Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

Bennu is the Egyptian God whose singing gave birth to Time. It had the shape of a birth and today is known as the Phoenix. This symphonic poem is a new meditation of Duran-Loriga about the musical tim...

Nave was commissioned by the Arturo Márquez Extraordinary Fellowship in Composition of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It is inspired by the 'Stultifera Navis' (or 'The Ship of Fo...

François Glorieux was born in Belgium in 1932, and acclaimed throughout Europe, the USA, Latin America, Canada, Japan, China, the Middle East and Africa. He is one of the most widely accomplished and...

The score is introduced with a scholarly preface (English and German) and the preface is available online for inspection. All this is made possible by a worldwide network of musicians, musicologists a...

Preface Hubert Parry did not attend a music college, unlike his colleague C. V Stanford, who studied at Leipzig. True, Parry had been the youngest graduate in music (at 18) from Oxford – a record that...

Preface Composed in the mid-1860s during one of many frustrating points in the young composer's life, Pytor Tchaikovsky's TH 38 (Overture in C minor), never performed during his lifetime, is a testame...

Preface "At Tordenskjold's in Holmen's Church," "From David's Psalm 103 (or 16)," "From David's Psalm 103," "Danish Pictures," "Danish Cities," "Fanfare Symphony," "Dannebrogklänge" - there were many...

Preface The Romanian composer George Enescu was the only surviving child of his parents, who had lost several children as stillbirths or through illness. His father, Costache Enescu, worked as an admi...

Preface The music of Joachim Raff' has enjoyed a small renaissance in the last 20 years. For a long time, the once-famous musician was almost forgotten. When Pyotr Tchaikovsky attended the Bayreuth Fe...

Preface Arnold Bax was born and brought up in London in a wealthy and cultivated family. Showing early showed talent in music, he studied at the Royal Academy in London and in Dresden, where he first...

Preface Willem Pijper was a Dutch composer, music journalist, and teacher who rose from a humble background to become a central figure of musical life in the Netherlands. Along with his contemporary M...

Preface Historians of American music have identified two New England Schools of music, though this terminology refers to historical movements, not formal arrangements. John Knowles Paine is considered...

Premiere 18 March 1910 in Vienna Musikverein, Tonkünstler Orchester; Franz Schreker, conductor First publication of the orchestral score The third movement was engraved, and the other movements remain...

Excerpted from La habanera: Drame lyrique en trois actes (poème et musique de R. Laparra) Dedication: À Monsieur et Madame Albert Carré. Albert Carré (1852-1938) and Marguerite Giraud-Carré (1880-1947...

Foreword In Norway, it is called Fossegrim, in Sweden Strömkarlen or Näcken, and in Germany this legendary creature is known as Nöck: we are talking about a spirit or troll that lives in waterfalls, e...

COMMENTARY After the roaring success of Periodical Overture No. 20, it is no wonder that Robert Bremner (c.1713-1789) wanted to continue publishing works by Niccolò Piccinni (Piccini) (1728-1800). In...