Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

BENEATH CALM WATERS is a cinematic tone poem evoking the scene of a gigantic sea creature rising from the depths below to wreak havoc on an ill-fated cruise ship passing through its domain. Below the...

This work was inspired by the great Alexios Komnenos, emperor of Byzantium during 1081 to 1095. During the first crusade, he fought and won several battles, marking his brilliant mind for strategy and...

ACHTUNG: LEDIGLICH STIMMENSATZ, ES GIBT KEINE PARTITUR, ABER EINE KLAVIERSTIMME

This work is one of three pieces of educational programming by composer David Ott. Each begins with a video hosted by the composer explaining the relationship of music to other subjects or describing...

This work is one of three pieces of educational programming by composer David Ott. Each begins with a video hosted by the composer explaining the relationship of music to other subjects or describing...

Written especially for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, July 4, 1986.

Long considered to be one of the most dramatic symphonic movements of all time, Respighi's finale is arranged to make it accessible and effective for intermediate-level groups. The tension-building fi...

Long considered to be one of the most dramatic symphonic movements of all time, Respighi's finale is arranged to make it accessible and effective for intermediate-level groups. The tension-building fi...

Symphony No. 25 begins with one of Mozart's most recognized themes, as heard in the classic Oscar-winning film Amadeus. Jamin Hoffman has placed the first movement in an accessible, practical format t...

Symphony No. 25 begins with one of Mozart's most recognized themes, as heard in the classic Oscar-winning film Amadeus. Jamin Hoffman has placed the first movement in an accessible, practical format t...

This authoritative edition presents full-score reproductions of three of Liszt's best-known symphonic poems. Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem No.3) grew out of the composer's unpublished choral setting of...

Two masterpieces in an attractive, inexpensive volume. Included are Brahms's 1860 revision for full orchestra of Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, originally composed for winds and strings; and his 1...

Described by the composer as a 'study in gray painting, ' this three-movement work exemplifies the aural impressionism synonymous with Debussy's name. Shaded by his unique orchestral palette, three ev...

Composed for the famous ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes, Maurice Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe was drawn from an ancient Greek fable. At the time, Ravel announced his intention to...

Brahms wrote only two concerti in his lifetime, each one an important staple of the concert repertoire. These masterpieces are featured here in full score in one convenient, affordable volume. Pia...

The 'Scottish, ' 'Italian, ' and 'Reformation' symphonies rank among Mendelssohn's greatest works. All three of these staples of the orchestral repertoire appear here in one convenient volume, repro...

The Magic Flute In Full Score was created at the peak of the Enlightenment, Mozart 's divine and enduring milestone of Opera is both a light-hearted fairy tale and an epic story of the struggle betwee...

With their rich harmonic language and complex polyphony, these works are exemplars of Austro-Germanic Romanticism. Nicknamed 'The Philosopher's Symphony, ' Bruckner's hour-long Sixth Symphony is amon...

Drafted (as a piano duet) in March 1941 for, but not used at, the first production of Paul Bunyan; it was not re-instated in the revival, for which a new short introduction was composed. The work was...

Variations on a Christmas Carol (God rest ye merry, gentlemen) for orchestra. Composed for the BBC programme with the same title which wasbroadcast on Christmas Day 1947. The programme consisted of li...

In this second Parable for church performance, Britten sustains the influence of the Noh tradition in Curlew River, while taking inspiration from the Biblical story Ananias, Azarias and Misael. It tel...

Of all the parables in the New Testament none has had quite such a universal and ever-renewed appeal as that of the Prodigal Son. With its unforgettable climax of reward and rejoicing being lavished n...

Commissioned by the BBC for broadcast at the opening concert of the Third Programme, the work was described in the Radio Times as Festival Overture . The work lasts 8 minutes.