La première Rhapsodie de Debussy pour clarinette, et sa Rhapsodie pour saxophone ont toutes deux été composées à l'origine que des oeuvres de chambre avec accompagnements de piano. Plus tard, le compositeur disposées deux pièces pour grand orchestre, et ce volume unique contient la partition orchestrale et de chambre de l'arrangement de piano de ces deux oeuvres.En tant que compositeur principal considérée comme faisant partie du mouvement impressionniste français, la musique de Debussy est caractérisée par quelques innovations profondes dans l'orchestration et le mélange des tons instrumentale, privilégiant la chaleur du vent sur ''les cordes qui prédominait auparavant. Cette édition offre une occasion rare d'étudier l'utilisation de Debussy du timbre orchestral, en comparant chaque score à sa version de chambre d'origine. Par ailleurs, les versions piano de chaque oeuvre, dépouillé à l'essentiel très, fournissent un aperçu fascinant et franche dans l'approche harmonique de Debussy. / Scores

Score and Sound Masterworks are convenient, compact and inexpensive score/CD packs perfect for classical music enthusiasts and students. Follow along with the score as you listen to some of the world's great music. Discover which instruments are playing and in what combination, and admire the orchestration of a master composer. Publications in this series include an interesting article about the composition and history of the featured piece, a helpful reference addressing transposing instruments, and a glossary of musical terms used in the score. Serge Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 is the quintessential romantic work of its type, serving up a host of memorable tunes balanced with plenty of spectacular pianism, making it one of the most popular piano concertos in the modern repertory. Unsmiling, stoic and barely moving at the keyboard, Rachmaninoff became known for his puritanically straightforward approach as a pianist, and for his beauty and warmth of tone. He wrote for his own legendarily enormous hands, which could span an interval of a thirteenth. His superior technical prowess made easy work of treacherous passagework, and consequently his own concertos present considerable challenges to pianists.