Wil van der Beek

Goethe's Faust has already been set to music by various renowned musicians, such as Berlioz, Busoni and Spohr, and indeed Charles Gounod, who built his eponymous opera around the tale. Gounod's Faust...

This work brings fragments from three of Giuseppe Verdi's operas together in a single composition. Opening the work is the Triumphal March from Aida. Next come two notable motifs from La forza del des...

This work brings fragments from three of Giuseppe Verdi's operas together in a single composition. Opening the work is the Triumphal March from Aida. Next come two notable motifs from La forza del des...

The tale of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has been a source of inspiration for many authors, poets, film directors and composers. Among these is the French...

The tale of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has been a source of inspiration for many authors, poets, film directors and composers. Among these is the French...

Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky is famous for his fantastic moving melodies. Different to many of his other romantic Russian contemporaries, Tchaikovsky had a particular feel for the European music taste of...

Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky is famous for his fantastic moving melodies. Different to many of his other romantic Russian contemporaries, Tchaikovsky had a particular feel for the European music taste of...

To choose the musical material of this medley, the arranger had drawn on the rich arsenal of Russian folk songs and dances. Well-known traditional have been combined with less known but certainly no l...

Manuel de Falla is considered one of the biggest Spanish composers. He was very interested in native Spanish folk music, whose influence is rather noticeable in this piece. The Three Cornered Hat, whi...

Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer, music educator and conductor who taught lessons at the Conservatory of Saint Petersburg, to Stravinsky and Prokofiev among others. The talented orch...

The composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is regarded as Norway's the most important composer and for a large part can be regarded as a miniaturist. He has written famous works such as the Piano Concerto...

Tchaikovsky Highlights'. Various themes from the famous composer P.I Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) are presented here as a medley. The piece makes use of the best known melodies from the following compositi...

Weill's famous "Dreigroschenoper", in which prevailing opera conventions are ridiculed. The first part is a "serious", almost baroque overture, followed by a ballad that is easy on the ears, and the f...

Spanish composer Joaquin Turina was born on December 9, 1882 in Seville. At the age of 4, his musical 'career' began on the accordion. His first musical studies began in Seville, after which he took t...

Richard Strauss is a German composer, not related incidentally to Johann Strauss and his Austrian relatives from Vienna. He was born in Munich on June 11, 1864 and married the singer Pauline de Ahna i...

Russian composer Alexandre Glazunov composed this work in 1900 originally as a solo work for cello and piano but also for cello and orchestra. It is an occasional work for a fellow teacher (Alexandre...

Charles Gounod fügte die Szene Hoch Ruhm und Ehre dem tapferen Hee nachträglich in seine Opernadaption von Goethes Faust ein. Unter dem Titel Soldatenchor wurde sie weltberühmt und kann dank dieser Be...

The oeuvre of female French composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) mainly consists of character pieces for piano as well as salon songs; she also wrote a small number of orchestral works, a...

Klassik für zwei ist eine Sammlung sechs einfacher Werke von Komponisten aus dem Barock, der klassischen Periode und der Romantik, die zu Duetten bearbeitet wurden. Eine einmalige Gelegenheit zu einer...

Eine Suite aus der Oper Carmen von George Bizet für sechsstimmig variable Holzbläserbesetzung (Flöte, Flöte/Oboe, 3 Klarinetten, Fagott/Bassklarinette) gesetzt von Wil van der Beek.