Casa Ricordi is the original publisher for the unforgettable Italian operas that have made their mark on musical history and now hold a special place in the hearts of millions of music lovers. Now, for the first time, Ricordi makes their full orchestral scores available to us with covers featuring beautiful color reproductions of authentic Ricordi artwork from opera posters, set designs and postcards from the turn of the century. Each edition features lyrics in the original language, and includes...
Dover reprint of a 1920 A. Gutheil (Moscow) edition. This great choral symphony by the last of Russia's Romantic composers was written in 1913 and is reputed to be among Rachmaninoff's favorites of all his works. Scored for a large orchestra, solo vocalists, and chorus, the work is loosely based on the brilliant poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Its addition of material from the Russian translation permits the composer to develop the themes in a more intense, dark idiom. Indeed, The Bells exhibits an emot...
Forces are 2+1+alto,2+1,2+1+Eb,3+1 winds; 4,4,3,1 brass; tympani, percussion, 2 harps, celeste, 44332 strings, SATB choir, offstage horn, offstage trumpet (both are optional). Full score only - parts not included.
Category: Orchestra Full Scores Item: 065209 Grade: Price: $50.00 Availability: Ships in 10 to 15 Days
Forces are 2d1+1+alto,2+1,2+1+Eb,3+1 winds; 4,4,3,1 brass; tympani, percussion, 2 harps, celeste, 44332 strings, SATB chorus. Full score only - parts not included.
Category: Orchestra Full Scores Item: 065251 Grade: Price: $80.00 Availability: Ships in 10 to 15 Days
Composed for Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes, Daphnis and Chlo‚ was drawn from an ancient Greek fable. Ravel announced his intention to "compose a vast musical fresco, less scrupulous as to archaism than faithful to the Greece of my dreams." The resulting "choreographic symphony" features a captivating combination of orchestral traditions and modern ideals. Dover reprint of 1911 and 1913 Durand editions. Full score only - parts not included.
Category: Orchestra Full Scores Item: 064192 Grade: Price: $17.95 Availability: Ships in 6 to 9 Days
Dover reprint of early editions. Includes the Piano Trio of 1914, as well as the Mallarm‚ Poems (1913), which show Ravel at his most harmonically adventurous and are scored for an ensemble inspired by the modernist works of Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Also included are the brilliant Sonata for Violin and Cello (1922), which the composer considered a pivotal work in his stylistic development, and the sensual Introduction and Allegro (1905) for harp and ensemble.
Category: Chamber Music Full Scores Item: 053371 Grade: Price: $14.95 Availability: Ships in 6 to 9 Days
Reprints of early 20th Century editions. Includes Rapsodie Espagnole; Mother Goose Suite; & Pavane for a Dead Princess. Full score only - parts not included.
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20th Century Romantic (1915). With his clarinet quintet, begun in 1915, Reger was remembering his role models Mozart and Brahms, whose works in this genre he particularly admired. This melancholic quintet that is worked through in a strictly motivic way was to be Reger's last opus. Shortly after he had sent it to his publisher, he died of a heart attack in May 1916. The quintet was to become his swan song, first performed at a memorial for the composer on 6 November 1916. Almost one hundred years...
Study score. For flute (optional violin), violin & cello. Includes Serenade in D, op 77a; and Serenade in G, op 141a. For a matching set of parts, see item 65951.
Category: Chamber Music Study Scores Item: 065952 Grade: Price: $22.95 Availability: Usually Ships in 24 Hours