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Introduction xiii 15 OUVERTURES, BWV 10661069 1 2 MILY BALAKIREV 18 , bwv 2 Symphony No. 1 in 19 – concertos 7 22 Harpsichord in , 8 , Op. 11 23 BWV 1052 Concerto, Op. 14 24 in E major, 9 BWV 1053 BÉLA BARTÓK 27 Harpsichord Concerto in , 9 Concerto for 29 BWV 1054 Dance Suite 31 Harpsichord Concerto in A major, 9 Divertimento for Strings 31 BWV 1055 The Miraculous Mandarin 33 Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, 10 Music for Strings, Percussion and 37 BWV 1056 Celesta Harpsichord Concerto in , 11 Concerto No. 1 39 BWV 1057 No. 2 41 Concerto for Two in 11 Piano Concerto No. 3 42 C major, BWV 1061 Romanian Folk Dances 45 violin concertos 11 No. 1 45 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, 12 Violin Concerto No. 2 46 BWV 1041 49 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, 12 CONCERTOS 51 BWV 1042 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 51 Concerto for Two in D minor, 13 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, 52 BWV 1043 Op. 19 Concerto for and Violin in 14 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 53 C minor, BWV 1060(R) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 55 Concerto for , Violin, and 15 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, 56 Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 Op. 73, ‘The Emperor’

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Concerto for Piano, Violin, and in 58 JOHANNES BRAHMS 110 C major (‘’), Op. 56 CONCERTOS 111 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 58 Concerto in A minor for Violin and 111 OVERTURES 61 Cello, Op. 102 Coriolan, Op. 62 61 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, 113 Egmont, Op. 84 61 Op. 15 Overture to Leonore No. 1, Op. 138 62 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat 115 Overture to Leonore No. 2, Op. 72a 62 major, Op. 83 Overture to Leonore No. 3, Op. 72b 62 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 117 Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72c 62 OVERTURES 119 SYMPHONIES 64 Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 119 Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 64 Tragic Overture, Op. 81 120 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 66 SERENADES 121 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 68 Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 121 (‘Eroica’), Op. 55 Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16 122 Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 71 SYMPHONIES 124 Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 73 Symphony No. 1 in C minor, 124 Symphony No. 6 in F major (‘Pastoral’), 74 Op. 68 Op. 68 Symphony No. 2 in D major, 126 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 76 Op. 73 Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 79 Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 128 Symphony No. 9 in D minor (‘Choral’), 80 Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 130 Op. 125 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, 134 Wellington’s Victory, Op. 91 85 Op. 56a

ALBAN BERG 86 BENJAMIN BRITTEN 136 Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 87 Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, 137 Violin Concerto 89 Op. 33a Sinfonia da , Op. 20 139 HECTOR BERLIOZ 90 Variations on a Theme of Frank 141 Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), Op. 16 91 Bridge, Op. 10 (H.68) OVERTURES 93 144 Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival), 93 for Cello and Orchestra, 144 Op. 9 (H.95) Op. 47 Le corsaire, Op. 21 (H.101) 94 , Op. 46 146 Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (H.79) 95 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, 148 Symphonie fantastique: épisode de la vie 100 Op. 26 d’un artiste (Fantastic Symphony: episode from the life of an artist), Op. 14 (H.48) ANTON BRUCKNER 150 Symphony No. 3 in D minor 152 GEORGES BIZET 103 Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, 157 L’ Ar l ésienne, Suite No. 1 103 ‘Romantic’ Symphony in C major 104 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major 160 Symphony No. 6 in A major 163 ALEXANDER BORODIN 105 Symphony No. 7 in E major 166 In the Steppes of Central Asia 106 Symphony No. 8 in C minor 169 Symphony No. 2 in B minor 107 Symphony No. 9 in D minor 172 contents vii

