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Orchestral Repertoire

Adams Double Concerto

Aizpurua Cantata "Las Edades del Hombre"

Albeniz/Arbos Iberia

Albeniz/Surinac Iberia

Arriaga Agar, Aria for Soprano
Erminia, Aria for Soprano
Los Esclavos Felices, Overture
O Salutaris, Chorus and Orchestra
Stabat Mater
Symphony
Zaide, Aria for Soprano

Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concertos
Harpsichord Concertos
(2) Violin concertos
Concerto for two violins in D m
(4) Orchestral Suites
Toccata and Fugue in d minor (arr. Stokowski)
Cantatas, 1,4,15,21,40,54,96,131,147
Magnificat

Bacarisse Guitar Concerto

Barber Adagio for Strings
Violin Concerto
Essay No. 3
Knoxville Summer of 1915
Serenade, op. 1

Baguer Symphony No. 12

Bainbridge Ad Ora Incerta

Barce Symphony No. 3

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Piano Concertos
Viola Concerto
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Divertimento for Strings

Bautísta Sinfonía Breve

"Max Bragado-Darman, a complete musician who serves each score with his knowledge and passion." EL MUNDO (Madrid)

Beethoven Coriolan, Overture
Christ on the Mount of Olives
Egmont, Complete
Leonore, Overture, No. 3
Symphonies 1-9
Fidelio
Triple Concerto
Violin Concerto
Piano Concertos, 1-5
Scene and Aria "Ah, Perfido", Op. 65

Bellini Norma

Berg Der Wein
Violin Concerto
7 Early Songs

Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Beatrix et Benedict, Overture
King Lear, Overture
Les Francs-Juges, Overture
Lelio
Nuits d'Eté
Roman Carnival, Overture
Symphonie Fantastique
Three scenes from "Romeo and Juliet"

Bernaola Piezas Caprichosas

Bernstein Candide, Overture

Bertomeu Flute Concerto

Bizet Jeux dÉnfants - Suite N° 2
L'Arlesienne, Suites
Carmen
Symphony No. 1, C Major

Bocherini Cello Concerto
Introduction and Fandango
Minueto a modo de Seguidilla española
Música Nocturna de Madrid

Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances
Symphony Nº 2

Bottesini Grand Duo Concertant for Violin, Double Bass and Orch.


"All of the sections of the orchestra shown with brilliance and Maestro Bragado displayed admirable maturity and musicality." EL PAIS (Madrid)


Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Double Concerto, Violin, Cello
German Requiem
Haydn Variations
Piano Concertos, 1 and 2
Schiksalslied
Serenade No. 1, D Major
Serenade No. 2, A Major
Symphonies, 1-4
Tragic Overture
Violin Concerto

Bretón Escenas Andaluzas
Jota de la Dolores
Salamance, Symphonic Poem
Symphony No. 2
Verbena de la Paloma

Britten Diversions
Les Illuminations
Simple Symphony, op. 4
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Symphony Nº 2

Bruckner Te Deum

Camarca (Soria) Scherzo

Carnicer Barber of Seville, Overture

Casadesus Capriccio for Piano and Strings Op. 49

Casella Triple Concerto

Castillo Guitar Concerto
Cuatro Cuadros de Murillo

Cervelló Dos Movimientos
Anna Frank
Sequencies sobre una Mort

Chabrier España

Chapí El Tambor de Granaderos, Prelude
La Revoltosa, Prelude
Symphony No. 3

Chausson Poeme
Symphony in B flat

"Reducing the string dynamics to an almost imperceptible hush, Bragado-Darman spun out the notes in luscious succession."
THE COURIER JOURNAL (Louisville)


Chavez Symphony No. 2
Los Cuatro Soles
Disvovery

Chopin Piano Concertos, 1 and 2
Introduction et Polonaise Brillante

Chueca La Gran Via
El Bateo, Prelude
El año pasado por Agua

Copland Appalachian Spring
The Tender Land, Suite
El Salón México
Music for Radio
Music for Theater

