CMU SUMMARY PLAYLISTRepertoire + Listening for Musicians Intro

Week I / To BeginBrahms: Academic Festival Overture (RPO/Previn; Telarc 80155

and Berlin Phil/Harnoncourt; Teldec 0630-13136-2)

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture (Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood; L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 416-2)

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto 4 (Orch of the Age of Enlightenment; Virgin 90747-2)

Tartini: Sonata in G minor, Devil’s Trill (Milstein, 1939; QT 99-331)

Anonymous: Chants for Compline (Schola Hungarica/Lazsló Hentay; Hungariton HCD 31086)

Moniot: “Ce fu en mai” (Hilliar/Lawrence-King; Harmonia Mundi HMU 907184)

Victoria: Motet “O quam gloriosum” (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Cleobury; Argo 410 149-2)

Schubert: “Ganymed” (Pears/Britten, 1969; BBC 8015-2)

Traditional: Pygmy Children’s Singing Game of the Aka People DeKnight: “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” (Bill Haley & the Comets, 1954)

Mussorgsky: Coronation Scene fr Boris Godunov(Kirov Opera Chorus & Orch/Gergiev; Philips 442 775-2)

Page, Plant & Jones:“Black Dog” (Led Zeppelin; Atlantic 82638-2)

Week II / Beethoven’s MonumentsLeonin: “Alleluya” – “Video cellos apertos” (Orlando Consort; Archiv 453 487-2)

Anonymous: Saltarello & Trotto (NY’s Ens for Early Music; Lyrichord LEMS 8016)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor (Hess/BBCSO/Sargent, 1957; BBC 4028)

Quartet, Op. 59/2 (Guarneri Qrt; RCA 60457)

Symphony No. 5 (VPO/C. Kleiber; DG 447 400-2)

Symphony No. 6 (London Classical Players/Norrington; EMI 49746)

Week III / Mahler’s FifthMahler: Symphony No. 5 (VPO/Bernstein; DG 435 162/75-2)

Strayhorn: Take the A Train (Previn, et al.; EMI 54917and Duke Ellington Orch; Essential 39422and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; CBS/Columbia Sony 61439)

Week IV / Early MusicPlainchant “Benedicta es” (Tallis Scholars/Phillips; Gimell )

Perotin: “Viderunt omnes” (Hilliard Ens; ECM 1385)

Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass (Tallis Scholars/Phillips; Gimell 339 or Choir of Westminster Abbey/Preston; Archiv 415 517-2)

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (LSO/Thomson; Chandos 8502)

Dowland: Lute Fantasy No. 7 (O’Dette; Harmonia Mundi 907161 or Lindberg; Bis 722/4)

Sanz: Canarios (Chatham Baroque; Dorian 90284)

Praetorius: Terpsichore Dances, selections (New London Consort/Pickett; L’Oiseau-Lyre 414 633-2)

Dead Can Dance: Aion, Saltarello, Mephisto, Wilderness, The Promised Womb, The Garden of Zephirus

Britten: Courtly Dances fr Gloriana (RPO/Previn; Telarc 80126)

Week V / A Baroque SamplerJ. S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins (Harnoncourt/Pfeiffer/Concentus MusicusWien/Harnoncourt;

Teldec 8.41227)

Handel: Fireworks Music (Concert of Nations/Savall; Astrée 9920 or Winds/Mackerras; Testament 1253)

J. S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Murray; Telarc 80088)

Bach-Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel; Telarc 80129)

J. S. Bach: Chaconne fr Solo Violin Partita No. 2 (Hahn; Sony 62793)

Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Demidenko; Hyperion 67324)

(optional)Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 (Auger/Yale Cellos/Parisot; Delos 3041

or de los Angeles/ORTF cellos/Villa Lobos; EMI 61015)

Handel: Menuets I and II fr Fireworks Music with fireworks and cannons! (Winds/Mackerras; Testament 1253)

Week VI / Bach’s B minor MassBach: Mass in B minor (Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner, et al.;

Archiv 415 514/6-2)

Begin reviewing for midterm

Week VII / A Classical SamplerMozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter, K. 551 (Sinfonia Varsovia/Menuhin; Virgin 91082)

Haydn: Quartet, Op. 64/5, Lark (Fine Arts Qrt; Lodia 7701)

Mozart: Wind Serenade in c, K. 388 (Cham Orch of Europe members/Schneider; ASV COE 802)

Mozart: “Alleluia” fr Exultate Jubilate, K. 165 (Raskin/Cleveland Orch/Szell; CBS Sony 45813)

Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 (Catemario/Vienna Acad/Haselböck; BBC 12/5)

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto (Schwartz/NY Cham Sym; Delos 3001)

Continue reviewing for midterm

Week VIII / AfricaMidterm listening test

(optional) Music of Africa (compilation) Verdi: Aïda, Act II – “Gloria all’Egitto” & Grand March (Chor of the Royal

Opera House, Covent Garden/Philharmonia Orch/Muti; EMI CDC 7 47274 2)

Aïda, Act IV (Price/Vickers/GorrTozzi/Rome Opera Orch & Chor/Solti, 1962)

Week IX / A Romantic SamplerWagner: Prelude & Liebestod fr Tristan & Isolde (Norman/LSO/C. Davis;

Philips 412 655-2)

Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet (CSO/Solti; London 430 442-2) CD 3450

Liszt: Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (Kocsis; Philips 420 174-2)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6(Argerich; DG 453 576/80-2)

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (LPO/Sawallisch; EMI 54060)

Schubert: “Shepherd on the Rock” (Valenti/Wright/Serkin; Sony 48176)

Week X / The Brits—A Nation’s MusicTallis: “If ye love me” (Ens Amercord; Apollon 10201)

Byrd: “Ave verum corpus” (Cambridge Singers/Rutter; Collegium 107)

Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches, selections1 (New Sym Orch of London/Boult; Chesky 53)

4 (BBCSO/A. Davis; Teldec 9031-73278)

Walton: Henry V Suite (Bournemouth Sym/Litton; London 448 134-2)

Anon.: (John Johnson?) Green SleevesGrimstock

(Musicians of Swanne Alley; Virgin 90789)

Bax: Tintagel (Ulster Orch/Thomson; Chandos 8312)

A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles, 1964; Parlophone 46441) Lennon/McCartney: “A Hard Day’s Night”

Help! (The Beatles, 1965; Parlophone 46441) Lennon: “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”McCartney: “Yesterday”

Revolver (The Beatles, 1966; Parlophone 46441) McCartney: “Eleanor Rigby”Harrison: “I Want to Tell You”Lennon “Tomorrow Never Knows”

(optional)Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise (Boston Pops/Williams;

Philips 420 946-2)

Week XI / Harlem & HollywoodJazz survey (compilation)

Bolcom: Graceful Ghost (Cardenes/Manriquez; Ocean 103)

(optional)Rózsa: Spellbound Concerto (BBCSO/Slatkin; BBC 12/2)

Week XII / The 20th CenturyProkofiev: Romeo & Juliet selections (Suisse Romande Orch/Jordan; Erato 2292-45817-2)

Ravel: Mother Goose (Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano; DG 427 259/61-2)

Stravinsky: Suite (1919) fr The Firebird (Atlanta Sym/Shaw; Telarc 80039)

Menotti: The Consul, selections (Spoleto Festival/Hickox, 1998; Chandos CHAN 9706)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (National Sym Orch/Rostropovich; Teldec 94557)

Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (Krakov Phil/Czepiel; POLmusic 1-1989-1024)

Weill: “Mack the Knife” fr The Three-Penny Opera (Lenya/orch/Bean; CBS/Sony 42658)

Little Three-Penny Music (Orch of St Luke’s/Rudel; Music Masters 60164A)

(optional)Honegger: Pacific 231 (Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Dutoit; Erato 3984-21340-2)

Week XIII / Orff Rocks Orff: Carmina Burana (Atlanta Sym Orch & Chorus/Shaw; Telarc 80056)

Rock music survey (compilation)

Week XIV / American PieAdams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine (SF Sym/Dewaart; Nonesuch 79144-2)

Geo. David Weiss: “What a wonderful world” (Armstrong/orch/Goodman; CBS 61440)

Dvorak: Quartet, American (Talich Qrt; Calliope 6217.0 or Cleveland Qrt; Telarc 80283)

Harris: Symphony No. 3 (NY Phil/Bernstein; DG 419 780-2)

Still: Symphony No. 1, Afro-American (DSO/Järvi; Chandos 9154)

Thompson: “Alleluia” (Duquesne University Chamber Singers/Allred; Musica Sacra)

Thanksgiving Break

Week XV / Christmas GiftsWagner: Siegfried Idyll (Staatskapelle Dresden/Runnicles; Teldec 0630-17109-2)

Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/8, Christmas (Ens 415/Banchini; Harmonia Mundi 901 406.07)

Thomas: Eight Slices of Nature (Pittsburgh New Music Ens/Stock; Marilyn Taft Thomas 2008)

Review for final

Week XVIFinal listening test