Overtures for Orchestra

Fiery and exciting, this arrangement retains the scoring and 'sound' of Mozart's original while bringing it within the grasp of the very young full orchestra. Very mature sounding, yet so playable. Ou...

First performed in Rome in 1816, this overture is among Rossini's most-loved orchestral works. Your students will undoubtedly recognize the infectious main theme from its frequent use in commercials a...

First performed in Rome in 1816, this overture is among Rossini's most-loved orchestral works. Your students will undoubtedly recognize the infectious main theme from its frequent use in commercials a...

Schubert composed his incidental music to the Romantic drama Rosamunde, Princess of Cypress in less than three weeks, finishing just two days before the play's premiere in December of 1823. Not much t...

Schubert composed his incidental music to the Romantic drama Rosamunde, Princess of Cypress in less than three weeks, finishing just two days before the play's premiere in December of 1823. Not much t...

La Traviata, an opera in three acts written by the Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), has become a favorite of opera lovers the world over. It contains some of the most beautiful of Verdi's...

La Traviata, an opera in three acts written by the Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), has become a favorite of opera lovers the world over. It contains some of the most beautiful of Verdi's...

Now, all the intensity of this powerful, minor-keyed overture for the young full orchestra! While keeping the colors of the original intact, individual parts are all in very practical ranges, with str...

Now, all the intensity of this powerful, minor-keyed overture for the young full orchestra! While keeping the colors of the original intact, individual parts are all in very practical ranges, with str...

Since its premiere in 1874, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) has been one of the most beloved operettas ever written. Among Johann Strauss' most famous overtures, this delightful selection abounds with memora...

The quintessential 'Can-Can' provides a rousing finish, yet this entire piece offers excitement, lyricism, and opportunities for impressive, yet manageable, solos and cadenzas. For strings alone or wi...

The quintessential 'Can-Can' provides a rousing finish, yet this entire piece offers excitement, lyricism, and opportunities for impressive, yet manageable, solos and cadenzas. For strings alone or wi...

The quintessential 'Can-Can' provides a rousing finish, yet this entire piece offers excitement, lyricism, and opportunities for impressive, yet manageable, solos and cadenzas. For strings alone or wi...

The quintessential 'Can-Can' provides a rousing finish, yet this entire piece offers excitement, lyricism, and opportunities for impressive, yet manageable, solos and cadenzas. For strings alone or wi...

Your students will love rehearsing and performing Richard Meyer's arrangement of the Overture from Bizet's opera Carmen, which contains some of the most recognizable music ever written. Very faithful...

Your students will love rehearsing and performing Richard Meyer's arrangement of the Overture from Bizet's opera Carmen, which contains some of the most recognizable music ever written. Very faithful...

Of the four overtures that Beethoven composed for his only opera, the 'Leonore Overture' No. 3 is the most popular. The first reviewer found fault with it for its 'incessant dissonances and overblown...

Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie presents great confusion among nymphs and gods. The opera is a fascinating masterpiece of a tragédie en musique by the French baroque composer. The Symphonies edition brin...

Experience one of the most gripping and radiant masterpieces in orchestral literature with Ludwig van Beethoven's Overture to the opera "Fidelio", Op. 72. From its solemnly powerful opening chords to...

Experience one of the most gripping and radiant masterpieces in orchestral literature with Ludwig van Beethoven's Overture to the opera "Fidelio", Op. 72. From its solemnly powerful opening chords to...

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...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) CARMEN became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) CARMEN became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) composed the four-act opera Prince Igor between 1869-1887, although it remained unfinished at his death. Fellow Russian composers Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov completed a...