Classical Music (Baroque) Sheet Music for Orchestra

Rameau's only extant opera based on a libretto by Voltaire has come down to us in two versions (1745 and 1746), that of 1745 having long been regarded as lost. Volume IV.12 of the 'Opera omnia Rameau'...

The new scholarly-critical edition of the score of Rameau's 'ballet héroïque' Les Indes galantes finally clears up its convoluted source history. At the first performance, on 23 August 1735, it consis...

This edition unites all the purely instrumental and dance numbers from one of Rameau's most popular operas, along with those from his last one-act opéra-ballet 'Io', which was left unfinished at the t...

Rameau's 'Hippolyte et Aricie' showcases great confusions amongst nymphs and gods. The opera represents a fascinating masterpiece of a Baroque 'Tragédie en musique' by the French composer. This editio...

Bring royal splendor and baroque majesty to your concert stage! With "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" by George Frideric Handel, Editions Marc Reift presents one of the most beloved and exhilaratin...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets in Bb Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola or Violin 3, Cello/Bass) Absolute minimum forces required for the performance of this arrangement are 2 flutes, oboe...

Geminiani’s six Concertos Op. 3 were first published in 1732 by John Walsh, in London; the next year, the Amsterdam music printer and publisher Michel-Charles Le Cène issued a revision by the composer...

Every note and word comes from J.S. Bach. The notes are from BWV 118 O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, with texts from BWV 140 Wachet Auf. Together it makes this accessible Bach masterpiece appropria...

In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, "Io" is certainly the work shrouded in the most mystery: the acte de ballet has survived only in the form of a copy of the score and parts which was made by a collector fr...

The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio’s most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most...

The Purcell Society’s major new redaction of Dido and Aeneas was issued in 2021, and the vocal score reflects the latest thinking in terms of source studies and historical musicology, of which a full...

It is almost impossible to tell from listening to them that Bach's extremely popular concerti for harpsichord were probably his own transcriptions of solo concerti which had originally been composed f...

It is almost impossible to tell from listening to them that Bach's extremely popular concerti for harpsichord were probably his own transcriptions of solo concerti which had originally been composed f...

Music has been an important part of many theatrical performances in the British Isles since the 16th century. Many of G. F. Handel's favourites have also been performed in English dramas and ballad op...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s harpsichord concertos, which are hugely popular today, once offered the composer a real field for experimentation. Bach often used pre-existing material. Thus, there is much to...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s harpsichord concertos, which are hugely popular today, once offered the composer a real field for experimentation. Bach often used pre-existing material. Thus, there is much to...

It would be hard to imagine today’s concert repertoire without the harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is not known whether the A-major Concerto BWV 1055, like some of the other harpsic...