Edwin F. Kalmus

An Oboe solo, composed by Benedetto Marcello.

Il violinista, compositore e insegnante di musica ungherese Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) scrisse un totale di quattordici SCENES DE LA CZARDA (anche SCÈNES DE LA CSÁRDA) nell'arco di quarant'anni, tra il 18...

At the precocious age of fourteen, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) scribbled out his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E major. He wrote a second, this time longer, double piano concerto the foll...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) drew material for his NORWEGISCHE TÄNZE, Op. 35 (4 NORWEGIAN DANCES), originally scored for piano and four hands, from an 1853 collection of Norwegian folk tunes compiled by L...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote his final piano concerto, Concerto No. 5, Op. 103, in 1896, which debuted that year with the composer himself performing the solo part. It derives its subtitle, "...

LA BOHÈME (The Bohemian), one of the most beloved and commercially-successful operas, is based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger. With a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe G...

Spring Song, Op. 16 (Vårsång) was written in 1894 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and was initially titled Improvisation for Orchestra. Sibelius revised the single-movement tone poem a year later and ret...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) scrisse il valzer La plus que lente per pianoforte solo nel 1910, un'opera che potrebbe o meno essere stata ispirata da una piccola scultura sulla sua mensola. Il titolo vuo...

Suite in cinque movimenti originariamente scritta da Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) per pianoforte solo, MIROIRS ("Specchi") fu scritta tra il 1904 e il 1905, con ogni movimento dedicato a un collega del g...