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UV: (13 notes)
Viktor Ullmann: Brezulinka – Three Yiddish Songs, op. 53
Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis – opera
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet no. 3
Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell
Gregory Vajda: Barbie Blue Overture-Fantasy
Johann Baptiste Vanhal: Concerto in F major for two bassoons
Edgard Varèse: Amériques
Ralph Vaughan Williams: (many listings – see below)
Giuseppe Verdi: (many listings – see separate page)
Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Piano Quartet
Louis Vierne: Organ Symphonies
Heitor Villa-Lobos: (many listings – see below)
Henri Vieuxtemps: violin concerti
Taavo Virkhaus: Symphony no. 6
Antonio Vivaldi: (many listings – see below)
Amadeo Vives: Doña Francisquita – zarzuela
Henk de Vlieger: Tristan und Isolde, an orchestral passion (after Wagner)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: (31 notes)
On Christmas Night – ballet after Dickens
Concerto Academico
Oboe Concerto in a minor
Tuba Concerto in f minor
Concerto Grosso
Dona nobis pacem – cantata
English Folk Song Suite
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Fantasy on Christmas Carols
Five Mystical Songs
Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
Flos Campi for viola, orchestra, and chorus
Folk hymns and folk songs
In the Fen Country
Job: A Masque for Dancing
The Lark Ascending
Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1
Partita for Double String Orchestra
Rhosymedre: Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune
Serenade to Music
Songs of Travel
Symphony no. 1, “A Sea Symphony”
Symphony no. 2, “London”
Symphony no. 3, “Pastorale”
Symphony no. 4 in f minor
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 6 in e minor
Symphony no. 7, “Sinfonia Antartica”
Suite for viola
The Wasps
Heitor Villa-Lobos: (9 notes)
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 1
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 2
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 7
Chôros no. 5
Chôros no. 6
Guitar Concerto
solo guitar music
Antonio Vivaldi: (18 notes)
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151, “Concerto alla rustica”
six Flute Concerti, op. 10
Flute Concerto in D major, op. 10, no. 3, RV 428, "Il Gardellino"
Concerto in D major for lute or mandolin, RV 93
Concerto in g minor for flute, oboe, and bassoon, RV 103
Concerto in B-flat major for violin and cello, RV 547
Concerto in C major, RV 555, for diverse instruments
Concerto in C major, RV 558, "In tromba marina"
guitar concerti
oboe concerti
Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443
Two-Trumpet Concerto in C major, RV 537
Four-Violin Concerto in b minor, RV580
violin concerti
The Four Seasons
Winter, from the Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in f minor, op. 8, no. 4
Gloria in D major
Orlando furioso – opera
WXYZ: (42 notes)
Richard Wagner: (many listings – see separate page)
Emil Waldteufel: Les Patineurs (Skater’s Waltz)
George Walker: Lyric Piece for Strings
Sir William Walton: (many listings – see below)
Robert Ward: The Crucible – opera
Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
Elinor Remick Warren: Suite for Orchestra
John Wasson: Festival Fanfare for Christmas
Huw Watkins: Coruscation and Reflection
Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy
Frederick Weatherly: songs
Carl Maria von Weber: (many listings – see below)
Anton Webern: (many listings – see below)
Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins – stage work
Kurt Weill: Street Scene – opera
Kurt Weill: Three-Penny Opera – opera
Jaromir Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper – polka and fugue
Robert Wendel: A Stephen Foster Overture
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
Eric Whitacre: Sleep
Charles-Marie Widor: Suite for Flute and Piano, op. 34
Charles-Marie Widor: Organ Symphony no. 5 in f minor, op. 42, no. 1 – Toccata
Henryk Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante on Faust, op. 20
Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2 in d minor, op. 22
Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 4 in d minor, op. 31
Henryk Wieniawski: Souvenir d'Amerique on Yankee Doodle
Henryk Wieniawski: Variations on the Austrian National Anthem
Dag Wiren: Serenade for Strings, op. 11
Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade
Hugo Wolf: art songs
Hugo Wolf: Spanische Liederbuch (with texts and translations)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: The Secret of Susanne – opera
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Suite Concertino for bassoon and chamber orchestra
Eugene Ysaÿe: Chant d’hiver, op. 15 (Winter Song)
Eugene Ysaÿe: Meditation, op. 16
Eugene Ysaÿe: Serenade, op. 22
Carlos Zamora: Tres Visiones de un Sikuris Atacameño
Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini – opera
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio no. 4 in A
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata no. 1 in F
Alexander von Zemlinsky: The Mermaid
Hans Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean – film score
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Trombone Concerto
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Piano Trio
Samuel Zyman: Suite for Two Cellos
Sir William Walton: (10 notes)
Belshazzar’s Feast – oratorio
Crown Imperial
Viola Concerto
Violin Concerto
Facades
Henry V – film music
Sonata for Strings
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
Carl Maria von Weber: (16 notes)
Andante e Rondo ungarese, op. 35
Clarinet Concertino in E-flat major, op. 26
Horn Concertino in e minor, op. 45
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Clarinet Concerto no. 1 in f minor, op. 73
Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 74
Euryanthe Overture
Der Freischűtz – opera
Invitation to the Dance
Oberon Overture
Peter Schmoll Overture
Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, op. 182
The Ruler of the Spirits Overture, op. 27
Symphony no. 1 in C major
Symphony no. 2 in C major
Flute Trio in g minor, op. 63
Anton Webern: (6 notes)
Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5
Passacaglia, op. 1
Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 10
Six Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6
Im Sommerwind
Symphony, op. 21
John Williams: (11 notes)
Air and Simple Gifts
Tuba Concerto
Escapades for saxophone and orchestra
The Five Sacred Trees – bassoon concerto
Liberty Fanfare
Lincoln – film music
Memoirs of a Geisha – film music
Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984)
Schindler’s List – theme
Star Wars – selections
Summon the Heroes – music for the 1996 Summer Olympics
