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Cortege Solennel op. 50

Cortege Solennel op. 50

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was born in 1865 and showed remarkable musical talent at a young age, which was particularly encouraged by his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was accepted into...
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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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Legende No. 4

Legende No. 4

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Legend No. 4, op. 59, like his Slavonic Dances, first for the piano in 1880, but scored them shortly afterwards. The cycle of ten smaller pieces with an...
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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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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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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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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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Frau Luna
(Highlights from the Operetta)

Paul Linke (1866-1946) is a German composer considered to be the “the father of Berlin operetta". Also, “Berliner Luft" from "Frau Luna" is an unofficial city song of...
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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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Sinfonia Espansiva
Movement I. Allegro Espansivo

The first movement of Nielsen’s spectacular 3rd Symphony, skillfully arranged for wind orchestra by Johan de Meij.
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Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

- for Solo Trombone & Wind Orchestra -
Pavane pour une Infante Défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is one of Ravel’s most popular pieces alongside Boléro. Written in 1899, the original piano version was arranged for...
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Peter and the Wolf

Peter und der Wolf
Famous Musical Fairy-Tale, for Narrator and band. Russian composer Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953) composed “Peter and the Wolf” in 1936 for narrator and orchestra. Combining a strong...
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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Franz Liszt’s 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies are characterised by melancholy, great expressiveness and wonderful gypsy rhythms. No.2 is the best known of all, mainly thanks to the use of various passages...
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An American in Paris

In this symphonic poem, George Gershwin portrays a day in the life of an American tourist in Paris. The music accompanies him along the Champs Elysées and through the Latin Quarter, where he...
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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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Il Giudizio Universale

The Universal Judgement / Das jüngste Gericht
Camillo De Nardis’ Il giudizio universale (The Universal Judgement) was awarded first prize at the Competition for Band Composition held in Naples. This composition was inspired by...
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Bolero

Bolero was originally written as a ballet for a famous ballerina and achieved great success on the stage. Nowadays the ballet itself is only rarely performed and even though Ravel thought the...
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The Danserye

For this collection of instrumental dances, the composer, musician and publisher Tielman Susato (ca. 1510-1570) focused on well-known folk melodies of his time. In 1551, the album was published by...
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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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The Nutcracker Fantasy

Composer Yo Goto created a sweaping fantasy for wind band using melodies from the world-famous ballet "The Nutcracker" by Peter I. Tchaikovsky. Lovely solo parts and solemn tutti parts make...
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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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Tancredi

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today’s opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the...
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Turandot

I. Popolo di Pechino! (Introduction) II. Gira la cote! III. Nessun Dorma! IV. La mia vittoria (La terza risposta) V. Diecimila anni nostro Imperatore! VI. Padre augusto (Finale) In 2006 the...
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Dance of the Amazon

Anatoli Liadov (1855-1914) studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Rimsky-Korsakov, among others. Later as a teacher, his pupils included important composers such as Sergei Prokofiev. Through...
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Polovtsian Dances

This arrangement of the popular Polovtsian Dances by Russian composer Borodin contains seven dances from the original manuscript, some of which have been used in the musical Kismet, as well as being...
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Le Corsaire

Hector Berlioz schrieb diese Ouvertüre mit dem ursprünglichen Titel La Tour de Nice (Der Turm von Nizza) im Jahre 1844 in selbiger Stadt und benannte sie erst später um, vermutlich nach einem...
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Cavalleria Rusticana

In 1889, music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno sponsored a competition for young Italian composers who had not yet brought an opera to stage. Cavalleria Rusticana was submitted, winning First Prize. It...
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Le Carnaval Romain

Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz based his sparkling overture Le Carnaval Romain on themes from his opera Benvenuto Cellini. The opera had been performed a few times in Paris, a number of years before, with little success....
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Symphony No. 3

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...
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Feste Romane

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...
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Fontane di Roma

