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Music 5201 - Romantic Music Listening List

CD 1

Tracks 1-3

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonata in D Minor op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest." (1802)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
-Richard Goode, piano

Track 4

Beethoven. Symphony No. 3 In Eb Major op. 55 "Eroica." (1803)
I. Allegro con Brio
-Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor

Tracks 5-11

Beethoven. Quartet in C# Minor op. 131 (1826)
I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
II. Allegro molto vivace
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
V. Presto
VI. Adagio quasi um poco andante
VII. Allegro
-Cleveland Quartet

CD 2

Tracks 1-2

Schubert, Franz. Quintet in A Major D. 667 "Trout" (1819)
IV. Theme and Variations
V. Finale. Allegro giusto
-Amadeus Quartet; Emil Gilels, piano

Track 3

Dusik Jan Ladislav. Sonata in F# Minor op. 61 (1806)
I. Lento patetico; Tempo agitato, non presto
-Frederick Marvin, piano

Track 4

Schubert, Franz. Gretchen am Spinnrade D. 118 (1814)
-Renee Fleming, soprano; Christoph Eschenbach, piano

Track 5

Schubert. Erlkönig D. 328 (1815)
-Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano

Track 6

Schubert. Wandrers Nachtlied II D. 768 (1824)
-Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano

Track 7

Schubert. Auf dem Wasser zu singen D. 774 (1823)
-Renee Fleming, soprano; Christoph Eschenbach, piano

Tracks 8-9

Rossini, Gioacchino. Barber of Seville; Quintet from Act II (1816)
-Marilyn Horne-Rosina; Paolo Barbacini-Count; Leo Nucci-Figaro; Enzo Dara-Bartolo; Samuel Ramey-Basilio; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Track 10

Liszt, Franz. Overture to Tannhauser, Concert Paraphrase (1848)
-Leslie Howard, piano

Track 11

Liszt. Annes de Pelerinage, Part II, No. 1 "Sposalizio" (1838-39)
-Leslie Howard, piano

CD 3

Track 1

Chopin, Frederic. Polonaise in C# Minor, op. 26 No. 1 (1834-35)
-Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Tracks 2-5

Chopin. Mazurkas op. 17 Nos. 1-4 (1832-33)
I. No. 1 in Bb Major
II. No. 2 in E Minor
III. No. 3 in Ab Major
IV. No. 4 in A Minor
-Arthur Rubinstein, piano

Track 6

Chopin. Ballade in G Minor op. 23 (1831-35)
-Arthur Rubinstein, piano

Tracks 7-11

Berlioz, Hector. Damnation of Faust Scenes 16-20 (1846)
XVI. Invocation à la nature. "Nature immense, impénétrable et fière"
XVII. Récitatif et Chasse. "A la voûte azurée"
XVIII. La Course à Abîme. "Dans mon coeur retentit sa voix"
XIX. Pandaemonium. "Has! Irimirukarabrao! Has!"
XX. Dans le Ciel. "Laus! Hosanna!"
-Thomas Moser, Faust; José Van Dam, Mephistopheles; Orchestra and Chorus of Lyon Opera; Kent Nagano, conductor

Tracks 12-16

Schumann, Robert. Fantasiestücke op. 12 (1837)
II. Aufschwung
III. Warum?
IV. Grillen
V. In der Nacht
VI. Fabel
-Harold Bauer, piano

Tracks 17-20

Schumann. Liederkreis op. 39 (1840)
I. In der Fremde
II. Intermezzo
III. Waldesgespräch
IV. Die Stille
-Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano

CD 4

Track 1

Schumann. Liederkreis op. 39 (cont.)
V. Mondnacht
-Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano

Tracks 2-8

Mendelssohn, Felix. St. Paul op. 36 (1836)
XVI. Chorus. "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme"
XVII. Recit. "Die Männer aber, die seine Gefährten waren"
XVIII. Aria. "Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte"
XIX. Recit. "Es war aber ein Jünger zu Damaskus"
XX. Aria. "Ich danke dir, Herr, mein Gott"
XXI. Recit. "Und Ananias ging hin"
XXII. Chorus. "O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums der Weisheit"
-Helen Donath, soprano; Werner Hollweg, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass; Düsseldorf Symphony and Chorus; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor

Track 9

Mendelssohn. Trio in D Minor op. 49 (1839)
III. Scherzo; Leggiero e vivace
-Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

Tracks 10-16

Wagner, Richard. Die Walkurie. Act III Scene 3 (1854-56)
10. War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach
11. Nicht weise bin ich, doch wusst ich das eine
12. So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt
13. Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht
14. Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!
15. Denn einer nur freie die Braut
16. Loge, hör! Lausche hieher!
-George London, Wotan; Brunnhilde; Vienna Philharmonic; Georg Solti, conductor

CD 5

Tracks 1-4

Verdi, Giuseppe. Otello. Act III Scenes 1 & 2 (1887)
1. Intro. Scene 1 "La vedetta del porto has segnalato"
2. "Continua. Qui trarro Cassio"
3. Scene 2 "Dio ti giocondio, o sposo"
4. "Ester re fatta fisso"
-Luciano Pavarotti, Otello; Kiri Te Kanawa, Desdemona; Leo Nucci, Araldo; Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Georg Solti, conductor

Tracks 5-12

Mussorgsky, Modest. Boris Godunov. Clapping Game to End Act II (1868-69)
5. "Skázochka pro to I pro syo"
6. "Chevó? Al lyúti zvyer nasyédku vsplolkhnúl?"
7. "Dostíg ya v´yshey vlásti."
8. "Véchor, Púshkina kholóp prishól’s donósom na Shúyskovo"
9. "moy syn, dityá moyó rodnóye!"
10. "A, preslávny tiriyá"
11. "Vzyát’ myéry, syey zhe chas"
12. "Úgliche v sobóre pred vsyem naródom pyat"
-Glafira Koroleva, Feodor; Nina Grigorieva, Nurse; Alexander Vedernikov, Boris; Elena Shkolnikova, Xenia; Andrei Sokolov, Shuisky; USSR TV and Radio Symphony and Chorus; Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor

Track 13

Tchaikovsky, Peter. Symphony No. 4 op. 36 Mvmt. 1 (1877)
I. Andante sostenuto; Moderato con anima
-St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Yuri Temrikanov, conductor

CD 6

Track 1

Brahms, Johannes. Concert for Violin in D Major op. 77 Mvmt I. (1878)
1. Allegro non troppo
-Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor

Track 2

Strauss, Richard. Don Juan, op. 20 (1888)
-Chicago Symphony; Fritz Reiner, conductor

Track 3

Wolf, Hugo. Er ist’s (1888)
-Felicity Lott, soprano; Geoffrey Parsons, piano

Track 4

Wolf. Das verlassene Mägdlein (1888)
-Felicity Lott, soprano; Geoffrey Parsons, piano

Track 5

Schubert, Franz. Kennst du das Land
-Janet Baker, mezzo soprano; Gerald Moore, piano

Track 6

Schumann, Robert. Kennst du das Land
-Helen Watts, soprano; Irwin Gage, piano

Track 7

Wolf, Hugo. Kennst du das Land (1888)
-Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Gerald Moore, piano

Track 8

Weber, Carl Maria von. Der Freischutz. Wolfs Glen Scene (1821)
-Theo Adam, Kaspar; Peter Schreier, Max; Staatskapelle Dresden; Carlos Kleiber, conductor