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ADAM, Adolphe-Charles
Giselle (ballet)
ALBENIZ, Isaac
Ibéria for Piano
Suite espanola Op. 47 for Piano
ALKAN, Charles-Valentin
Piano Music (Preludes, Impromptus, Études, Concerto, etc.)
BERLIOZ, Hector
Damnation of Faust Op. 24
Harold in Italy for Viola and Orchestra Op. 16
L'enfance du Christ Op. 25
Requiem Op. 5 
Symphonie fantastique Op. 14
Les Troyens (opera)
BIZET, Georges
Carmen (opera)
Suites: L'Arlesienne
BOITO, Arrigo
Mefistofele (opera)
BORODIN, Alexander
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Quartets
Symphony #2
BRAHMS, Johannes
Alto Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra Op. 53
Academic Festival Overture Op. 80
Concertos for Piano (1, 2)
Concerto for Violin
Concerto for Violin and Cello Op. 102
Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) Op. 45
Hungarian Dances for Piano or Orchestra
Piano Music (Fantasias, Intermezzos, Ballades, Waltzes, Rhapsodies, etc.)
Quartets for Strings (1-3)
Quartets for Piano and Strings (1-3)
Quintets for Strings
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 34
Serenades for Orchestra
Sextets (1,2)
Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Sonatas for Viola or Clarinet
Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Symphonies ( 1, 2, 3, 4)
Tragic Overture Op. 81
Trio for Clarinet and Strings Op. 114
Trios for Piano and Strings
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano Op. 40
Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56a
BRUCH, Max
Concerto for Violin #1 Op. 26
"Kol Nidrei" for Cello and Orchestra Op. 47
CHARPENTIER, Gustave
Louise (opera)
CHAUSSON, Ernest
Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet Op. 21
"Poeme" for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25
Symphony Op. 20
CHOPIN, Frédéric
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op. 22
Krakowiak Op. 14
Piano Music (Ballades, Études, Nocturnes, Preludes, Scherzi, etc.)
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 65
Sonatas for Piano
CILEA, Francesco
Adriana Lecouvreur
CRUSELL, Bernhard Henrik
Concertos for Clarinet
DEBUSSY, Claude
Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque) for Piano
Études for Piano
La Mer (Symphonic Sketches) for Orchestra
L'Isle joyeuse for Piano
Nocturnes for Orchestra and Chorus
Quartet for Strings
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Sonata for Violin and Piano
DELIBES, Léo
Coppelia (ballet suite)
Lakme (opera)
Sylvia (ballet suite)
DELIUS, Frederick
Brigg Fair (English Rhapsody)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
DONIZETTI, Gaetano
Lucrezia Borgia (opera)
Lucia di Lammermoor (opera)
La Fille du Regiment (opera)
Don Pasquale (opera)
DUKAS, Paul
Sorcerer's Apprentice
DVORAK, Antonín
Carnival Overture Op. 92
Concerto for Cello Op. 104
Concerto for Piano Op. 33
Concerto for Violin
Quartets
Quartets for Piano and Strings
Quintets for Piano and Strings
Rusalka (opera)
Serenades for Orchestra
Slavonic Dances
Symphonies ( 7, 8, 9 "New World")
Trios for Piano and Strings (1-3, 4)
ELGAR, Edward
Concerto for Cello Op. 85
Concerto for Violin Op. 61
Enigma Variations Op. 36
Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op. 39
Symphonies ( 1, 2)
FALLA, Manuel de
El Amor brujo (ballet)
Nights in the Gardens of Spain for Piano and Orchestra
Three-Cornered Hat Dances
FAURÉ, Gabriel
Chamber Music w/ Piano ( Quartets and Quintets)
Pelléas et Mélisande for Orchestra Op. 80
Piano Music (Barcarolles and Nocturnes)
Requiem Op. 48
FRANCK, César
Organ Music (Chorales)
Quintet for Piano and Strings
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Symphony in D minor
GIORDANO, Umberto
Andrea Chenier (opera)
GIULIANI, Mauro
Concertos for Guitar and Strings
Music for Flute and Guitar
GLAZUNOV, Alexander
Raymonda (ballet)
GLINKA, Mikhail
A Life For The Tsar (opera)
GRANADOS, Enrique
Spanish Dances for Piano
GRIEG, Edvard
Concerto for Piano Op. 16
Lyric Pieces for Piano
Peer Gynt Suites
HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert
Hansel and Gretel (opera)
LALO, Édouard
Concerto in D minor for Cello
LEHÁR, Franz
Merry Widow (opera)
LEONCAVALLO, Ruggero
Pagliacci (opera)
LISZT, Franz
Annees de Pelerinage for Piano
Concertos for Piano
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Les Préludes for Orchestra
Mephisto Waltz for Piano
Paganini Études for Piano
Sonata in B Minor for Piano
Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
Transcendental Études for Piano
MacDOWELL, Edward
Concertos for Piano
MASCAGNI, Pietro
Cavalleria Rusticana (opera)
MASSENET, Jules
Le Cid (ballet suite)
MENDELSSOHN, Felix
Concertos for Piano
Concerto for Violin
Elijah (oratorio)
Midsummer Night's Dream (incidental music)
Octet for Strings Op. 20
Quartets for Strings
Quintet for Strings #2 Op. 87
Sonatas for Organ
Songs Without Words for Piano
Symphonies (3, 4, 5)
Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello
MEYERBEER, Giacomo
L'Africaine (opera)
Les Huguenots (opera)
Les Patineurs (ballet)
MOSZKOWSKI, Moritz
Piano Music (Etincelles, Virtuoso Études, etc.)
