Baton Music

The chorus Jauchzet Frohlocket! is the very beginning of the first part of Bach's Christmas Oratoria: 'Am erster Weihnachts-feiertage'. (Choir and Concert Band)

Since its premiere in 1892, 'Werther' has ranked among Jules Massenet's most admired and beloved scores it has also proved the most enduring. Yet the opera's origins remain somewhat mysterious and it...

Since its premiere in 1892, 'Werther' has ranked among Jules Massenet's most admired and beloved scores it has also proved the most enduring. Yet the opera's origins remain somewhat mysterious and it...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

Don Alvaro's aria La vita e inferno all'infelice comes in the third act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera La Forza del Destino. It is dawn at the encampment at Velletri in Italy, where Don Alvaro has enrolled...

Don Alvaro's aria La vita e inferno all'infelice comes in the third act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera La Forza del Destino. It is dawn at the encampment at Velletri in Italy, where Don Alvaro has enrolled...

The Night on the Bare Mountain is one of Mussorgsky's best-known work. The literary model is the play The Witch (by Georgi Mengden). (Concert Band)

The Night on the Bare Mountain is one of Mussorgsky's best-known work. The literary model is the play The Witch (by Georgi Mengden). (Concert Band)

On 15 March 1811 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) arrived in Munich looking for work.He must have begun his Clarinet Concertino almost at once: it was written for Heinrich Bärmann, the clarinettist of...

On 15 March 1811 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) arrived in Munich looking for work.He must have begun his Clarinet Concertino almost at once: it was written for Heinrich Bärmann, the clarinettist of...

The Berceuse Hero'que, a lullaby for a hero, was composed in 1914 as a homage to King Albert I from Belgium and his soldiers. The work opens very dark and mysterious and then builds a huge crescendo....

The Berceuse Hero'que, a lullaby for a hero, was composed in 1914 as a homage to King Albert I from Belgium and his soldiers. The work opens very dark and mysterious and then builds a huge crescendo....

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

Faust is based on the novel Faust und Margarethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the libretto was conceived by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre.It's the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants...

Faust is based on the novel Faust und Margarethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the libretto was conceived by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre.It's the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants...

The 'ballata' Questo o quella is sung by Il Duca de Mantua in the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Rigoletto. Among a group of guests he sings of his love-life: this one or that one, to me it's the...

The 'ballata' Questo o quella is sung by Il Duca de Mantua in the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Rigoletto. Among a group of guests he sings of his love-life: this one or that one, to me it's the...

The plot of Sullivan's Operetta The Mikado tells the story of Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan and the young girl Yum-yum. The song ' The sun, whose rays are all ablaze' is sung by Yum-yum at the...

The plot of Sullivan's Operetta The Mikado tells the story of Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan and the young girl Yum-yum. The Trio Three little maids from school is sung in the first act by Yum-...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862 and it was first performed in the St.Petersburg Operahouse.The story of 'the P...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862 and it was first performed in the St.Petersburg Operahouse.The story of 'the P...

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is different from many operas. It is intimate, devoid of spectacle, taking place completely within a house in Nagasaki. The aria Un bel di vedremo is sung by Butterfly in th...

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is different from many operas. It is intimate, devoid of spectacle, taking place completely within a house in Nagasaki. The aria Un bel di vedremo is sung by Butterfly in th...