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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...

Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in b (2), Fagott (2), Horn (2), Trompete (2), Violine (2), Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass

'To tell the truth, I'm a concerto grosso type,' Martinu wrote in 1945. Unsurprisingly, the concerto grosso is also the formal basis of both concertante compositions for four solo instruments and orch...

'Incarnation' (1956), Bohuslav Martinu's fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. It was composed for Martinu's friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograp...

“The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca” and “The Parables” represent the culmination of the late Neo-Impressionist orchestral output of Bohuslav Martinu, marked by a fantastic, kaleidoscopic style. Ma...

Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Serie I, Band 9.2 Besetzung: Sopran solo (3), Alt solo (3), Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor: SATTB, 1. Flauti (Piccolo-Flöte, 1. Blockflöte, Flöte) 2. Flauti (Piccolo-...

With his 'La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' ('Beauty Reformed in the Triumph of Time and Enlightenment'), HWV 46a, the 22-year-old Handel notched up one of his greatest suc...

Haydns 'Abschiedssinfonie' ist eines der meistgespielten Werke der sinfonischen Literatur. Der populäre Titel stammt nicht vom Komponisten: Er bezieht sich auf den Finalsatz, an dessen Ende (Adagio) d...

Zusammen mit den Londoner und Pariser Sinfonien gehören Haydns Sturm-und-Drang-Sinfonien zu den meistgespielten Werken des Komponisten. Unter ihnen befinden sich nicht nur Meisterwerke wie die 'Abschi...

Along with Symphonies Nos. 79 and 81, Haydn's D-minor Symphony Hob. I:80 belongs to a set of symphonies that he completed in late 1784. He wrote them for his employer Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, his ta...

Along with Symphonies Nos. 80 and 81, Haydn's Symphony in F major Hob. I:79 belongs to a group of works that he composed in late 1784. He wrote them for his employer Prince Nikolaus Esterházy who wish...

Haydn composed his Symphony no. 76 at the same time as his Symphonies nos. 77 and 78 for a planned trip to England that never took place. Nonetheless, H. C. Robbins Landon calls these works the 'Engli...

Associating the term 'Sturm und Drang' with Haydn's creative period from ca. 1765 to ca. 1772 is considered controversial among scholars, but it does describe a unique group of works within his sympho...

Letters of the composer have come down to us only on a few of Haydn's symphonies, amongst them the 'Laudon' Symphony Hob. I:69. In one of these letters, Haydn agrees to the publisher's suggestion to n...

Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 22 in E-flat major in 1764 as part of his tenure as Vice-Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court. The work is unique because of its instrumentation with two cors anglais:...

Haydn composed his Symphony in F major Hob. I:67 around 1775/76, approximately ten years after his creative period began at the Esterházy Palace. At this time, the opera activities there were in a pha...

The first four symphonic poems from Smetana's six-part cycle Má vlast (My Country) were written in 1874-75 and arranged for piano duet shortly after the completion of the fourth part, From Bohemia's W...

Since 2014, the six symphonic poems of the cycle "My Fatherland" by Bedrich Smetana have been published individually in new Urtext editions edited by Hugh Macdonald. Now all six parts of this unique w...

Beethoven composed the ballet music 'Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus' during 1800-01, commissioned by the ballet master Salvatore Viganò for performances with his Viennese company. Although the ballet wa...

Beethoven's incidental music op. 84 was written in 1809 for a performance of Goethe's drama 'Egmont' at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Numerous composers of the day tried their hand at writing music for t...

Beethoven's 'Coriolan' overture was composed in 1807. Whether the work was originally intended as a concert overture or for the stage has not been clarified to this day. The work was first performed a...

Opéra comique in 3 Akten (französisch/deutsch). Urtext der Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. Sopran solo (4), Tenor solo (3), Bass solo (3), Sprecher (2), Piccolo, Flöte, Oboe (2), Englischhorn (2), Fagott (3), Ho...

Musikdrama in 4 Aufzügen. Deutsche Fassung (Wien 1781). Urtext der Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. Sopran solo (4), Tenor solo (3), Bass solo (2), Gemischter Chor, Ball, Piccolo, Flöte 1, Flöte 2/ Piccolo, Oboe...

Tragédie Opéra (Drama héroique) in 3 Akten. Pariser Fassung 1774 (französisch/deutsch). Urtext der Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. Sopran solo (2), Tenor solo, Gemischter Chor, Ball, Flöte (2), Oboe (2), Klarine...

Gluck. Sämtliche Werke. Serie II, Band 1 Flöte (2), Oboe (2), Fagott (2), Horn (2), Trompete (2), Posaune, Pauke, Streicher, Basso continuo