Scores for Orchestra

Originally intended for solo violin and orchestra, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) later determined that the five Spanish folk melodies used in each of the movements of his Capriccio Espagnol woul...

The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, popularly known as the 'Organ Symphony', was completed in 1886 at what could be considered the artistic peak of Saint-Saens' career. The composer said of the work, 'I ga...

Robert Schumann's (1810-1856) Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 was sketched quickly in 1845, but depression and ringing in his hears prevented Schumann from completing the orchestration until later in 1846...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote the original version of his Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, in 1841. Significant revisions were made by Schumann in 1851, and it is this version that was publishe...

Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Out of the depths I call, Lord, to You), BWV 131, is among the earliest church cantatas composed by J.S. Bach.  With the text based on Martin Luther's Germa...

2, 2, 2, 2 - 2, 2, 3, 0, timp, str (2.2.1.1.1)

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completed the five-act opera Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in 1867. With a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré, the opera tells the tragic story of Shakespear...

The Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) written around or before 1721 to be presented to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg...

The Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) written around or before 1721 to be presented to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg...

Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 63, was composed in 1911, with the premiere taking place at the London Musical Festival by the Queen's Hall Orchestra, Elgar conducting, on May 2...

French composer Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) originally composed the ballet La tragédie de Salomé in 1907 for a commission from Jacques Rouché for American dancer Loie Fuller and the Théâtre des Arts,...

The Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163 by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) was composed in 1889 at Vysoká u Príbrame, Bohemia, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Lite...

Between 1832 and 1833, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed two works for a trio of clarinet, piano and basset horn: Concert Piece No. 1 in F Major, Op. 113 and Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 1...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed A HERO'S SONG (PÍSEN BOHATÝRSKÁ), Op. 111/B. 199, in 1897, making it his final symphonic poem and one of his last major orchestral works. Unlike his earlier program...

Between 1832 and 1833, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed two works for a trio of clarinet, piano and basset horn: Concert Piece No. 1 in F Major, Op. 113 and Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 1...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote the original version of his Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, in 1841. Significant revisions were made by Schumann in 1851, and it is this version that was publishe...

In 1901, American saxophonist Elise Hall commissioned works from numerous composers for her instrument, and among those composers was Claude Debussy (1862-1918). While Debussy took the money at the ti...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) wrote the first of his CINQ MÉLODIES POPULAIRES GRECQUES (Five Greek Folk Melodies) in 1904 at the urgent request of Pierre Aubry, who wished to illustrate a lecture he was g...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) composed the opera DIE TOTE STADT (THE DEAD CITY), composed between 1916 and 1920 and premiered simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne on December 4, 1920. Based on...

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) wrote the beautiful melody now associated with the Latin "Ave Maria" text in 1825 as part of a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's narrative poem "The Lady of the Lak...

The Three-Cornered Hat is a two act ballet by Manuel de Falla that was commissioned by famed ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and premiered in 1919. Incorporating Spanish dance rather than classical...

Sergei Prokofiev began work on Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 in 1916, but wrote most of it in 1917, completing the piece on September 10, 1917. The symphony was premiered on April 21, 1918 in Petr...

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...

This is another LudwigMasters edition 'exclusively endorsed by the International Grainger Society.' Delightfully upbeat and lively, this Grainger classic will lighten up full orchestra concerts and pr...