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Kol Nidrei

Kol Nidrei

Although Bruch’s oeuvre is extensive and significant, modern listeners are nowadays really only familiar with his Violin Concerto No.1, which belongs to the standard repertoire of all violinists. The...
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Festival March op. 54

Festival March op. 54

The “Festival March” was first heard on April 23, 1879 during the performance of Shakespear’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” On the occasion of the visit of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I with his...
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Tibi Soli Peccavi

Tibi Soli Peccavi

The Flemish composer and conductor Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) was working in Italy, England and the Netherlands. From 1556 on, he worked as the conductor of the Bavarian court orchestra in Munich....
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Spanischer Marsch

Spanischer Marsch

Johann Strauss II, best known as the “Waltz King”, also composed a few marches. He dedicated a whole series of pieces of this genre to certain countries and their monarchs: the “Persian March op....
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La Gazza Ladra

Gioachino Antonio Rossini, born in Pesaro, Italy, in 1792, was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding opera composers of the 19th century. The overtures to his operas were particularly popular and...
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March

from the ballet "The Nutcracker"
In the St. Petersburg performances of the three great ballets by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), classical dance reached its peak and thus formed the starting point for the renewal of ballet in...
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Pique Dame

After the revolution of 1848 the "Singspiel" lost much of its appeal and the lively works of Jacques Offenbach were welcomed by the Viennese with open arms. Franz von Suppè (1819-1895), already a...
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AIDA - Gran Finale Secondo

AIDA is one of the most famous operas written by Giuseppe Verdi. The premiere took place in Cairo on 24 December 1871. Verdi had completed the pompous opera in „pure Egyptian style“ a year earlier,...
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Berenice

»Andante Larghetto«
BERENICE, Regina di Egitto (HWV 38) is an opera composed by Georg Friedrich Händel in 1736/37. It consists of three acts and was written along with Händel’s other two operas ARMINIO and GIUSTINO...
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Il Guarany

Sinfonia
IL GUARANY by Antônio Carlos Gomes is considered the first Brazilian opera and was written between 1868 and 1870. It is very important for Brazil’s musical history - even though it was...
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Pomp and Circumstance No. 1

op. 39/1
Between 1901 and 1930, Edward Elgar (1857-1934) published five splendid military marches for large symphony orchestra entitled "Pomp and Circumstance". The best known was the first, originally in the...
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Un Poco Larghetto

Opus 6 by the composer George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) comprises twelve works. Each one is a so-called "Concerto Grosso", a concert genre and instrumentation typical of the Baroque period, in...
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Festmarsch

Johann Strauß (son) (1825-1899) acquired the title of “King of Waltz” only in the musical field, but as a prominent member of Vienna’s high society in the 19th century he also...
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BEETHOVEN 1-9

In 2020 we celebrated the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. The composer who was born in Bonn is considered the most performed classical composer in the world. He is often...
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Zur großen Wachparade

The March ZUR GROSSEN WACHPARADE (March for the Great Guard Parade) WoO 24 (WoO = Werk ohne Opus / work without opus) is a commissioned composition for the music banda of the Viennese civil artillery...
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Persischer Marsch

In 1864 Johann Strauß (son) (1825-1899) wrote some compositions, which he dedicated to regents of European and Asian countries. Probably the most interesting of these works - his "Persian...
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Wellingtons Sieg

oder »Die Schlacht bei Vittoria«
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) op. 91 Dem Prinz-Regenten von England Georg August Friedrich gewidmet I. Schlacht Englische Trommeln und Trompeten Rule Britannia Französische Trommeln...
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Marche des Janissaires

Marsch der Janitscharen
Belgian-French composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813), who had studied in Rome, was early-on enthusiastic about opera and became one of the celebrated Parisian opera composers...
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An die Freude

Ode to Joy
"An die Freude" can also be performed with band and choir. The additional chor parts are available separately. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is a grandiose work, in regard both to its...
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Last Rose of Summer

Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow (1812-1883) was a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera Martha, which was popular in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th....
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Wiener Praterleben

Siegfried Translateur was a German composer, publisher and music director. He hailed from the province of Silesia where he was born as an illegitimate child. His mother later married cantor Salomon...
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Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe

Already as a boy, the Ukrainian composer Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825) was a member of the court choir in St. Petersburg. He then studied in Bologna, Rome and Naples returning to St. Petersburg in...
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Bist Du bei mir

If Thou Be Near
The universal genius Johann Sebastian Bach ist still arousing admiration today and there is no composer, no musician that could get around his legacy. There is no composer whose works have been...
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Feuerfest!

Josef Strauß (1827-1879) comes from the famed Austrian Strauß family. His father was Johann Strauß, his older brother Johann Strauß (son) and his younger brother Eduard...
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Pomp and Circumstance No. 4

op. 39/4
The five marches from the series “Pomp and Circumstance” op. 39 surely belong to the most famous compositions by British composer Edward Elgar. He wrote them between 1901 and 1930. The...
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Maskarade

The opera “Maskarade” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen is based on a classic theater comedy that Nielsen turned into a comic opera. Literary circles first were critical about this, but...
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Guten Abend, gut' Nacht

In all of Brahms’ music, the singable main theme immediately appeals to people. I comes from inside and is the direct expression of the composer’s personality. In a letter to Clara...
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Orpheus in der Unterwelt

Franco-German composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) is regarded as the founder of modern operetta and established it as an independent genre of musical theatre. His most important work, “Orpheus in...
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Polka Italienne

Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergeij Rachmaninow (1873-1943) is regarded as one of the most versatile musicians of his time. He wrote symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, tone...
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Cortege Solennel op.91

Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow was born in 1865 and showed a striking musical talent from a very early age, which was furthered by his teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was taken as a member...
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Sei uns gegrüßt

Richard Wagner wrote this festive composition in early April, 1844 in just few days after hearing King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony had returned from England. This action by his own authority...
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Mon Salut à St. Petersbourg

Hans Christian Lumbye was a Danish director and composer; he was born on May 2, 1810 in Copenhagen. Lumbye learned to play the violin and trumpet, had music theory lessons and early on began to write...
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Tannhäuser Festival

Richard Wagner is mainly famous for his great and unique dramatic works, where he developed a comprehensive, holstic style as composer, librettist and stage director. His best-known operas are...
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Liebesflammen

World-renowned march composer Julius Fučík was born in Prague in 1872. An authentic and versatile Bohemian musician, Fučík attended the conservatory in his hometown for violin and...
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Ode "An die Freude"

One of the greatest works in music history is Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th symphony. It was the last symphony of the equally brilliant and difficult composer, outranking everything created in...
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Der Zigeunerbaron

It took Johann Strauss (son) a long time to finish his operetta “The Gipsy King”. Before its premier at the Vienna Theatre in 1885, Strauss worked two years to create the three acts that...
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Konzertstück Nr. 2 op. 114

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The Concertpieces number 1 and 2 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy were created through the encounter and friendship with the clarinetist Heinrich Joseph Baermann and his son Carl. On his big trip to...
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Elsas Zug zum Münster

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
Diese Musik entstammt der vierten Szene aus dem zweiten Aufzug der Oper "Lohengrin", als Elsa in einem feierlichen Zug zum Münster geleitet wird, wo sie ihren geheimnisvollen Retter heiraten soll....
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Toccata & Fuge in d

Toccata und Fuge in d-Moll
In its intellectual complexity, its formal incomparability and musical variety, Bach’s oeuvre shines out across the centuries. All composers who have come after him must prepared to be measured...
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Huldigungsmarsch

Hardly any composer was so rejected, and so celebrated by his contemporaries as Richard Wagner. The Leipzig musicologist Hugo Riemann (1849-1919) describes him as “the greatest dramatic composer of...
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Akademische Festouvertüre

c-Moll op.80
The composer Johannes Brahms was born into a family of musicians from Hamburg. His father was a simple tavern musician who, by his great diligence, worked his way up to become a respected double bass...
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Salzburg Dance / Prague Dance

Dance music has existed for a long time. Great composers like Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert wrote many dances which were popular in courts of the day. The pieces SALZBURG and PRAGUE...
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Hebe deine Augen auf

aus dem Oratorium »Elias«
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Elijah" is an oratorio for the biblical prophet. In a letter from 1837, there is a first mention that Mendelssohn planned to set the prophet’s story...
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Aus dem Studentenleben

It is a well-known fact that Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) was not a very good student. In 1840, his parents sent him to Plzen, where, under the supervision of his older cousin, Professor and author...
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Nessun Dorma

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) came from a tradition-steeped family of musicians. After seeing a performance of “Aida” in 1876 he decided to compose operas. “Turandot” was...
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Konzertstück Nr. 1 op. 113

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Ungarischer Tanz Nr.5

The first part of “Hungarian Dances for Composed Pianoforte for four Hands by Johannes Brahms” was published in 1869. A second volume followed in 1880 and completed the series of 21 dances. It is not...
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Music for the Royal Fireworks

The “Music for the Royal Fireworks” (HWV 351) by George Frideric Handel was first performed on April 27th 1749 on the occasion of a fireworks display given by King George II in...
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Les Savojardes

Overture
The Overture of the operetta “The Two Savoyards” stands for a period, during which works by Jacques Offenbach triggered the development of an independent Viennese operetta in the 19th century. It was...
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Annen-Polka

RUNDEL Johann-Strauß-Edition Der Titel "Annen-Polka" bezieht sich auf das in Wien sehr beliebte Annenfest anläßlich des Tages der heiligen Anna am 26. Juli. Johann...
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Wein, Weib und Gesang

For Johann Strauss II the year 1847 was of special bearing, as it allowed him to establish contacts with one of the most important musical institutions of Vienna, namely the Vienna Male Choir. In the...
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Rosen aus dem Süden

Johann Strauß (1825-1899) is known as the Waltz King; his compositions still enjoy great popularity the world over. In 1864 he came to know Jacques Offenbach, who encouraged him to write...
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Trauermarsch aus "Saul"

Dead March from Saul
Although Handel originated from the same region of Central Germany as his great contemporary Bach, the two could not be more different in their creative activities. Bach remained rooted mainly in his...
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Concertino op.26

Carl Maria von Weber succeeded in establishing himself as a pioneer of German opera. With the first performance of his “Freischütz” in Berlin in 1821 Weber was finally given unprecedented acclaim as...
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Slavonic March

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The “Slavonic March”, Tchaikovsky’s opus 31, was commissioned in 1876 by the Russian Musical Society for performance at a Red Cross charity concert for the victims of the Serbo-Turkish War. In his...
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Cortege from Mlada

Between 1868 and 1870, work was in progress at the Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg on a new ballet opera. The theme of this opera was to be based on Slavic mythology. Many well-known composers...
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Arietta

Voi che sapete
“Le nozze di Figaro”, in English “The Marriage of Figaro” is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Koechel Catalog shows this work as number K 492. The Italian libretto stems from the pen of...
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Viva Belcanto!

The title of this selection must actually not be translated. “Here is to Beautiful Singing!” would be a possible verbatim translation. However, belcanto is much more. It is an attitude to...
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Sarabanda

The saraband is a slow dance of Spanish origin, which is to be danced in a stately and graceful manner. Who thinks the spirited Spaniards to simply go for fast music and the flamenco, should not...
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Fanfare und Tanz

Fanfare and Dance
More than a century after the first performance of “Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on March 4, 1877, it has been the most universally...
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