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Pachelbel's 'Canon in D' for band, arranged by Steve Cortland.

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...

Danzon no. 2 by the Mexican composer Arturo Marquez was included on the program of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venuzuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on their 2007 tour of Europe and the Unit...

Michael Kamen (1948 - 2003) was a fine musician and composer, active in many fields of music. First and foremost, he was an oboist and along with his friend Martin Fulterman (aka Mark Snow, most well-...

Who does not know the famous Te Deum Prelude by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704)? This French composer studied both painting and composition in Italy. Returning to France, he took up the post of m...

Waltz No. 2 comes from the Suite for Variety Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich, commonly known as Jazz Suite No. 2, after the latter had been lost for many years. Andre Waignein arranged the well-known...

Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most famous composers of Italian opera. Here, Cesarini has masterfully arranged Nabucco.

One of the most recognizable and often-quoted symphonic passages in modern times is from this grand work for chorus and orchestra by Carl Orff. Combining elements from Movements I and II, Jay Bocook v...

This Ode to Joy is the choral finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, composed in 1823, using a poem written in 1785 by Friedrich von Schiller. During the Olympic Games of 1956, 1960 and 1964, Ode to Joy...

A real typewriter, with the sound amplified, is played by one percussionplayer. The typewriterbell is disconnected and the bell sound is produces on a desk bell by a second player. As an alternative t...

No doubt, 'The Fifth of Beethoven' is one of the most popular and famous compositions in the history of classical music as well as being one of the most often performed. This version is based on Robin...

Die zwei Reihen der 'slawischen Tänze' (op.46 und op.72) von je acht Nummern gehören zu den bekanntesten Kompositionen von Antonin Dvorak. Die ersten acht Tänze unter 'Opus 46' entstanden im Jahr 1878...

1869 erschien der erste Teil 'Ungarische Tänze für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen gesetzt von Johannes Brahms'. Ein zweiter Band folgte 1880 und komplettierte die Serie von einundzwanzig Tänzen. Woher...