Kalmus Orchestra Library

Written between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Concerto for Piano No. 2 remains one of the composer's most enduringly popular pieces and cemented his reputation as composer o...

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) composed his CONCERTO FOR PIANO No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85 in 1816, at the height of his career as a virtuoso pianist and composer bridging the Classical and early Roma...

Written by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) sometime in 1733-1734, the Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C, BWV 1061 appears to have been originally written for only the two solo harpsichords. The string parts we...

The GOLD AND SILVER WALTZES, Op. 79, was written by Franz Lehár (1870-1948) at the request of Princess Metternich to compose "something especially fine" for her "Gold und Silber" gala ball, commission...

This is a programmatic masterpiece! You can almost hear the breaking waves and imagine the vastness of the cave Mendelssohn encountered on his tour of the Hebrides Islands of Scotland. With numerous t...

Written in 1911 and one of two suites under Op. 28 written originally for military band, the Second Suite in F is longer and considered more difficult than its sister suite. This version for orchestra...

L'ARLÉSIENNE (THE WOMAN FROM ARLES), a play produced in 1872, was adapted from an 1868 novel by the author Alphonse Daudet. Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was commissioned to write the incidental music for...

L'ARLÉSIENNE (THE WOMAN FROM ARLES), a play produced in 1872, was adapted from an 1868 novel by the author Alphonse Daudet. Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was commissioned to write the incidental music for...

Although he had already completed his F minor concerto, Frédéric Chopin's (1810-1849) CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 1 IN E MINOR, OP. 11 was the first to be published. Composed in 1829, it premiered on March...

Although he had already completed his F minor concerto, Frédéric Chopin's (1810-1849) CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 1 IN E MINOR, OP. 11 was the first to be published. Composed in 1829, it premiered on March...

The Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) written around or before 1721 to be presented to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg...

Honoring Mozart and Haydn, Beethoven's First Symphony is a relatively conservative work from an otherwise bold composer. Despite its classical scoring and form, the symphony is uniquely Beethoven, wit...

Considered one of the cornerstrones of western music, this bridge between the Classical and Romantic eras is among the best-known and most frequently performed works in classical music. Instrumentatio...

Written between October 1809 and June 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) Egmont, Op. 84 is a set of ten incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe....

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composed the Coriolanus Overture (or just Coriolan Overture), Op. 62, in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin's tragic play Coriolan, a 1904 forgotten drama about the R...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composed the Coriolanus Overture (or just Coriolan Overture), Op. 62, in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin's tragic play Coriolan, a 1904 forgotten drama about the R...

The history of Beethoven's only opera, FIDELIO, is rife with twists and turns, among them that the opera was originally to be called LEONORE. Additionally, the opera is unique in that Beethoven compos...

Italian composer and cellist Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) wrote during the Classical era and predominantly in the galante style. Over his career, he composed twelve concertos for the cello, an...

Although it has a four movement formal structure like the German symphonies, Borodin's Second Symphony is purely Russian. No listener can fail to identify its nationality as Russian - for all purposes...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

Dvorák's Symphony No. 6 bears many similarities to the symphonies of Brahms and Beethoven, and incorporates several Czech folk tunes. It was first performed in Vienna in 1883 by the Gesellschaft der M...

Dvorák's Symphony No. 6 bears many similarities to the symphonies of Brahms and Beethoven, and incorporates several Czech folk tunes. It was first performed in Vienna in 1883 by the Gesellschaft der M...

Popularly know as the "New World Symphony," Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor was composed in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America. A major part of...

Popularly know as the "New World Symphony," Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor was composed in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America. A major part of...