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Music 380: Music History Review

Listening Selections

Medieval

Tracks 1-2
Anon.- Mass for Christmas Day- Introit “Puer natus est” and Agnus Dei Chant
-Ensemble Organum; Marcel Pérès, director

Tracks 3-5
Perotin- Sederunt (excerpt) Organum Quadruplum -Hillard Ensemble; Paul Hillier, director

Track 6
Di Vitry- Garrit gallus/In nova fert/Neuma Motet
-Sequentia

Track 7
Machaut- Messe de Nostre Dame- Agnus Dei Mass
-Ensemble Organum; Marcel Pérès, director

Track 8
Moniot d’Arras- Ce fu en mai- Trouvere Song
-Paul Hillier, voice; Andrew Lawrence-King, psaltery

Tracks 9-11
Machaut- Rose, liz, prinemps, verdure Rondeau
-Gothic Voices; Christopher Page, director

Tracks 12-14
Landini- Non avrà ma’ pietà Ballata
-Das Studio der frühen Musik; Thomas Binkley, conductor

Renaissance

Track 15
Dunstable- Quam pulchra es Motet
-Hilliard Ensemble; Paul Hillier, director

Track 16
Dufay- Se la face ay pale Ballade
-Early Music Consort of London; David Munrow, director

Track 17
Dufay- Missa Se la face ay pale- Gloria Cantus Firmus Mass
-Capella Cordina; alejandro Planchart, director

Track 18
Anon.- Pange Lingua Hymn
-Ensemble Organum; Marcel Pérès, director

Track 19
Josquin- Missa Pange Lingua- Credo Parody Mass
-Ensemble Organum; Marcel Pérès, director

Track 20
Josquin- Ave Maria Motet
-Hilliard Ensemble; Paul Hillier, director

Track 21
Isaac- Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen Lied
-Collegium Vocale Köln; Wolfgang Fromm, director

Track 22
Palestrina- Pope Marcellus Mass- Gloria Mass
-Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, director

Track 23
Victoria- O magnum mysterium Motet
-Robert Shaw Singers; Robert Shaw, conductor

Track 24
Sermisy- Tant que vivray Parisian Chanson
-Ensemble Clement Janequin; Dominique Visse, director

Track 25
Cara- Io non compro più speranza Frottola
-Musica reservata; John Beckett, director

Track 26
Arcadelt- Aspro core e selvaggio Madrigal
-Hilliard Ensemble; Paul Hillier, director

Track 27
Gesualdo- Io parto e non più speranza Madrigal
-Il complesso barocco; Alan Curtis, director

Track 28
Weelkes- O care thou wilt dispatch me Ballet
-Hilliard Ensemble; Paul Hillier, director

Track 29
Holborne- Pavan Instrumental Dance
-Kings Noyse; David Douglass, director

Track 30
Holborne- Galliard Instrumental Dance
-Kings Noyse; David Douglass, director

Track 31
Gabrieli- Sonata pian e forte Canzona
-Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott, director

Track 32
Dowland- Flow my Tears Lute Song
-Alfred Deller, countertenor; Desmond Dupré, lute

Baroque

Track 33
Luzzaschi- O dolcezz’ amarissime d’amore Concertante Madrigal
-Consort of Musicke; Anthony Rooley, director

Track 34
Caccini- Vedrò ‘l mio sol Madrigal
-Montserrat Figuras, soprano

Tracks 35-37
Monteverdi- Orfeo- Toccata; Prologue; Possente spirto Opera
-Emma Kirkby, La Musica; Nigel Rogers, Orfeo; London Baroque

Tracks 38-39
Lully- Armide- Overture and Act II, Scene 5 “Enfin il est en ma puissance” Tragedie Lyrique
-La Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

Tracks 40-41
Purcell- Dido and Aeneas- Thy Hand Belinda; When I am laid in Earth;
With Drooping Wings Masque
Della Jones, Dido; St James Singers and Baroque Orchestra;
Ivor Bolton, conductor

Track 42
Viadana- O Domine, Jesu Christe Sacred Concerto
-Johnson Flucker, countertenor; Charles Brown, organ

Track 43
Gabrieli- In ecclesiis Grand Concerto
-Gabrieli Consort; Paul McCreesh, director

Track 44
Carissimi- Jephte- Plorate Plorate filii Israel Oratorio
-Gabrieli Consort; Paul McCreesh, director

Tracks 45-53
Bach- Ein feste Burg Mvmts 1 and 8 Cantata
-Collegium Vocale, La Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

Tracks 54-57
Handel- Jephte- How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees! Oratorio
-English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardner, conductor

Track 58
Handel- Messiah- Rejoice Greatly Oratorio
-Emma Kirkby, soprano; Tavener Consort; Andrew Parrott, director

Track 59
Bach- Prelude and Fugue in C Minor Prelude and Fugue
-Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

Tracks 60-61
Bach- Cello Suite No. 1- Allemande and Courante Suite
-Yo Yo Ma, cello

Track 62
Vivaldi- Winter from Four Seasons Mvmt 1 Solo Concerto
-Gil Shaham, violin; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Track 63
Bach- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Mvmt 1 Concerto Grosso
-English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, director

Track 64
Corelli- Sonata op. 5 No. 1 Mvmt 1 Solo Sonata
-Locatelli Trio

Tracks 65-66
Corelli- Sonata op. 2 No. 4 Mvmts 1 and II Trio Sonata
-Purcell Quartet

