra by the German composer Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856). Around 1850 Schumann was engaged in composing for the horn as a...
14Mar
Preambule (fr. “Scènes de Ballet”)
Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936) was a Russian composer, conductor, and pianist. He succeeded in achieving a synthesis between the musical currents of the so-called "Mighty Hope", which pursued a national-Russian ideal of composition, oriented towards...
13Mar
Opening Chorus (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Pietro Mascagni (1863 -1945), an Italian composer, became world-famous with the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana", his first. This opera has easy-listening melodies, which are sung with compassion by "ordinary people", simple villagers. "Cavalleria Rusticana" could be translated...
11Mar
Movement 1, fr. Symphony No. 19
Nikolai Miaskowsky (1881 - 1950) was a Russian composer (also Soviet composer), who strangely enough is still one of the great unknowns in Russian music history. He left behind a large oeuvre and trained a whole...
11Mar
La Vergine degli Angeli (fr. La Forza del Destino)
From the opera "La Forza del Destino" by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), this is one of the most famous arias in Verdi's rich oeuvre. For many, it is one of the most beautiful arias ever...
11Mar
Kamarinskaya
"Kamarinskaya", composed in 1848 by the Russian Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1867), became famous because it was the first orchestral work, which was completely based on Russian folk music. Glinka also called this composition a "Scherzo...
11Mar
Hungarian Dance No. 2
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) was a German composer, who was very successful with his 21 Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands. The gypsy melodies used in these are not original folk tunes, but Brahms probably copied...
11Mar
Hungarian Dance No. 1
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) was a German composer, who was very successful with his 21 Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands. The gypsy melodies used in these are not original folk tunes, but Brahms probably copied...
08Mar
Guzmán el bueno – Preludio
Tomás Bretón (1850 - 1923) was a Spanish composer and conductor. "Guzmán el bueno", composed in 1875, is Bretón's first opera; like his other operas, it was not received with much enthusiasm. This does not apply...
08Mar
Golliwog’s Cakewalk
"Golliwog's cakewalk" can be found in "Children's Corner", a collection of piano pieces written by the French composer Claude Debussy (1862 1918). He created this series of 6 pieces for his little daughter, but it is...