Cordero Concerto Antillano

Corelli Concerto Grosso, op. 6, Nos. 8,12

Couperin Pieces en Concert

Creston Fantasy for Trombone
Marimba Concerto

Crumb, George Echoes of Time and the River

Debussy Iberia
Afternoon of a Faun
La Mer
Nocturnes
Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra

Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Theme Op. 25

Donatoni In Cauda III

Donizetti L'Elisir d'amore
Don Pasquale
Lucia di Lammermoor

Druckman Animus IV (1977)

Dvorak Symphonies 4,6,7,8,9
Piano Concerto
Cello Concerto
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, 1-8

D'Indy Istar
Chansons et Dances

Elgar Cello Concerto
Falstaff
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

"Bragado-Darman coaxed remarkably poised, luscious playing from the strings and woodwinds." THE COURIER JOURNAL (Louisville)

Erb Concerto for Solo Percussionist

Esplá Don Quijote velando las Armas
La Pájara Pinta
Symphony "Aitana"

Falla El Amor Brujo
La Vida Breve
Three Cornered Hat (complete)
Three Cornered Hat, Suite
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
7 Popular Songs
Homenajes
Clavichord Concerto
El Corregidor y la Molinera

Fauré Pelleas and Melisande
Requiem
Suite Dolly
Masques et Bergamasques

Felix Antonio "Figuras de Barro"

Franck Symphony in d minor
Symphonic Variations

García Abril Concerto for String Orchestra
Salmo Alegría S. XXI
Concierto Juventus for 2 pianos
Introducción y Fandango

García Alvarez Symphonic Movements, 2 and 4

García Laborda Incipe Puer

Gerhard Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra

Gershwin An American in Paris
Cuban Overture
Piano Concerto in F Major
Rhapsody in Blue

Gimenez La Boda de Luis Alonso, Intermedio

Ginastera Cello Concertos, 1 and 2
Glosses sobre temas de Pau Casals
Variaciones Concertantes
Dances from the ballet "Estancia"
Pampeana No. 2
Serenade for cello and orchestra

Glazounov Saxophone Concerto

"Far from sensationalism, but rather with that sobriety and elegance which characterize him, Bragado poured out sensibility, refinement, technique and above all, intelligence." Mahler Symphony #5
DIARIO DE LEON (Spain)

Gliere Harp Concerto

Glinka Night in Madrid
Russlan and Ludmilla, Overutre

Gluck Orfeo ed Euridic

Gosalvez Hacia las Estrellas
Arlequín

Gounod Romeo and Juliet
Plegaria de Valentín

Granados "Maria del Carmen", Opera
Dante

Grieg Holberg Suite
Peer Gynt, Suites 1 and 2
Piano Concerto
Symphonic Dances, Op 64

Guinjoan Trama

Guridi Diez Melodías Vascas
Cuadros Vascos

Händel Concerto Grosso, op. 6, No. 12
Royal Fireworks Music
Water Music

Halffter, Ernesto Portuguese Rhapsody
Dos Bocetos Sinfónicos
Sinfonietta

Haydn Symphonies, 67, 80-104
Sinfonía Concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon L'Incontro Improviso, Overture
Cello Concerto No. 1
Flute Concerto
Horn Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto, op. 21
Son Pietosa Son Bonina
Trumpet Concerto

Henze Symphony No. 2

Hindemith Mathis der Mahler, Symphony
Neues von Tage
Nobilissima Visione
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Symphony in E flat
Trauermusik for Cello and String Orchestra
Der Schwannendreher
Kammermusik Nº 3 (Cello Solo and Orchestra)
Kammermusik Nº 7

Holst The Planets

Hummel Trumpet Concerto

"Bragado - Darman convirted "The Firebird" into pure magic.
F.L.Z. - Ansbach (Germany)

