Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote his Symphony in C minor, Op. 68 between 1854 and 1876. The long period of composition resulted from Brahms' self-criticism, with the composer destroying much of his e...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote his Symphony in C minor, Op. 68 between 1854 and 1876. The long period of composition resulted from Brahms' self-criticism, with the composer destroying much of his e...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed his Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 while on a retreat in Pörtschach am Wörthersee in the summer of 1877. With his first efforts in the symphonic form finally co...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed his Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 while on a retreat in Pörtschach am Wörthersee in the summer of 1877. With his first efforts in the symphonic form finally co...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) started work on his Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 in 1884, a year after finishing the third. It brings a stern, yet majestic conclusion to the cycle, admired for its ri...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) started work on his Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 in 1884, a year after finishing the third. It brings a stern, yet majestic conclusion to the cycle, admired for its ri...

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...

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...

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' (1833-1897) most popular works today, and they were the most...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' (1833-1897) most popular works today, and they were the most...

Performed only three times during Anton Bruckner's (1824-1896) lifetime, the immense Symphony No. 8, considered the composer's most awesome and sweeping symphony, took over five years to write and rev...

Performed only three times during Anton Bruckner's (1824-1896) lifetime, the immense Symphony No. 8, considered the composer's most awesome and sweeping symphony, took over five years to write and rev...

LE ROI MALGRÉ LUI (THE RELUCTANT KING) is a comic opera by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), based on a 1836 vaudeville play by Virginie Ancelot. The stage work depicts the brief reign of Henri, Duke of...

LE ROI MALGRÉ LUI (THE RELUCTANT KING) is a comic opera by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), based on a 1836 vaudeville play by Virginie Ancelot. The stage work depicts the brief reign of Henri, Duke of...

After España, the short work Joyeuse Marche is French composer Emmanuel Chabrier's (1841-1894) second most popular composition. The joyous and at times comical piece was originally written for piano,...

After España, the short work Joyeuse Marche is French composer Emmanuel Chabrier's (1841-1894) second most popular composition. The joyous and at times comical piece was originally written for piano,...

España, rhapsody for orchestra is the most well-known work by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894). Written in 1883, Chabrier was inspired following a trip to Spain with his wife, where he le...

Habanera, composed for piano in October 1885, explores a folk tune that Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) collected on his five-month trip to Spain. The habanera derives its name from Havana, Cuba, charac...

Les Sylphides is a ballet blanc set to the music of Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) by Russian composer, teacher, and conductor Alexander Glazunov. Described as a "romantic reverie" by dance historian and...

Les Sylphides is a ballet blanc set to the music of Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) by Russian composer, teacher, and conductor Alexander Glazunov. Described as a “romantic reverie” by dance historian and...

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86) was composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) in 1894. A symphonic poem based on Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem L’après-midi d’un f...

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86) was composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) in 1894. A symphonic poem based on Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem L’après-midi d’un f...