Monday, September 5, 2016

Charles Joseph Smith's Partial List of Standard Classical Orchestra Repertory



By the way, the standard orchestra repertory also includes piano concerti, and you probably do not know that Sergei Prokofiev also composed his own transcriptions of his orchestral compositions, for piano, namely the "March From The Love of Three Oranges", and "The Montagues and the Capulets" from his "Cinderella" ballet.

BACH (J. S.)
"Betrachten, meine Seele, from The Passion of St. Matthew (J.S. Bach)
"Die Katze lässt das Mauchen" (The Cats Leave The Mice), from The Coffee Cantata (J.S. Bach)
"Deposuit" (Dethroned) , from Magnificat (J.S. Bach)
"Ei, wie schmeckt der Koffee süsse" (Ah, How Sweet The Coffee Tastes), from The Coffee Cantata

BEETHOVEN
Egmont Overture
Leonore Overture no. 3
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58
Piano Concerto no. 5 in Eb major, op. 73
Romance in F Major for Violin and Orchestra, op. 50, no. 2
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 62
Symphony no. 6 in F Major, op. 68 ("Pastoral")
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92 ("The Symphony of the Dance")
Symphony no. 9 in D Major, op. 125 ("Choral")
Wenn ein holdes Weib errungen ("When Rescued My Dear Wife"), from Fidelio

BERLIOZ
4th Movement of Fantastic Symphony, op. 14 ("March to the Scaffold")
5th Movement of  Fantastic Symphony, op. 14 ("Dreams of a Witches Sabbath")

BIZET
Carmen (opera)

BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, Book 1
Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto in F minor, op. 21

COPLAND
Fanfare for the Common Man
Rodeo-Hoedown

DONIZETTI
"Bella siccome un angelo" (As If An Angel) from Don Pasquale
"Una furtiva lagrima" (A Furtive Tear), from L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love)

DVORAK
Slavonic Dance in G minor, op. 46, no. 8
Symphony To The New World

FLOTOW
"M'appari tutto amor" (You Appeared All Love), from Martha

GERSHWIN
Ain't Got Plenty of Nuttin", from Porgy and Bess
Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra and/or Jazz Band

HALEVY
"Si, la rigueur" (Yes, The Mandate), from La Juive (The Jewish Lady)

HANDEL
The Messiah

LEIGH
Dulcinea, from Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
"The Impossible Dream", from Man of La Mancha

LEONCAVALLO
"Si può?"--Prologo ("If One Can?--Prologue)-- from I Pagliacci (The Clowns)
"Vesti la giubba" (Wear The Costume), from I Pagliacci (The Clowns)

LISZT
Hungarian Fantasy For Piano and Orchestra
Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat Major

MOZART
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)--Serenade
"Il mio tesoro intanto", from Don Giovanni
"In diesen heil'gen Hallen", from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
"Non più andrai" (No more I will go), from The Marriage of Figaro
"Notte e giorno" (Night And Day), from Don Giovanni
Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466
Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 467
Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488
Symphony no. 40 in G minor
"Voi che sapete" (You That Know), from The Marriage of Figaro

OFFENBACH
"Les oiseaux dans la charmille"--Olympia's Doll Aria, from Les contes d'Hoffmann 
   (The Tales of Hoffmann)
"O Dieu, de quelle ivresse" (O God, of that drunkenness), from Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffman)

PERGOLESI
"Stizzoso, mio stizzoso" (Irritable One, My Irritable One), from La Serva Padrona

PROKOFIEV
Gavotte from "Classical" Symphony
March from The Love of Three Oranges
Scherzo from The Love of Three Oranges
"The Montagues and The Capulets" from the Romeo and Juliet

PUCCINI
"Che gelida manina", from La Bohème
"Non so…non so……amore o grillo",  from Madama Butterfly
Tosca (opera)

RAVEL
Alborada del Gracioso (Morning of the Jester), from "Miroirs" Suite
Bolero
La Valse (The Waltz)

ROSSINI
"La calumnia" (Slander), from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
"Largo al factotum della città" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Overture to Semaramide

SAINT-SAENS
Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah)
"Benedictus", from Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saens)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28
"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" from Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah)
Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 22
Piano Concerto in C minor, op. 44

SARASATE
Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 25
Zigenunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra, op. 20

STRAVINSKY
Fat Week From Petrushka
Petrushka's Forced Seclusion Into One's House from Petrushka
Russian Dance From Petrushka
Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)
The Firebird Ballet suite
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)-- (ballet)

STRAUSS, JOHANN
An der schönen blauen Donau (On The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314
Mein Herr Marquis (My Dear Marquis), from Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Overture to Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Radetsky March, op. 228

STRAUSS, RICHARD
Opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), symphonic poem

TSCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture
Marche Slave (Slavic March)
Nutcracker Ballet
Piano Concerto in Bb minor, op. 23
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Symphony no. 4, in F minor (op. 36)
Symphony no. 5, in E major (op. 64)                       
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique" (op. 74)
Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35, 1st movement and 3rd movement

VERDI
Aïda
"Caro nome" (Dear Name), from Rigoletto (Verdi)
"Celeste Aida" (Celestial Aida), from Aïda (Verdi)  
"Come dal ciel precipita" (Like From A Heaven That Hurries), from Macbeth
"Confutatis maledictis" (When The Condemned Are Cast Away), from Requiem (Verdi)
"Credo in un dio crudel" (I Believe in a Cruel God), from Otello
"Di Provenza il mar" (From Provenza the Sea), from La Traviata
"La donna è mobile" (A Lady is Fickle), from Rigoletto
"Il lacerato spirito" (The Lacerated Spirit), from Simon Boccanegra
"O sommo Carlo" (O, Great King Charles), from Ernani (Hernani)--opera
Overture to I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)--opera
"Questa o quella" (This Or That), from Rigoletto
"Saper vorreste" (I would want you to know), from Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)

WAGNER
Liebestod (Love-Death) from Tristan und Isolde
"Morgen leuchtend" from Die Meistersinger von Nuremburg (The Mastersingers from Nuremburg)
Overture to Tannhäuser
Overture to Tristan und Isolde

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