Works included in the Twelve Orchestral Etudes are: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Corsair Overture and Hungarian March, Bruckner Symphony No. 7, Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis, Mahler Symphony No. 1 & 5, Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Respighi Fountains of Rome, Revueltas Sensemaya, Wagner Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin, Prelude to Die Meistersinger and Ride of the Valkyries.
According to the composer, they are even more difficult than the actual excerpts themselves, so the real thing should seem simpler by comparison. - the publisher