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The least schooled of the great German musicians, Schubert amply compensated for his lack of formal training with his keen musical intuition and limitless melodic invention. This volume comprises two...

Incredible as it seems today, Bizet's opera Carmen was coolly received at its 1875 premiere at the Paris Opera-Comique; critics condemned its subject matter as lurid and its music as overly Wagnerian....

Although Mozart wrote with incredible versatility in every musical genre, his operas, for many, stand highest among his achievements. This volume contains the composer's greatest operatic overtures, e...

Written in 1886 for an annual Mardi Gras concert, The Carnival Of The Animals consists of 14 pieces scored for flute/piccolo, clarinet, glass harmonica (tuned glass bowls), xylophone, 2 pianos and str...

One of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Debussy overturned traditional concepts of form, harmony, rhythm, and orchestral coloration. Among his most popular works are the composition...

With the premiere in 1908 of Rapsodie Espagnole, Ravel's first entirely orchestral composition, the French composer achieved renown as a highly original and imaginative composer. In 1911 he recast the...

Full score edition reproduced from the original G. Ricordi, Milan edition, Verdi's Aida is grand opera at its highest form.

Commissioned in 1786 by the Paris-based orchestra Le Concert de la Loge Olympique, these six symphonies were created for an extraordinarily large ensemble of both professional and amateur players, inc...

Philip Glass' Piano Concerto No 2 was composed in 2004 and has a duration of approximately 34 minutes. Commissioned by the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission, Board of Regents of the Uni...

Composed between 1889 and 1890, this first version of Claude Debussy's Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre was never performed or published during the composer's lifetime. It was only a year after his d...

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After Henrik Ibsen obtained sensational feedback for his verse drama 'Peer Gynt', he decided to arrange the text for stage performances as well. He requested incidental music from Edvard Grieg, who im...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his Reformation Symphony for the celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the 'Confessio Augustana,' the Protestant declaration of faith. Owing to various and...

Eduard Franck's Piano Concerto in D minor Op. 13 is the first major orchestral work by this Mendelssohn pupil. The pianist, already celebrated at a young age, had early plans for the piano concerto th...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his Reformation Symphony for the celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the 'Confessio Augustana,' the Protestant declaration of faith. Owing to various and...

The "Gesang aus Fingal" op. 17b for mixed choir and orchestra is an arrangement of the fourth movement from the Vier Gesänge für Frauenchor, Hörnern und Harfe op. 17, which Brahms composed at the inst...