Rachmaninoff played the solo piano part at the piece’s premiere in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1934.
Works
In the Steppes of Central Asia
A concert favorite since its first performance in 1880 under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Pictures at an Exhibition
Rimsky-Korsakoff student Tushmalov is best known for this first orchestral version of Mussorgsky’s piano suite.
Overture on Hebrew Themes
Prokofiev was persuaded to make a chamber orchestra version of the original sextet in 1934, published as Op. 34a.
Première Rhapsodie
Debussy’s work for solo clarinet and orchestra.
Les Boréades
Entrée from the opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Incidental music to the play by Molière.
Symphony No. 6 in D Major
One of the first of Dvořák’s symphonic works to draw international attention.
Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”
Mozart’s signature comedic opera opened to great acclaim in Vienna in 1786. Mozart himself conducted the premiere, and it was an instant hit.
“Drumroll” Symphony
One of the celebrated “London” Symphonies, this masterwork was composed in 1795 during Haydn’s second triumphal visit to London.









