Opere strumentali classiche per Orchestra

It is widely believed that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the Adagio in E major, K. 261 in or around 1776 as a replacement for the second movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219....

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) compose UNA CANZONE DA EROE (PÍSEN BOHATÝRSKÁ), Op. 111/B. 199, nel 1897, diventando così il suo ultimo poema sinfonico e una delle sue ultime grandi opere orchestrali. A di...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Compilata e arrangiata dal direttore d'orchestra e compositore di origine ungherese Antal Dorati (1906-1988), LA VIE PARISIENNE: OVERTURE SU TEMI DI OFFENBACH è tra le opere leggere più deliziosamente...

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...

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...

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...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's (1873-1943) "Vocalise" was originally written in 1912 (revised in 1915) as the final movement in his 14 ROMANCES, Op. 34, for high voice with piano accompaniment. The work has be...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) scrisse la prima delle sue CINQ MÉLODIES POPULAIRES GRECQUES (Cinque melodie popolari greche) nel 1904 su richiesta urgente di Pierre Aubry, che desiderava illustrare una con...

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year...

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 LAKE...

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 iniziò a lavorare alla Sinfonia n. 1 in re maggiore, op. 25 nel 1916, ma ne scrisse la maggior parte nel 1917, completandola il 10 settembre 1917. La sinfonia fu eseguita per la prima...

La versione del 1919 della suite L'uccello di fuoco di Stavinsky è diventata una delle opere più spesso eseguite nel repertorio classico del XX secolo. Questa nuovissima edizione, curata da Mark Roger...

La versione del 1919 della suite L'uccello di fuoco di Stavinsky è diventata una delle opere più spesso eseguite nel repertorio classico del XX secolo. Questa nuovissima edizione, curata da Mark Roger...

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is Sergei Rachmaninoff's (1873-1943) final score, composed in 1940. The only work he composed wholly in the United States, to which he fled when he saw the coming world war,...

Spanish violin virtuoso and composer Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) was a child prodigy raised in a musical family. Following an education at the Paris Conservatoire, which he entered at the age of twe...

Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767), among the most prolific composers with 900 or so works, is also notable for having written the first concerto for the viola. Written in four movements rather than...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) completed his three-movement Concerto for Clarinet in A, K. 622 on a few weeks before his death in 1791, and it is considered his last great completed work. It wa...