Masterworks of the orchestral repertoire : a guide for listeners / by Donald N. Ferguson.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) : The Brandenburg concertos ; Brandenburg concerto no. 1, in F major ; Brandenburg concerto no. 3, in G major ; Brandenburg concerto no. 5, in D major ; Suite no. 1, in C major ; Suite no. 2, in B minor, for flute and strings ; Suite no. 3, in D major ; Concerto for piano no. 1, in D minor ; Concerto for piano no. 5, in F minor ; Concerto for violin no. 2, in E major ; Concerto for two violins, in D minor ; Passacaglia and fugue for organ, transcribed for orchestra by Herman Boessenroth ; Toccata no. 1, in C major, for organ, orchestrated by Leo Weiner ; Fantasia and fugue in G minor, orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos ; Prelude and fugue in B minor, orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) : Concerto for orchestra ; Concerto for violin and orchestra ; Concerto for viola and orchestra ; Music for strings, percussion, and celesta
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) : Symphony no. 1, in C major, op. 21 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 36 ; Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica), op. 55 ; Symphony no. 4, in B flat major, op. 60 ; Symphony no. 5, in C minor, op. 67 ; Symphony no. 6, in F major (Pastoral), op. 68 ; Symphony no. 7, in A major, op. 92 ; Symphony no. 8, in F major, op. 93 ; Symphony no. 9, in D minor, op. 125 ; Overture to Prometheus, op. 43 ; Overture to Coriolanus, op. 62 ; The three Leonora overtures ; Overture to Fidelio, op. 72b ; Overture to Egmont, op. 84 ; King Stephen, op. 117, The Ruins of Athens, op. 113, Namensfeier, op. 115, Die Weihe Des Hauses, op. 124 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in C major, op. 15 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3, in C minor, op. 37 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 4, in G major, op. 58 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 5, in E flat major, op. 73 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) : Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14a ; Harold in Italy, symphony in four movements with viola solo, op. 16 ; Symphony, Romeo and Juliet, op. 17 ; Three pieces from The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 ; Overture to King Lear, op. 4 ; Overture, Roman Carnival, op. 9 ; Overture, Rob Roy ; Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23 ; Overture to "The Flight into Egypt," op. 25.

Georges Bizet (1838-1875) : Symphony in C major ; Suites nos. 1 and 2, from L'Arlesienne
Ernest Bloch (b. 1880) : Concerto grosso no. 2, for strings ; Schelomo (Solomon), rhapsody for violoncello and orchestra
Alexander Borodin (1834-1887) : Symphony no. 2, in B minor ; A Sketch of the Steppes of Central Asia ; Polovtzian dances, from Prince Igor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) : Symphony no. 1, in C minor, op. 68 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 73 ; Symphony no. 3, in F major, op. 90 ; Symphony no. 4, in E minor, op. 98 ; Academic Festival Overture, op. 80 ; Tragic Overture, op. 81 ; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in D minor, op. 15 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no, 2, in B flat major, op. 83 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) : Symphony no. 1, in C minor ; Symphony no. 3, in D minor ; Symphony no. 4, in E flat major (Romantic) ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 7, in E major ; Symphony no. 9, in D minor
Ernest Amedee Chausson (1855-1890) : Symphony in B flat major, op. 20 ; Poeme, for violin and orchestra, op. 25
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) : Overture to Anacreon ; Overture to Les Abencerages
Francois Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) : Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in E minor, op. 11 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in F minor, op. 21
Aaron Copland (b. 1900) : A Dance Symphony ; Symphony no. 3 ; El Salon Mexico ; An Outdoor Overture
Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) : Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) ; La mer (The Sea), three orchestral sketches ; Images, for orchestra
Paul Dukas (1865-1935) : Symphony in C minor ; Scherzo, L'Apprenti Sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) : Symphony no. 4, in G major, op. 88 ; Symphony no. 5, in E minor (From The New World), op. 95 ; Concert overture, Carneval, op. 92 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor, op. 53 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in B minor, op. 104
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) : Enigma Variations, op. 35 ; concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 61.

