Finzi: Interlude for Oboe and String Orchestra Op.21 $245.00 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,...
Stravinsky - Concerto in D for Strings $450.00 REPRINT SERIES Concerto in D ("Basle") for string orchestra was composed in Hollywood between the beginning of 1946 and 8 August of the same year in response to a 1946 commission from Paul Sacher to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Basler...
Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.3 $65.50 Written for strings only and somewhat melancholy in overall mood. It is based on lute songs by Besard, a piece for baroque guitar by Ludovico Roncalli, and lute pieces by Santino Garsi da Parma and additional anonymous composers. 1. Italiana (Anonymous:...
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No.9 for String Orchestra $295.00 Score and Set of Parts (5.5.4.4.3) Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 is the only one that does not have double titles (one title based on classical music forms and the other relating to Brazil in some manner). This 10 minute work is in quintessentially Bachian...
Strauss: Metamorphosen $185.00 - $369.50 Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings, subtitled "In memoriam" is scored for ten violins, five violas, five cellos, and three contrabasses. The work unfolds in a single, long movement. Strauss sustains and develops a series of...
Vaughan Williams - Partita for Double String Orchestra $85.50 Based on the piece Double Trio (1938), the composer decided its music would be better-suited to a larger instrumentation. He fashioned the piece for two string orchestras of disproportionate size, neither featuring second violins. The Partita ...
Honegger - Symphony No.2 for Strings and Trumpet (ad lib.) H.153 $395.00 Commissioned in 1937 by Paul Sacher, it was only completed in 1941. The work is for string orchestra, except for the addition of a trumpet in the concluding chorale: "like pulling out an organ stop", according to the composer. The work is in three...
Bartók - Divertimento for String Orchestra SZ.113 $79.95 Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three-movement piece that conforms to traditional structures, respectively, of sonata form, ternary form and rondo form. It was composed in 1939 and dedicated to the Basel Chamber Orchestra. 1...
Glazunov, A. - Theme and Variations in G minor for String Orchestra Op.97 $35.95 Theme with Variations for Strings in G minor, Op. 97 is the author's arrangement (1917) of the variations for string quintet created already in 1895.
Bridge, Frank. - Suite for String Orchestra H.93 $22.50 Written in 1909, the Suite for Strings is one of Frank Bridge's most famous compositions, and arguably, one of his best.
Holst, G. - St. Paul's Suite Op.29 No.2 for Strings $29.95 St Paul's Suite (Op. 29, No. 2) is a composition for string orchestra by the English composer Gustav Holst. It is named after the St Paul's Girls' School in the United Kingdom, where Holst was Director of Music from 1905 to 1934. It was...
Fauré - Shylock - Incidental Music Op.57 No.5: Nocturne, for Strings $45.95 Score & Parts. Nocturne from "Shylock" Suite, Incidental Music Op.57 No.5 for Strings.
Dvorak, A. - Serenade for Strings in E Major Op.22 B.52 $29.50 Antonín Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22 B.52, was composed in just two weeks in May 1875. It remains one of the composer's more popular orchestral works to this day. Dvořák's Serenade for Strings consists of five...
