Finzi: Let us now praise famous men Op.35, for Two-part chorus and Chamber Orchestra $229.99 Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Op. 35, is a choral work composed in 1950 for a two-part chorus and chamber orchestra. The text is taken from the biblical book Ecclesiasticus (Sirach...
Strauss: Four Last Songs for Soprano and Orchestra $109.99 - $675.00 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...
Vaughan Williams: Magnificat $39.99 - $599.99 REPRINT SERIES Ralph Vaughan Williams' Magnificat, composed in 1932, is a fascinating and unconventional setting of the biblical text traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary's song of...
Dallapiccola: Commiato for Soprano and 15 Instruments $285.00 Luigi Dallapiccola’s Commiato (1972) is a masterful example of the composer’s late style, blending his deep engagement with serial techniques and his fascination with literary expression. Scored for...
Vaughan Williams: Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Strings $449.99 Following the composition of Five Mystical Songs in 1911, Vaughan Williams began to compose a smaller scale piece, which was completed in 1914. However, World War I delayed the presentation of the...
Elgar: Great is the Lord Op.67 for Mixed Chorus, Organ and Orchestra $39.95 - $450.00 REPRINT SERIES Though not readily associated with Anglican church music (despite being fully aware of its repertoire), Elgar composed two major extended anthems. The first—Great is the Lord, Op 67,...
Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits $75.00 - $1,199.95 Five Tudor Portraits (1935), by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is a work scored for contralto (or mezzo-soprano), baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra. It sets several poems, or extracts from poems, by the...
Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy for Narrator, Chorus and Small Orchestra $45.00 - $449.99 An Oxford Elegy is a work for narrator, small mixed chorus and small orchestra, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams between 1947 and 1949. It uses portions of two poems by Matthew Arnold, "The Scholar...
Prokofiev: 2 Choral Songs (2 Poems of Balmont) Op.7 for Women's Chorus and Orchestra $29.99 - $550.00 REPRINT SERIES The text to both songs comes from one of Prokofiev's favorite poets, Konstantin Balmont. The two choruses in this set were entitled "The White Swan" and "The Wave." The former was...
Vaughan Williams: Benedicite for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra $49.99 - $650.00 REPRINT SERIESVaughan Williams often tended to focus on the composition of works in a specific genre at certain periods in his career. In 1913, for example, he wrote incidental scores to no less than...
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem, Cantata for Soprano & Baritone Soli, Chorus and Orchestra $49.99 - $985.00 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...
Kodaly: Missa Brevis $39.99 - $549.99 REPRINT SERIES Composed during the Second World War (most of it at a Budapest monastery) and completed in 1944, Missa Brevis was first performed in 1945, just after the end of the war, at the...
Stravinsky: Renard, histoire burlesque chantée et jouée K023 $499.95 Renard: histoire burlesque chantée et jouée, or The Fox: burlesque tale sung and played, is a chamber opera-ballet for four male voices and 16 instrumentalists written in 1916 by Igor Stravinsky. Its...
Milhaud: Service Sacré for Baritone, Narrator, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra Op.279 $149.95 - $695.00 Milhaud’s Service sacré for baritone (cantor), narrator, mixed chorus and organ or orchestra is one of the few authentic masterpieces of twentieth century liturgical music. Composed in 1947 for San...
Finzi: Love's Labour's Lost Op.28 $159.95 - $599.95 Finzi wrote incidental music for a BBC broadcast of the Shakespeare's play in 1946, reworked it for a special stage presentation in 1952, and finally extracted a 10-number suite for small orchestra...
Finzi: Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice Op.26 $29.99 - $499.95 Lo, the full, final sacrifice (Op. 26) is a festival anthem for SATB choir and organ, composed by Gerald Finzi in 1946. The work was commissioned by the Revd Walter Hussey for the 53rd anniversary of...
Stravinsky: Two Poems by Konstantin Balmont $199.95 REPRINT SERIES Two short poems by the Russian symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont are set here. In both songs can be heard the combination of ‘diatonic’ and ‘octatonic’ procedures typical of...
Poulenc: La Voix Humaine, for Soprano and Orchestra FP 171 $65.00 - $795.00 La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is a forty-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. The work is based on the play of the same name by Jean...