Husa Music for Prague (1968)
Two Sonnets by Michelangelo

Ibert Divertissement

Ippolitof-Ivanof Caucasian Sketches

Isasi Amor Dormido

Ives Symphony No. 2
Three Pieces in New England

Janacek Sinfonietta

Jongen Symphonie Concertante

José, Antonio Mozo de Mulas
Sinfonía Castellana

Jurado, Raquel Sonidos Negros

Kabalevsky Piano Concerto, op. 50, No. 3

Khachaturian Piano Concerto
Sabre Dance

Kodaly Dances of Galanta

Koplow Essercizi for Orchestra

Lalo Divertissement
Le Roi d'Ys, Overture
Symphonie espagnole
Symphony in G m

Langlais Organ Concerto III (Reaction)

Lara Oisín agus Niamh
Hopscotch

Legido Dialogos Concertantes

Leoncavallo I Pagliacci

Linares Música para un paisaje

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, 1-6
Les Preludes
Hungaria
Die Ideale
Malediction
Piano Concertos, 1 and 2
Totentanz
Mazeppa
Hamlet

Lladó Vive en mí

"Max Bragado-Darman lends this opera an air of musical excellence, measuring this with knowledge, esteem and refinement." La Traviata
DIARIO DE LAS PALMAS (Spain)

Lopatnikoff Sinfonietta, Op. 27

López-Chávarri Acuarelas Valencianas
Hoja de Album

Maderna Venetian Journal (1972)

Mahler Symphonies 1,2,4,5,6,9
Kindertotenlieder
Rückert Lieder

Marqués Symphonies 2 and 3

Marqués Symphonies 2 and 3

Martinez Symphony in C

Martinú Concertino for violin, cello, piano and orchestra

Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana

Mendelssohn Piano concerto No. 3
Concerto for piano, violin and string orchestra
Concerto for violin and string orchestra
Violin concerto
Symphonies 3,4,5
Fingal's Cave Overture
Midsummer Night's Dream (complete)
Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt

Milhaud L'Apothéose de Molière
La Creation du Monde
Le Boeuf sur le toit
Symphoniette

Mompou Los Improperios

Monasterio Violin Concerto

Moncayo Huapango

Monton y Mallen Mass

Montsalvatge 13+1
Harp Concerto

Morales Babuchas Abu Casem, Ballet
España, Overture

Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio
Adagio and Fugue for String Orchestra
Concert Arias K. 420, 431 and 612
Cosí fan tutte
Divertimenti, K. 136,137, 138
Don Giovanni

"Bragado-Darman communed with the emotional elements of the works and, perhaps most vitally, understood that emotion is worthless without a rational basis underneath." THE COURIER JOURNAL (Louisville)

Mozart (Contined) Idomeneo
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Exsultate Jubilate
The Magic Flute
The Marriage of Figaro
Mass in c minor
Piano Concertos, 1-27
Concerto for two pianos
Concerto for three pianos
(2) Rondo Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
Requiem
Sinfonía Concertante K. 297
Sinfonía Concertante K. 364
Symphonies 24-41
Bassoon Concerto
Clarinet Concerto
Horn Concerto No. 1,2 and 4
Oboe Concerto
Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 4 and 5
Concerto for Flute and Harp
El Empresario, Overture
Serenade for winds
"Posthorn" Serenade No. 9, K.V. 320
Divertimenti K.V. 136, 137,138
Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore

Mozart, L. Toy Symphony
Concerto for Trumpet, Horns and Strings

Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Nielsen Flute Concerto
Jack in the Box

Nikolai The Merry Widow, Overture

Ocon Miserere

Offenbach Orfeus in the Underworld, Can Can
Orfeus in the Underworld, Dance of the Hours

Ordoñez Symphony in B

Orff Carmina Burana

Padilla Selected Songs for Orchestra

Pärt Fratres for String Orchestra and Percussion

Paganini Violin Concertos 1 and 2
Moto Perpetuo for Violin and Strings

Pergolesi Magnificat
Stabat Mater

Ponce Estampas Nocturnas


"His way with the score was one of steadiness and clarity. The tempos were designed to make the music and words completely intelligible."
Don Giovanni THE NEW YORK TIMES


Poulenc Gloria
Sinfonietta
Organ Concerto
Concerto for two pianos
L'Histoire de Babar
Suite Française

