Commissioned in 1937 by Paul Sacher, it was only completed in 1941. The work is for string orchestra, except for the addition of a trumpet in the concluding chorale: "like pulling out an organ stop", according to the composer. The work is in three...

Prokofiev extracted three orchestral suites and a set of ten piano transcriptions from his ballet masterpiece "Romeo and Juliet" (one of the most enduringly popular ballets). Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64bis: 1.Folk Dance2.Scene (the Street...

In Charles Ives's most famous work The Unanswered Question, a miniature he called a "cosmic drama," one finds distilled his revolutionary means, and more importantly the ends of his singular art. The piece is a kind of collage in three distinct layers,...

Composed in 1933, for the film "Lieutenant Kijé". The troika is frequently used in films and documentaries for Christmas scenes and scenes involving snow. The suite, in five movements broadly follows the plot of the movie:1. Kijé's Birth:...

The Tempest - Incidental Music to Shakespeare´s Play, Prelude Op.109 No.1 was written in 1925-26. The music is said to display an astounding richness of imagination and inventive capacity, and is one of Sibelius's greatest achievements. The...

Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three-movement piece that conforms to traditional structures, respectively, of sonata form, ternary form and rondo form. It was composed in 1939 and dedicated to the Basel Chamber Orchestra.   1...

Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) is a symphonic poem written in 1924 and forms one-third of Respighi's so called Roman trilogy, along with Fontane di Roma and Feste Romane. The piece was used in the film "Fantasia 2000". Sections:1. I pini di Villa...

The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is especially popular with amateur and school productions and is one of the most frequently played musical theatre pieces in...

Peter and the Wolf, for narrator and orchestra, was composed in 1936 and is recognized as one of Prokofiev's most famous works. It's a children's story, with both music and text by the composer himself, composed in just four days. Each character is...

Une Nuit à Lisbonne (A Night in Lisbon) "Barcarolle" in E-Flat Major Op.63 for Orchestra.

Written in 1884, Scherzo in D minor for Orchestra is a colorful and exciting short piece for Orchestra.

Salut d’Amour, Op. 12, is a musical work composed by Edward Elgar in 1888, originally written for violin and piano. This version is for Orchestra.

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), Op. 388, is a waltz  medley composed by Johann Strauss II in 1880  with its themes drawn from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin (The Queen's Lace Handkerchief) inspired by a novel by...

Romanian Folk Dances is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917. It is based on seven Romanian fiddle tunes from Transylvania.

Johann Strauss II composed Perpetuum Mobile: Ein Musikalischer Scherz (Perpetual Motion:A Musical Joke) Op.257 in 1861.

"On The Tomb" , Prelude in Memory of M.P. Belaieff, was written in 1904 for Orchestra.

Prelude to "Les Troyens a Carthage" from Berlioz's grand opera in 5 acts "The Trojans" H. 133 Act III. Les Troyens (in English: The Trojans) is a French opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself, based on Virgil's...

Written in 1909, Feierlicher Einzug, TrV.224 (the Solemn Entrance of the Knights of the Order of Saint-John) is scored for Brass and Timpani, featuring 15 trumpets, 4 horns, 4 trombones, 2 bass tubas and timpani. It is a majestic piece marked Slow and...