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From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music – many musical expressions are also explained – with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years. From Gregorian chant to Stravinsky and Gorecki, 150 musical excerpts illustrate the narrative.
Read by Robert Powell.
From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music – many musical expressions are also explained – with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years. From Gregorian chant to Stravinsky and Gorecki, 150 musical excerpts illustrate the narrative.
Read by Robert Powell.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Chant for Good Friday by Anonymous
Performer:
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Nova Schola Gregoriana
Period: Medieval
Length: 4 Minutes 53 Secs.
2.
Ambrosian Chant for Epiphany: example by Anonymous
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Kasia Elsner (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
In Dulci Jubilo Children's Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: Europe
Length: 1 Minutes 27 Secs.
3.
Work(s): [Unspecified] by Hildegard of Bingen
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Kasia Elsner (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1140-1179
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
4.
Presul nostri temporis, conductus for 3 voices (attributed) by Pérotin
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Gothic Voices
Period: Medieval
Written: by 1230; France
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs.
5.
Je Ne Puis . . . Amors Me Tienent . . . Veritatem, for consort by Anonymous
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Gothic Voices
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs.
6.
Cantiga de Santa María 322, A Virgen, que de Deus Madre éste, Filla e criada by Alfonso X (El Sabio)
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Unicorn
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; Spain
Length: 5 Minutes 40 Secs.
7.
Saltarello No. 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987) by Anonymous
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Unicorn
Period: Medieval
Written: 1340-1400
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.
8.
Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Gloria by Guillaume de Machaut
Performer:
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1364; France
Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs.
9.
Per seguir la speranza, ballata for 3 voices, S. 112 by Francesco Landini
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Gothic Voices
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1350-1397
Length: 9 Minutes 52 Secs.
10.
Ce jour de l'an by Guillaume Dufay
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Unicorn
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; France
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
11.
Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices: L'homme arm by Guillaume Dufay
Performer:
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Written: circa 1460; France
Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs.
12.
Intemerata Dei mater by Johannes Ockeghem
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; Flanders, Belgium
Length: 9 Minutes 4 Secs.
13.
Saltarello No. 2 (British Library Ms. 29987) by Anonymous
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Unicorn
Length: 6 Minutes 4 Secs.
14.
Ave Maria gratia plena by Loyset Compčre
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Joseph Payne (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Written: circa 1470
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
15.
Missa Sine nomine (unspecified of 4): Kyrie by Giovanni Palestrina
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Renaissance
Written: Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
16.
O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not by Orlando Gibbons
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Written: 17th Century; England
Length: 9 Minutes 38 Secs.
17.
Mass, for 4 voices, P. 31: Sanctus by Thomas Tallis
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs.
18.
Mass for 5 Voices: Kyrie by William Byrd
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs.
19.
Work(s) by William Byrd
Performer:
Timothy Roberts (Keyboards),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano)
Period: Renaissance
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
20.
Réveillez vous cueurs endormis ŕ 4, M 2 no 67 "Le chant des oiseaux" by Clément Janequin
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
The Scholars of London
Period: Renaissance
Written: circa 1520; France
Length: 5 Minutes 57 Secs.
21.
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni, motet for 5 voices, W. 8/57 by Carlo Gesualdo
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1603
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
22.
Thule, the period of cosmographie by Thomas Weelkes
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1600; England
Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs.
23.
Second Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 2, Flow, my teares by John Dowland
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Dorothy Linell (Lute),
Steven Richards (),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1600; England
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
24.
Oy voy by Anonymous
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accentus Austria (Early Music)
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.
25.
Thus the gloomy world at first began to shine (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629/43 by Henry Purcell
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
26.
Work(s): Vi Ricorda by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Tom [Tenor Vocal] Phillips (),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Baroque
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
27.
Madrigals, Book 6: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 5" by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1614; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 2 Secs.
28.
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, dramatic cantata (from Book 8), SV 153: excerpt by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1638; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs.
29.
Work(s): Lamento de castrato by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna
Period: Baroque
Length: 5 Minutes 36 Secs.
30.
Te Deum Laudamus ("The Song of St. Ambrose" from Morning Service), for soloists, chorus & orchestra by Henry Purcell
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1681
Length: 6 Minutes 22 Secs.
31.
When I am laid in earth (from "Dido and Aeneas"), soprano aria (Dido's Lament), Z. 626/38b by Henry Purcell
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689; United Kingdom
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
32.
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
33.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": no 1, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Mátyás Antal
Period: Baroque
Written: 02/23/1713; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs.
34.
Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049: 3rd movement, Presto by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Bohdan Warchal
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; ?Cöthen, Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs.
35.
Pičces de clavecin, Book 2: Ordre 6 in B flat major - Les baricades mistérieuses by François Couperin
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Alan Cuckston (Keyboards),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; Paris, France
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
36.
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue no 1 in C major, BWV 846 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Jénö Jandó (Keyboards),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1722; Cöthen, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
37.
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Wolfgang Rübsam (Organ),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708-1717; Weimar, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs.
38.
Concerto for Cello in B flat major, RV 423 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Raphael Wallfisch (Cello),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Nicholas Kraemer
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
39.
Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Takako Nishizaki (Violin),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs.
40.
Work(s): Sinfonia No. 4: Adagio non molto by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Hanspeter Gmür
Period: Classical
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
41.
