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 Foundation in honor of...

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 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 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...

Bartók composed the piece in 1945 during the final months of his life, as a surprise birthday present for his second wife Ditta Pásztory-Bartók. It consists of three movements.Piano Concerto No. 3 consists of three movements:1...

Bartók’s less hair-raising, but longer, companion to the 1926 concerto. He said he wanted a work “less bristling with difficulties for the orchestra and whose thematic material would be more pleasing”. He characterized this...

REPRINT SERIES  Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra Op.12 The scoring, for an orchestra of winds with prominent percussion, suggests the brilliant, biting sonorities of Weill’s theater music. It was dedicated to the violinist...

REPRINT SERIES Considered one of the first modern violin concertos, it rejects traditional tonality and romantic aesthetics. The work is dedicated to the violinist Pavel Kochański. This work is the first modern violin concerto – the first to...

This is the 3rd version revised and republished by Rachmaninoff himself in 1941. It is the most performed version of this work. Following its unsuccessful premiere (1st version), the composer made cuts and other amendments before publishing it in 1928...

 REPRINT SERIES Hindemith - Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser Op.50 It was one of a large group of pieces commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by its music director, Serge Koussevitzky...

It is the only Bachiana written in the form of an instrumental concerto. It is in fact a fully-fledged piano concerto about 30 minutes in length, and in four movements. As usual the four movements have a formal "Bachian" title in Portuguese, followed by...

Concerto da camera (H 196) is a concerto in three movements for the unusual combination of flute, English horn, and string orchestra written by Arthur Honegger late in his career in 1948. Honegger described the movements as such: "The first part is based...

This spiky neo-Classical Concerto for Harpsichord defies everyone's expectations. Most listeners anticipate the Impressionism of Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain or the Romantic Spanish color of The Three-Cornered Hat. Harpsichordist Wanda...

REPRINT SERIES A one-movement concerto, it is the shortest of his five complete piano concertos, lasting only around a quarter of an hour. The first and last sections have a clear thematic relationship, as the concerto begins and ends with the same...

REPRINT SERIES The concerto radiates a crisp vitality that testifies to Prokofiev's inventive prowess in punctuating lyrical passages with witty dissonances, while maintaining a balanced partnership between the soloist and orchestra. Of the five piano...

Concertino da Camera pour Saxophone Alto et Onze Instruments ("Short concerto for alto saxophone and eleven instruments") was written by Jacques Ibert during the year 1935. The work is in two movements, the first, Allegro con moto, is lively and...

Also known as Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125,  it is a reworking of the Cello Concerto Op.58.  This "Sinfonia Concertante" is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The three movements are all...