Edwin F. Kalmus

An Oboe solo, composed by Benedetto Marcello.

Le violoniste, compositeur et professeur de musique hongrois Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) a écrit au total quatorze SCÈNES DE LA CZARDA (ou SCÈNES DE LA CSÁRDA) sur une période de quarante ans, entre 1879 e...

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...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) drew material for his NORWEGISCHE TÄNZE, Op. 35 (4 NORWEGIAN DANCES), originally scored for piano and four hands, from an 1853 collection of Norwegian folk tunes compiled by L...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote his final piano concerto, Concerto No. 5, Op. 103, in 1896, which debuted that year with the composer himself performing the solo part. It derives its subtitle, "...

LA BOHÈME (The Bohemian), one of the most beloved and commercially-successful operas, is based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger. With a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe G...

Spring Song, Op. 16 (Vårsång) was written in 1894 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and was initially titled Improvisation for Orchestra. Sibelius revised the single-movement tone poem a year later and ret...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) a écrit la valse La plus que lente pour piano solo en 1910, une œuvre inspirée ou non par une petite sculpture posée sur sa cheminée. Le titre suggère ironiquement l'intenti...

Suite en cinq mouvements écrite à l'origine par Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) pour piano solo, MIROIRS ("Miroirs") a été composée entre 1904 et 1905, chaque mouvement étant dédié à un membre du groupe d'a...

Le chef d'orchestre et compositeur espagnol Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) s'est consacré à la composition de zarzuelas, genre populaire espagnol de pièces lyriques et dramatiques en un acte qui a vu le...

La suite Andalucia comprend six compositions individuelles. On y trouve l'immortelle Malaguena et la tout aussi belle Andalucia, connue sous le nom de The Breeze and I. La Malaguena et l'Andalucia son...

Though Hubay was best known as a violinist, he also distinguished himself as a composer. His FANTAISIE BRILLANTE was written in 1877. Demanding considerable technique, it contains the opera's greatest...

Though Hubay was best known as a violinist, he also distinguished himself as a composer. His FANTAISIE BRILLANTE was written in 1877. Demanding considerable technique, it contains the opera's greatest...

The Nutcracker has achieved the status of being the world’s most popular and most often performed ballet. This is the first edition with a complete full score to accompany William McDermott's 1969 red...

Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) composed the three-act opera Wozzeck between 1914 and 1922 after seeing a production of German playwright Georg Büchner's incomplete drama Woyzeck. Beginning t...

Leroy Anderson's "Jazz Pizzicato" and "Jazz Legato" stand as quintessential proof of his legendary status as a composer of light music. With a nostalgic nod toward the traditional American dance form...

Il s'agit du magnifique mouvement lent de Cavalleria Rusticana de Mascagni. Cette version abrégée ajoute deux orchestrations alternatives à l'original et convient aux meilleurs orchestres du monde ent...

EUGENE ONEGIN, based on a verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin, is Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) best-known opera. The story depicts the life of the titular Onegin, a Russian dandy who does not...

EUGENE ONEGIN, basé sur un roman en vers d'Alexandre Pouchkine, est l'opéra le plus connu de Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). L'histoire dépeint la vie d'Onéguine, un dandy russe qui ne se compr...

EUGENE ONEGIN, based on a verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin, is Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) best-known opera. The story depicts the life of the titular Onegin, a Russian dandy who does not...

Le ballet El Amor Brujo (L'Amour ensorcelé) a été composé par Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) en 1915, avec des révisions jusqu'en 1920, ce qui a donné lieu à plusieurs versions. Dans ce ballet, qui utili...

Le ballet El Amor Brujo (L'Amour ensorcelé) a été composé par Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) en 1915, avec des révisions jusqu'en 1920, ce qui a donné lieu à plusieurs versions. Dans ce ballet, qui utili...

Written in 1909 and one of two suites by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) under Op. 28 written originally for military band, the First Suite in E-flat is considered a cornerstone of the band repertoire. This...