Partiture per orchestra

Il percorso di Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) verso il completamento della sua Sinfonia n. 1, Op. 1, fu meno diretto del solito. Sebbene avesse abbozzato idee per la sinfonia come risultato delle...

Count d'Ogny commissioned Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) to write three symphonies for the Concert de la Loge Olympique, which was then recognized as one of the finest orchestras in Europe. He complet...

Popularly known as the “New World Symphony,” Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 9 in E minor was composed in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America. A m...

The Chandos Anthems, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

Il noto inno NIMM VON UNS, HERR, DU TREUER GOTT, anch'esso musicato da J.S. Bach, fu scritto da Martin Moller durante un periodo di pestilenza e fu spesso usato come supplica contro la collera di Dio....

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) compose il suo Concerto per violoncello in si minore, Op. 104/B. 191 nel 1894. Fu l'ultimo concerto per violoncello solo che il compositore scrisse durante il suo mandato tr...

Scritta originariamente nel 1908 come "Piccola Suite" per pianoforte, CHILDREN'S CORNER fu dedicata alla figlia di Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Claude-Emma: "Alla mia amata piccola Chouchou con le tene...

SIGURD JORSALFAR, OP. 22, fu composta da Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) per un'opera teatrale di Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in onore del re Sigurd I. Rappresentata per la prima volta a Christiania il 10 aprile 1...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) compose due serie di Danze slave, ciascuna composta da otto numeri e separata da otto anni. L'idea fu suggerita al compositore dall'editore N. Simrock, in seguito all'introd...

An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

Two series of Slavonic Dances, each of them consisting of eight numbers and separated by eight years, were composed by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904). The idea was suggested to the composer by the publish...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) compose due serie di Danze slave, ciascuna composta da otto numeri e separata da otto anni. L'idea fu suggerita al compositore dall'editore N. Simrock, in seguito all'introd...

George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. Conc...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impressario) is a comic singspiel written by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) as "a parody on the vanity of singers," who argue over status and pay. Described by Mozart as "comedy w...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861. It consists of a set of twenty-five variations and a concluding fugue, all based on...

The text to the well-known Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem comes from an 1868 text written by Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks. It is popular in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, a...

The key to George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) genius lies in his operas and oratorios. Handel's output of vocal compositions has established his greatness far more than the few organ concerti, sonat...

La MAURERISCHE TRAUERMUSIK (MUSICA FUNERARIA MASONICA) in do minore, K. 477/K. 479a di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) fu composta nel 1785 come membro della Massoneria. Fu eseguito durante un s...

Montage was composed by Donald O. Johnston (b. 1929) in 1989. Divided into two sections, an Introduction presents the materials that are to be developed in the Fugue that follows. Instrumentation: 2.2...

Johann Strauss II compose BEI UNS Z'HAUS WALZER, Op. 361 (WITH US AT HOME o THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME), nel 1873 per celebrare l'Esposizione Universale di Vienna (Wiener Weltausstellung), un evento...

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899) initially wrote FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN, Op. 410 (VOICES OF SPRING) as a concert aria. He dedicated the piece, with a libretto by Richard Genée, to pianist-composer Alfred Grünf...

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....

L'operetta in tre atti FATINITZA di Franz von Suppé (1819-1895), su libretto dell'opera LA CIRCASSIENNE di Daniel Auber e Eugène Scribe, è basata su eventi storici della guerra di Crimea. Presentata p...