MUSSORGSKY, Modest
Night on Bald Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
PAGANINI, Niccolò
Caprices Op. 1 (24)
Quartets for Guitar and Strings
PONCHIELLI, Amilcare
Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
PUCCINI, Giacomo
La Boheme (opera)
La Fanciulla del West (opera)
Madame Butterfly (opera)
Manon Lescaut (opera)
La Rondine (opera)
Tosca (opera)
Turandot (opera)
RACHMANINOV, Sergei
Concertos for Piano (1, 2, 3, 4)
Études and Preludes for Piano
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sonatas for Piano
Symphonic Dances
Symphony #2
RAVEL, Maurice
Alborada del gracioso for Orchestra
Boléro for Orchestra
Concerto in D for Piano (Left Hand)
Concerto in G for Piano
Daphnis et Chloé (ballet)
Ma Mere l'Oye (ballet)
Piano Music
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Quartet for String
Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra
La Valse for Orchestra
Valses nobles et sentimentales
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolai
Russian Easter Overture
Schéhérazade (symphonic suite)
Symphony #2 "Antar"
ROUSSEL, Albert
Bacchus et Ariane
Symphony #3
SAINT-SAËNS, Camille
Carnival of the Animals
Concertos for Cello
Concertos #2 and 5 for Piano
Danse macabre for Orchestra
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra
Samson et Dalila (opera)
Symphony #3
SCHUBERT, Franz
Moments musicaux for Piano D. 780
Octet D. 803
Quartets #12, 13 and #14 "Death and the Maiden"
Quintet for Strings D. 956
Quintet in A "Trout" D. 667
Rosamunde: Incidental Music D. 797
Sonatas for Piano (D. 664, 959, 960)
Sonata "Arpeggione" D. 821
Songs (Die Schone Mullerin, D. 795 and Schwanengesang, D. 957)
Symphonies (2, 4, 5, 8, 9)
Trios for Piano and Strings D. 898 and 929
Wanderer Fantasie for Piano D. 760
SCHUMANN, Robert
Carnaval for Piano Op. 9
Concerto for Cello Op. 129
Concerto for Piano Op. 54
Dichterliebe Op. 48 (song cycle)
Kinderscenen for Piano Op. 15
Kreisleriana for Piano Op. 16
Quartet for Piano and Strings Op. 47
Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 44
Symphonic Études for Piano Op. 13
Symphonies ( 1, 2, 3, 4)
Trios for Piano and Strings
SMETANA, Bedrich
Ma Vlast
Bartered Bride: Overture and Dances
Quartets
SPOHR, Louis
Quartets and "Double" Quartets for Strings
STRAUSS, Johann II
Die Fledermaus (opera)
Waltzes
TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyitch
Capriccio italien for Orchestra Op. 45
Concerto for Violin Op. 35
Marche slave for Orchestra Op. 31
Nutcracker
Overture 1812 Op. 49
Quartets for Strings
Roméo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Serenade for Strings Op. 48
Sleeping Beauty Op. 66 (ballet)
Swan Lake Op. 20 (ballet)
Symphonies (2, 4, 5, 6)
Trio for Piano and Strings Op. 50
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33
THOMAS, Ambroise
Mignon: Overture
VERDI, Giuseppe
Aïda (opera)
Falstaff (opera)
Macbeth (opera)
Otello (opera)
Requiem Mass
Rigoletto (opera)
La Traviata (opera)
Il Trovatore (opera)
WAGNER, Richard
Der fliegende Hollander (opera)
Gotterdammerung (opera):
Rhine Journey and Funeral Music
Lohengrin (opera)
Die Meistersinger (opera)
Parsifal (opera): Prelude and Good Friday Music
Tannhäuser (opera)
Tristan und Isolde (opera): Prelude and Liebestod
WEBER, Carl Maria von
Concertos and Concertino for Clarinet
"Grand Duo Concertant" for Clarinet and Piano
Invitation to the Dance
Piano Music
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
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