The Great Classics

French composer Daniel François Esprit Aubers extensive outputconsisted mainly of operas, but unfortunately today only two of theseare still well known, including the comic opera Fra Diavolo. The stor...

Although he was born in Split, Croatia, of Belgian descent, Franz von Suppé's nationality is defined less by his actual descendents than by the country and city where he lived and worked and had the g...

Ottorino Respighi was one of the most well known Italian composers from the beginning of the twentieth century. His style is influenced by the French impressionists, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Straus...

Ottorino Respighi was one of the most well known Italian composers from the beginning of the twentieth century. His style is influenced by the French impressionists, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Straus...

Die Zauberflöte ist Mozarts letzte Oper und zugleich die populärste, heute noch am häufigsten gespielte. Sie wurde nicht wie die übrigen Opernwerke für ein Hoftheater, sondern als Auftragsarbeit für e...

In den Werken des französischen Komponisten Paul Dukas (1865-1935) ist stilistisch die Bewunderung für Wagner sowie für den französischen Impressionismus spürbar, woraus sich ein interessanter, selten...

François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) is considered as the one of themost important representatives of the French opéra-comique. His styleis characterised by natural, unembellished melody lines, strai...

This wedding march, used primarily as a recessional, comes from Mendelssohn's symphonic piece, ' A Midsummer Night's Dream, ' based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. This excellent arrangement f...

With The Young Amadeus, Jan de Haan gives new freshness and youthfulness to the second movement from the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major (K. 622), which Mozart composed in 1791 shortly...

In 1941, Khatchaturian composed a ballet soon to be known throughout the world - Gayaneh. In this piece the composer describes the landscape of his native country Armenia, and the people who tried to...

Composer Modest Moussorgsky (1839-1881) came from the prosperous environment of Russian nobility. In 1865, after his officer's education, he joined the guard's regiment in St. Petersburg. Here he met...

Composer Modest Moussorgsky (1839-1881) came from the prosperous environment of Russian nobility. In 1865, after his officer's education, he joined the guard's regiment in St. Petersburg. Here he met...

La Traviata is one of the most well-known operas by Giuseppe Verdi. The story of the opera depicts the conflict between free love and bourgeois morality. The young poet Alfredo and the Parisian courte...

Duration: 9:00 minutes

La Traviata is one of the most well-known operas by Giuseppe Verdi. The story of the opera depicts the conflict between free love and bourgeois morality. The young poet Alfredo and the Parisian courte...

Jacques Offenbach was born in 1819 in Cologne, Germany, but as a child he moved to Paris where he received a thorough musical education. In his operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, Offenbach parodies t...

In 1786 Mozart composed his wonderful opera Le Nozze di Figaro (KV 492). The Italian libretto, based on the play Le mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais, was written by Lorenzo da Ponte - who also made t...

Der russische Komponist Sergei Rachmaninov, geboren 1873 in Novgorod, studierte an den renommierten Konservatorien von St. Petersburg und Moskau. Er erlangte bereits in jungen Jahren großen Ruhm als P...

Der russische Komponist Sergei Rachmaninov, geboren 1873 in Novgorod, studierte an den renommierten Konservatorien von St. Petersburg und Moskau. Er erlangte bereits in jungen Jahren großen Ruhm als P...

In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his wonderful opera Le Nozzi di Figaro. In the opera Count Almaviva tries to seduce the fiancée of Figaro, his valet. Eventually, through four acts full of co...