Classical

Track 67
Pergolesi- La serva Padrona- Son imbrogliato io Intermezzo
-Philomel Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Rudolf Palmer, conductor

Tracks 68-69
Gay- Beggars Opera excerpt Ballad Opera
-Accademia Monteverdiana Consort; Denis Stevens, conductor

Tracks 70-71
Mozart- Marriage of Figaro Act I Excerpt- Opera
Aria- “non so più cosa son, cosa faccio”; Trio- “Cosa sento! tosto andate”
Anne Sofie von Otter- Cherubino; Dawn Upshaw- Susanna;
Thomas Hampson- Count; Anthony Laciura- Basilio;
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; James Levine, conductor

Track 72
Scarlatti- Sonata in D Major K. 119 Keyboard Sonata
-Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord

Track 73
Sammartini- Symphony in F Major Mvmt I Sinfonia
-Camden Chamber Orchestra; J. Lubbock, conductor

Tracks 74-78
Stamitz- Sinfonia a 8 in Eb Major Mvmt 1 Symphony
-London Philharmonic; Adrian Boult, conductor

Track 79
Haydn- Symphony No. 95 Mvmt 1 Symphony
-Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Track 80
Haydn- Quartet op. 33 No. 2 Mvmt 4 String Quartet
-Aeolian

Track 81
Mozart- Piano Concerto in A K. 488 Mvmt 1 Concerto
-Richard Goode, piano; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Romantic

Track 82
Beethoven- Symphony No. 3 Mvmt I Symphony
-Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor

Tracks 83-84
Beethoven- Quartet op. 131 Mvmts. I and II String Quartet
-Cleveland Quartet

Track 85
Schubert- Heldenröslein D. 257 Lied
Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano

Track 86
R. Schumann- “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai” from Dichterliebe Lied
-Thomas Hampson, baritone; Geoffrey Parsons, piano

Track 87
Wolf- Kennst du das Land Lied
-Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Gerald Moore, piano

Track 88
Chopin- Nocturne in Eb op. 9 No. 2 Character Piece
-Michele Boegner, piano

Track 89
Liszt- Trois etudes de concert, No. 3: Un sospiro Character Piece
-Claudio Arrau, piano

Track 90
Mendelssohn- Hebrides Overture Concert Overture
-Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor

Track 91
Mendelssohn- Scherzo to Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental Music
-Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Track 92
Berlioz- Symphonie Fantastique Mvmt 4 Program Symphony -Chicago Symphony; Georg Solti, conductor

Tracks 93-94
Strauss- Don Quixote- Themes and Var. 1 and 2 Symphonic Poem
-John Sharp, cello; Chicago Symphony; Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Track 95
Rossini- Barber of Seville- “Una voce poco fa” Opera
-Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala;
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Tracks 96-99
Verdi- Rigoletto Act III excerpt- Quartet- “Un dì, se ben rammentomi” Opera
-Robert Algna, Duke; Dimitri Kavrakos, Rigoletto; Andrea Rost, Gilda;
Mariana Pentcheva, Madalenna; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala;
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Tracks 100-01
Wagner- Siegfired Opening excerpt “Zwangvolle Plage! Müh ohne Zweck!”; Music Drama “Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein! Hau ein!”
-Gerald Stolze- Mime; Wolfgang Windgassen- Siegfried; Vienna Philharmonic;
Georg Solti, conductor

Track 102
Brahms- German Requiem Mvmt 4 Requiem
-Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique;
John Eliot Gardner, conductor

Track 103
Mahler- Symphony No. 1 Mvmt 3 Symphony
-Chicago Symphony; Pierre Boulez, conductor

Modern

Track 104
Debussy- Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Impressionism
-Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor

Track 105
Stravinsky- Rite of Spring opening Primitivism
-City of Birmingham Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor

Tracks 106-07
Schoenberg- Pierrot Lunaire Nos. 8 and 13 Expressionism
-Phyllis Bryn-Julson, recitation; Ensemble Modern; Peter Eötvös, conductor

Tracks 108-09
Berg- Wozzeck Act III Scenes 4 and 5 Expressionism
-Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus; Claudio Abbado, conductor

Track 110
Ives- They Are There Nationalism
-Baltimore Symphony and Chorus; David Zinman, conductor

Tracks 115-15
Copland- Billy the Kid Scene 1 Nationalism
-London Symphony; Aaron Copland, conductor

Track 116
Bartok- Music for Strings Percussion, and Celeste Mvmt 3 Nationalism
-Chicago Symphony; Pierre Boulez, conductor

Track 117
Shostakovich- Lady Macbeth Act IV excerpt Nationalism
-Maria Ewing, Katerina; Sergei Larin, Sergei; Elena Zaremba, Sonyetka;
Orchestra and Chorus of Bastille Opera; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

Track 118
Cowell- Aeolian Harp excerpt Avant Garde
-Henry Cowell, piano

Tracks 119-21
Crumb- Black Angels Images 4, 5, 6 Avant Garde
-Composers String Quartet

Tracks 122-26
Babbitt- Philomel Section 1 Total Control
-Bethany Beardslee, soprano

Tracks 127-30
Reich- Violin Phase Minimalism
-Steve Reich Ensemble

Track 131
Zwilich- Symphony No. 1 Mvmt 3 New Romanticism -Indianapolis Symphony; John Nelson, conductor

Track 132
Gubaidulina- Canticle of the Sun Mvmt. 1 Avant Garde
-Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; London Voices; London Symphony;
Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor