Strauss: Metamorphosen $250.00 - $389.50 Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings, subtitled "In memoriam" is scored for ten violins, five violas, five cellos, and three contrabasses. The work unfolds in a single, long movement. Strauss sustains and develops a series of...
Respighi - Trittico Botticelliano $139.95 - $385.00 Trittico Botticelliano ("Three Botticelli Pictures") is a three-movement suite based on famous paintings by the Renaissance master Botticelli.It demonstrates not only Respighi's ear for fresh and beautiful sonorities, but also his interest in the history...
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2 Op.64ter $185.50 - $650.00 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. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter:1. Montagues and Capulets2. The...
Martinu: Symphony No.2 H.295 $149.95 - $649.99 EDITION ZEZA REPRINT SERIES Bohuslav Martinů's Symphony No. 2, H. 295, was composed from May 29 to July 24, 1943 under a commission from the Czech community in Cleveland. Martinu's Second Symphony is also a work of Haydnesque proportions. It is not a...
Prokofiev - The Love for Three Oranges, Symphonic Suite Op.33b $65.50 - $595.00 "L'Amour des trois oranges" is a satirical opera by Prokofiev. The orchestral suite was compiled from the opera for concert use. The suite lasts for 15 to 20 minutes and is in 6 movements. 1. The Ridicules2. The Magician Tchelio and Fata Morgana Play...
Respighi: Gli Uccelli (The Birds) $150.00 - $375.00 Dating from 1927, the work is based on music from 18th-century and represents an attempt to transcribe birdsong into musical notation. The work is in five movements: "Prelude" (based on music of Bernardo Pasquini) "La...
Gershwin - Cuban Overture, Rumba for Orchestra $149.95 - $595.00 Cuban Overture is a symphonic overture or tone poem for orchestra composed by American composer George Gershwin. Originally titled Rumba (named for the Cuban rumba musical genre), it was a result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba...
Honegger - Symphony No.2 for Strings and Trumpet (ad lib.) H.153 $395.00 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 - Romeo and Juliet, Suite No.1 Op.64 bis $185.00 - $695.00 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...
Ives - The Unanswered Question $45.50 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,...
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé, Symphonic Suite Op.60 $179.50 - $529.95 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:...
Sibelius - The Tempest Op.109 No.1 Prelude $119.50 - $245.00 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...
Bartók - Divertimento for String Orchestra SZ.113 $79.95 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...
Respighi - Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) $129.95 - $585.00 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...
Sullivan - The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu - Overture $39.95 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...
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf Op.67 Children's tale for narrator and orchestra $149.50 - $475.00 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...
Saint-Saëns - Une Nuit a Lisbonne "Barcarolle" Op.63 $25.50 Une Nuit à Lisbonne (A Night in Lisbon) "Barcarolle" in E-Flat Major Op.63 for Orchestra.
Lalo - Scherzo in D minor for Orchestra $38.95 Written in 1884, Scherzo in D minor for Orchestra is a colorful and exciting short piece for Orchestra.
