Œuvres instrumentales classiques pour Orchestre

Between 1832 and 1833, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed two works for a trio of clarinet, piano and basset horn: Concert Piece No. 1 in F Major, Op. 113 and Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 1...

Between 1832 and 1833, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed two works for a trio of clarinet, piano and basset horn: Concert Piece No. 1 in F Major, Op. 113 and Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 1...

At the precocious age of fourteen, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) scribbled out his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E major. He wrote a second, this time longer, double piano concerto the foll...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote the original version of his Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, in 1841. Significant revisions were made by Schumann in 1851, and it is this version that was publishe...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote the original version of his Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, in 1841. Significant revisions were made by Schumann in 1851, and it is this version that was publishe...

Compilée et arrangée par le chef d'orchestre et compositeur d'origine hongroise Antal Dorati (1906-1988), LA VIE PARISIENNE : OVERTURE ON THEMES BY OFFENBACH compte parmi les œuvres légères les plus d...

In 1901, American saxophonist Elise Hall commissioned works from numerous composers for her instrument, and among those composers was Claude Debussy (1862-1918). While Debussy took the money at the ti...

In 1901, American saxophonist Elise Hall commissioned works from numerous composers for her instrument, and among those composers was Claude Debussy (1862-1918). While Debussy took the money at the ti...

In 1901, American saxophonist Elise Hall commissioned works from numerous composers for her instrument, and among those composers was Claude Debussy (1862-1918). While Debussy took the money at the ti...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's (1873-1943) "Vocalise" was originally written in 1912 (revised in 1915) as the final movement in his 14 ROMANCES, Op. 34, for high voice with piano accompaniment. The work has be...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) a écrit la première de ses CINQ MÉLODIES POPULAIRES GRECQUES en 1904 à la demande pressante de Pierre Aubry, qui souhaitait illustrer une conférence qu'il donnait sur la chan...

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year...

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) wrote the beautiful melody now associated with the Latin "Ave Maria" text in 1825 as part of a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's narrative poem THE LADY OF THE LAKE...

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) wrote the beautiful melody now associated with the Latin "Ave Maria" text in 1825 as part of a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's narrative poem "The Lady of the Lak...

The Three-Cornered Hat is a two act ballet by Manuel de Falla that was commissioned by famed ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and premiered in 1919. Incorporating Spanish dance rather than classical...

Sergei Prokofiev a commencé à travailler sur la Symphonie n° 1 en ré majeur, opus 25, en 1916, mais en a écrit la plus grande partie en 1917, l'achevant le 10 septembre 1917. La symphonie a été créée...

La version de 1919 de la Suite de l'Oiseau de feu de Stavinsky est devenue l'une des œuvres les plus jouées du répertoire classique du XXe siècle. Cette toute nouvelle édition de Mark Rogers constitue...

La version de 1919 de la Suite de l'Oiseau de feu de Stavinsky est devenue l'une des œuvres les plus jouées du répertoire classique du XXe siècle. Cette toute nouvelle édition de Mark Rogers constitue...

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is Sergei Rachmaninoff's (1873-1943) final score, composed in 1940. The only work he composed wholly in the United States, to which he fled when he saw the coming world war,...

Spanish violin virtuoso and composer Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) was a child prodigy raised in a musical family. Following an education at the Paris Conservatoire, which he entered at the age of twe...

Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767), among the most prolific composers with 900 or so works, is also notable for having written the first concerto for the viola. Written in four movements rather than...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) completed his three-movement Concerto for Clarinet in A, K. 622 on a few weeks before his death in 1791, and it is considered his last great completed work. It wa...

Entre 1917 et 1931, Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) a transcrit trois suites orchestrales à partir de pièces originales écrites pour le luth entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle. La première suite, écrite...

While the original ballet, the story of Prince Siegfried's love for the Swan Queen, enchanted by the evil magician Rotbart to turn into a swan everyday, more or less succeeded at its 1877, Moscow prem...

Le sultan Schariar, convaincu de la fausseté et de l'infidélité des femmes, a juré de tuer chacune de ses épouses après leur nuit de noces. La sultane Shéhérazade, cependant, sauva sa vie en intéressa...