Orchestral Masterpieces under the Microscope

Preface Editorial Conventions Bartok Piano Concerto No.1 Violin Concerto No.2 Dance Suite Beethoven Symphonies: some supplementary remarks Overture Leonore No.2 Overture Leonore No.3 Overture King Stephen Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Harold in Italy Overtures Bloch Schelomo: Hebraic rhapsody for cello and orchestra Brahms Four Symphonies Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Violin Concerto in D Hungarian Dances: a brief guide Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Busoni Piano Concerto Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Dvöák Scherzo capriccioso Symphonic Variations Romance for violin and orchestra Serenade for strings Elgar Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma') Concert-Overture: Froissart Concert-Overture: Cockaigne Concert-Overture: In the South (Alassio) Sea Pictures Serenade for Strings in E minor Fauré, orch. Aubert Fantaisie for Flute Franck Symphony in D minor Haydn Symphonies with High Horns Symphony No.100 in G ('Military') Symphony No.104 in D ('London') Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat Piano Concerto No.2 in A Mahler Symphony No.2 in C minor Martin¿ Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 in A minor ('Scottish') Symphony No.4 in A ('Italian') Violin Concerto in E minor Overture The Hebrides Mozart Piano Concertos Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition Nielsen Sinfonia espansiva (Symphony No.3) Prokofiev Classical Symphony (Symphony No.1) Peter and the Wolf Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 in E minor Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Ravel Piano Concerto La Valse Le Tombeau de Couperin Pavane pour une infante défunte Respighi Fontane di Roma Rimsky-Korsakov Symphonic Suite: Scheherazade Capriccio Espagnol Rossini Overture William Tell Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 in C minor Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Schubert Overture Die Zauberharfe ('Rosamunde') Schumann Symphony No.4 in D minor Overture, Scherzo and Finale Cello Concerto in A minor Overture Genoveva Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D Symphony No.3 in C Symphony No.4 in A minor Symphony No.5 in E flat Symphony No.6 in D minor Symphony No.7 in C Violin Concerto in D minor Tapiola Smetana Má Vlast: 2. Vltava Má Vlast: 3. Šárka Strauss Ein Heldenleben Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat Oboe Concerto Metamorphosen: Study for 23 Solo Strings Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2 in C minor Symphony No.3 in D Symphony No.4 in F minor Symphony No.5 in E minor Symphony No.6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Violin Concerto in D Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Tippett Symphony No.2 in C Vaughan Williams A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3) Tuba Concerto Wagner Prelude Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Walton Cello Concerto Weber Overture Der Beherrscher der Geister Overture Der Freischütz Overture Oberon Bibliography