Romantic

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ORCHESTRA

Modern jazz trumpet for gifted Mozart scholar

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) was an Austrian composer and outstanding virtuoso pianist during the transition period...
ORCHESTRA

The true soul behind Elgar's Enigma Variations

Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, originally titled Variations on an Original Theme, is famous for its mysterious name,...
ORCHESTRA

Dvorak's string serenade is a mirror of his blissful years

For Antonin Dvořák, 1875 was a grand time for both creative productivity and wholesome family life. The birth of his...
Classical Guitar

Granada: Albéniz's tribute for the city of guitar craft

The first piano solo of Isaac Albéniz, Suite Española, is probably the first testimony of the artistic renaissance of...
ORCHESTRA

Famous Sibelius piece was commissioned for a plywood mill anniversary

Jean Sibelius originally wrote Andante Festivo for a string quartet which was later made all the more luscious when he...
ORCHESTRA

Saint-Saëns' French horn Romance in hand-free performance

Camille Saint-Saëns was an anomaly among French composers of the 19th century due to his proficiency in writing for all...
ORCHESTRA

Grieg's exquisite Norwegian cocktail of mountains, forests and sea

Edvard Grieg composed the large body of his music surrounded by the scenic landscapes of the Hardanger fjord. Grieg's...
ORCHESTRA

The misty seascape embodied in Mendelssohn's surging overture

The Hebrides, also called Hebrides Overture or Overture to the Lonely Isle, is an orchestra piece by Felix Mendelssohn,...
ORCHESTRA

Walks along Moldau river ended in the greatest symphonic poem of all time

Bedřich Smetana conceived a series of orchestral pieces based on the legends and landscapes of his homeland entitled Má...
Classical Guitar

Asturias by Isaac Albéniz and its life in The Doors interpretation

Asturias is a famous work by the Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz. This piece, coming at around six minutes...

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