Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

Italian for rustic chivalry, this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Verg...

The tragic two-act opera, Anna Bolena, recounts the life of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and is one of four Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) operas depicting the Tudor period in English hi...

Gebundene Partitur

Camille Saint-Saëns' (1835-1921) opera SAMSON ET DALILA, Op. 47 tells the biblical story of Delilah's betrayal of Samson. Originally conceived as an oratorio due to Saint-Saëns' admiration of such wor...

Ravel's longest work at almost an hour, the complete one-act ballet Daphnis et Chloe was described by the composer as a "symphonie choregraphique" (choreographic symphony). Ravel began the work, a rom...

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to through-composed music drama, represents a special developmental step a...

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to through-composed music drama, represents a special developmental step a...

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to through-composed music drama, represents a special developmental step a...

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to through-composed music drama, represents a special developmental step a...

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to through-composed music drama, represents a special developmental step a...

Historically sound and authentic musical text; high-quality orchestral material based on the complete edition The musical text of the 1974 Strauss complete edition of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" is...

Historically sound and authentic musical text; high-quality orchestral material based on the complete edition The musical text of the 1974 Strauss complete edition of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" is...

Historically sound and authentic musical text; high-quality orchestral material based on the complete edition The musical text of the 1974 Strauss complete edition of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" is...

Historically sound and authentic musical text; high-quality orchestral material based on the complete edition The musical text of the 1974 Strauss complete edition of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" is...

Historically sound and authentic musical text; high-quality orchestral material based on the complete edition The musical text of the 1974 Strauss complete edition of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" is...

When Carl Maria von Weber composed the overtura to "Der Freischütz" in May 1820, it was the final musical building block for his opera. In this respect, Weber was able to perfectly trace and condense...