Power Cantos Canarios

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Piano Concertos 1-4
Sinfonía Concertane for cello and orchestra
Romeo and Julliet (Suites)
Violin Concerto No. 2
Sinfonietta
Symphonies 1.5.6,7
Visions Fugitives (Barshai)

Puccini La Boheme
Tosca

Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos 1-4
Rhapsody on theme of Paganini
Symphony No. 2
Vocalise

Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Daphnis et Chloe
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and Strings
Mother Goose Suite
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Don Quichotte á Dulcinea
La Valse
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Sheherazade
Three Songs (Transcription: Holmes)
Tzigane

Respighi Fountains of Rome
Pines of Rome
The Birds
Triptico Botticelliano

Revueltas Sensamayá

Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Christmas Eve
Russian Easter Overture
Scheherazade


"Conductor Max Bragado-Darman was the one who pulled things together with his steady, consistent handling of the performers." Idomeneo
THE CLEVELAND PRESS

Rodrigo Cántico de la Esposa
Cello Concerto como un divertimento
Canzonetta for Violin and String Orchestra
Concierto de Aranjuez
Concierto de estío (violin)
Concierto Galante
En busca del más allá
Fantasía para un Gentilhombre
Four Madrigals
Homenaje a la Tempranica
Música de Jardín
Palillos y Panderetas
Per la Flor del Lliri Blau
Piano Concerto
Tres viejos aires de danza
Tríptico de Mosin Cinto
Zarabanda/Villancico

Rogers, J.F. Symphony of Cities

Roldán Samiñan Conversaciones

Romero, C. Málaga

Rosauro Vibraphone Concerto

Rossini Barber of Seville
La Cambiale di Matrimonio
La Gazza Ladra, Overture
William Tell, Overture
L'Italiana in Algeri, Overture, "Cruda sorte"
Semiramide, Overture

Rota Divertimento Concertante

Rouse, S. Waiting for Daylight

Roussel Sinfonietta

Rutter What sweeter Music

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
Cello Concerto No. 1
Danse macabre
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Samson and Dalila
Piano Concertos, 2 and 4
Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Symphony No. 3

Salieri Piano Concerto
Triple Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Cello

Scarlatti Sonata in G Major
"Il Trionfo dell' Onore", Opera

"Darman's baton technique was a model of clarity, and his physical involvement, though restrained, was always elegant and expressive."Beethoven Symphony #7 THE HERALD (Carmel, CA)

Schmitt, F. Janiana

Schoenberg Chamber Symphonies 1 and 2
Pelleas und Melisande
Variations for Orchestra, op. 31
Verklarte Nacht

Schoeck Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra

Schubert Rosamunde, Overture
Symphonies
Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra, op.15
Der Geist im Wasser

Schumann Cello Concerto
Konzertstuck for 4 Horns and Orchestra
Manfred Overture
Piano Concerto
Symphonies 1-4

Seiber Concertino for Clarinet

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, op. 118
The Golden Age Suite
Violin Concerto
Symphonies 1,5,10

Sibelius Finlandia
Karelia, Suite
Pelleas and Melisande
Piano Quintet, op. 57
Symphonies 1-4
The Swan of Tuonela
Violin Concerto
En Saga
Valse Triste

Smetana The Bartered Bride, Overture
The Bartered Bride, Dance of the Comedians
The Moldau

Soler Sonata in D Major

Soutullo y Vert Leyenda del Beso

Stine Symphony in One Movement

Strauss, Johann, Jr. Auf der Jagd
On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Die Fledermaus (Complete)
Perpetual Motion
Pizzicato Polka
Thunder and Lightning Polka

Strauss, Johann, Sr. Radetzky March


"Max Bragado-Darman demonstrated rare flair in guiding his young orchestra with style and brilliance." Cosi Fan Tutte NEWHOUSE NEWSPAPERS

Strauss, Richard Also sprach Zarathustra
Burlesque
Le burgeois gentilhomme, Suite
Couperin Tanzsuite
Don Juan
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
Death and Transfiguration
Four Last Songs
Macbeth
Oboe Concerto
Serenade, op. 7
Symphony for winds (Op Posthomus)
Till Eulenspiegel