Manuel de Falla (1877-1946) : Suite from El Amor Brujo (Love The Sorcerer) ; Three dances from The Three-Cornered Hat ; Nights in the Gardens of Spain, symphonic impressions, for piano and orchestra
Cesar Franck (1822-1890) : Symphony in D minor ; Les Eolides, symphonic poem no. 1 ; Le Chasseur Maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem no. 2 ; Variations Symphoniques, for piano and orchestra
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) : Concert overture, In Autumn, op. 11 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, op. 16
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) : Concerto grosso for strings in B flat major, op. 6, no. 7 ; Concerto grosso in D minor, op. 6, no. 10 ; Suite from the Water Music, arranged by Hamilton Harty
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) : Symphony no. 45, in F sharp minor (Farewell) ; Symphony no. 82, in C major (L' Ours
The Bear) ; Symphony no. 85, in B flat major (La Reine) ; Symphony no. 92, in G major (Oxford) ; Symphony no. 94, in G major (Surprise) ; Symphony no. 95, in C minor ; Symphony no. 96, in D major (Miracle) ; Symphony no. 97, in C major ; Symphony no. 100, in G major (Military) ; Symphony no. 101, in D major (The clock) ; Symphony no. 102, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 103 (With the Drum Roll) ; Symphony no. 104, in D major (London)
Paul Hindemith (b. 1895) : Symphony in E flat ; Symphony, Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) ; Symphony, Die Harmonie der Welt (The Harmony of the World).

Arthur Honegger (b. 1892) : Symphony no. 5
Zoltan Kodaly (b. 1882) : Suite from Hary Janos ; Peacock Variations (Based on a Hungarian folk song)
Ernst Krenek (b. 1900) : Symphony no. 2, op. 12 ; I Wonder as I Wander, symphonic movement for orchestra, in the form of variations on a North Carolina folk song, op. 94 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra, no. 3
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) : Overture to Le Roi d'Ys ; Symphonie Espagnole, for violin and orchestra, op. 21
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) : Symphony no. 1, in D major ; Symphony no. 2, in C minor (Resurrection) ; Symphony no. 3, in D minor ; Symphony no. 4, in G major ; Symphony no. 5, in C sharp minor ; Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth).

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) : Symphony no. 3, in A minor (Scotch), op. 56 ; Symphony no. 4, in A major (Italian), op. 90 ; Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 21 ; Overture, Fingal's Cave, op. 26 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in G minor, op. 25 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, op. 64
Darius Milhaud (b. 1892) : Suite Provencale ; Suite Francaise ; Le Boeuf sur le Toit (The Bull on the Roof), a rhapsody on South American tunes
Modest Moissorgsky (1835-1881) : Fantasie, A Night on the Bald Mountain ; Pictures at an Exhibition ; Prelude to Khovantchina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) : Symphony no. 31, in D major (Parisian) (K. 297) ; Symphony no. 34, in C major (K. 338) ; Symphony no. 35, in D major (Haffner) (K. 385) ; Symphony no. 39, in E flat major (K. 543) ; Symphony no. 40, in G minor (K. 550) ; Symphony no. 41, in C major (Jupiter) (K. 551) ; Mozart's overtures ; Overture to The Marriage of Figaro ; Overture to Don Giovanni ; Overture to The Magic Flute ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in D minor 9K. 446) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 21, in C major (K. 467) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 23, in A major (K. 488) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 24, in C minor (K. 491) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 26, in D major (Coronation) (K. 537).

