Gerhard: Nonet for Mixed Ensemble $239.99 REPRINT SERIES I. Introduction II. AllegroIII. AndanteIV. Allegro assai, con slancio
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-Sharp minor Op.3 No.2 arr. by Sir Henry Wood $79.99 - $299.95 REPRINT SERIES The famous Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp minor opens explosively and even uses organ pedals, it was first heard at the Proms at the Queen’s Hall on 20 September 1913 and Sir Henry Wood recorded it in October 1915.
Martinu: Symphony No.1 $199.99 - $899.99 On 19 December 1941, Martinů wrote a letter to Serge Koussevitzky, expressing a wish to compose a symphony for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for their next season. In reply, early in 1942 Koussevitzky commissioned a work for large orchestra in memory of...
Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba for String Orchestra $295.00 REPRINT SERIES The best-known of all Benjamin’s light-music pieces, Jamaican Rumba was based on a tune he heard in the West Indies while examining there for the RCM. First composed for two pianos in 1937, as the second of Two Jamaican Pieces, it...
Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantatisque Op.3 $99.95 - $499.95 REPRINT SERIES Scherzo fantastique, op. 3, composed in 1908, is the second purely orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky (preceded by the Symphony in E-flat op.1). Despite the composer's later description of the work as "a piece of 'pure', symphonic music",...
Villa-Lobos: Suite for Strings W054 $299.95 REPRINT SERIES Composed in 1913, this Suite for Strings is divided in 3 movements: 1. Tímida: Poco andante2. Misteriosa: Andantino3. Inquieta (Air de ballet): Poco allegretto
Rawsthorne: Oboe Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra $285.00 REPRINT SERIES The Oboe Concerto might draw comparisons with the one by Vaughan Williams available here, but while it has the same depth of emotion, it also has fewer melancholic elements.
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring 1947 $215.00 - $1,250.00 REPRINT SERIES The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography...
Martinu: Symphony No.5 $149.99 - $695.00 REPRINT SERIES The Fifth Symphony was composed from March to May 1946. Although Martinů initially spoke of dedicating it to the Red Cross, in the end the score was dedicated to the Czech Philharmonic, perhaps in anticipation of a return to his native...
Stravinsky: Two Poems by Konstantin Balmont $199.95 REPRINT SERIES Two short poems by the Russian symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont are set here. In both songs can be heard the combination of ‘diatonic’ and ‘octatonic’ procedures typical of Stravinsky at this time, which he...
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.9 $189.95 - $975.00 The Symphony No. 9 in E minor was the last symphony written by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. He composed it during 1956 and 1957, and it was given its premiere performance in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir...
Poulenc: 4 Poèmes de Max Jacob FP 22 $99.95 The Quatre poèmes de Max Jacob, composed in 1921, show Poulenc at his most avant-garde. To the already edgy ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and trumpet Poulenc adds lines of dissonant counterpoint punctuated by knotty chords, to the...
Alfvén: Symphony No.1 Op.7 $139.95 - $545.00 Hugo Alfvén regarded his Symphony No 1 (1896) as the first ‘written in the Swedish language’. It gets a little tied up in the closing pages of its otherwise clearly argued opening Allegro; the Andante is at its best when it breaks...
Bloch: Concerto Symphonique $149.99 - $649.99 REPRINT SERIES Bloch’s Concerto Symphonique is a work on the grand scale of the Brahms concertos, the technically demanding piano part placed in equal partnership with the orchestra. Premiered in 1949 at the Edinburgh Festival, its acerbic melodic...
Sibelius: Ett ensamt skidspår (A lonely ski trail) $219.95 While Sibelius’ composed music for many plays to great effect, with the brief melodramas Ett ensamt skidspår (A Lonely Ski Trail) and Grevinnans konterfej (The Countess’ Portrait) he also demonstrated his skill in writing for drama on a...
Stravinsky: Perséphone $19.99 - $699.95 REPRINT SERIES Perséphone (Persephone) is a musical work (mélodrame) for female narrator, tenor solo, mixed chorus, children's chorus, dancers and orchestra with music by Igor Stravinsky and a libretto by André Gide.It was first...