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...

Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra, AV 144, TrV 292.  Written in 1945, it was one of the last works that Richard Strauss composed near the end of his life, during an "Indian summer". This delightful Oboe Concerto has a lovely, warm...

Tzigane was composed between 1922 and 1924 and is a virtuosic, gypsy-inflected piece for Violin and Orchestra. This work, dedicated to violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, derives from Ravel’s interest in the gypsies and in Hungarian culture. Set of Parts...

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...

"Cinderella" is a ballet (Op.87) composed by S. Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. This arrangement by the composer was...

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...

Piano Score Based on William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", it is today on of the most enduringly popular ballets. Prokofiev reduced selected music from the ballet in 1937 for piano, which he premiered himself later that year. 10 Movements: 1...

Among Respighi's less familiar works, the Adagio con Variazioni is a beautiful, evocative and mellow single movement piece that nicely captures the singing capabilities of the cello.It was originally written for Cello and Piano and later orchestrated for...

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...

Tchaikovsky's Sérénade Mélancolique in B-Flat minor was composed in 1875, one year earlier than his famous Violin Concerto, and was dedicated to Leopold Auer, but this dedication was later withdrawn.

Gliere's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra in F minor Op.82 , composed in 1943, is an innovative work that features the soprano as the main instrument, but without words. Divided in two movements, the first Andante is filled with melancholy...

Tuba and Piano reduction (Score and Part). Orchestral version available here. While at first viewed as the eccentric idea of an aging composer, the Tuba Concerto, the first concerto written for the instrument, soon became one of Vaughan Williams' most...

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...

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Op. 34. Originally written for voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel (of...

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Op. 34.  Originally written for voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel...

Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44 was composed in 1877, and dedicated to Pablo de Sarasate. It was premiered in London by Sarasate, conducted by Bruch, in November 1878. The concerto has three movements:   1. Adagio non...