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With his composition "L'Aurore" (Dawn) in 1905, Maurice Ravel started his fifth and last attempt to win the coveted "Prix de Rome" of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His renewed elimination in t...

Of Dittersdorf's 19 surviving masses, the present work (first edition by Carus) enjoyed particular popularity during the composer's lifetime, including a performance at the imperial coronation of Fran...

The Carus program on Dresden court music continues with the first edition of one of the great masses (No. 9, D major) by Johann David Heinichen, the most important musical representative of the Saxon...

A joyful dispute of the gods' is how Johann Sebastian Bachs librettist Salomon Franck described the Birthday Cantata for the court of Saxony-Weißenfels, now generally known as the 'Hunting Cantata' BW...

Johann Sebastian Bach's librettist Salomon Franck called the congratulatory music for the court of Saxe-Weissenfels, which is generally known today as the "Hunting Cantata" BWV 208, "Frohlockender Göt...

Goethe's dramatic ballad "The First Walpurgis Night" inspired Mendelssohn to create a magnificent and vivid depiction of the conflict between an old pagan community and the new aspirations of Christia...

If you are looking for an atmospheric and lyrical work with rewarding tasks for your choir, then Rheinberger's "Star of Bethlehem" is the right choice. In nine scenes (Expectation, The Shepherds, Appa...

Music for the ages: the coronation anthems Zadok the priest, Let thy hand be strengthened, The King shall rejoice and My heart is inditing, which Handel composed for the coronation of George II in 172...

The magnificent Largo was written for the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich who gave the world premiere alongside Seiji Ozawa and the Vienna Philharmonic. This intimate work has been highly accl...

The work is a dialogue in multiple levels: The solo cellist performs with the orchestral cello section, and soloist and cello section both enter into dialogue with the whole orchestra. The concerto re...

Up until now the trumpet has not played a hugely significant role in Krzysztof Penderecki’s oeuvre. Alongside cadences for Joseph Haydn’s concerto in E flat major, he has assigned substantial solos to...

For me, the viola has always been first and foremost an extraordinary vocal instrument. For me as a musician, playing chamber music with the viola is one of the most beautiful things in the world. Sto...

Pēteris Vasks composed his Oboe Concerto in commemoration of the centenary of Latvian independence, and so the work became a hymn to his native country, its nature and its people, while simultaneously...

Immerse yourself in the profound romanticism and melancholic elegance of the "Nocturne Op. 19 No. 4" for Violoncello and Orchestra. This enchanting piece highlights the warm, singing voice of the solo...

This Ode is the last of six Purcell composed for the celebration of the birthday of Queen Mary, wife of William III. It was performed on 30th April, 1694 when the queen was 33 years old. She died in D...

Experience a timeless masterpiece of the guitar repertoire: The Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99 ranks among the most elegant and beloved concertos for guitar and orchestra. With virtuosic lightness,...

An ihrem 34. Geburtstag erhielt Clara Schumann von ihrem Mann nicht nur einen Flügel, sondern auch gleich das neueste Notenmaterial. Darunter fand sich unter anderem das einsätzige Concert-Allegro mit...

Das Klavier ist auf das feinste mit dem Orchester verwebt. Man kann sich das Eine nicht denken, ohne das andere. [...] Der Pianist ist in diesem Klavierkonzert nicht nur Solist, sondern auch Orchester...