EMMANUEL CHABRIER 175 CONCERTOS 241 España: Rapsodie pour orchestre 175 in E minor, Op. 85 241 Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 243 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 177 Falstaff, Op. 68 245 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, 178 In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 247 Op. 11 Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 249 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, 180 POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE 250 Op. 21 MARCHES NOS 15, OP. 39 Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 251 AARON COPLAND 182 SYMPHONIES 253 Appalachian Spring, Suite 183 Symphony No. 1, Op. 55 253 Billy the Kid (Concert suite) 185 Symphony No. 2, Op. 63 256 Concerto 187 Variations on an Original Theme 259 Fanfare for the Common Man 188 (‘Enigma’), Op. 36 El Salón México 189 263 190 Noches en los jardines de España 263 CONCERTI GROSSI, OP. 6, 191 (Nights in the Gardens of Spain) NOS 112 El sombrero de tres picos (The Three- 264 cornered Hat) CLAUDE DEBUSSY 200 Images for Orchestra 201 GABRIEL FAURÉ 266 Jeux 204 Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 267 La Mer 207 Pavane, Op. 50 268 Nocturnes 210 Pelléas et Mélisande, Concert Suite, Op. 80 269 Prélude à l’après- midi d’un faune 212 CÉSAR FRANCK 271 FREDERICK DELIUS 213 Symphony in D minor 272 Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody 214 Variations symphoniques for Piano 274 and Orchestra ANTONIN DVOŘÁK 216 Carnival Overture, Op. 92 218 GEORGE GERSHWIN 276 CONCERTOS 218 An American in Paris 277 Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 218 Piano Concerto in F major 278 Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 221 Rhapsody in Blue 282 Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 223 SYMPHONIES 225 MIKHAIL IVANOVICH 285 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 225 GLINKA Op. 10 Kamarinskaya 286 Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76 228 EDVARD GRIEG 287 Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 230 Holberg Suite, Op. 40 288 Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 232 Peer Gynt: Incidental Music, 289 Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 234 Op. 23 Symphony No. 9 in E minor (‘From 236 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 293 the New World’), Op. 95 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 295 EDWARD ELGAR 239 CONCERTI GROSSI, OP. 6, NOS 112 295 Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40 240 Water Music 304 viii contents

FRANZ 310 Symphony No. 97 in C major 349 CONCERTOS 311 Symphony No. 98 in B flat major 350 Cello Concerto in C major 312 Symphony No. 99 in E flat major 352 Cello Concerto in D major 313 Symphony No. 100 in G major, 353 Keyboard Concerto in D major 314 ‘Military’ Concerto in E flat major 315 Symphony No. 101 in D major, 354 SYMPHONIES 317 ‘Clock’ Symphony No. 6 in D major, ‘Le matin’ 317 Symphony No. 102 in B flat major 356 Symphony No. 22 in E flat major, ‘The 319 Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, 357 Philosopher’ ‘Drumroll’ Symphony No. 26 in D minor, 319 Symphony No. 104 in D major, ‘London’ 359 ‘Lamentatione’ Symphony No. 31 in D major, 321 PAUL HINDEMITH 360 ‘Hornsignal’ Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes 361 Symphony No. 39 in G minor 322 by Carl Maria von Weber Symphony No. 41 in C major 322 Symphony Mathis der Maler 363 Symphony No. 44 in E minor, 323 ‘Trauersymphonie’ GUSTAV HOLST 366 Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, 324 The Planets, Op. 32 366 ‘Farewell’ CHARLES IVES 371 Symphony No. 46 in B major 326 Symphony No. 4 373 Symphony No. 47 in G major, ‘The 328 Three Places in New England 375 Palindrome’ (Orchestral Set No. 1) Symphony No. 48 in C major, 329 ‘Maria Theresa’ LEOŠ JANÁČEK 379 Symphony No. 49 in F minor, ‘La 330 Sinfonietta 380 Passione’ Symphony No. 56 in C major 331 FRANZ LISZT 382 Symphony No. 60 in C major, ‘Il 333 CONCERTOS 384 Distratto’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major 384 Symphony No. 82 in C major, ‘The 335 Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major 385 Bear’ Les Préludes 386 Symphony No. 83 in G minor, ‘The 336 A Faust Symphony 388 Hen’ Symphony No. 84 in E flat major 337 GUSTAV MAHLER 393 Symphony No. 85 in B flat major, ‘La 339 Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of 395 Reine’ the Earth) Symphony No. 86 in D major 340 SYMPHONIES 402 Symphony No. 87 in A major 341 Symphony No. 1 402 Symphony No. 88 in G major 342 Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ 405 Symphony No. 92 in G major, ‘Oxford’ 343 Symphony No. 3 411 Symphony No. 93 in D major 345 Symphony No. 4 415 Symphony No. 94 in G major, 346 Symphony No. 5 419 ‘Surprise’ Symphony No. 6 424 Symphony No. 95 in C minor 347 Symphony No. 7 428 Symphony No. 96 in D major, 348 Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a 433 ‘Miracle’ Thousand’ contents ix

