Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, An Opera in 3 Acts $28.95 - $1,499.99 MAPESU Music proudly presents this brand new engraving of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, an English‑language opera in three acts and an epilogue, composed between 1947 and 1951 on a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, loosely...
Gabrieli/Maderna: Canzone a Tre Cori $349.99 The Canzone a tre cori by Giovanni Gabrieli, originally composed in the early 17th century for three spatially separated choirs of instruments, was reimagined by Bruno Maderna in 1958. Maderna’s revision retains Gabrieli’s polychoral...
Bacewicz: Variations for Orchestra $109.99 - $649.99 REPRINT SERIES Grażyna Bacewicz’s Variations for Orchestra, IGB 11, was composed in 1957 and premiered in 1958 at the Warsaw Autumn Festival, conducted by Jan Krenz. The work consists of a 19-bar theme followed by eight continuous variations,...
Bliss: Morning Heroes Op.32, A Symphony for Orator, Chorus and Orchestra $85.00 - $1,499.99 Arthur Bliss’s Morning Heroes, Op. 32, is a “symphony for orator, chorus and orchestra” composed in 1930 as a memorial to his brother Francis Kennard Bliss and all comrades killed in battle. It received its premiere at the Norwich...
Vaughan Williams: Six Choral Songs To Be Sung In Time Of War, for Unison Voices and Orchestra $115.00 - $585.00 REPRINT SERIES Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Six Choral Songs (To Be Sung in Time of War) was composed in 1940 as a response to the turmoil of the Second World War. Scored for unison voices (often treble or mixed children’s chorus) and orchestra,...
Dallapiccola: Cinque Frammenti di Saffo $199.95 Luigi Dallapiccola’s Cinque Frammenti di Saffo (1942) is a song cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra setting Italian texts by Salvatore Quasimodo after five poems of Sappho. Though built on a twelve-tone row—his first work to foreground...
Finzi: Two Milton Sonnets Op.12 for Tenor or Soprano and Small Orchestra $13.95 - $395.00 Gerald Finzi’s Two Milton Sonnets, Op. 12 (1926–28) sets John Milton’s Sonnet XIX (“When I consider how my light is spent”) and Sonnet XXX (“How soon hath Time”) for tenor (or soprano) with piano or small...
Vaughan Williams: On Christmas Night $12.50 - $595.00 REPRINT SERIES Ralph Vaughan Williams’s On Christmas Night is a one‐act masque co-created in 1926 with choreographer Adolph Bolm. Loosely drawing on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, it integrates singing, dancing and mime into a...
Herrmann: Vertigo Suite for Orchestra $199.95 - $1,150.00 The Vertigo Suite was arranged by Bernard Herrmann himself. Drawing directly from his 1958 film score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Herrmann crafted the concert suite in the same year, selecting and shaping the principal themes into a unified...
Stravinsky: Four Preludes and Fugues for Chamber Orchestra $449.95 Igor Stravinsky’s Four Preludes and Fugues (1969) are his final compositions, arranging four pairs from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier for chamber orchestra (BWV 851 & 852, 864 & 865, 870 & 871, 881 & 882). Each...
Villa-Lobos: Descobrimento do Brasil Suite No.4 $49.95 - $899.95 Heitor Villa-Lobos extracted Suite No. 4 “Descobrimento do Brasil” (W 380) in 1937 from his score for Humberto Mauro’s film of the same name, completing the cycle of four suites that portray Brazil’s early colonial history. he...
Prokofiev: Andante from Piano Sonata No.4 Op.29 for Orchestra $450.00 REPRINT SERIES Sergei Prokofiev’s Andante, Op. 29bis is his own orchestration of the slow movement from Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29, completed in 1934. The arrangement was first heard on February 13, 1958, in Leningrad under...
Jolivet: Cosmogonie, Prelude for Orchestra $499.95 André Jolivet’s Cosmogonie is a standalone Prelude for Orchestra composed in 1938, derived from his earlier piano piece. The orchestral version lasts approximately 8 minutes and was first performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de France...
Lalo: Fantaisie norvégienne for Violin and Orchestra $249.99 REPRINT SERIES Drawing on Norwegian folk tunes, the piece opens with a lyrical, modal passage that transitions into an Allegretto featuring virtuoso figuration—double-stops, rapid string crossings and expressive portamento. Lalo balances the...
Villa-Lobos: Descobrimento do Brasil Suite No.3 $129.99 - $799.95 Composed in 1937 for Humberto Mauro’s film O Descobrimento do Brasil, Suite No. 3 (W 379) comprises three continuous movements—Impressão ibérica (11:15), Festa nas selvas (3:37), and Ulalocê (Visão dos navegantes)...
Bacewicz: Musica Sinfonica in Tre Movimenti $115.00 - $699.95 REPRINT SERIES Bacewicz’s Musica sinfonica in tre movimenti (IGB 21) was composed in 1965, dedicated to conductor Witold Rowicki, and premiered on 6 September 1965 by the Warsaw Philharmonic under his baton at the Stockholm Festival. The...
Bliss: Six Royal Fanfares $149.99 Arthur Bliss’s Six Royal Fanfares were composed in 1960 for the wedding of H.R.H. Princess Margaret on May 6 at Westminster Abbey, capturing the ceremonial grandeur of the occasion through concise brass writing. Scored for three trumpets, three...
Villa-Lobos: Descobrimento do Brasil Suite No.2 $125.00 - $699.95 Villa-Lobos’s Descobrimento do Brasil (Discovery of Brazil) Suite No. 2 contains three movements: Impressão moura (Moorish Impression) – a rhythmically complex piece with modal harmonies and layered textures that evoke a stylized...