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Music: An Appreciation, Fifth Edition, Second Brief Edition Roger Kamien

Release: , Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 184, Length: 3:48:47, Barcode: [none]
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1 Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 1a. Main Melody 0:22
2 Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 1b. Brass Melody 0:55
3 Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 2. Contrasting oboe melody 0:56
4 Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 3a. Main Melody 0:48
5 Hotter Than That: 1. All instruments, trumpet predominates 0:43
6 Hotter Than That: 3. Clarinet 0:36
7 Hotter Than That: 4. Voice, guitar accompaniment 0:35
8 Hotter Than That: 5. Twangy voice imitated by guitar 0:23
9 Hotter Than That: 6a. Muted trombone 0:15
10 Hotter Than That: 6b. Trumpet, all instruments join 0:30
11 "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 1a. March theme, homophonic 0:15
12 "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 1b. March theme, polyphonic 0:15
13 "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 2a. Dance theme, homophonic 0:52
14 "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 3a. March theme, monophonic 0:48
15 "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 4. Dance and march themes combined, polyphonic 0:53
16 "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 1. A 1:13
17 "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 2. B 0:33
18 "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 3. A' 0:34
19 "Badinerie" from Suite No. 2 in B Minor: 1. Part A (repeated) 0:31
20 "Badinerie" from Suite No. 2 in B Minor: 2. Part B (repeated) 0:55
21 Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 1. Section A 0:23
22 Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 2. Section B 1:20
23 Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 3. Section A 0:29
24 Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 1. Agnus Dei (I) 0:58
25 Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 2. Agnus Dei (II) 1:12
26 Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 3. Agnus Dei (III) 1:10
27 "Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave Maria gratia plena", duple meter 2:49
28 "Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave, vera virginitas", triple meter 0:25
29 "Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave, praeclara omnibus", duple meter 1:32
30 As Vesta Was Descending 2:57
31 "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 1a. Opening ritornello 0:20
32 "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 1b. First solo section 0:29
33 "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 2b. Solo section 2:04
34 "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 5c. New theme in minor, solo section 3:26
35 "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 8c. Harpsichord solo 3:27
36 Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 1a. Subject, soprano voice alone 1:14
37 Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 1e. Brief episode 0:38
38 Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 3a. Sunject in alto, major key 2:15
39 "Tu se' morta" from "Orfeo", Act II 2:24
40 "La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 1a. Opening ritornello: Spring has come 0:30
41 "La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 1b. Song of the birds 0:40
42 "La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 2b. Murmuring streams 0:29
43 "La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 3b. Thunder and lightning 0:33
44 "La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 4b. Song of the birds 1:06
45 Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": String ritornello 0:37
46 Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": "Zion hört die Wächter singen" 1:58
47 Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": "Nun kommen, du werte Kron" 1:24
48 Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Seventh Movement, Chorale: "Gloria sei dir gesungen" 1:48
49 Messiah: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted 3:30
50 Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: Opening, homophonic 0:26
51 Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "For the Lord God", monophonic 0:23
52 Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "For the Lord God" combined with "Hallelujah", polyphonic 0:27
53 Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "The kingdom of this world", hymnlike homophonic texture 0:21
54 Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "And He shall reign for ever and ever", monophonic, then polyphonic imitation 0:23
55 Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: Rising sequence on "King of Kings-for ever and ever" 1:51
56 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 1a. First Theme 0:24
57 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 2a. Bridge 0:28
58 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 3a. Second theme 0:35
59 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 4a. Closing section 0:35
60 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 4b. Exposition is repeated 2:04
61 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: Development (LO 1-3) 1:17
62 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: 1a. First Theme 1:15
63 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: 3a. Second Theme 1:11
64 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: Coda (LO 1a) 0:25
65 Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Theme 1:06
66 Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 1 1:05
67 Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 2 1:07
68 Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 3 1:03
69 Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 4 1:21
70 Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Closing section 0:31
71 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Minuet (A) 0:41
72 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Trio (B) 0:55
73 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Minuet (A) 0:24
CD #2
1 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme A 0:32
2 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme B 0:43
3 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme A 0:29
4 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme C 2:32
5 Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Orchestral introduction 3:05
6 Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): String tremolo, the Commandant appears 1:04
7 Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Andante, "Ah, soccorso!", the Commandant's agonized last gasps 1:09
8 Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Recitative, accompanied by harpsichord, "Leporello, ove sei?" 0:25
9 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 1a. First theme in orchestra 0:32
10 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 2a. Bridge 0:23
11 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 3a. Second theme 1:08
12 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Second Exposition: 1a. First theme in piano 2:17
13 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Development: 1a. Development theme in strings 1:40
14 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Recapitulation: 1a. First theme in strings 3:00
15 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Candenza: 5c. piano solo 1:33
16 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 1a. First theme 0:20
