Scores for Orchestra

GISELLE, a two-act ballet by French composer Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856), was premiered in Paris on June 28, 1841, and is, along with the Christmas carol MINUIT, CHRÉTIENS (O HOLY NIGHT in Englis...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) composed SONGS TO POEMS BY RUECKERT (SONGS AFTER RÜCKERT; RÜCKERT-LIEDER) between 1901 and 1902. They were not conceived of as a cycle, with each song only connected by the p...

Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817), whose artistic career coincided with the French Revolution, earned the admiration of both Beethoven and Napoleon. As a composer of more than forty operas, he also wr...

George Gerswhin (1898-1937) teamed up with Tin Pan Alley lyricist Michael E. Rourke (pen name Herbert Reynolds) in a 1919 competition to compose a national anthem for the United States of America, whi...

Hauntingly and intimately beautiful, this coupling of the talents of Michel Legrand and Mike Lewis will have an astonishing impact on audiences.

Using a slightly smaller orchestra (no low brass, only 2 horns), Mike Lewis gives us a light, bright treatment of this famous Jobim bossa nova. 2.1(+EH).1(+BCl).2: 2.2.0.0: Gtr.Pno.JzBs: Perc(2): Str(...

Jobim has become one of Brazil's most recognized composers. A brilliant bossa nova, Surfboard captures the rhythmic irresistibility of Latin dance music. Instrumentation: 2.1+EH.1+BCl.2: 2.2.0.0: Perc...

Mike Lewis takes a variety of tunes and styles and mixes them in original and unusual ways, giving us a fresh look at some beloved American standards: "Moonlight Serenade," "Blue Moon," and "How High...

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) wrote four works in 1953, among which is The Girl in Satin. The Girl In Satin is written in a Latin style. Like the better-known Blue Tango, The Girl in Satin is Anderson's...

French composer Henri Duparc (1848-1933) is known largely for the thirteen songs included in this collection, eight for which he wrote orchestral accompaniment. Chanson Triste (Op. 2/4) was originally...

French composer Henri Duparc (1848-1933) is known largely for the thirteen songs included in this collection, eight for which he wrote orchestral accompaniment. Chanson Triste (Op. 2/4) was originally...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) began composing the songs of DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN (THE BOY'S MAGIC HORN) in 1892, finishing in 1901. Comprised of 15 songs total by the end, each sets folktale texts, as pub...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' (1833-1897) most popular works today, and they were the most...

Hamlet was written by French composer Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) in 1868, two years after the completion of his other well-known opera, Mignon. Michel Carré and Jules Barbier based their libretto on...

Ouvre ton cœur (Open your heart) dates from 1859, as George Bizet (1838-1875) was still attending the Paris Conservatory. Its Spanish flair anticipates the musical style he would later put to use in t...

Ouvre ton cœur (Open your heart) dates from 1859, as George Bizet (1838-1875) was still attending the Paris Conservatory. Its Spanish flair anticipates the musical style he would later put to use in t...

The GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE was conceived of by famous 20th century Russian dancer, teacher and choreographer Victor Gsovsky as a stand-alone pas de deux. Meant to be an homage to classical ballet style a...

The history behind the composition and implementation of the Diane et Actéon Pas de Deux can be confusing. The first version of this pas, with music by Riccardo Drigo (1846-1930), appears to have been...

Danish choreographer and ballet master August Bournonville (1805-1879) created several well-known ballets, including NAPOLI, OR THE FISHERMAN AND HIS BRIDE (1842) and THE FLOWER FESTIVAL IN GENZANO (B...

An idea from composer Constant Lambert, who was the music director of the Vic-Wells Ballet during the 1930s, LES PATINEURS (The Skaters) combines vocal and dance numbers from two Giacomo Meyerbeer ope...

The ballet La Bayadère ("The Temple Dancer" or "The Temple Maiden") was created in 1877 for famed French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917). In four act and seven tablea...

The ballet La Bayadère ("The Temple Dancer" or "The Temple Maiden") was created in 1877 for famed French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917). In four act and seven tablea...

Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917) was a Jewish-Austian composer of ballet music, spending most of his career as the official Composer of Ballet Music to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres in Russia. Over th...

Inspired by the ever-popular 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) by Victor Hugo, La Esmeralda is a three-act ballet that follows the story of Esmeralda, the beautiful Romani w...

The ballet Les Millions d'Arlequin (The Harlequin's Millions; Harlequinade) was one of three short ballets commissioned to the famed choreographer Marius Petipa of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatr...