Great Classics

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...

A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger German for busker was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares, together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem fr...

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...

Philip Harper has created a fabulous transcription of the energetic third movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor. This movement is comprised of variations on a theme from the first...

Philip Harper has created a fabulous transcription of the energetic third movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor. This movement is comprised of variations on a theme from the first...

English Dances, Set I, opus 27, is a light classic composition that was written for orchestra by the British composer Malcolm Arnold in 1950. The set contains four dances that continue without pause:...

English Dances, Set I, opus 27', is a light classic composition that was written for orchestra by the British composer Malcolm Arnold in 1950. The set contains four dances that continue without pause:...

Ravel's ballet, Daphnis and Chloé, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered with the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1912. The ballet is now rarely performed, but its Suite No. 2 remains popular....

Addio Napoli is a medley of well-known Neapolitan melodies, including Torna a Surriento by Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937), Neapolitan Dance by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - which he used in hi...

Addio Napoli is a medley of well-known Neapolitan melodies, including Torna a Surriento by Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937), Neapolitan Dance by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - which he used in hi...

Karl Millöcker zählt zu den Operettenkomponisten der Goldenen Wiener Ära. Sein Bettelstudent wurde im Jahre 1882 im Theater an der Wien uraufgeführt. Die mitreissenden, eingängigen Lieder und Melodien...

This lively, attractive march originates from one of the best-known operettas by Franz Lehár, Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), a work that brought the composer enormous success. The operetta featu...

To create the musical material of this medley, the arranger drew upon the rich arsenal of Russian folk songs and dances. Familiar traditional tunes have been combined with less well-known, but certain...

Gegen den Willen seines Vaters studierte der junge Franz von Suppe Komposition und machte die Musik tatsächlich auch zu seinem Beruf. Aus Sicht seines Publikums, das heute noch in großer Zahl vor alle...

Der 'Walzerkönig' Johann Strauss (Sohn) hinterliess über 500 Werke, davon 165 Walzer, die er zu vollwertigen Konzertstücken ausarbeitete. Beim Komponieren von Wein, Weib und Gesang liess er sich von e...

Der 'Walzerkönig' Johann Strauss (Sohn) hinterliess über 500 Werke, davon 165 Walzer, die er zu vollwertigen Konzertstücken ausarbeitete. Beim Komponieren von Wein, Weib und Gesang liess er sich von e...

Hans Christian Lumbye was born in Denmark in 1810 and has become known for his many light-hearted and airy works, most commonly waltzes, galops, polkas, mazurkas and marches. The Champagne Galop is wi...

A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger German for busker was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares, together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem fr...

A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger German for busker was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares, together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem fr...

Pie Jesu is the famous aria for soprano and orchestra from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, opus 48. Fauré (1845 - 1924) composed the work in 1887, two years after his father's death and only a short time bef...

French composer, pianist and music teacher Louis Adam worked at the Conservatory of Paris for more than four decades. He wrote two renowned educational piano methods, as well as a number of sonatas fo...

Der Elsässer Louis Adam (1758-1848) war ein französischer Komponist und Klaviervirtuose. Er war Klavierpädagoge und Autor einer berühmten Klavierschule und Vater des Pädagogen und Komponisten Adolphe...