i) Fanfare to precede the National Anthem in G ii) The right of the Line iii) Fanfare for Princess Anne iv) High Sheriff's Fanfare v) A Salute to painting vi) Research Fanfare vii) Peace Fanfare for children viii) Let the People Sing

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...

REPRINT SERIES The Symphonies of Wind Instruments (French title: Symphonies d'instruments à vent) is a concert work written by Igor Stravinsky in 1920, for an ensemble of woodwind and brass instruments. The piece is in one movement, lasting about...

REPRINT SERIES The contrapuntal textures used by Hindemith throughout the symphony highlight many instruments individually. This writing takes advantage of the vast color palette that this combination of instruments offers. The Symphony is scored...

REPRINT SERIES  Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra Op.12 The scoring, for an orchestra of winds with prominent percussion, suggests the brilliant, biting sonorities of Weill’s theater music. It was dedicated to the violinist...

Concerto da camera (H 196) is a concerto in three movements for the unusual combination of flute, English horn, and string orchestra written by Arthur Honegger late in his career in 1948. Honegger described the movements as such: "The first part is based...

Bartók divides the strings into two groups which he directs should be placed antiphonally on opposite sides of the stage, and he makes use of antiphonal effects particularly in the second and fourth movements.The piece is in four movements, the...

EDITION ZEZA REPRINT SERIES George Antheil musical masterpiece Ballet Mécanique (1924) was originally written for the film. In concert performance, the Ballet Mécanique is not a show of human dancers but of mechanical instruments. Among...

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,...

This charming suite bears the subtitle d'après Claude Gervaise (16e siècle) and displays Poulenc's inimitable blend of the archaic and the anarchic. The suite lasts approximately 12 minutes and has 7 movements:1. Bransle de Bourgogne2...

The Little (Chamber) Symphony No. 2, Op. 49, by Darius Milhaud (not to be confused with Symphony No. 2) is a three movement piece written for chamber orchestra, consisting of flute, English horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Milhaud...