Overtures for Orchestra

Unlike Bach and Chopin, Claude Debussy (1862-1918) wrote his twenty-four PRÉLUDES for solo piano without a clearly organized pattern of key relationships. They were written from December 1909 to April...

Born in Venezuela, but raised in Paris, Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) was drawn early in life to fashionable salons, singing his own songs from the piano. There he mingled with such luminaries as Mallarme...

The overture to THE SONG OF HIAWATHA was composed in 1899 for the Norwich Triennial Musical Festival performance of HIAWATHA'S WEDDING FEAST, then published separately from any of the three Hiawatha c...

The 1919 version of Stavinsky's Firebird Suite has become one of the most often performed works in the 20th Century classical repertoire. This all-new edition by Mark Rogers is a vast improvement over...

A fresh, overture-like work written on an old theme of Hebrew origin, a bombastic, short opening gives way to an extended legato andantino section featuring all of the woodwind family. Rhythmic excite...

A fresh, overture-like work written on an old theme of Hebrew origin, a bombastic, short opening gives way to an extended legato andantino section featuring all of the woodwind family. Rhythmic excite...

A dramatic, exuberant composition, in which even an average junior high school orchestra can achieve a genuine, big symphonic sound. "Written in D minor, Overture for Orchestra ...is a terrific select...

A dramatic, exuberant composition, in which even an average junior high school orchestra can achieve a genuine, big symphonic sound. "Written in D minor, Overture for Orchestra ...is a terrific select...

For an alternative Rosamunde Overture, see Alfonso and Estrella D 732

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For the 'Fidelio' overture, composed at lightning speed in 1814, a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library today provides a reliable basis for a new text-critical edition.

Schumann's 'Sinfonietta' in the Urtext The intensity with which Schumann dealt with the symphony is shown not only by the four known works themselves, but also by compositions that stand between the g...

Gewiss hatte Robert Schumann recht, als er bald nach Beethovens Tod konstatierte, dass dessen Konzeption von der Sinfonie als großem, universellem Bekenntniswerk von der nächsten Komponistengeneration...

With the celebratory overture "Zur Namensfeier" (Name Day) Op. 115, Ludwig van Beethoven created a magnificent work filled with festive energy, noble elegance, and radiant orchestral color. This premi...

Ludwig van Beethoven's Overture to Goethe's tragedy "Egmont", Op. 84, is an orchestral masterpiece brimming with dramatic power, heroic passion, and an unyielding spirit of freedom. From the dark, bro...

orch 15'