Classical Romantic Music Sheet Music for Orchestra

The opera “Dido and Aeneas”, a recount of the well-known story from Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, has established itself as a favourite with the public. This is due to the skill of composer Henry Purcel...

Les Boréades was actually intended to be performed at the Théâtre de Choisy in Paris in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years' War to celebrate the conclusion of peace. However, after two rehearsals with...

Although Rameau's "Boréades" from 1762 were not performed during his lifetime, they are his musical masterpiece and a synthesis of his compositional output. All the musical innovations to which the co...

After Hippolyte et Aricie and Castor et Pollux, Dardanus is Rameau's third tragédie lyrique for Paris. With its multifaceted music, it is an absolute highlight of this genre. Its reception is very spe...

With its detailed scene directions and many short forms such as accompagnato recitatives and ariosi, "Belshazzar" is the most dramatic of George Frideric Handel's oratorios. In fact, it is even a sacr...

Text by Franc-Nohain Place and time: The plot takes place in Toledo, in the 18th century Characters: Concepción, Torquemada's wife (Soprano) - Gonzalve, bachelier (Tenor) - Torquemada, clockmaker (Tri...

Le Tambourin, an excerpt from the opera-ballet "Les Fêtes d'Hébé", is one of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s best-known works and is presented here in an arrangement by Thierry Caens. Composed in the 18th cent...

Le Tambourin, an excerpt from the opera-ballet "Les Fêtes d'Hébé", is one of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s best-known works and is presented here in an arrangement by Thierry Caens. Composed in the 18th cent...

Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge - (Klavierauszug) - Sopran solo (5), Alt solo (2), Tenor solo (4), Bariton solo, Bass solo (3), Gemischter Chor, Klavier - Klavierauszug

The history of Beethoven's only opera, FIDELIO, is rife with twists and turns, among them that the opera was originally to be called LEONORE. Additionally, the opera is unique in that Beethoven compos...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the music to COSÌ FAN TUTTE (So do they all), his third collaboration with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, only after his contemporary Antonio Salieri rejected t...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the music to COSÌ FAN TUTTE (So do they all), his third collaboration with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, only after his contemporary Antonio Salieri rejected t...

Zaïs by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was first performed on February 29, 1748 at the Opéra in Paris. It is a pastorale héroïque, a form of the opéra-ballet genre of French Baroque opera that draws...

In 1945 Strauss allowed an orchestral Rosenkavalier Suite to be published, but he was apparently not involved in creating it. It is likely that conductor Artur Rodzinski arranged it, as he had conduct...

The Hindemith Complete Edition publishes the score of the opera in four acts Cardillac (new version) in two volumes: in the present volume I,5-Part A the First and Second Acts together with an introdu...

The Hindemith Complete Edition publishes the score of the opera in four acts Cardillac (new version) in two volumes: in volume I,5-Part A the First and Second Acts together with an introduction, the r...

Commissioned by the American Opera Project and premiered in 2014, Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom is a two act opera detailing the life and development of the famed Underground Rai...

The Richard Wagner Complete Edition presents the composer's entire output for the first time in a reliable form. The conductor Michael Balling, in the early years of the 20th century, attempted to mak...