Symphony Orchestra Solo Pieces for Piano

'In 1990 the International Olympic Committee commissioned me to compose a symphonic work for the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona (1992). I thought that content and form of a piece of music which is de...

De profundis, composed in 1834 but left unfinished, is a watershed in Liszt's development as a composer. This 'instrumental psalm' for piano and orchestra, lasting over 30 minutes, was inspired by Lis...

George Benjamin CBE is one of the outstanding composers of his generation. Born in 1960, Benjamin started to play the piano at the age of seven, and began composing almost immediately. He is now the H...

Instrumentation: 2 picc.0.1.ca.cl.bcl.cbcl.bsax.2 cbsn - 2110 - perc(3): glsp/xyl/mar/BD/cabasa/cast/Chinese.cym/crot/glass bottles/guiro/hi-hat cym/large tin/metal bar/piece of wood/siz.cym/snare dru...

Carl Vine's Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997) is one of 3 large-scale works composed with pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in mind - the others being his first two piano sonatas. Its composer describes it as '...

First performed Piers Lane and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Carl Vine's vibrant Piano Concerto No.2 (2012) is an attractive 25-minute work comprising 3 movements. A Rhapsody and Nocturne lead to a f...

In this joyous and colourful piano concerto, John Rutter both reflects, and reflects upon, the many soundworlds and styles that have inspired him. The 40-minute work, in four movements, is virtuosic f...

This edition of the Concerto for piano in E flat major is based on the manuscript D-11708 (1) of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The manuscript bundle comprises the individual parts for piano an...

The Second Concerto adopts the key of D minor for the first and third movements, and B flat major for the second. The fairly full orchestra consists of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strin...

The Piano Concerto in B minor op. 3 (MoszWV 160) was composed during his time in Berlin at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst where Moszkowski became a teacher in 1872 while he was still a student. Togeth...

1. Introduction; 2. Le Parc de Nara et les Lanternes de Pierre; 3. Yamanaka Cadenza; 4. Gagaku; 5. Miyajima et le Torii dans la Mer; 6. Les Oiseaux de Karuizawa; 7. Coda (for piano and orchestra)

Jacinto Codina Marfá was born in Moyá (Barcelona) during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was appointed as organist of collegiate church of Calaf when he was only 15. Then he worked as or...

Fünf echte Klavierkonzerte gibt es von Camille Saint-Saëns, gemeinhin sind vor allem das Zweite und das Fünfte heute im Konzertleben präsent. Die Kritische Neuausgabe der Camille Saint-Saens - Oeuvres...

Composed in 1876, Dvorák's only piano concerto has been overshadowed by his other two concertos, for violin and violoncello, respectively. Performers and editors have often attempted to upgrade this p...