Sibelius' Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1, is a hauntingly beautiful waltz originally composed in 1903 as part of the incidental music for his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt’s play Kuolema ("Death"). The piece captures a dreamlike and melancholic...

REPRINT SERIES Alan Rawsthorne’s Elegiac Rhapsody for String Orchestra was composed in 1964 as a tribute to Constant Lambert, who had died in 1951. The piece reflects Rawsthorne’s distinctive style, characterized by structural clarity and...

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 44), a passage that honors great figures from...

Herrmann’s Echoes for String Quartet, composed in 1965, is a single-movement work of introspection and quiet intensity. Its slow pacing and hauntingly lyrical lines create a somber, reflective atmosphere, with muted dynamics and delicate...

REPRINT SERIES George Enescu's Chamber Symphony, Op. 33 in E Major, composed in 1954, stands as one of the Romanian composer’s late masterpieces, encapsulating his unique fusion of lyrical expressiveness and complex polyphonic textures. Written...

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 soprano and a chamber ensemble of 15...

Irving Fine's Notturno for String Orchestra and Harp, composed in 1951, is a masterful work that blends elements of neoclassicism with a distinctly lyrical and emotional quality. The piece is characterized by its delicate textures and sophisticated...

i) Fanfare to precede the National Anthem in G ii) The right of the Line iii) Fanfare for Princess Anne iv) High Sheriff's Fanfare v) A Salute to painting vi) Research Fanfare vii) Peace Fanfare for children viii) Let the People Sing

REPRINT SERIES Capriccio for ten instrumentsfor flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, harp, two violins, viola, and cello

REPRINT SERIES The origins of this piece can be traced back to an incident that occurred during a rehearsal at the inaugural Aspen Festival in 1950, when Stravinsky was displeased by a surprise rendition of "Happy Birthday to You", a song with which he...

REPRINT SERIES  The Symphony was written between 1938 and 1940 on a commission from American philanthropist Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. It was a turbulent period of the composer's life, marked by illness and deaths in his immediate family. In 1937,...

Igor Stravinsky composed his Mass between 1944 and 1948. This 19-minute setting of the Roman Catholic Mass exhibits the austere, Neoclassic, anti-Romantic aesthetic that characterizes his work from about 1923 to 1951. The Mass also represents one of only...

Job: A Masque for Dancing is a one-act ballet produced in 1931. The scenario is by Geoffrey Keynes, the choreography by Ninette de Valois, and the music by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The ballet is based on the Book of Job from the Hebrew Bible and was...

REPRINT SERIES With its evocative pastoral opening, A Severn Rhapsody which was clearly written under thrall of George Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad and Bridge’s Summer. Blue skies, birdsong, sunny fields, cool coppices and shaded brooks...

REPRINT SERIES  I.     Introduction II.     AllegroIII.     AndanteIV.     Allegro assai, con slancio

REPRINT SERIES  The famous Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp minor opens explosively and even uses organ pedals, it was first heard at the Proms at the Queen’s Hall on 20 September 1913 and Sir Henry Wood recorded it in October 1915.

On 19 December 1941, Martinů wrote a letter to Serge Koussevitzky, expressing a wish to compose a symphony for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for their next season. In reply, early in 1942 Koussevitzky commissioned a work for large orchestra in memory of...