Instrumental

The instrumental category covers works for a single instrument, mostly keyboard and plucked instruments. Keyboard instruments include the piano, harpsichord and organ. The most popular keyboard form is the piano sonata (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert made major contributions). During the Romantic period smaller forms became very popular, among them miniature tone poems and national dances such as mazurkas and polonaises. Many virtuosos/composers also wrote technical display pieces for their own use in concerts, including transcriptions of songs and opera arias. J.S. Bach, Handel, Couperin, Scarlatti and Soler are among the most important composers for the harpsichord. There is also a vast range of music for solo guitar (Sor, Giuliani and many 19th century and contemporary Spanish and Latin American composers) and lute (Weiss, Dowland). The relatively limited number of solo works for other instruments includes music for the solo violin and solo cello. Bach’s sonatas and partitas for violin solo are perhaps the best-known for these.

Album Title Catalogue No.
100 Christmas Classics C7331
100 CHRISTMAS MEDITATION C7371
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies 8.508004
11TH INTERNATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION - Bunin (1985) C10217
11TH INTERNATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION - Fichman / Gekic / Jablonski / Luisada (1985) CA15604
129TH ARMY BAND: 129th Army Band 75442261232
19TH CENTURY GUITAR FAVOURITES 8.553007
20 KLASSISKA FAVORITER (20 Classical Favorites) 8.570566
20 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: Naxos Anniversary Collection (Naxos Denmark) 8.570598
20th Century Classical Guitar Duo - PIAZZOLLA, A. / BETTINELLI, B. / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M. (Putzolu-Valisena Guitar Duo) STR37188
21ST CENTURY CINEMA CLASSICS 8.556698
21ST CENTURY INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS (Russo, Gattet, L. Watts, Sukmanova, Papendell, Duncan, Bruggergosman, Gerard Kim) OC533
21st Century Spanish Guitar, Vol. 1 - BROTONS, S. / PUERTO, D. del / MORALES-CASO, E. / CRUZ DE CASTRO, C. / BALADA, L. (A. Levin) 8.573024
21st Century Spanish Guitar, Vol. 2 - BALADA, L. / TORRES, J. / LÓPEZ GODOY, M. / GARCÍA ABRIL, A. / PABLO, L. de / SOUTULLO, E. (A. Levin) 8.573409
21st Century Spanish Guitar, Vol. 3 - MORALES-CASO, E. / VEGA, L. / GARCÍA ABRIL, A. / BALADA, L. / HALFFTER, C. / GRECO, J.L. (A. Levin) 8.573760
3 Centuries of Female Composers (10-CD Box Set) GP897X
30 Piano Poetries (Maisenberg, Oppitz, Lifschitz, Mamikonian, Katz, Bulva) MP2102
40 TRACKS FOR 40 YEARS - Delos' 40th Anniversary Celebration DE3440
50TH ANNIVERSARY MICHELE PITTALUGA GUITAR COMPETITION, ALESSANDRIA - Laureates 2006-2015 8.573850
A LA DECOUVERTE DU CLASSIQUE 8.550037-38
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (The) (2nd Expanded Edition, 2000) 8.555319-20
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (The) (3rd Expanded Edition, 2009) 8.558212-13
A TO Z OF PIANISTS 8.558107-10
A TO Z OF STRING PLAYERS 8.558081-84
ABRAHAMSEN / RUDERS / NIELSEN / PADE: Piano Music 8.224019