Music Appreciation Selections

CD#1 CD#2 CD#3 CD#4 CD#5 CD#6 CD#7 CD#8

CD 1

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[1], [2], [3], [4]	WAGNER Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[5], [6], [7]	CHOPIN Prelude in C Minor for Piano Op. 28, No. 20 Murray Perahia, piano ®1975 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[8], [9]	STRAVINSKY The Firebird, Finale Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor ®1989 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]	ELLINGTON C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra Originally Recorded Prior To 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Entertainment Courtesy of BMG Entertainment, The RCA Records Label, under license from BMG Special Products
[18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42]	BRITTEN The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
[43], [44], [45], [46]	SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever Incredible Columbia All-Star Band; Gunther Schuller, conductor ®1975 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[47]	GERSHWIN I Got Rhythm from "Girl Crazy" (excerpt) Mary Martin
[48]	BRUBECK Unsquare Dance Dave Brubeck Quartet
[49], [50], [51]	ARLEN Over the Rainbow Judy Garland Courtesy of MCA Records, Under license from Universal Music Special Products, Inc.
[52]	CHOPIN Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Murray Perahia, piano ®1975 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[53], [54], [55], [56], [57]	BIZET L'Arlèsienne Suite No. 2, Farandole Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor ®1981 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[58], [59], [60]	TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcraker Suite, Op. 71a, "Dance of the Reed Pipes" London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor ®1985 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[61], [62]	BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, Forlane Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor ®1996 Hyperion Records Ltd. Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd.
[63], [64], [65]	ANON. Alleluia: Vidimus stellam Courtesy of Musical Heritage Society, Inc.
[66]	HILDEGARD OF BINGEN 0 successores Sequentia ®1982 Harmonia Mundi D-7900 Freiburg Courtesy of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, under license from BMG Special Products
[67]	ANON. Estampie Martin Best Medieval Ensemble; Martin Best, director ®1983 Nimbus Records Ltd. Courtesy of Nimbus Records Ltd.
[68]	PEROTIN Alleluia: Nativitas Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort Courtesy of Omega Record Group, Inc.
[69]	LANDINI Ecco la Primavera Early Music Consort of London; David Munrow, director Courtesy of The Decca Record Company, Ltd, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[70], [71], [72]	MACHAUT Notre Dame Mass, Agnus Dei Tavemer Consort; Andrew Parrott, conductor ®1984 EMI Records, Ltd. Courtesy of EMI Classics Ltd, under license from EMI Music Special MarketsMusic App CD#1 Track #69
[73], [74], [75]	DESPREZ Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Cappella Nuova Chorus; Richard Taruskin, director ®1982 Amerco, Inc. Courtesy of Musical Heritage Society, Inc.
[76], [77], [78]	PALESTRINA Pope Marcellus Mass, Kyrie The Tallis Scholars ®1980 Gimell Records Limited, Coutesy of Gimell Records Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[79]	WEELKES As Vesta Was Descending Consort of Musicke; Anthony Rooley, director ®1988 Hyperion Records Ltd. Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd.
[80]	MORLEY Now Is the Month a/Maying Purcell Consort Courtesy of SPJ Music, Inc.
[81]	CAROUBEL Passamezzo from Terpsichore New London Consort; Philip Pickett, director ®1986 The Decca Record Company Ltd. Courtesy of The Decca Record Co. Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[82]	CAROUBEL Galliard from Terpsichore New London Consort; Philip Pickett, director ®1986 The Decca Record Company Ltd. Courtesy of The Decca Record Co. Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[83], [84], [85]	BACH Organ Fugue in G Minor ("The Little") E. Power Biggs, organ

