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Masterworks of the orchestral repertoire : a guide for listeners /

The fullest enjoyment of an orchestral performance or a record concert comes with a background of knowledge about the music itself. This handbook is designed to help music lovers get the ultimate pleasure from their listening by providing them with that b.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferguson, Donald N. (Donald Nivison), 1882-1985
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1954.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) : The Brandenburg concertos ; Brandenburg concerto no. 1, in F major ; Brandenburg concerto no. 3, in G major ; Brandenburg concerto no. 5, in D major ; Suite no. 1, in C major ; Suite no. 2, in B minor, for flute and strings ; Suite no. 3, in D major ; Concerto for piano no. 1, in D minor ; Concerto for piano no. 5, in F minor ; Concerto for violin no. 2, in E major ; Concerto for two violins, in D minor ; Passacaglia and fugue for organ, transcribed for orchestra by Herman Boessenroth ; Toccata no. 1, in C major, for organ, orchestrated by Leo Weiner ; Fantasia and fugue in G minor, orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos ; Prelude and fugue in B minor, orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos
  • Bela Bartok (1881-1945) : Concerto for orchestra ; Concerto for violin and orchestra ; Concerto for viola and orchestra ; Music for strings, percussion, and celesta
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) : Symphony no. 1, in C major, op. 21 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 36 ; Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica), op. 55 ; Symphony no. 4, in B flat major, op. 60 ; Symphony no. 5, in C minor, op. 67 ; Symphony no. 6, in F major (Pastoral), op. 68 ; Symphony no. 7, in A major, op. 92 ; Symphony no. 8, in F major, op. 93 ; Symphony no. 9, in D minor, op. 125 ; Overture to Prometheus, op. 43 ; Overture to Coriolanus, op. 62 ; The three Leonora overtures ; Overture to Fidelio, op. 72b ; Overture to Egmont, op. 84 ; King Stephen, op. 117, The Ruins of Athens, op. 113, Namensfeier, op. 115, Die Weihe Des Hauses, op. 124 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in C major, op. 15 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3, in C minor, op. 37 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 4, in G major, op. 58 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 5, in E flat major, op. 73 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61
  • Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) : Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14a ; Harold in Italy, symphony in four movements with viola solo, op. 16 ; Symphony, Romeo and Juliet, op. 17 ; Three pieces from The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 ; Overture to King Lear, op. 4 ; Overture, Roman Carnival, op. 9 ; Overture, Rob Roy ; Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23 ; Overture to "The Flight into Egypt," op. 25.
  • Georges Bizet (1838-1875) : Symphony in C major ; Suites nos. 1 and 2, from L'Arlesienne
  • Ernest Bloch (b. 1880) : Concerto grosso no. 2, for strings ; Schelomo (Solomon), rhapsody for violoncello and orchestra
  • Alexander Borodin (1834-1887) : Symphony no. 2, in B minor ; A Sketch of the Steppes of Central Asia ; Polovtzian dances, from Prince Igor
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) : Symphony no. 1, in C minor, op. 68 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 73 ; Symphony no. 3, in F major, op. 90 ; Symphony no. 4, in E minor, op. 98 ; Academic Festival Overture, op. 80 ; Tragic Overture, op. 81 ; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in D minor, op. 15 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no, 2, in B flat major, op. 83 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77
  • Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) : Symphony no. 1, in C minor ; Symphony no. 3, in D minor ; Symphony no. 4, in E flat major (Romantic) ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 7, in E major ; Symphony no. 9, in D minor
  • Ernest Amedee Chausson (1855-1890) : Symphony in B flat major, op. 20 ; Poeme, for violin and orchestra, op. 25
  • Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) : Overture to Anacreon ; Overture to Les Abencerages
  • Francois Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) : Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in E minor, op. 11 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in F minor, op. 21
  • Aaron Copland (b. 1900) : A Dance Symphony ; Symphony no. 3 ; El Salon Mexico ; An Outdoor Overture
  • Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) : Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) ; La mer (The Sea), three orchestral sketches ; Images, for orchestra
  • Paul Dukas (1865-1935) : Symphony in C minor ; Scherzo, L'Apprenti Sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  • Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) : Symphony no. 4, in G major, op. 88 ; Symphony no. 5, in E minor (From The New World), op. 95 ; Concert overture, Carneval, op. 92 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor, op. 53 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in B minor, op. 104
  • Edward Elgar (1857-1934) : Enigma Variations, op. 35 ; concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 61.
