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Music 383/571. Symphonic Literature: Listening List

Tracks 1-3
Sammartini. Symphony No. 32 in F Major (1744)
I. Presto
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai
-Giovanni di Nuova Cameristica; Daniele Ferrari, conductor

Track 4-6
Stamitz, Johann. Sinfonia a8 No. 1 in D Major (c. 1750)
I. Presto

Tracks 7-11
Stamitz, Johann. Sinfonia a8 No. 3 in Eb Major (c. 1750)
I. Allegro Assai
-London Philharmonic; Adrian Boult, conductor

Tracks 12-15
Haydn, Joseph. Symphony No. 104 in D Major (1795)
I. Adagio; Allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegro
IV. Finale: Spiritoso
-Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Tracks 16-19
Mozart, W. A. Symphony in C Major K. 551 (1788)
I. Allegro Vivace
II. Andante Cantabile
III. Menuetto
IV. Molto Allegro
-Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor

Tracks 20-23
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Symphony no. 3 in Eb Major (1803)
I. Allegro con Brio
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
IV. Finale. Allegro molto
-Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor

Tracks 24-28
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Symphony No. 6 in F Major (1806)
I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of Cheerful Feelings upon Arrival in the Country)
II. Andante molto mosso (Scene by the Brook)
III. Allegro (Merry Gathering of Country Folk)
IV. Allegro (The Thunderstorm)
V. Allegretto (Shepherd’s Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm)
-Columbia Symphony; Bruno Walter, conductor

Tracks 29-32
Brahms, Johannes. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (1876)
I. Un poco sostenuto- Allegro
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
IV. Adagio- Piu andante- Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
-Chicago Symphony; Georg Solti, conductor

Tracks 33-36
Tchaikovsky, Peter. Symphony No. 5 in E Minor (1888)
I. Andante; Allegro con Anima
II. Andante Cantabile, con alcuna licenza
III. Valse: Allegro moderato
IV. Finale. Andante maestoso; Allegro vivace
-St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

Tracks 37-40
Bruckner, Anton. Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major (1881)
I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
II. Andante Quasi Allegretto
III. Scherzo: Bewegt - Trio: Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend - Scherzo
IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
-Chicago Symphony; Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Tracks 41-46
Mahler, Gustav. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (1896)
I. Kräftig; Entschieden
II. Tempo di Menuetto; sehr mässig
III. Comodos; scherzando; ohne hast
IV. Sehr langsam; misterioso
V. Lustig im Temp und keck im Ausdruck
VI. Langsam; ruhevoll, empfunden
-Cincinnati Symphony; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

Tracks 47-51
Berlioz, Hector. Symphonie Fantastique (1830)
I. Reveries - Passions
II. Un bal
III. Scene aux champs
IV. Marche au supplice
V. Sone d’une nuit du sabbat
-Chicago Symphony; George Solti, conductor

Track 52
Strauss, Richard. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1895)
-Vienna Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor

Tracks 53-59
Stravinsky, Igor. Rite of Spring (1913; rev. 1947)
-City of Birmingham Symphony; Simon Rattle, conductor

Track 60
Stravinsky, Igor. Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1921; rev. 1947)
-Berlin Radio Symphony; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

Tracks 61-63
Ives, Charles. Three Places in New England (1914)
I. The St. Gaudens in Boston Common
II. Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut
III. From the Housatonic at Stockbridge
-Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman, conductor

Tracks 64-67
Copland, Aaron. Symphony No. 3 (1946)
I. Molto moderato
II. Allegro molto
III. Andantino quasi allegretto
IV. Molto deliberato - Allegro risoluto
-Atlanta Symphony; Yoel Levi, conductor

Tracks 68-70
Hindemith, Paul. Mathis der Maler Symphony (1934)
I. Engelkonzert
II. Grablegung
III. Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius
-Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Tracks 71-73
Hindemith, Paul. Symphony in Bb (1951)
I. Moderately fast, with vigor
II. Andantino grazioso
III. Fugue, Rather Broad
-Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra; Frederick Fennell, conductor

Tracks 74-77
Prokofiev, Sergei. Symphony No. 5 (1945)
I. Andante
II. Allegro marcato
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro giocoso
-City of Birmingham Symphony; Simon Rattle, conductor

Track 78-80
Shostakovich, Dmitri. Symphony No. 4 (1936)
I. Allegretto poco moderato-Presto
II. Moderato con moto
III. Largo-Allegro
-City of Birmingham Symphony; Simon Rattle, conductor

Tracks 81-83
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe. Symphony No. 1 (1983)
I.
II.
III.
-Indianapolis Symphony; John Nelson, conductor

Tracks 84-87
Holst, Gustav. Suite No. 2 (1911)
I. March
II. Song Without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on Dargason
-Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor

Tracks 88-93
Grainger, Percy Lincolnshire Posey (1937)
I. Lisbon
II. Horkstow Grange
III. Rufford Park Poachers
IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
V. Lord Melbourne
VI. The Lost Lady Found
-Royal Northern College Wind Orchestra; Timothy Reynish, conductor

Tracks 94-97
Arnold, Malcolm. Scottish Dances (1957)
I. Pesante
II. Vivace
III. Allegretto
IV. Con Brio
-Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor

Tracks 98-101
Husa, Karel. Music for Prague (1968)
I. Introduction and Fanfare
II. Aria
III. Interlude
IV. Toccata and Chorale
-Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger, conductor

Track 102
Schwantner, Joseph. ...and the Mountains Rising Nowhere (1977)
-University of Illinois Symphonic Band, James Keene, conductor