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Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K.218 - Mozart

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:07:24 -0400

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full name Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over six hundred works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. (More...)

Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K.314 - Mozart

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:07:24 -0400

Très animé - Chausson

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:07:23 -0400

Amédée-Ernest Chausson (20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish. (More... )

Rococo Variations Var #6 - Tchaikovsky

Wed, 06 May 2009 14:21:51 -0400

^{Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[a 1]} (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский; 7 May 1840 [O.S. 25 April] – 6 November 1893 [O.S. 25 October])^{[a 2]} was a Russian composer of the Romanticera. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin. (More... )

Octet, Opus 20 -Mendelssohn

Wed, 06 May 2009 13:55:24 -0400

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn^[1] (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he was born to a notable Jewish familywhich later converted to Christianity. He was recognized early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his abilities. Indeed his father was disinclined to allow Felix to follow a musical career until it became clear that he intended to seriously dedicate himself to it.^[2] (More... )

Vocalise - Rachmaninoff

Wed, 06 May 2009 13:13:55 -0400

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff[1] (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, Sergej Vasil’evič Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 [O.S. 20 March] – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. (More... )

Horn Concerto No. 3 Mozart

Wed, 06 May 2009 12:10:07 -0400

Wolfgang Amad eus Mozart, full name Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over six hundred works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. (More...)

Nonet In F Major - Spohr

Sun, 03 May 2009 13:43:42 -0400

Louis Spohr (5 April 1784 – 22 October 1859) was a German composer, violinist andconductor. Born Ludwig Spohr, he is usually known by the French form of his name outside Germany. (More...)

Pelleas et Melisande Op. 80 Prelude Fauré

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:49:06 -0400

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist,pianist, and teacher. He was the foremost French composer of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers. His harmonic and melodic language affected how harmony was later taught. (More...)

Double Concerto in a minor - Brahms

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:15:32 -0400

Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897), composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of theThree Bs. (More...)

Symphony No. 25 in g minor - Mozart

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:28:52 -0400

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full name Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over six hundred works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. (More...)

Piano Quintet in f minor - Franck

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:14:40 -0400

César Franck (December 10, 1822 – November 8, 1890), a Belgian composer, organist and music teacher who lived in France, was one of the great figures in Romantic music in the second half of the 19th century. (More...)

Piano Concerto in d minor - Bach

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:54:24 -0400

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. (More...)

Duo, Op. 5, No. 4 F Major - Devienne

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:19:39 -0500

François Devienne (January 31, 1759 - September 5, 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.

François Devienne was born in Joinville (Haute-Marne), as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker. After receiving his first musical training as a choirboy in his hometown, he was playing in various Parisian ensembles as soloist and orchestra player. He studied the flute with Félix Rault and in 1780 he joined the household of Cardinal de Rohan. He was active in Paris as a flautist, bassoonist and composer, and played bassoon at the Paris Opera. He wrote successful operas in the 1790s, including Les visitandines (1792) which brought him much success. (More...)

Flute Quartet - Mozart

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:45:36 -0500

Trio - Dring

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:45:15 -0500

Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring (September 7, 1923 – March 26, 1977) was an English composer and actress. (More...)

En Bateau - Debussy

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:49:14 -0500

Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions.^[1] Debussy is not only among the most important of all French composers; he was also a central figure in all European music at the turn of the twentieth century. (More ...)

Classical Symphony - Prokofiev

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:31:19 -0500

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1891 - 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. As a composer he mastered numerous musical genres, and came to be admired as one of the greatest of the 20th century. (More...)