Symphony No. 9 438 Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, 487 Symphony No. 10 442 K. 413 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, 488 BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ 446 K. 414 , for Two String 446 Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, 489 , Piano, and K. 415 (H. 271) Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat 490 major, K. 449 FELIX MENDELSSOHN 449 Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat 491 CONCERTOS 450 major, K. 450 Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, 450 Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, 492 Op. 25 K. 451 Violin Concerto (No. 2) in E minor, 452 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, 493 Op. 64 K. 453 The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, 453 Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat 495 Op. 26 major, K. 456 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, 454 Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, 496 Op. 21, and Incidental Music, Op. 61 K. 459 SYMPHONIES 457 Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, 497 Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, 458 K. 466 ‘Scottish’ Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, 499 Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, 459 K. 467 ‘Italian’ Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat 501 major, K. 482 OLIVIER MESSIAEN 461 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, 503 Turangalîla Symphony 462 K. 488 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, 505 DARIUS MILHAUD 468 Le boeuf sur le toit 468 K. 491 La création du monde 470 Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, 507 K. 503 WOLFGANG 472 Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, 509 MOZART K. 537, ‘Coronation’ CONCERTOS 474 Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat 510 in A major, 474 major, K. 595 K. 622 violin concertos 512 horn concertos 476 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, 512 Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, 478 K. 216 K. 417 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, 513 Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, 479 K. 218 K. 447 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, 515 Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, 481 K. 219, ‘Turkish’ K. 495 in E flat major 516 piano concertos 482 for Violin and Viola, K. 364 Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major, 483 DIVERTIMENTI AND SERENADES 518 K. 271, ‘Jeunehomme’ Divertimento in D major, K. 136 518 Concerto for Two in E flat 485 Divertimento in B flat major, K. 137 519 major, K. 365 (Piano Concerto No. 10) Divertimento in F major, K. 138 519 x contents

Eine kleine Nachtmusik in G major, 520 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, 574 K. 525 Op. 19 Serenade in D major, K. 250, ‘Haffner’ 522 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 576 SYMPHONIES 525 Op. 63 Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 526 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 578 Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 527 SYMPHONIES 589 Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 528 Symphony No. 1 in D major, 589 (K. 300a), ‘Paris’ ‘Classical’ Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318 530 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, 591 Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, 531 Op. 100 K. 319 Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338 532 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 594 Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, 533 The Isle of the Dead in A minor, Op. 29 596 ‘Haffner’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp 597 Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, 535 minor, Op. 1 ‘Linz’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, 599 Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, 536 Op. 18 ‘Prague’ Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, 602 Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, 537 Op. 30 K. 543 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 605 Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 539 Op. 43 Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’, 542 Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 608 K. 551 Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 610

MODEST MUSORGSKY 544 MAURICE RAVEL 613 Night on the Bare Mountain (St John’s 545 Boléro 614 Night on the Bare Mountain) Daphnis et Chloé: Suites Nos 1 and 2 616 Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated 547 Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) 620 by Ravel) Piano Concerto in G major 622 Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in 624 CARL NIELSEN 553 D major Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, ‘Sinfonia 554 Rapsodie espagnole 625 Espansiva’ Le Tombeau de Couperin 628 Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, ‘The 556 La Valse 629 Inextinguishable’ Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 559 NIKOLAI RIMSKY KORSAKOV 632 Symphony No. 6 (no Op. number), 561 Spanish Capriccio, Op. 34 633 ‘Sinfonia Semplice’ Scheherazade, Op. 35 634

SERGEI PROKOFIEV 566 GIOACHINO ROSSINI 636 CONCERTOS 567 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of 636 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, 567 Seville), Overture Op. 10 Guillaume Tell (William Tell), Overture 637 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 569 Op. 16 CAMILLE SAINTSA ËNS 638 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, 572 CONCERTOS 639 Op. 26 Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 639 contents xi