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CD 2

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	BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major
[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]	First Movement
[6], [7], [8], [9], [10]	Second Movement
[11], [12], [13]	Third Movement Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor ®1994 Sony Classical GmbH
[14]	MONTEVERDI "Tu se' morta" from Orfeo Nigel Rogers, tenor; London Baroque; Charles Medlam, director ®1984 EMI Records Ltd. Courtesy of EMI Classics Ltd., under license from EMI Music Special Markets
[15], [16]	PURCELL "Dido's Lament" from Dido and Aeneas Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Lewis, conductor Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
	VIVALDI Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, "Spring" from The Four Seasons
[17], [18], [19], [20], [21]	First Movement
[22]	Second Movement
[23], [24], [25]	Third Movement Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon violin solo and conductor ®1992 Sony Classical GmbH
[26], [27], [28]	BACH Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude in C Minor Davitt Maroney, harpsichord ®1988 Harmonia Mundi S.A. Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi USA
[29], [30], [31], [32]	BACH Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Fugue in C Minor Davitt Maroney, harpsichord ®1988 Harmonia Mundi S.A. Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi USA
	BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, S.1068
[33], [34]	Air
[35], [36]	Bouréee
[37], [38]	Gigue Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director ®TK Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd.
	BACH Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
[39], [40], [41]	First Movement
[42], [43], [44]	Fourth Movement
[45]	Seventh Movement American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas, director ®1996 Koch International L.P. Courtesy of Koch International L.P.
	HANDEL Messiah
[46], [47]	Sinfonia
[48], [49]	"Comfort Ye"
[50]	"Ev'ry Valley"
[51], [52], [53]	"For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
[54], [55], [56], [57], [58], [59]	"Hallelujah" London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Colin Davis, conductor Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.

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CD 3

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	MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]	First Movement
[10], [11], [12]	Second Movement
[13], [14], [15]	Third Movement
[16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]	Fourth Movement Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
	HAYDN Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise)
[23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30]	First Movement
[31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36]	Second Movement Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor ®1982 Philips Classics Productions Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[37], [38], [39]	MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, III Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor ®1973 The Decca Record Company Ltd. Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[40], [41], [42], [43]	BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, IV Cleveland String Quartet ®1994 Telarc International Corp. Courtesy ofTelarc International Corp.
[44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50]	HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, III Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor ®1982 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
	MOZART Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I excerpts
[51], [52], [53], [54]	Introduction
[55], [56]	Catalogue Aria
[57], [58], [59], [60]	La ci darem la mano Fernando Corena, bass; Suzanne Danco, soprano; Cesare Siepi, bass; Kurt Boheme, bass; Hilde Gueden, soprano; Vienna Philharmonic; Josef Krips, conductor Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[61]	MOZART Requiem, "Dies Irae" Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor ®1990 Sony Classical GmbH

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CD 4

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[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]	MOZART Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, 1 English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, piano and conductor ®1984 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
	BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)
[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]	First Movement
[15], [16], [17], [18]	Second Movement
[19], [20], [21], [22]	Third Movement Claude Frank, piano ®1990 Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. Courtesy of Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc.
	BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
[23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30]	First Movement
[31], [32],[33], [34], [35], [36]	Second Movement
[37], [38], [39], [40]	Third Movement
[41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47]	Fourth Movement Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor ®1987 Philips Classics Productions. Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53]	SCHUBERT Erlkönig Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano Courtesy of EMI Classics Ltd, under license from EMI Music Special Markets
[54], [55]	SCHUBERT Die Forelle Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano Courtesy of EMI Classics Ltd, under license from EMI Music Special Markets
[56], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62]	SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (Trout), IV Music from Marlboro featuring Rudolf Serkin, piano
[63], [64], [65]	CHOPIN Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 Nadia Reisenberg, piano ®1985 In Sync Laboratories Under license from In Sync Labs, Inc. Courtesy of Robert Sherman. Master tape courtesy of the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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CD 5

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	ROBERT SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op. 9, (selections)
[1], [2]	Chiarina
[3]	Chopin
[4], [5]	Estrella
[6], [7]	Réconnaisance Claudio Arrau, piano ®1967 Philips Classics Productions. Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[8], [9], [10], [11], [12]	CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN Romance in G Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 22, No. 2 Annie Jodry, violin; Helene Boschi, piano ®1987 Calliope Courtesy of Qualiton Imports Ltd.
[13], [14], [15], [16]	CHOPIN Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53 Cyprien Katsaris, piano ®1994 Sony Classical GmbH
[17]	CHOPIN Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano ®1984 The Decca Record Company Limited. Courtesy ofThe Decca Record Company Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23]	LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor Claudio Arrau, piano ® 1977 Philips Classics Productions. Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29]	MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64, I Isaac Stern, violin; Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
	BERLIOZ Symphonic Fantastique
[30], [31], [32], [33]	IV: March To The Scaffold
[34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39]	V: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
[40], [41], [42], [43]	MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL) The Great Gate at Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
[44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53]	TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