17 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 2a. Bridge 0:25
18 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 3a. Second theme 0:22
19 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 4a. Triumphant melody 0:20
20 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Exposition is repeated 1:28
21 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Development (LO,1-2) 1:21
22 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Recapitulation (LO,1-4) 1:38
23 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Coda (LO,1-3) 1:38
24 Erlkönig: Piano introduction 0:56
25 Erlkönig: Father, "Mein Sohn", low register 0:07
26 Erlkönig: Son, "Siehst, Vater", higher register 0:25
27 Erlkönig: Erlking, "Du liebes Kind", coaxing tune, major 0:24
28 Erlkönig: Son, outcry, "Mein Vater" 0:41
29 Erlkönig: Son, outcry, "Mein Vater", higher than before 1:39
30 Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A (minor): 1a. Main violin melody 0:37
31 Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A (minor): 1c. Long trills in violin 0:10
32 Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section B (major): 2a. New soaring phrase beginning with trill 0:13
33 Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section B (major): 2b. Playful phrase 0:52
34 Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A' (minor): 3a. Main violin melody 0:57
35 Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Main melody 0:25
36 Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Decorated repetition of main melody 0:26
37 Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Subordinate melody played with rubato 3:17
38 "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 1a. Rapid falling chords, syncopated fragment 0:41
39 "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 2a. High lyrical theme in octaves 0:31
40 "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 3. Low "processional theme" 0:12
41 "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section B: 4a. Sudden p, syncopated main theme varied 0:37
42 "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A': 5. Syncopated main theme 2:00
43 "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Coda: 8a. Faster tempo 0:42
44 "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Introduction 1:46
45 "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Idée fixe" as dance tune 1:40
46 "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Dies irae" in tubas and bassoons 0:31
47 "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Dies irae" in quick rhythm 1:22
48 "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Fugue subject (witches' dance) 2:45
49 "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Witches' dance set against "Dies irae" 1:49
50 The Moldau: 1a. Two springs 1:01
51 The Moldau: 2. The river 1:49
52 The Moldau: 3a. Forest hunt 1:03
53 The Moldau: 4a. Peasant wedding 1:25
54 The Moldau: 5a. Moonlight: dance of water nymphs 3:26
55 The Moldau: 7a. The rapids 1:14
56 The Moldau: 8. The river at its widest point; river theme in major 1:56
57 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A: Theme (A) 0:17
58 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A: Variation 1 2:59
59 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: B: Variation 12 (B) 2:48
60 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A': Variation 16 (A') 4:07
CD #3
1 La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Openings of scene 4:11
2 La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Rodolfo's Aria: "Che gelida manina" 4:38
3 La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Mimi's Aria: "Mi chiamano Mimi" 5:17
4 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): Sieglinde, Wie die Stirn so offen steht 0:19
5 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Valhalla" leitmotif 1:07
6 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Love" leitmotif 0:53
7 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Volsung" leitmotif together with "Sword" leitmotif 2:53
8 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): Voice, downward octave leaps, "Notung" 0:28
9 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Sword" leitmotif 0:48
10 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Spring" leitmotif 0:59
11 "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Sword" leitmotif 0:31
12 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1a. Main melody, unaccompanied flute (A) 0:54
13 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1b. Flute melody, strings accompany 1:03
14 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1c. Flute melody, strings accompany 1:43
15 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 2b. New oboe melody 1:15
16 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": B: 3a. New legato melody in woodwinds (B) 1:49
17 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A': 4a. Harp accompanies flute melody (A') 1:16
18 Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A': 5a. Antique cymbals, flute melody 2:23
19 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Introduction", solo bassoonn 2:40
20 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: Repeated four-note figure 0:20
21 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens" 0:46
22 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens", bassoons, melodic fragment a 0:57
23 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens", French horn, melodic fragment b 0:36
24 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens", trumpets, melodic fragment c 0:59
25 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Ritual of Abduction" 0:52
26 "Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Ritual of Abduction", powerful accents and rapid changes of meter 0:28
27 A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46: Orchestral introduction 3:45
28 A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46: "They started slowly, and irregularly" 2:18
29 Five Pieces for Orchestra. Op. 10, No. 3 (Very slow and extremely calm) 1:32
30 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 1. Solo side drum 0:32
31 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 3a. Two oboes 0:27
32 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 4a. Two clarinets 0:20
33 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 5a. Two flutes 0:41
34 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 6. Two muted trumpets 0:46
35 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: B: 1a. Brasses, hymnlike melody 1:00
36 Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A': 1. Two bassoons, opening melody, third bassoon in background 2:19
37 "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Theme 0:36
38 "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 1 0:26
39 "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 2 0:47
40 "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 3 0:24
41 "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 4 0:15
42 "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 5 0:31
43 Poème électronique (excerpt) 2:46
44 "Concerto Grosso 1985", first movement: Maestoso: 1a. Orchestra in unison 0:34
45 "Concerto Grosso 1985", first movement: Maestoso: 1c. Handel quotation 2:11
46 "Nixon in China", Act I, scene 2, opening 4:15
47 "Tonight" Ensemble from "West Side Story": 1a. Orchestra 1:25
48 "Tonight" Ensemble from "West Side Story": 1d. Tony, lyrical "Tonight" melody 2:17
49 Song from Angola (Gangele song) 1:29
50 Mitamba Yalagala Kumchuzi 1:34
51 Godan Ginuta (excerpt) 2:49