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 640 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, 691 in A minor, Op. 28 Op. 120 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 641 Op. 22 ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 692 Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, 643 The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 693 Op. 61 Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, 645 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH 697 ‘Organ Symphony’ CONCERTOS 698 Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and 698 ERIK SATIE 646 Strings, Op. 35 (Piano Concerto Parade 648 No. 1) Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 699 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG 651 Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99 701 Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 653 SYMPHONIES 703 Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 657 Symphony No. 1, Op. 10 703 Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), 660 Symphony No. 3, Op. 20, ‘The First 705 Op. 4 of May’ Symphony No. 4, Op. 43 706 FRANZ SCHUBERT 661 Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 709 Rosamunde: Incidental Music, D 797 662 Symphony No. 6, Op. 54 712 SYMPHONIES 663 Symphony No. 7, Op. 60, ‘Leningrad’ 713 Symphony No. 1 in D major, D. 82 663 Symphony No. 8, Op. 65 716 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, 664 Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 718 D. 125 Symphony No. 10, Op. 93 719 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 666 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417, 668 JEAN SIBELIUS 721 ‘Tragic’ Finlandia, Op. 26 723 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, 669 Karelia Suite, Op. 11 724 D. 485 Kullervo, Op. 7 725 Symphony No. 6 in C major, 671 Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 730 D. 589 En Saga, Op. 9 731 Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, 672 The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2 732 ‘Unfinished’ SYMPHONIES 733 Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, 674 Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 733 ‘The Great’ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 735 Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52 738 ROBERT SCHUMANN 677 Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 740 CONCERTOS 678 Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, 743 Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 678 Op. 82 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 679 Symphony No. 6, Op. 104 745 Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23 681 Symphony No. 7, Op. 105 747 SYMPHONIES 683 Tapiola, Op. 112 749 Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, 683 Violin Concerto in D minor, 750 Op. 38, ‘Spring’ Op. 47 Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 686 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 688 BEDŘICH SMETANA 753 Op. 97, ‘Rhenish’ Má Vlast (My Country) 754 xii contents

RICHARD STRAUSS 758 MICHAEL TIPPETT 841 Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake 759 Concerto for Double String 842 Zarathustra), Op. 30 Orchestra Don Juan, Op. 20 762 Don Quixote: Fantastic variations on a 764 EDGARD VARÈSE 845 theme of knightly character, Op. 35 Amériques 846 Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40 767 Metamorphosen 769 RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 848 Till Eulenspiegel’s lustige Streiche 773 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas 849 (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), Tallis Op. 28 The Lark Ascending 849 SYMPHONIES 852 IGOR STRAVINSKY 774 A London Symphony (Symphony 852 L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) 775 No. 2) Petrushka 779 Pastoral Symphony (Symphony 855 Pulcinella (Suite) 784 No. 3) Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) 787 Symphony No. 4 in F minor 858 Symphonies of Wind Instruments 794 Symphony No. 5 in D major 861 Symphony in C 796 Symphony No. 6 in E minor 864 Symphony in Three Movements 800 867 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 803 L’ Estro Armonico (Harmonic 868 1812 Overture in E flat major, Op. 49 803 Inspiration) CONCERTOS 805 Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four 875 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, 805 Seasons) Op. 23 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 808 RICHARD WAGNER 880 Francesca da Rimini, Fantasia after 811 Siegfried Idyll 881 Dante, Op. 32 WILLIAM WALTON 883 Hamlet, Fantasy- Overture, Op. 67 813 Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor 884 Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy- Overture 814 887 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 816 Swan Lake, Suite, Op. 20a 818 CARL MARIA VON WEBER 889 SYMPHONIES 822 Der Freischütz, Overture 889 Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, 822 Konzertstück in F minor 891 ‘Winter Daydreams’ Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, 825 ANTON WEBERN 893 ‘Little Russian’ Passacaglia, Op. 1 895 Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 827 Six Pieces, Op. 6 897 Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 829 Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 900 Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 833 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, 836 Endnotes 902 ‘Pathétique’ Index 920 Variations on a Rococo Theme, for 839 Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33