Symphony Orchestra Solo Pieces for Piano

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) wrote his CONCERTO FOR PIANO No. 3 in B minor, OP. 89 in 1819. Similar to his second piano concerto, it is composed in a proto-Romantic style that anticipated later c...

First published and recorded in 1954 (only included at the time on the album "A Leroy Anderson 'Pops' Concert"), this lovely piano instrumental was released as a UK single in 1957 and hit the charts i...

Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) in 1934, this set of variations for piano solo and orchestra on Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 for solo violin is much like a concerto, though it consists...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) wrote the suite IN A NUTSHELL in 1916, originally scored for large orchestra, although both a solo piano and a 2-piano version followed that same year. The work consists of...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) wrote the suite IN A NUTSHELL in 1916, originally scored for large orchestra, although both a solo piano and a 2-piano version followed that same year. The work consists of...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40, was completed in 1926. The work exists in three versions. Following its unsuccessful premiere, the composer made cuts and oth...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40, was completed in 1926. The work exists in three versions. Following its unsuccessful premiere, the composer made cuts and oth...

As an inexhaustible proponent of Beethoven's life and work, Franz Liszt (1811-1886) produced a number of arrangements and transcriptions in homage to the great composer. His FANTASIE ÜBER MOTIVEN AUS...

As an inexhaustible proponent of Beethoven's life and work, Franz Liszt (1811-1886) produced a number of arrangements and transcriptions in homage to the great composer. His FANTASIE ÜBER MOTIVEN AUS...

VARIATIONS ON A NURSERY SONG, Op. 25 is a work by Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) for piano and orchestra, composed in 1913 and premiered in Berlin the same year with the composer himself as soloist. A...

VARIATIONS ON A NURSERY SONG, Op. 25 is a work by Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) for piano and orchestra, composed in 1913 and premiered in Berlin the same year with the composer himself as soloist. A...

Despite its greater popularity now, Béla Bartók's (1881-1945) CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 1 was universally panned by critics after its premiere due to its harshness; the innovative use of tone clusters as...

Despite its greater popularity now, Béla Bartók's (1881-1945) CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 1 was universally panned by critics after its premiere due to its harshness; the innovative use of tone clusters as...

Volkmar Andreae, longtime chief conductor of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, composed the Piano Concerto in D during his studies in Cologne where he premiered it himself in 1898. He dedicated the conce...

ICB 19 (1888, rev. 1919) First edition published Margault [same imprint as Édition mutuelle], Paris, France, 1902 Orchestration solo piano with 2 flutes, piccolo, oboe, 2 B-flat clarinets, 2 bassoons,...

Herbert Howells wrote his First Piano Concerto in 1913 while studying composition at the Royal College Of Music. This was his first orchestral work and was later renumbered as Op. 4. Edited and comple...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts, as well as the piano reductions and choral scores for the choral wor...