Italian composer Ottorino Respighi wrote several operas, ballet music, chamber music, piano and organ works as well as Cantatas in a style much influenced by the French Impressionists mixed with his...
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Pomp and Circumstance No. 3 op.39

The English composer Sir Edward Elgar wrote the five Pomp and Circumstance marches between 1901 and 1930, the time of the British Empire, when the colonial and strategic world power of England was at...
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Mozart's Greatest Hits

Includes: Die Hochzeit des Figaro Eine kleine Nachtmusik Hornkonzert No. 3 Sinfonie No. 40 Klarinettenquintett in A-Dur New Sounds for Concert Band...
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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

op. 31
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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Pineapple Poll

In four charming movements, this cherished work is back in print with all new engraving and a full score for the first time. The movements are entitled "Opening Number," "Jasper's...
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The Slavonic Dances

This monumental suite is one of the most impressive transcriptions ever published. Every note comes from the original Dvorak work, including the transitions from one dance to the next. Written for...
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Symphony No. 5 - Finale

Jay has taken pains to ensure the authenticity of the original, while carefully adapting this work idiomatically for the modern wind band. This work requires strong players and a mature ensemble, but...
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Clarinet Concerto KV 622

Mozart wrote his Clarinet Concerto in 1791 for the virtuoso, Anton Stadler (1753-1812). He and his brother Johann were distinguished players of the clarinet and basset horn and had known Mozart...
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Le Nozze di Figaro

Die Hochzeit des Figaro
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...
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Cosi fan tutte

Cosi fan tutte ist eine der späten Opern Mozarts und sicherlich auch eine seiner besten. "Cosi fan tutte" bedeutet so viel wie „so sind sie alle“ und bezieht sich auf die...
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Fra Diavolo

The French composer Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was a successful composer and Director of the Paris Conservatoire. He also was appointed Musical Director of the Imperial Court...
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Coronation March

Krönungsmarsch
When Nicholas, the older son of Czar Alexander II died in 1865, the heir to the throne now became his brother Alexander. Alexander had to promise his dying brother that he would marry his fiancée...
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Boris Godunov (Selections from)

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...
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Sleeping Beauty Waltz

In the letters of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky the ballet theme occupies a rather modest place compared to opera for example. But, in spite of the laconicism and restraint which distinguish Tchaikovsky’s...
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Promenade & Great Gate of Kiev

Promenade & Das Große Tor von Kiew
Modest Petrovitch Mussorgsky was born in 1839 in the governate of Pskov. In the first place he wanted to embark on the career of an officer, and therefore joined one of the noble guards regiments....
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Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7

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Colas Breugnon Overture

Overture to “Colas Breugnon”
- NO LONGER AVAILABLE - Originally composed in 1937, the overture contains a pulsating and driving rhythmic force which is balanced by the flowing secondary theme. As Hunsberger describes, “the...
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Circus Polka

This extremely effective and witty composition is now presented with extended instrumentation for a modern symphonic wind orchestra. Stravinsky’s deliberately smaller original arrangement...
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Concerto for Trombone

Das Posaunenkonzert von Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow wurde im Jahre 1877 komponiert. Es besteht aus 3 Sätzen: 1. Allegro vivace 2. Andante cantabile 3. Allegro-Allegretto Die Sätze 2...
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Guglielmo Tell Overture

From 1824 through 1829 Rossini´s life was centered in Paris where he composed at the age of 37 his 39th and last opera: the masterpiece Guglielmo Tell. Its four part overture is a vast programmatic...
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Ruslan & Ludmilla

After the extraordinary success of his Opera “A Life for the Tsar” (or “Ivan Susanin”) in 1836, Mikhail I. Glinka (1804-1857) immediately considered composing a second opera. Pushkin’s early poetic...
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail

“Wonderful! But, aren’t there too many notes?” asked the emperor Joseph II. “No, all notes are necessary. This is new music,” replied Mozart. This is a famous anecdote about the premiere of the opera...
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