  • Manuel de Falla (1877-1946) : Suite from El Amor Brujo (Love The Sorcerer) ; Three dances from The Three-Cornered Hat ; Nights in the Gardens of Spain, symphonic impressions, for piano and orchestra
  • Cesar Franck (1822-1890) : Symphony in D minor ; Les Eolides, symphonic poem no. 1 ; Le Chasseur Maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem no. 2 ; Variations Symphoniques, for piano and orchestra
  • Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) : Concert overture, In Autumn, op. 11 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, op. 16
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) : Concerto grosso for strings in B flat major, op. 6, no. 7 ; Concerto grosso in D minor, op. 6, no. 10 ; Suite from the Water Music, arranged by Hamilton Harty
  • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) : Symphony no. 45, in F sharp minor (Farewell) ; Symphony no. 82, in C major (L' Ours
  • The Bear) ; Symphony no. 85, in B flat major (La Reine) ; Symphony no. 92, in G major (Oxford) ; Symphony no. 94, in G major (Surprise) ; Symphony no. 95, in C minor ; Symphony no. 96, in D major (Miracle) ; Symphony no. 97, in C major ; Symphony no. 100, in G major (Military) ; Symphony no. 101, in D major (The clock) ; Symphony no. 102, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 103 (With the Drum Roll) ; Symphony no. 104, in D major (London)
  • Paul Hindemith (b. 1895) : Symphony in E flat ; Symphony, Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) ; Symphony, Die Harmonie der Welt (The Harmony of the World).
  • Arthur Honegger (b. 1892) : Symphony no. 5
  • Zoltan Kodaly (b. 1882) : Suite from Hary Janos ; Peacock Variations (Based on a Hungarian folk song)
  • Ernst Krenek (b. 1900) : Symphony no. 2, op. 12 ; I Wonder as I Wander, symphonic movement for orchestra, in the form of variations on a North Carolina folk song, op. 94 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra, no. 3
  • Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) : Overture to Le Roi d'Ys ; Symphonie Espagnole, for violin and orchestra, op. 21
  • Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) : Symphony no. 1, in D major ; Symphony no. 2, in C minor (Resurrection) ; Symphony no. 3, in D minor ; Symphony no. 4, in G major ; Symphony no. 5, in C sharp minor ; Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth).
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) : Symphony no. 3, in A minor (Scotch), op. 56 ; Symphony no. 4, in A major (Italian), op. 90 ; Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 21 ; Overture, Fingal's Cave, op. 26 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in G minor, op. 25 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, op. 64
  • Darius Milhaud (b. 1892) : Suite Provencale ; Suite Francaise ; Le Boeuf sur le Toit (The Bull on the Roof), a rhapsody on South American tunes
  • Modest Moissorgsky (1835-1881) : Fantasie, A Night on the Bald Mountain ; Pictures at an Exhibition ; Prelude to Khovantchina
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) : Symphony no. 31, in D major (Parisian) (K. 297) ; Symphony no. 34, in C major (K. 338) ; Symphony no. 35, in D major (Haffner) (K. 385) ; Symphony no. 39, in E flat major (K. 543) ; Symphony no. 40, in G minor (K. 550) ; Symphony no. 41, in C major (Jupiter) (K. 551) ; Mozart's overtures ; Overture to The Marriage of Figaro ; Overture to Don Giovanni ; Overture to The Magic Flute ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in D minor 9K. 446) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 21, in C major (K. 467) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 23, in A major (K. 488) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 24, in C minor (K. 491) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 26, in D major (Coronation) (K. 537).
  • Walter Piston (b. 1894) : Symphony no. 4
  • Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953) : Classical Symphony, in D major, op. 25 ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major, op. 100 ; Symphony no. 7, op. 131 ; "Scythian" suite, Ala and Lolli, op. 20 ; Suite from the opera The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33 bis. ; Lieutenant Kije, orchestral suite, op. 60 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in D flat major, op. 10 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3, in C major, op. 26 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 2, in G minor, op. 63
  • Sergei Vassilevitch Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) : Symphony no. 2, in E minor, op. 27 ; Symphonic poem, Die Toteninsel (The Isle of the Dead), op. 29, after the painting by Arnold Bocklin ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in C minor, op. 18 ; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra, op. 43.
  • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) : Symphonic fragments from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe ; Suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin ; Rhapsodie Espagnole ; Suite, Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) ; La Valse, a choreographic poem ; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales ; Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
  • Max Reger (1873-1916) : Four tone-poems after pictures by Bocklin, op. 128 ; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, op. 86 ; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132
  • Ottorino Respighi (1879-1935) : Symphonic poem, The Fountains of Rome ; Symphonic poem, The Pines of Rome ; Symphonic poem, Roman Festivals
  • Nicolas Andreivitch Rimsky-Korsakoff (1844-1908) : Symphonic suite, Scheherazade ; Overture, The Russian Easter, op. 36 ; Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34
  • Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) : Symphony no. 3, in C minor, op. 78 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in G minor, op. 22 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra no. 1, in A minor, op. 33.
  • Florent Schmitt (b. 1870) : The Tragedy of Salome, after a poem by Robert d'Humieres, op. 50
  • Arnold Schonberg (1874-1953) : Verklarte Nacht (Radiant Night), op. 4 ; String quartet no. 2, with soprano voice, op. 10
  • Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) : Symphony no. 4, in C minor (Tragic) ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 6, in C major (The Little) ; Symphony no. 7, in C major (The Great) ; Symphony no. 8 (The Unfinished) ; Overture to Rosamunde
  • Robert Schumann (1810-1856) : Symphony no, 1, in B flat major (Spring), op. 38 ; Symphony no. 2, in C major, op. 67 ; Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Rhenish), op. 97 ; Symphony no. 4, in D minor, op. 120 ; Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 52 ; Overture to Schiller's Bride of Messina, op. 100 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in A minor, op. 129
  • Dimitri Shostakovich (b. 1906) : Symphony no. 1, in F minor, op. 10 ; Symphony no. 5, op. 47 ; Symphony no. 7, op. 60
  • Jan Julius Christian Sibelius (b. 1865) : Symphony no. 1, in E minor, op. 39 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 43 ; Symphony no. 3, in C major ; Symphony no. 4, in A minor, op. 63 ; Symphony no. 5, in E flat major, op. 82 ; Symphony no. 7, in C major, op. 105 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, op. 47.
  • Richard Strauss (1864-1949) : Tone poem, Don Juan, op. 20 ; Tone poem, Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op. 24 ; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28 ; Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spake Zarathustra), op. 30 ; Don Quixote, fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character, op. 35 ; Tone poem, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op. 40 ; Symphonia Domestica, op. 53
  • Igor Stravinsky (b. 1882) : Suite from the ballet The Fire Bird ; Suite from the ballet Petrouchka ; Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) ; Circus Polka
  • Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) : Symphony no, 4, in F minor, op. 36 ; Symphony no. 5, in E minor, op. 64 ; Symphony no. 6, in B minor (Pathetique), op. 74 ; Overture-fantasia, Romeo and Juliet ; Fantasia, Francesca da Rimini, op. 32 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in E flat, op. 23 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra, in D major, op. 35 ; Variations on a Rococo Theme, for violincello and orchestra, op. 33.
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Overture to Die Feen (The Fairies) ; Overture to Rienzi ; Overture to The Flying Dutchman ; Overture and Bacchanale from Tannhauser ; Prelude to Lohengrin ; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde ; Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg overture ; Prelude to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices, and Procession of the Mastersingers ; Excerpts and arrangements from Der Ring des Nibelungen Entrance of the Gods into Walhalla, from Das Rheingold ; The Ride of the Valkyries, and the Magic Fire Scene and Wotan's Farewell, from Die Walkure ; Waldweben (Forest Murmurs), from Siegfried ; Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral March, and Brunnhilde's Immolation and Closing scene, from Die Gotterdammerung ; Parsifal : Prelude ; Good Friday Spell. A Faust overture ; Siegfried Idyl
  • William Walton (b. 1902) : Overture, Portsmouth Point ; Concerto for viola and orchestra ; Concerto for violin and orchestra
  • Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) : Overture to Der Freischutz ; Overture to Euryanthe ; Overture to Oberon ; Konzertstuck in F minor for piano and orchestra
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. 1872) : The London Symphony ; Symphony no. 4, in F minor ; Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1, in E minor ; Fantasie on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for double string orchestra.