A master source of symphonic and operatic excerpts from the works of the great composers, selected from the repertoire most frequently used for recitals, placement exams and professional auditions. The author provides comments on many of the selections which point out particular difficulties of the pieces, such as awkward transpositions, rhythms or fingerings. Where necessary to the understanding of the excerpt, some passages include second, third or fourth horn parts.

"1812" Overture Op.49       Peter Tchaikovsky
Academic Festival Op.80       Johann Brahms
B Minor Mass, Hohe Messe       J. S. Bach
Barber Of Seville       Rossini
Beethoven Overture (Fidelio Op. 72)       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Overture (Leonore No. 3, Op. 72 A)       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Overture (The Creatures Of Prometheus, O       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Op. 21       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Op. 55       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Op. 60       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Op. 67       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Op. 68       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Op. 92       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Op. 93       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Op. 125      
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F       J. S. Bach
Capriccio Italien, Op.45       Tschaikovsky
Carmen, Act Iii       Georges Bizet
Cello Concerto, Op.104       Dvorak
First Symphony, Op. 68       Johann Brahms
Fourth Symphony Op.98       Johann Brahms
Freischutz Overture, Op.77       Weber-Der
Hungarian March Op.24 (From "The Damnation Of Faus       Berlioz
Korsakov, Scheherazade       Rimsky
L'arlesienne Suite No. 1       Georges Bizet
La Gazza Ladra       Rossini
Marche Au Supplice (March To The Gallows)      
Midsummer Night's Dream       Felix Mendelssohn
Midsummer Night's Dream       Felix Mendelssohn
Mignon Overture       Thomas
No.9 Recitativ And Arie       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Oberon Overture       Weber
Orchesterkonzert Nr.25, Wassermusik       Frideric Handel
Peter And The Wolf, Op.67       Prokofiev
Piano Concerto #1 In D, Op.15       Johann Brahms
Piano Concerto #2 In Bb Op.83       Johann Brahms
Piano Concerto #5 In Eb Major Op.73       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Pictures At An Exhibition       Mussorgsky/Ravel
Romeo And Juliet Op.17       Berlioz
Second Symphony Op.73       Johann Brahms
Semiramide       Rossini
Symphonic Poem, No. 3       Liszt-Les Preludes
Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14       Berlioz
Symphonie Nr.31       Josef Haydn
Symphony #1, Op. 38, In Bb Major (Spring)       Robert Schumann
Symphony #2 In C Minor, Op.17 (Little Russian)       Tschaikovsky
Symphony #3, C Minor (W/Organ)       Saint-Saens
Symphony #3, Op. 97 (Rhenish)       Robert Schumann
Symphony #3, Op.56       Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony #4 In F Minor, Op. 36       Tschaikovsky
Symphony #4, Op.90, In A Major       Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony #5, Op.95       Dvorak
Symphony #7, C Major (Great Symphony In C)       Franz Schubert
Symphony In C Major       Georges Bizet
Symphony In D Minor       Cesar Franck
Symphony No. 40, In G Minor       Mozart
Symphony No. 45       Franz Haydn
Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op.64       Tschaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op.74 (Pathetique)       Tschaikovsky
The Roman Carnival Overture Op.9       Berlioz
Third Symphony, Op.90       Johann Brahms
Variations On A Haydn Theme, Op.56a       Johann Brahms
Violin Concerto In D, Op. 61       Ludwig Van Beethoven
William Tell Overture       Rossini