List of Works for String Orchestra

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Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni (1671-1751)
Anderson, Leroy (1908-1975)
Angerer, Edmund (1740-1794)
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861-1906)
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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945)
van Beethoven, Ludwig (1770-1827)
Berg, Alban (1885-1935)

  • Three Movement from Lyric Suite
Blezard, William (1921-)
Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975)
  • Music for Strings Op.54 NAXOS
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)

Bossi, Marco Enrico(1861-1925)
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941)
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Bruch, Max (1838-1920)
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Octet for Strings in B-flat major
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Bush, Geoffrey (1920-1998)

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Canning, Thomas (1911-1989)
Carter, Elliott (1908-)
Carlstedt, Jan (1926-2004)
  • Metamorphose for Strings, Op42
  • Sonata for Strings, Op7-2
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
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Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)
Dowland, John (1563-1626)

Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)

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Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Enescu, George (1881-1955)

Evangelista, Jose (1943-)

  • Airs d'Espagne
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Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Fernstrom, John (1897-1961)
  • Intimate Miniatures for String Orchestra, Op.2
Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956)
Foote, Arthur (1853-1937)

  • Suite for string orchestra in E, Op.63
  • Air and Gavotte
Fuchs, Robert (1847-1927)

  • Serenade for string orchestra No.1 in D major, Op.9
  • Serenade for string orchestra No.2 in C major, Op.14
  • Serenade for string orchestra No.3 in E minor, Op.21
  • Andante Grazioso and Capriccio, Op.63
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Gade, Niels Wilhelm (1817-1890)
  • Novelettes, Op.53 Op.58
  • Andante and Allegro
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
  • Concerti Grossi (No.12 La Follia from Violin Sonata of Corelli)
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
  • Lullaby for Strings
Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983)
Glazunov, Alexander (1865-1936)
Glinka, Michael(Mikhail) (1804-1857)
  • from Opera "Ivan Susanin" and "Russlan and Ludmilla" (arranged for strings by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
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Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963)

  • Five pieces for strings, Op.44-4
  • Trauermusik for Viola and Strings
Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874-1934)
Honegger, Arthur (1892-1955)
Hurd, Michael (1928-)
  • Sinfonia Concertante NAXOS
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Ireland, John (1879-1962)
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Janacek, Leos (1854-1928)
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Kalinnikov, Vasily Sergeyevich (1866-1901)
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909)
Komitas, Vardapet (1869-1935)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957)
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Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986)
  • Little Serenade for strings, Op.12 NAXOS
  • Sinfonietta for string orchestra, Op.10
  • Adagio for string orchestra, Op.48 NAXOS
Lekeu, Guillaume (1870-1894)
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Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882-1973)
  • Sestasinfonia for strings
Martelli, Carlo (1935-)
Martin, Frank (1890-1974)
  • Etudes for String Orchestra
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
  • Partita, H.212
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)
Montgomery, Bruce (1921-1978)
  • Concertino for String Orchestra NAXOS
Mozart, Leopold (1719-1787)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

Myaskovsky (Miaskovsky), Nikolai Yakolevich (1881-1950)
  • Sinfonietta No.1 in B minor, Op.32-2
  • Sinfonietta No.2 in A minor, Op.68-2 NAXOS
  • Two Pieces for String Orchestra, Op.46-1
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Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Nordgren, Per Henrik (1944- )
  • Perlimannimuotokuvia, Op.26
  • Concerto for Strings, Op.54
  • Symphony for Strings, Op.43
  • Transe-Choral for 15 Strings, Op.67
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Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706)
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings (1848-1918)
Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933- )
  • Three pieces in Antique style
  • Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992)
Prokofiev, Sergey Sergeyevich (1891-1953)
  • From 15 Visions fugitives, Op.22 (arranged for string orchestra by Rudolf Barshai)
  • Andante for strings orchestra, Op.50bis, arranged from String Quartet 3rd mov.
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
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Rachmaninov (Rachmaninoff), Sergey (1873-1943)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
  • Six Concerts
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1928-)
  • Pelimannit (The Fiddlers)
  • Suite for strings
  • Divertimento
  • Hommage a Kodaly Zoltan
  • Hommage a Liszt Ferenc
  • An Epitaph for Bela Bartok
  • I-IV Canto I-IV
  • Ostrobothnian Polska
  • A Finnish Myth
Reger, Max (1824-1910)
  • Lyric Andante in D major 'Liebestraum'
Reinecke, Carl (1873-1916)
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Rota, Nino (1911-1979)
  • Concerto for Stirngs
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
  • Sinfonietta, Op.52 for String Orchestra
Rutter, John (1945-)
  • Suite for Strings
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Sallinen, Aulis (1935-)
  • Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March (String quartet No.3, Op.19) NAXOS
  • Chamber music I, Op.38 NAXOS
  • Chamber music III for cello and string orchestra (The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote), Op.58 NAXOS
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Schuman, William (1910-1992)
  • Symphony for Strings in 3 Movements (Symphony No.5)
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998)
  • Lamento for Strings (String Quartet No.2 arranged by M. Rachlevsky)
  • Monologue for viola and strings
Shchedrin, Rodion (1932-)
Shostakovich, Dimitri (1906-1975)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Skalkottas, Nikos (1904-1949)
Sperger, Johannes Matthias (1750-1812)
  • Symphonies for strings NAXOS
Strauss, Johan (1825-1899) and Josef (1827-1870)
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Svendsen, Johan Severin (1840-1911)
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Tchaikovsky, Boris (1930-1996)
  • Sinfonietta for Strings
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych (1840-1893)
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)

    Tippett, Michael (1905-1998)
    • Concerto for Double String Orchestra
    • Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
    • Little Music for String Orchestra
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    Vainberg, Moishei (Weinberg, Mieczyslaw Samuliowicz) (1919-1996)
    • Chamber Symphony No.1,2,3
    • Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra, Op.30
    • Symphony No. 7 in C major for strings and harpsichord, Op.81
    Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
    Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
    Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
    • Bachianas Brasileiras No.9 for String Orchestra
    • Bachianas Brasileiras No.1 for 8 cellos
    • Suite for Strings
    Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
    Volkmann, Robert (1815-1883)
    • Serenade No. 1-3
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    Walton, William (1902-1983)
    Warlock, Peter (1894-1930)
    Wiren, Dag Ivar (1905-1986)
    Webern, Anton (1883-1945)
    Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
    Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948)
    Wood, Haydn (1882-1959)
    • Fantasy-Concerto NAXOS
    • An 18th Century Scherzo NAXOS
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