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Composed around 1815 and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Crusell's second concerto is one which takes full advantage of the two prominent registers of the instrument, which the minor-key first movement uses to heighten the dramatic nature of the music. The second movement, a pastorale-like Andante in the relative major, is followed by a return to F minor… Read more about this item

Composed between April and June 29, 1896 while on holiday in Italy, the Poème was written in response to a request by the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe for a concerto. Initially entitled "Le Chant de l'amour triomphant" - after a romantic novella by the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev which might have been inspired by events in his own life: the failed… Read more about this item

Chambers wrote and published nearly ninety marches as well as several brilliant cornet solos. His band compositions have been called "some of the finest and most difficult works in the American march repertoire." Today, he is mainly known for two of his marches, Boys of the Old Brigade and the present work. The Chicago Tribune March was written in 1892… Read more about this item

Chambers wrote and published nearly ninety marches as well as several brilliant cornet solos. His band compositions have been called "some of the finest and most difficult works in the American march repertoire." Today, he is mainly known for two of his marches, The Chicago Tribune and the present work. Boys of the Old Brigade was written in 1901 but… Read more about this item

Chadwick's "Symphonic Ballad" is based upon Robert Burns' poem of the same title. Composed in 1915 at a time when the US was on the brink of World War I, the work was viewed as an affirmation of America's Anglo-Celtic heritage. The present score is a carefully restored reissue of the first edition issued by the Boston Music Co in… Read more about this item

Originally for piano, Chabrier's Habanera was arranged for orchestra by the composer for a concert he conducted in Angers on November 4, 1888. The piano version was the first to be published (Enoch Frères et Costallat, 1885). The orchestral version, which is transposed up to D major, was not issued until 1889. The Habanera is a fine example of the… Read more about this item

Composed for a special July 4th, 1879 orchestral concert conducted by the famed bandmaster and conductor Patrick Gilmore, The Festival Overture on the American National Air was not Dudley Buck's first treatment of the famous melody composed by John Stafford Smith. In 1866 Buck composed the Concert Variations on 'The Star-Spangled Banner' for organ as his Op.23 - published in… Read more about this item

Bartok originally set this series of folk tunes for piano in 1915. Two years later, he scored them for small orchestra. This is a newly engraved and corrected edition of the deservedly popular orchestral showpiece, available for the first time at a reasonable price for musicians, students and fans of Bartok's highly individual style. Joc cu bata Braul Pe-loc Buciumeana Poarga romaneasca Maruntel Orchestra (2d1, 0, 2,… Read more about this item

Sargeant's unique orchestration of Brahms' popular set of sixteen waltzes is a welcome addition to the symphonic repertoire. Brahms composed the original piano duet version in 1865 and arranged them for piano solo the same year. He later arranged five for 2 pianos which were published posthumously. Sargeant's orchestration, though employing a Brahms-size orchestra, is more contemporary in style but… Read more about this item

Composed in 1858, Brahms' first concerto was given its premiere in Hanover's Royal Theater on January 22, 1859 with the 25-year-old composer as piano soloist and the orchestra conducted by Joseph Joachim. The new work got a cold reception in Hanover and a similar reaction was the response to the Leipzig performance five days later with the far more professional… Read more about this item

In the wake of the success of his first volume of Liebeslieder-Walzer of 1869, Brahms set another 14 songs to the same poetry from Polydora, the 1855 collection of German folk-poems and love-songs assembled by George Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875) plus a conclusion set to a poem of Goethe - "Zum Schluss". Composed from 1869 through 1874, the second volume also… Read more about this item

In the wake of the positive reception of Brahms's first set of Liebeslieder-Walzer after their 1869 premiere, German conductor Ernst Rudorff persuaded the composer to orchestrate the accompaniment for eight of the eighteen Op.52 selections - plus another piece subsequently included in the Op.65 set - for a concert given at Berlin's Hochschule on March 19, 1870. Offered here is… Read more about this item

Brahms composed his first volume of choral-watzes in August of 1869 to poetry taken from Polydora, an 1855 collection of German folk-poems and love-songs assembled by George Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875). Rather than the usual accompaniment for piano solo, Brahms elected to provide one for piano duet. The first performance was given in Heidelberg on November 4, 1869. The conductor Ernst… Read more about this item

Though one of Russia's "Mighty Handfull", Borodin wrote very little piano music, concentrating mainly on chamber and orchestral works, when not serving as a Chemistry professor. Borodin composed his Tarantella in 1862 for piano 4 hands. It is a sparkling tour de force using the entire range of the piano. In this brilliant orchestration by Richard W. Sargeant Jr., a… Read more about this item

The Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor consist of two numbers from the opera's second act (Nos.8 and 17). The first Dance is the 'Dance of Polovtsian Maidens' while the remaining of the dances come from the second act finale. Borodin worked sporadically for almost 18 years on Prince Igor but it was left in an incomplete chaotic state upon… Read more about this item

The Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's opera Prince Igor consist of two numbers from the opera's second act. The first (No.8 in the opera) is the 'Dance of Polovtsian Maidens' while the remaining dances are taken from the second act finale (No.17). Borodin worked sporadically for almost 18 years on Prince Igor but it was left in an incomplete… Read more about this item

Dedicated to the 'father of the to symphonic poem' Franz Liszt, Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia is a musical depiction of a caravan of Central Asians traveling through the steppe lands of the Caucasus under the protection of Russian troops. The premiere took place in St. Petersburg on April 20, 1880 with the Orchestra of the Russian opera under… Read more about this item

In 1873, Bizet arranged five movements from his 1871 suite for piano duet for a new series of orchestral concerts organized by the publisher Georges Hartmann and the conductor Edouard Colonne at the Odeon Theatre in Paris. The premiere took place there on March 2nd of that year and the "Petite suite d'orchestre" entered the repertoire soon afterwards. This newly… Read more about this item

In the wake of Georges Bizet's untimely death in 1875, his longtime friend Ernest Guiraud (1837-1892) arranged two orchestral suites taken from the French master's final work, the opera Carmen. The two suites were compiled between 1880 and 1882. Guiraud selected five items for the first suite: Prélude, Aragonaise, Intermezzo, Les Dragons d'Acala and Final (Les Toreadors) which was published… Read more about this item

Mahler's arrangement of four Bach pieces - two each from the baroque master's Orchestral Suites Nos. 3 and 4 (BWV 1067, 1068) were prepared specially for a concert of the New York Philharmonic he conducted on November 10, 1909. Mahler's arrangement is quite unusual for its era and does not significantly depart from Bach's original in the forces required. Mahler's… Read more about this item