Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

The 1912 lighthearted tribute to Ireland, WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING, uses text written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., and set to music composed by Ernest Ball (1878-1927). It has been use...

The 1912 lighthearted tribute to Ireland, WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING, uses text written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., and set to music composed by Ernest Ball (1878-1927). It has been use...

You're a Grand Old Flag was written by George Michael Cohen (1878-1942) in 1906 for his stage musical George Washington, Jr. First heard by audiences at the musical's premiere on February 6, 1906, thi...

You're a Grand Old Flag was written by George Michael Cohen (1878-1942) in 1906 for his stage musical George Washington, Jr. First heard by audiences at the musical's premiere on February 6, 1906, thi...

Hoping to repeat the success of his first opera LE VILLI, the publisher Ricordi commissioned Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) to write EDGAR, SC 62, based on a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana after Alfred d...

This Preludio Sinfonico in A (S.32) has often been confused with Giacomo Pucccini's (1858-1924) Preludio a Orchestra (S.1), composed when he was a teenager. The Preludio Sinfonico was composed as part...

A five-movement suite originally written by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, MIROIRS ("Mirrors") was written between 1904 and 1905, with each movement dedicated to a fellow member of the Fren...

A five-movement suite originally written by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, MIROIRS ("Mirrors") was written between 1904 and 1905, with each movement dedicated to a fellow member of the Fren...

Leroy Anderson composed "Arietta" in 1962 in Woodbury, Connecticut. The main melody first materialized as a brief eight-measure sketch for viola and cello, intended for Leroy Anderson's daughter Jane...

Leroy Anderson composed "Arietta" in 1962 in Woodbury, Connecticut. The main melody first materialized as a brief eight-measure sketch for viola and cello, intended for Leroy Anderson's daughter Jane...

An American Pops classic in it's original scoring, this work is part of the Anderson Classics Series by E.F. Kalmus.

An American Pops classic in it's original scoring, this work is part of the Anderson Classics Series by E.F. Kalmus.

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975), ever-popular in the concert hall for his light orchestral pieces, found a great musical ally in the Boston Pops Orchestra under its director, Arthur Fiedler. Premiering man...

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975), ever-popular in the concert hall for his light orchestral pieces, found a great musical ally in the Boston Pops Orchestra under its director, Arthur Fiedler. Premiering man...

A brilliant showpiece for four clarinets in the spirit of Bugler's Holiday. Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2.2.2: 3sax(AAT.opt.): 4.3.3.1: Perc(2): Pno(opt): Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set).

Like most of Leroy Anderson's efforts, "Belle of the Ball" is light, effervescent, and devoid of conflict or disharmony. Anderson looked upon the piece as a modern-day American revival -- or revitaliz...

Leroy Anderson's (1908-1975) "Scottish Suite" (1954) originally had four movements: "The Bluebells of Scotland", "The Campbells Are Coming", "Bonnie Dundee", and "Turn Ye To Me". While he conducted th...

Oversized Score! Leroy Anderson's (1908-1975) "Scottish Suite" (1954) originally had four movements: "The Bluebells of Scotland", "The Campbells Are Coming", "Bonnie Dundee", and "Turn Ye To Me". Whil...

Leroy Anderson's (1908-1975) "Scottish Suite" (1954) originally had four movements: "The Bluebells of Scotland", "The Campbells Are Coming", "Bonnie Dundee", and "Turn Ye To Me". While he conducted th...

Written by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) in 1913, this cryptic tone poem premiered on March 27th of that year by the Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Helsinki, under the composer's baton. Following that...

Written by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) in 1913, this cryptic tone poem premiered on March 27th of that year by the Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Helsinki, under the composer's baton. Following that...

Following a jocular remark from his wife that he sometimes seemed like a child, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was inspired to write a work for piano evoking the curiosities and sentiments of childhood....

Sergei Prokofiev began work on Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 in 1916, but wrote most of it in 1917, completing the piece on September 10, 1917. The symphony was premiered on April 21, 1918 in Petr...

The three-act operetta LA RONDINE (The Swallow) by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was first completed in 1916 and premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Monte Carlo on March 27, 1917. It tells the story of Ma...

Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) is a four-movement symphonic poem for orchestra completed in 1924 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. The piece, which depicts pine trees in four locations in Rome...