REPRINT SERIES Alan Rawsthorne's Concertante Pastorale is a charming and lyrical orchestral piece that showcases his distinctive blend of pastoral serenity and intricate harmonic textures. Written in a single movement, the work features flowing melodic...

REPRINT SERIES  On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle originally composed for tenor, piano, and string quartet in 1909, which Vaughan Williams later orchestrated for tenor and full orchestra. Based on six poems from A. E. Housman’s A Shropshire...

REPRINT SERIES Martinů’s Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra, H. 232, was composed in just under two weeks in August 1933 and premiered in Basel on October 16, 1936. The work is structured in four movements: Allegro (con brio),...

REPRINT SERIES Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1966) is a vibrant and rhythmically dynamic work that blends neoclassicism with modernist elements. The two pianos engage in energetic interplay, sometimes cooperating and...

Stravinsky composed Ebony Concerto in 1945, blending elements of classical music and jazz in a unique and innovative way. The piece was commissioned by Woody Herman, a prominent American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, for his ensemble, the First Herd...

Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, composed in 1948, represents the culmination of the composer’s career and a profound reflection on life and mortality. Scored for soprano and orchestra, these four songs—Frühling (Spring), September,...

REPRINT SERIES Heitor Villa-Lobos' Mômoprecóce for Piano and Orchestra (1929) is a vivid celebration of Brazilian Carnival. The work captures the festive, mischievous spirit of the event through a dazzling piano solo and a vibrant...

We proudly present the newly engraved and revised version of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35, composed in 1933, is a vibrant and unconventional work for piano, trumpet, and string orchestra. It represents a blend of wit,...

Waxman's "Humoresque" for Violin and Orchestra is a dazzling and emotionally rich piece that exemplifies the virtuosity and expressive potential of the violin. Composed by Franz Waxman in 1947, this work was originally part of the score for the film...

Fritz Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3, is a virtuosic showpiece for violin and orchestra that encapsulates exoticism, playfulness, and technical brilliance. Composed in 1910, the piece reflects the Western fascination with Asian culture prevalent at...

REPRINT SERIES  The Piano Concerto was written in 1949 for the Fryderyk Chopin Competition organised by the Polish Composers’ Union to mark the 100th anniversary of the Polish genius’ death. However, it is no use looking for any...

 Luigi Dallapiccola was spurred to write his Tartiniana seconda, for violin accompanied by either piano or orchestra, by violinist Sandro Materassi; hoping for a sequel to Dallapiccola's well-received first Tartiniana, Materassi came to him with...

REPRINT SERIES British oboist Léon Goossens (1897-1988) is credited with reestablishing the oboe as a solo instrument and elevating its status after it fell out of favor in the nineteenth century. Romantic composers preferred the facility and...

 Carmen Fantasie is a virtuoso showpiece for violin and orchestra. The piece is part of Franz Waxman's score to the 1946 movie Humoresque for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. The...

REPRINT SERIES Composed between 1936 and 1937, Rawthorne's Clarinet Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra lasts around 19 minutes and has 4 movements: 1. Preludio2. Capriccio3. Aria4. Invention

REPRINT SERIES This exceptional triple concerto was utterly lost and forgotten for 30 years when its posthumous premiere revealed it as a missing masterpiece by one of the most individual and important composers of the twentieth century. Its style is...

In 1955, Heitor Villa-Lobos was commissioned by John Sebastian to write a harmonica concerto, and the piece was premiered in in Jerusalem on October 27, 1959, a month before Villa's death. Villa-Lobos was one of a number of eminent composers...

Dona nobis pacem (English: Grant us peace) is a cantata written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936 and first performed on 2 October of that year. The work was commissioned to mark the centenary of the Huddersfield Choral Society. Vaughan Williams produced...