Partituras para orquesta

Described by the composer as a 'study in gray painting, ' this three-movement work exemplifies the aural impressionism synonymous with Debussy's name. Shaded by his unique orchestral palette, three ev...

Compuesta para el famoso empresario de ballet Serge Diaghilev y el Ballet Ruso, Dafnis y Cloe de Maurice Ravel se inspiró en una antigua fábula griega. En aquella época, Ravel anunció su intención de...

Brahms wrote only two concerti in his lifetime, each one an important staple of the concert repertoire. These masterpieces are featured here in full score in one convenient, affordable volume. Pia...

The 'Scottish, ' 'Italian, ' and 'Reformation' symphonies rank among Mendelssohn's greatest works. All three of these staples of the orchestral repertoire appear here in one convenient volume, repro...

With their rich harmonic language and complex polyphony, these works are exemplars of Austro-Germanic Romanticism. Nicknamed 'The Philosopher's Symphony, ' Bruckner's hour-long Sixth Symphony is amon...

Reprinted from authoritative sources, this collection features a selection of Brahms' choral works with orchestral accompaniment. Selections include 'Rhapsody, Op. 53,' 'Song of Destiny, Op. 54,' 'Nan...

A Simple and effective setting of a poem by Thomas Hardy, mostly in unison with some elementary two-part singing. Ideal for a school choir.

Drafted (as a piano duet) in March 1941 for, but not used at, the first production of Paul Bunyan; it was not re-instated in the revival, for which a new short introduction was composed. The work was...

Variations on a Christmas Carol (God rest ye merry, gentlemen) for orchestra. Composed for the BBC programme with the same title which wasbroadcast on Christmas Day 1947. The programme consisted of li...

Britten began composing his Quatre chansons francaises in June 1928 and had finished the full score by August of that year, before his 15th birthday. The songs reflect the impact of his lessons with F...

The story of the American folk hero follows the development of the American continent from virgin forest to civilization. It does so in a deliberately eclectic style. Spoken dialogue is interspersed w...

In this second Parable for church performance, Britten sustains the influence of the Noh tradition in Curlew River, while taking inspiration from the Biblical story Ananias, Azarias and Misael. It tel...

Of all the parables in the New Testament none has had quite such a universal and ever-renewed appeal as that of the Prodigal Son. With its unforgettable climax of reward and rejoicing being lavished n...

Commissioned by the BBC for broadcast at the opening concert of the Third Programme, the work was described in the Radio Times as Festival Overture . The work lasts 8 minutes.

In this second Parable for church performance, Britten sustains the influence of the Noh tradition in Curlew River, while taking inspiration from the Biblical story Ananias, Azarias and Misael. It tel...

Written during Britten’s years in the USA (1939-1942) this atmospheric processional languished unperformed in a New York library until its discovery in 1976, the year of the composer’s dea...

Instrumentation: 2.1.ca.2.2 - 2100 - timp - strings

Summons to Venice - Overture to Venice - First Beach Scene - Sight of Tadzio - 'I Love You' - Pursuit - Second Beach Scene and Death, arranged and compiled by Steuart Bedford

Gustav Mahler, a performing version of the draft for the Tenth Symphony, prepared by Deryck Cooke, in collaboration with Berthold Goldschmidt, Colin Matthews, & David Matthews. In English & German.

. . .has an extraordinary bleakness, like cold stone in winter sunlight. The instruments, mainly strings and percussion, are systematically drained of color, yet the final moments offer some of the mo...

Britten's last completed work, written for young people's chorus and orchestra, is in five short sections: March, Roundel and Canon for orchestra and choir, and Jig and Modulation for orchestra alone....

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1.2(I=Ebcl.II=bcl+asax) or 3(I=Ebcl.III=bcl+asax).1 – 0210 – timp – perc(1): susp.cym/BD+cym/tam-t/TD/SD – pno – strings

A dramatic work of considerable substance, from which individual movements may be performed separately as anthems or concert works. The work sets a variety of texts from authors as varied as John Rusk...

Dating from the Autumn of 1828, Schubert's 10th Symphony is arguably the composer's final creative endeavour. Using Schubert's extensive piano sketches - substantially complete for movements two and t...

Britten's Irish Reel was composed in 1936 as title music for a documentary film made by Marion Grierson and Evelyn Spice. Around the Village Green was made for the Travel and Industrial Development As...