Opus 1
Apple Music Classical
A composer’s Opus 1 is rarely the first piece they composed. More often, it’s the first work they published, and even then, opus numbers weren’t really used until Beethoven, meaning the catalogue numbers of many composers before him (and since) have been posthumously added by scholars. Still, it’s a good place to begin surveying the early works of composers, some of which you can experience in this playlist.
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 1 (Arr. for Cello & Strings)
Bruch
Overture to Scherz, List und Rache, Op. 1 (orchestrated by Stefans Grové)
Thomas Rösner, Orchestre Symphonique Bienne, Daniel Kobliansky
Allegro
Sofia Andreoli
I. Andante con moto
Foerster Trio
I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo
Dietrich Gerhardt, Kunio Tsuchiya, Heinrich Majowski, Alfred Malecek, Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Emil Maas
d'Indy: Romances sans paroles
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
Valse Miniature, Op. 1, No. 2 (Arr. for Contrabass and Orchestra)
LGT Young Soloists, Yamila Pedrosa Ahmed, Alexander Gilman
M. Weinberg
Lullaby for Piano, Oр. 1
Denis Burstein
I. Prélude
Andreas Alin, Matti Hirvikangas, Lars Paulsson, Nils-Erik Sparf, Ulf Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Mats Lidström
III. Alla siciliana
Mediterrània Consort, David Antich
J. Haydn: String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat, H.III No. 1 (, Op. 1 No. 1)
Torelli: Trio Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 1
Chaminade: Étude Printanière
Étude printanière, Op. 1a
Claudio Colombo