With its A-B-A structure, this work clearly harkens back to Vivaldi's Spring. The first part sees the two clarinets chasing one another in a busy Baroque-like dialogue, suggesting themes that are then...
Originally composed as a chanson for voice and piano and than transcribed for orchestra, the Danse Macabre Op. 40 is a short symphonic poem composed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1874. Among the various p...
This piece was a hit in the sixties for the British group 'The Animals'. It had already been sung before that by Nina Simone, in 1964, the year it was composed. Since then many artists have made cover...
Cesare Andrea Bixio composed Mamma, one of the most well-known Italian classic songs, for lyrics by Bruno Cherubini. The song owes its fame in part to the typical Italian melody, but even more to the...
Written in the traditional march form, this work explicitly suggests the character of the paso-doble. The piece, premiered in March 2009 by the Orchestre d'Harmonie de Brunstatt (France) under the dir...