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CD 6

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[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]	SMETANA The Moldau New York Pilharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]	DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World), I London Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
[15], [16], [17], [18]	BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98. IV Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor ®1978 The Decca Record Co. Ltd., Under License from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[19]	BRAHMS A German Requiem, IV "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus; Lorin Maazel, conductor ®1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[20], [21], [22]	VERDI Rigoletto, "La donna è mobile" and Quartet from Act III Joan Sutherland, soprano; Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Sherrill Milnes, baritone; Martti Talvela, bass; London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor. Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[23], [24], [25], [26]	PUCCINI La Bohème, Act I: excerpt (Mimi's entrance through conclusion of act I) Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Mirella Freni, soprano; Gianni Maffeo, baritone; Nicolai Ghiauraov, bass; Rolando Panerai, baritone; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor ®1973 The Decca Record Co., Ltd. Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34]	WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I (love scene, conclusion) Leonie Rysanek, soprano; James King, tenor; Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival; Karl Bohm, conductor ®1977 Philips Classics Productions Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions, a division of The Philips Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[35], [36], [37], [38]	MAHLER "Ging heut'Morgen übers Feld" from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Frederica Von Stade, soprano; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor ®1979 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

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CD 7

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[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]	DEBUSSY Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune Philharmonia Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]	RAVEL Bolero Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
	STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps (excertps)
[15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]	Part I: Introduction, Omens of Spring; Dances of the Youth and Maidens; Ritual of Abduction
[23], [24], [25]	Part II: Sacrificial Dance Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa Pekka Salonen, conductor ®1990 Sony Classical GmbH
[26]	STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms, I Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky, conductor
[27]	SCHOENBERG "Mondestrunken" from Pierrot Iunaire, Yvonne Minton, reciter; Ensemble conducted by Pierre Boulez ©1978 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[28], [29], [30]	SCHOENBERG A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 John Horton, narrator; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Festival Singers of Toronto; Robert Craft, conductor
[31]	WEBERN Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10, 3: Very slow and extremely calm London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
[32], [33], [34], [35], [36]	BERG Wozzeck, Act III, Scenes 4 and 5 Walter Berry, baritone; Paris National Opera; Pierre Boulez, conductor
	BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
[37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45]	First Movement: Introduction
[46], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52]	Second Movement: Game of Pairs New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor ©1973 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[53], [54]	CAGE Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata No. 2 Julie Steinberg, prepared piano ©1996 Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. Courtesy of Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc.

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CD 8

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[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]	SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5, II New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
[7], [8], [9], [10], [11]	IVES Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut from Three Places in New England Eastman-Rochester Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor Courtesy of Mercury Records, Inc., Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[12], [13], [14], [15], [16]	STILL Afro-American Symphony, III Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neme Jarvi conductor Courtesy of Chandos Records Ltd.
[17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]	COPLAND Appalachian Spring, section 7: theme and variations on "Simple Gifts" London Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
[23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28]	RABBIT Semi-simple Variations Richard Taub, piano ®1984 Harmonia Mundi S.A. Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi USA
[29], [30], [31], [32]	VARÈSE Poème èlectronique Realized by the composer on Magnetic tape
[33]	C RUMB Ancient Voices of Children, "From Where Do You Come, My Love, My Child?" Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Contemporary Chamber Ensemble; Arthur Weisberg, conductor Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
[34], [35]	GLASS Knee Play 1 from Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Riesman conductor ®1979 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
[36], [37]	ZWILICH Concerto Grosso 1985, I New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor ®1986 Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc. Courtesy of New World Records
[38], [39], [40], [41]	ADAMS A Short Ride in a Fast Machine City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor ®1994 EMI Records Ltd. Courtesy of EMI Classics Ltd, under license from EMI Music Special Markets
[42], [43], [44], [45]	JOPLIN Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin, piano Courtesy of Biograph Records, Inc.
[46]	SMITH Lost Your Head Blues Bessie Smith
[47]	OLIVER Dippermouth Blues King Oliver
[48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53]	ARMSTRONG Hotter Than That Louis Annstong
[54]	PARKER Bloomdido Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie Courtesy of Verve Records, Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
[55]	DAVIS Miles Runs the Voodo Down from the album Bitches' Brew (excerpt) Miles Davis
[56]	LERNER-LOWE "The Rain in Spain" from My Fair Lady Original Soundtrack Recording
[57], [58]	BERNSTEIN "Tonight" ensemble from West Side Story Original Broadway Cast
[59]	ANON. Song of Angola (Gangele Song) Courtesy of Smithsonian/Folkways
[60]	ANON. Mitamba Yalagala
[61]	ANON. Hinganyengisa Masingita
[62], [63], [64]	SHANKAR Maru-Bihag Ravi Shankar
[65]	MITSUZAKI KENGYO Godan Ginuta Izumi Kai Koto Ensemble Courtesy of Everest Records, Inc.

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