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Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.
Weber's operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantische Oper (Romantic opera) in Germany. Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German "nationalist" opera, Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and, at the same time, revealed Weber's lifelong interest in the music of non-Western cultures. This interest was first manifested in Weber's incidental music for Schiller's translation of Gozzi's Turandot, for which he used a Chinese melody, making him the first Western composer to use an Asian tune that was not of the pseudo-Turkish kind popularised by Mozart and others.

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Various composers
An die Geliebte
Julian Prégardien, Christoph Schnackertz
The clarinet as prima donna
Roeland Hendrikx
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber
Mozart & Weber Quintets
Julian Bliss | Carducci String Quartet
Incandescent Piano Recital
Catherine Lan
Various composers
Chamber Music
Soloists of the SPANNUNGEN Festival
Carl Maria von Weber, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms
Germanic Giants
Marcel Luxen
Various composers
Afscheid van een springlevend orkest
Radio Kamer Filharmonie
Carl Maria Von Weber
Cumming, Duncan J./Hogwood, Christopher
The Original Recordings 1951-1966
Willem van Otterloo
Various composers
Between life and death - Songs and Arias
Christoph Prégardien / Michael Gees
125 Jaar Mastreechter Staar
Mastreechter Staar / Chantal Janzen
Various composers
Una Voce.........Per Clarone
Trio Di Clarone
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Carl Maria von Weber
De Mooiste Sprookjesmuziek
London Philharmonic Festival Orchestra