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Based on Predude I from THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER.

Jean Émile Auguste Bernard (1843-1902) was a French Romantic composer and organist. His Divertissement for Doubled Wind Quintet, Op. 36 was first written for the Société des Instruments à Vent (Societ...

While scored by Franz Lachner for eight wind instruments (flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons), this work is considered to be symphonic in scope.

Uniting the traditional Woodwind and Brass Quintets into a ten-player performing group, the Alfred Reed has treated the various combinations possible with this instrumentation in various ways: sometim...

Frederic Berr, a clarinettist who frequently worked with Rossini, transcribed the six "String Sonatas" which the composer had originally penned when he was only twelve years old. Five of these were pu...

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) wrote his suite España, Op. 165, also known as 'Seis Hojas de Album' ('Six Album leaves') for piano in 1890. Each of the six movements recreates a traditional Spanish dance o...

André Jolivet (1905-1974) was a French composer particularly devoted to French culture and musical thought. Influenced variously by Arnold Schoenberg and Edgard Varèse, and a founder of the group La j...

Cinq Pièces en Trio is a sparkling masterpiece of neoclassical chamber music. The work comprises five charming, concise movements lasting between one and three minutes each, captivating audiences with...

This very well-known work by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow (1844-1908) comes from his opera THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN. Where THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE customarily showcases the virtuosic technical abilities...

American composer and folk music specialist, Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953), was a prominent voice in the emerging modernist aesthetic in the early 20th century, and she became a central member of a...

On both "Hill-Songs," Percy Grainger writes: "My Hill-Songs arose out of the thoughts about and longings for the wilderness of hill countries, hill peoples, and hill musics (such as the Scottish Highl...

On both "Hill-Songs," Percy Grainger writes: "My Hill-Songs arose out of the thoughts about and longings for the wilderness of hill countries, hill peoples, and hill musics (such as the Scottish Highl...

With music by William Penn and words based on the writings and poetry of Hamlin Garlin, this is a unique and beautiful opportunity to feature a medium voice with wind ensemble (no saxophones, flugelho...

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) completed Octet (Octuor) in 1923 for an unusual combination of instruments. Comprised of three movements: I. Sinfonia, II. Tema con variazioni, III. Finale, Stravinsky exhi...

Nonet, Op. 40, a Divertimento for nine wind instruments by Gustav Schreck (1849-1918), was published in 1905. In four movements, the music alternates between the beautiful sonorities of a wind ensembl...

Nonet, Op. 40, a Divertimento for nine wind instruments by Gustav Schreck (1849-1918), was published in 1905. In four movements, the music alternates between the beautiful sonorities of a wind ensembl...

Very beautiful settings of Beau Soir; Mandoline; Romance and Fantoches that have been very well received by both performers and listeners. These are very sensitive settings. Songs included: I. Beau So...

Niccolò Paganini's (1782-1840) wrote two installments (Op. 2 and Op. 3) of six sonatas each for violin and guitar between 1805 and 1809 while he lived in Florence with a guitar-playing noblewoman. Pag...

Niccolò Paganini's (1782-1840) lovely Sonata Concertata for Guitar and Violin, Op. 61, MS 2, written in 1803, is more reminiscent of Mozart or Haydn rather than the Paganini of his 24 Caprices or Viol...

American composer Arthur Foote (1853-1937) was a member of the "Boston Six" and an advocate of Brahms and Wagner in the United States. His Sarabande and Rigaudon is written for oboe (or flute), viola...

Instrumentation: Oboe, Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello