Resource Guide To Orchestral Score-Videos

“Off the Beaten Track” – Romantic/Early 20th Century

• Franz Schreker - Chamber Symphony (1916):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKWG1K29v0&t=4s
• Leoš Janácek - Sinfonietta (1926):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV6GI3ROj8c
• Emmanuel Chabrier - España (1883): 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_aCpAcK4l8
• Emmanuel Chabrier - Joyeuse Marche (1888): h
  ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqrZfUl6d4k
• Josef Suk - Scherzo Fantastique (1903):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TISaiU-fkAE
• Igor Stravinsky - Feu d'artifice (1908):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOAu_T5DuI
• Antonín Dvořák - Symphonic Variations (1877):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKKU65NvvCI

“Contemporary” – Modernism, Experimentalism, Post-Tonal, Etc.

• Charles Ives - Three Places in New England (1903-29):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5RsRLc8es
• Edgard Varèse - Amériques (1918-21):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zXaEwWFbnA
• Toru Takemitsu - Requiem [Strings only] (1957):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZqazBElZHg&t=12s
• Dai Fujikura - My Butterflies [Winds only] (2012): 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81PAaLR2PDk
• Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie (1946-48):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Qh9Tttngk
• Olivier Messiaen - Des Canyons aux étoiles... (1972-74):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBRTJMKyvV0
• György Ligeti - KammerKonzert (1969-70) :
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYh9qDwBTE8
• Christophe Bertrand (1981-2010) - Scales (2008-09):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv6UV0iASNY

“Standards” – Good Things to Know

• Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring [Orchestral Suite] (1944-45): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVahuS9hk_s&t=902s
• Paul Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis (1943):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RthuLePDo3A
• Igor Stravinsky - Dumbarton Oaks (1937-38):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6gqiA8iIMo
• Ottorino Respighi - “Roman Trilogy” (1916-28):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWpQkNxGoGE
• Alban Berg - Three Pieces for Orchestra (1913-15):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6U8AqRNyU8

“Just for Fun” – Music to Delight

• Igor Stravinsky - Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra (1921):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385KhKIR-Gg
• Arturo Márquez - Danzon No. 2 (1994) : 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnmQ2TFnafc
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Suite for Variety Orchestra (post-1956):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcePNz4laI8&t=110s

Score-video Channels on YouTube

21st Century/Experimental Focus
1.) belanna000 – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIfIMnhUfLBTZnheAF7Osrg
2.) Score Follower – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsCyncBPEzI6pb_pmALJ9Tw/featured
3.) Incipitsify – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkBfgFnWZdr2Kcsgcjba4Q
4.) Dai Fujikura – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS260HeJI2k7hAHRLlJO8AQ
5.) Michael Seltenreich – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwtPIdWXQVLRnvdPHkLYP-w

Romantic/20th Century Focus
6.)    tomekkobialka – https://www.youtube.com/user/tomekkobialka/videos

• Symphonies by Mahler (all of them!), Bax, Walton, Hindemith, Hanson, and Glazunov
• A variety of ballets, operas, tone poems
• Film score transcriptions
• Virtuosic piano music

7.)    Cmaj7 – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvtY3MPYXQp9aZBt0gQD7-w

• Emphasis on music by Messiaen, Holst, Grainger, Rautavaara, and Lili Boulanger
• Variety of tone poems, suites, concertos, overtures, etc.
• Piano music
• Handful of chamber music, art songs, and choral pieces

8.)    jleightcap – https://www.youtube.com/user/jackletts/featured

• Emphasis on music by Alkan, Ives, Schnittke, and Crumb
• Symphonies by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Ives, Shostakovitch, Bruckner, and Havergal Brian
• Non-canon virtuosic piano music
• Diverse selections (Brahms, Britten, Reich, Cage, Stockhausen, etc.)
• Some chamber music (E.g. Ligeti’s String Quartet No. 2 or Fauré’s Piano Trio)

9.)    Damon J.H.K. – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCilEUY2-Z9KZuwsgjDHEvHQ

• Symphonies by Stravinsky (all of them!) and Shostakovitch
• String quartets by Grieg, Hindemith, Mozart, Webern, etc.
• Variety of Chamber Music (E.g. Ligeti’s Horn Trio or Stravinsky’s Wind Octet)
• Sonatas and concertos for string instruments
• Diverse selections (Poulenc, Schoenberg, Ravel, Berg, Bartók, etc.)

10.) Bartje Bartmans – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwbbr8FKVrWLF8T81RI7Lxg

• Just about everything, all-encompassing across genre and era
• Lots of “off the beaten track” chamber music (E.g. Villa-Lobos or Glazunov string quartets)

11.) olla-vogala – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8pztlxOONYyw8q46CKHY-A
       [No longer updated]

• Just about everything, all-encompassing across genre and era
• Lots of “off the beaten track” chamber music (E.g. Vincent d'Indy's string quartets)
• Diverse selections (Martinů, Busoni, Scriabin, Debussy, Duruflé, etc.)

12.) George N. Gianopoulos – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVmxzvy0qErh8ckRJB88qjA/videos

• Primarily 20th century chamber music, piano pieces, and some songs
• Very diverse and all-encompassing.

13.) Zefiro Torna Scores – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOydxRo05dm0dd4P9GvcjtA

• Various orchestral scores (Focus on 20th century Russian composers)

14.) Thomas Ligre – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajumbCDJv6mBoVysAcUaJA

• Piano and chamber music of Ives, Bartók, and Ligeti

15.) thenameisgsarci – https://www.youtube.com/user/gsarci2011/featured

• 20th Century piano music
• Some chamber music

16.)  Ashish Xiangyi Kumar – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2q7OXP-mPxHzJerA9tXe7Q

• Piano Music and chamber music (Schubert, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt, etc.)

17.) BC –  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF9nnmc24jsSaa3WTpVh00Q

• Lots of guitar music! Baroque to contemporary.
• Some percussion music

18.) Medtnaculus – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5g-oLzgpp4Ygzj5J6SU04Q

• Piano music of late 19th/20th century
• Handful of piano concertos and chamber music

19.)  Paco M. – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTsNZsU8D5L6fsWp63XXB9g

• Piano music by Spanish Composers (de Falla, Albeniz, Mompou, Turina, Grandos, etc.)
• Piano music by the Schumanns (Robert and Clara)

20.) Astathis – https://www.youtube.com/user/Astathis/videos
       [No longer updated]

• Romantic/20th century piano music

21.)  Azurelith – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb3vDOn2peksM4ElDprwyrQ
       ​[No longer updated]

• Variety of piano music, classic and popular
• Uploads aren’t as good as they use to be (Go back a couple years to find Boulez, Xenakis, Kapustin, etc.)

22.) HenriVieuxtemps – https://www.youtube.com/user/HenriVieuxtemps/featured

• ​Every violin piece you didn't know  existed!