REPRINT SERIES Of a length of about 16 minutes, it involves 3 movements, thus presented by the composer: – I – Andante and scherzo All resources of the instrument are enhanced from this first time, virtuosity, sonorities, expression. The...

REPRINT SERIES The Gloria by Francis Poulenc, FP 177, scored for soprano solo, large orchestra, and chorus, is a setting of the Gloria text from the mass ordinary. One of Poulenc's most celebrated works, it was commissioned by the Koussevitsky...

REPRINT SERIES We proudly present one of Gershwin's most famous and popular works: Rhapsody in Blue, in its brilliant 1942 symphonic version by Ferde Grofé. The rhapsody is one of Gershwin's most recognizable creations and a key composition that...

REPRINT SERIES The Concerto for Bassoon is in three movements; 1) Andante and Allegro, 2) Serenade Nocturne, and 3) Final-Saltarelle. This Tomasi piece is suitable to advanced bassoonists, providing an exciting, alternative addition to the instrument's...

REPRINT SERIES The Viola Concerto in A minor, Sz. 120, BB 128 (also known as Concerto for Viola and Orchestra) was one of the last pieces written by Béla Bartók. He began composing his viola concerto while living in Saranac Lake, New York,...

REPRINT SERIES Igor Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D is a neoclassical violin concerto in four movements, composed in the summer of 1931 and premiered on October 23, 1931. It lasts approximately twenty minutes.  It was used by George Balanchine as...

Finzi, who constantly revised his own work, could not bring himself to rest contentedly with the outer movements of his Violin Concerto. However, the central section became established during the composer’s lifetime as a piece in its own right. It...

REPRINT SERIES Ballade for Alto Saxophone and Piano was composed in 1938 by the French composer Henri Tomasi (1901-1971). Introduced by a poem by Suzanne Mallard, his wife, Ballade is a 15-minute work that covers and alternates between different styles...

The last phase of Finzi’s output following the 2nd World War saw a series of larger scale works culminating in the completion of the Cello Concerto, the work which dominated his final year and was first broadcast on the night before his death in...

REPRINT SERIES This concerto came about because of Szymanowski’s long-standing partnership with the legendary violinist Paweł Kochański, who’d previously collaborated with him on his D Minor Violin Sonata and then on his first Violin...

The Interlude for oboe and strings was composed during the mid 1930s, originally for string quartet; later Finzi created an expanded instrumentation for string orchestra as an alternative. It is a 13-minute work of considerable substance,...

REPRINT SERIES Henri Tomasi was a French composer and conductor.  Tomasi was born in Marseille, where his parents had moved from Corsica.  Most of his musical training took place in the conservatories of Marseille and Paris.  His...

REPRINT SERIES In 1940, at the suggestion of his publisher and agent, Heinsheimer, Bartók orchestrated his Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion as Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra. The parts for the four soloists were essentially...

REPRINT SERIES The Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments was written by Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1923–24. This work was revised in 1950.  It was composed four years after the Symphonies of Wind Instruments, which he wrote upon his...

The Poema Autunnale of 1925 was written for Mario Corti and dedicated to him. Once again Respighi ventured into Lark Ascending territory, as much of the writing was modal, creating the desired archaic atmosphere, and double-stops were much used for...