Symphony No. 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6: Adagio--Allegro by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Nicholas Ward
Period: Classical
Written: 1761
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
42.
Symphony No. 96 in D major ("Miracle"), H. 1/96: Adagio by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Barry Wordsworth
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Capella Istropolitana
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
43.
Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 54 no 2/H 3 no 57 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kodaly Quartet (Strings),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Eszterhazá, Hungary
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
44.
Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Jénö Jandó (Piano),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 25 Secs.
45.
String Quartet No. 1 in G major ("Lodi"), K. 80 (K. 73f): Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Éder String Quartet (Strings),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Classical
Written: 1770
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs.
46.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Der Hölle Rache by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Donna Robin (Voice),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Michael Halász
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs.
47.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Capella Istropolitana
Period: Classical
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
48.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Lŕ ci darem la mano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Andreas Martin (Voice),
Donna Robin (Voice),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Period: Classical
Written: 1787
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
49.
Cosě fan tutte, K 588: Soave sia il vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Johannes Wildner
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs.
50.
Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Confutais maledictis by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Zdenek Kosler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.
51.
Quartet for Strings no 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 no 6: 1st movement, Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kodaly Quartet (Strings),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
52.
Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Jénö Jandó (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
53.
Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 4th movement, Finale - Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Richard Edlinger
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1822-1824; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
54.
Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": 1st movement, Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Stefan Vladar (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Barry Wordsworth
Period: Classical
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
55.
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.
56.
Harold en Italie, Op. 16: Allegro frenetico by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Yoav Talmi
Period: Romantic
Written: 07/1834
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.
57.
Seligkeit, D 433 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Peter H. Hill (Piano),
Lynda Russell (),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.
58.
Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D 667/Op. 114 "Trout" by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Jénö Jandó (Piano),
Kodaly Quartet (Strings),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1819; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs.
59.
Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished": 2nd movement, Andante con moto by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Michael Halász
Period: Romantic
Written: 1822; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs.
60.
Rondo for Piano in C minor, Op. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Idil Biret (Piano),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Poland
Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs.
61.
Polonaises (2) for Piano, Op. 40: no 1 in A major, B 120 "Military" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Idil Biret (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Poland
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs.
62.
Work(s): Merry Peasant by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Balazs Szkolay (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Period: Romantic
Length: 1 Minutes 0 Secs.
63.
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: Langsam by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Maria Kliegel (Cello),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Andrew Constantine
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
64.
Work(s) by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Zdenek Kosler
Period: Romantic
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
65.
Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World": 2nd movement, Largo by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; USA
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
66.
Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65: no 6, Wedding day at Trolhaugen by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; Norway
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
67.
Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16: 1st movement, Allegro molto moderato - Excerpt(s) by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Jénö Jandó (Piano)
Conductor:
András Ligeti
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868/1907; Norway
Length: 0 Minutes 52 Secs.
68.
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46: Excerpt(s) by César Franck
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
François-Joël Thiollier (Piano)
Conductor:
Antonio de Almeida
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; France
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs.
69.
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Daniel Nazareth
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
70.
Faust Symphony (I & II), for orchestra or soloist, male chorus & orchestra, S. 108 (LW G12): Final C by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
András Molnár ()
Conductor:
András Ligeti
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1857
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs.
71.
Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic": 3rd movement, Scherzo by Anton Bruckner
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Günter Neuhold
Period: Romantic
Written: Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 26 Secs.
72.
Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68: 1st movement, Poco sostenuto-Allegro by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Alexander Rahbari
Period: Romantic
Written: 1855-1876; Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 5 Secs.
73.
Das Lied von der Erde: no 1, Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde by Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Thomas [Tenor Vocal] Harper (),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Michael Halász
Period: Romantic
Written: 1908-1909; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 7 Secs.
74.
Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Antoni Wit
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
75.
Romeo and Juliet Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Antoni Wit,
Adrian Leaper
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869/1880; Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
76.
Symphony No. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74: Finale by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Antoni Wit
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
77.
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Allegro molto vivace by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Takako Nishizaki (Violin),
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Kenneth Jean
Period: Romantic
Written: 09/16/1844; Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs.
78.
German Requiem, Op. 45: Herr, lehre doch mich by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Eduard Tumagian (Voice),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Alexander Rahbari
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1868; Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 10 Secs.
79.
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Quintet from Act II by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Conductor:
Will Humburg
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
80.
Le Prophčte: Coronation March by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Richard Hayman
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 30 Secs.
81.
I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Luba Orgonasova (Voice),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Will Humburg
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 6 Secs.
82.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Vincenzo La Scola (),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Pier G. Morandi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 36 Secs.
83.
Work(s): Works: Can-Can & other Dances by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Johannes Wildner
Period: Romantic
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
84.
Carmen: Toréador, en garde! by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Alexander Rahbari
Period: Romantic
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
85.
Nabucco: Va, pensiero by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Richard Fawkes (Programming),
Simon Weir (Programming)
Conductor:
Oliver von Dohnányi
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
86.
Deo gracias Anglia, carol (a.k.a. "Our King Went Forth") by Anonymous
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford Camerata
Period: Medieval
Length: 6 Minutes 24 Secs.
87.
Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 15: Sonata octavi toni for 12 parts, C. 185 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Simon Weir (Programming),
Kasia Elsner (Lute),
Jennifer Purvis (Organ),
Jennifer Purvis (Piano),
Richard Fawkes (Programming)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra members
Period: Renaissance
Written: Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
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