Walter Piston (b. 1894) : Symphony no. 4
Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953) : Classical Symphony, in D major, op. 25 ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major, op. 100 ; Symphony no. 7, op. 131 ; "Scythian" suite, Ala and Lolli, op. 20 ; Suite from the opera The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33 bis. ; Lieutenant Kije, orchestral suite, op. 60 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in D flat major, op. 10 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3, in C major, op. 26 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 2, in G minor, op. 63
Sergei Vassilevitch Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) : Symphony no. 2, in E minor, op. 27 ; Symphonic poem, Die Toteninsel (The Isle of the Dead), op. 29, after the painting by Arnold Bocklin ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in C minor, op. 18 ; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra, op. 43.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) : Symphonic fragments from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe ; Suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin ; Rhapsodie Espagnole ; Suite, Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) ; La Valse, a choreographic poem ; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales ; Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Max Reger (1873-1916) : Four tone-poems after pictures by Bocklin, op. 128 ; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, op. 86 ; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1935) : Symphonic poem, The Fountains of Rome ; Symphonic poem, The Pines of Rome ; Symphonic poem, Roman Festivals
Nicolas Andreivitch Rimsky-Korsakoff (1844-1908) : Symphonic suite, Scheherazade ; Overture, The Russian Easter, op. 36 ; Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34
Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) : Symphony no. 3, in C minor, op. 78 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in G minor, op. 22 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra no. 1, in A minor, op. 33.

Florent Schmitt (b. 1870) : The Tragedy of Salome, after a poem by Robert d'Humieres, op. 50
Arnold Schonberg (1874-1953) : Verklarte Nacht (Radiant Night), op. 4 ; String quartet no. 2, with soprano voice, op. 10
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) : Symphony no. 4, in C minor (Tragic) ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 6, in C major (The Little) ; Symphony no. 7, in C major (The Great) ; Symphony no. 8 (The Unfinished) ; Overture to Rosamunde
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) : Symphony no, 1, in B flat major (Spring), op. 38 ; Symphony no. 2, in C major, op. 67 ; Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Rhenish), op. 97 ; Symphony no. 4, in D minor, op. 120 ; Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 52 ; Overture to Schiller's Bride of Messina, op. 100 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in A minor, op. 129
Dimitri Shostakovich (b. 1906) : Symphony no. 1, in F minor, op. 10 ; Symphony no. 5, op. 47 ; Symphony no. 7, op. 60
Jan Julius Christian Sibelius (b. 1865) : Symphony no. 1, in E minor, op. 39 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 43 ; Symphony no. 3, in C major ; Symphony no. 4, in A minor, op. 63 ; Symphony no. 5, in E flat major, op. 82 ; Symphony no. 7, in C major, op. 105 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, op. 47.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) : Tone poem, Don Juan, op. 20 ; Tone poem, Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op. 24 ; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28 ; Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spake Zarathustra), op. 30 ; Don Quixote, fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character, op. 35 ; Tone poem, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op. 40 ; Symphonia Domestica, op. 53
Igor Stravinsky (b. 1882) : Suite from the ballet The Fire Bird ; Suite from the ballet Petrouchka ; Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) ; Circus Polka
Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) : Symphony no, 4, in F minor, op. 36 ; Symphony no. 5, in E minor, op. 64 ; Symphony no. 6, in B minor (Pathetique), op. 74 ; Overture-fantasia, Romeo and Juliet ; Fantasia, Francesca da Rimini, op. 32 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in E flat, op. 23 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra, in D major, op. 35 ; Variations on a Rococo Theme, for violincello and orchestra, op. 33.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Overture to Die Feen (The Fairies) ; Overture to Rienzi ; Overture to The Flying Dutchman ; Overture and Bacchanale from Tannhauser ; Prelude to Lohengrin ; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde ; Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg overture ; Prelude to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices, and Procession of the Mastersingers ; Excerpts and arrangements from Der Ring des Nibelungen Entrance of the Gods into Walhalla, from Das Rheingold ; The Ride of the Valkyries, and the Magic Fire Scene and Wotan's Farewell, from Die Walkure ; Waldweben (Forest Murmurs), from Siegfried ; Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral March, and Brunnhilde's Immolation and Closing scene, from Die Gotterdammerung ; Parsifal : Prelude ; Good Friday Spell. A Faust overture ; Siegfried Idyl
William Walton (b. 1902) : Overture, Portsmouth Point ; Concerto for viola and orchestra ; Concerto for violin and orchestra
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) : Overture to Der Freischutz ; Overture to Euryanthe ; Overture to Oberon ; Konzertstuck in F minor for piano and orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. 1872) : The London Symphony ; Symphony no. 4, in F minor ; Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1, in E minor ; Fantasie on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for double string orchestra.