Stravinsky Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Danses Concertantes
Dumbarton Oaks
The Fairy's Kiss
Octet for winds
Firebird Suite
L'Histoire du Soldat
Jeu de Cartes
Petrouchka
Pulcinella, Suite
Ragtime for 11 Instruments
Suite No. 2
Symphony in C

Suk Serenade, op. 6

Surinach Symphonic Variations
Sinfonía Chica
Tango

Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italiano
Francesca de Rimini
Mozartiana (Suite Nº 4, Op 61)
The Nutcracker Suite
Overture 1812
Piano Concerto No. 1
Romeo and Juliet
Serenade for Strings
Sleeping Beauty, Pas de Deux
Swan Lake Suite
Symphonies 2-6
Variations on a Rococco Theme for Cello and Orch.
Violin Concert
Voyevode

Tcherepnin Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orch.

Telemann Viola Concerto in G

"Musical Excellence"
Max Bragado demands a great deal from his orchestra and the orchestra responds without any discussion: extraordinary sound, compact when required and fluid and lyric when necessary. ABC - Madrid (Spain)

Thomson, V. Wheat Field at Noon

Toldrá Vistas al Mar

Tower Clarinet Concerto
Flute Concerto

Turina The Bullfighter's Prayer
Danzas Fantásticas
Danzas Gitanas
Procesión del Rocío
Ritmos
Serenade
Sinfonía Sevillana
Symphonic Rhapsody for piano and orchestra

Verdi Don Carlo, Death of Rodrigo
Falstaff
La Forza del Destino, Overture
Nabucco, Chorus "Va Pensiero"
Otello
Rigoletto
La Traviata

Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras, Nos. 1 and 5
Harp Concerto
Sinfonietta

Villar Las Hilanderas

Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in a minor
The Four Seasons
Gloria
Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon RV 570
Guitar Concerto RV 93
La Notte (flute)
Symphony Op. 51, no. 4
La Tempesta di Mare (Piccolo, Oboe, Bassoon)

Voricek Gran Rondo
Symphony in D M

Wagner The Flying Dutchman (complete)
Lohengrin, (complete)
Die Meistersinger, Prelude
Rienzi, Overture
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music
Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Siegfried Idyll
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries
Die Götterdämerung, Siegfried's Funeral Music
Wesendonk Lieder

"The strings were rich and precise, and the other sections did their part in the colorful orchestral melange to produce the finest performance by the orchestra so far this year." FT. WORTH STAR TELEGRAM

Walton Violin Concerto

Weber Euryanthe, Overture
Der Freischütz, Overture
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Strings
Oberon, Overture

Webern Fünf Satze Fur Streichorchester
Symphony Op, 21
Variationen Op. 30

Wieniawski Violin Concertos 1 and 2

Yagüe Arrebolada
La Canción de la Noche
Sinfonía Gadea

"Max Bragado-Darman is a professional who goes beyond the profession, a painter of music, attentive to every plane, even though the canvas may seem chaotic, structuring emotions through transparency until we are made participants of paradises and infernos far beyond any limitation."
EL PUNTO DE LAS ARTES (Madrid)


OPERAS:

Beethoven Fidelio

Bellini Norma

Bizet Carmen

Donizetti L'Elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale, Lucia di Lammermoor

Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice

Gounod Romeo and Juliet

Granados Maria del Carmen

Hindemith Neues von Tage

José, Antonio Mozo de Mulas

Leoncavallo I Pagliacci

Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana

Mozart El Rapto del Serrallo, Cosi fan tutte, Don Giovanni, El Empresario, Idomeneo, La Flauta Mágica, Las Bodas de Figaro

Puccini La Boheme, Tosca

Rossini El Barbero de Sevilla

Saint-Saëns Samson and Dalila

Strauss, Johann, Jr. Die Fledermaus

Scarlatti, A. Il Trionfo dell'Onore

Verdi Falstaff, Otello, Rigoletto, La Traviata

Wagner Lohengrin, Der Fliegende Holänder

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