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 Classical Prep School - Essential Music
Release Date: 08/11/2009 
Label:  Telarc   Catalog #: 80749   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Claude DebussyJohn AdamsHildegard of BingenAnonymousGuillaume Dufay
Jean Francois DutertreOrlando de LassusThomas TallisGiovanni Gabrieli
John DowlandClaudio MonteverdiHenry PurcellAntonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian BachGeorge Frideric HandelWolfgang Amadeus MozartFranz Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van BeethovenFranz SchubertEdvard GriegRichard Wagner
Camille Saint-SaënsFelix MendelssohnFrédéric ChopinJohannes Brahms
Modest MussorgskyGeorges BizetGiuseppe VerdiAntonín Dvorák
Gabriel FauréPeter Ilyich TchaikovskyGustav MahlerRichard Strauss
Jean SibeliusSergei RachmaninovGustav HolstIgor Stravinsky
Carl OrffSamuel BarberDmitri ShostakovichSergei Prokofiev
Aaron CoplandBéla BartókHenryk Mikolaj GóreckiMichael Gandolfi

Performer:  Gloria ChengShira KammenDavid RussellJoseph SilversteinSimone Dinnerstein
William TrittMichael ChertockRudolf SerkinJohn O'Conor
James Van DemarkKathleen BattleHoracio GutierrezChristine Brewer

Conductor:  Leonard SlatkinNorman MackenzieMartin PearlmanSeiji OzawaSir Charles Mackerras
Erich KunzelChristoph von DohnányiLorin MaazelYoel Levi
Michael BishopRobert ShawAndré PrevinDavid Zinman
Robert SpanoLeon BotsteinDonald Runnicles
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony OrchestraEnsemble P.A.N.Empire BrassBoston Baroque
Boston Symphony OrchestraScottish Chamber OrchestraPrague Chamber Orchestra
Cincinnati PopsCleveland String QuartetCleveland Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraAtlanta Symphony OrchestraVienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic Orchestra

Number of Discs: 4 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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1.  Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1892-1894; France 
Length: 10 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner.
Composition written: France (1892 - 1894). 
2.  China Gates by John Adams
Performer:  Gloria Cheng (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1977; USA 
Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Notes: Producers: Michael Fine; Gloria Cheng.
Engineer: Michael Fine. 
3.  O viridissima virga: Excerpt by Hildegard of Bingen
Period: Medieval 
Written: 12th Century; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Michael Bishop. 
4.  Salve virgo virginum by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble P.A.N.
Period: Medieval 
Written: 14th Century; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Michael Bishop. 
5.  Au renouvel by Anonymous
Performer:  Shira Kammen (Vielle)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble P.A.N.
Period: Medieval 
Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Michael Bishop. 
6.  Tibi, Christe, splendor patris by Guillaume Dufay
Period: Renaissance 
Written: France 
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Tony Faulkner. 
7.  Pavane and Gaillarde by Jean Francois Dutertre
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Tony Faulkner. 
8.  S'io fusse ciaul'ettu, villanelle for 4 voices, S. x/92 by Orlando de Lassus
Period: Renaissance 
Length: 1 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Tony Faulkner. 
9.  O sacrum convivium by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:  Norman Mackenzie
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 16th Century; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
10.  Canzon a 12 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Empire Brass
Period: Renaissance 
Written: Venice, Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
11.  Lauda anima mea by Orlando de Lassus
Period: Renaissance 
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Tony Faulkner. 
12.  Come away, P 60 by John Dowland
Performer:  David Russell (Guitar)
Period: Renaissance 
Written: England 
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Thomas Knab. 
13.  Vespro della Beata Vergine: Domine ad adiuvandum by Claudio Monteverdi
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1610; Mantua, Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
14.  Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge": Rondeau by Henry Purcell
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1695; England 
Length: 1 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
15.  Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Joseph Silverstein (Violin)
Conductor:  Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
16.  Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1729-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Thomas C. Moore.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Robert Friedrich. 
17.  Messiah, HWV 56: And He shall purify the sons of Levi by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; London, England 
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
18.  Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation no 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Nuremberg, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Adam Abeshouse.
Engineer: Adam Abeshouse.
Editor: Adam Abeshouse.
Composition written: Nuremberg, Germany (1741 - 1742). 
19.  Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050: 1st movement, Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720-1721; ?Cöthen, Germany 
Length: 9 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
20.  Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
21.  Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 2nd movement, Romanza by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Prague Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
22.  Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  William Tritt (Piano)
Conductor:  Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cincinnati Pops
Period: Classical 
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineers: Michael Bishop; Robert Woods. 
23.  Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550: 1st movement, Molto allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Prague Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 59 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
24.  Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
25.  Requiem in D minor, K 626: Amen by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Martin Pearlman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Baroque
Period: Classical 
Written: Vienna, Austria 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
26.  Quartet in D major, Op. 76/5: 1. Allegretto - Allegro by Franz Joseph Haydn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland String Quartet
Period: Classical 
Written: 1797; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Judith Sherman.
Engineers: Thomas Knab; Jack Renner. 
27.  Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Michael Chertock (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Erica Brenner.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
28.  Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Christoph von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
29.  Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": 3rd movement, Rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
Conductor:  Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 10 Minutes 51 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
30.  Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94: no 3 in F minor by Franz Schubert
Performer:  John O'Conor (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1823-1828; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 1 Minutes 48 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
31.  Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D 667/Op. 114 "Trout": 4th movement, Variations by Franz Schubert
Performer:  James Van Demark (Double Bass), John O'Conor (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1819; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 7 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
32.  Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 4th movement, Finale - Excerpt(s) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Christoph von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Length: 11 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
33.  Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 13, Act 4 Prelude - Morning by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875/1892; Norway 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
34.  Das Rheingold: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt) by Richard Wagner
Conductor:  Lorin Maazel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
35.  Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Bacchanale by Camille Saint-Saëns
Conductor:  Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cincinnati Pops
Written: 1877 
Length: 7 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
36.  Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Scherzo by Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor:  Yoel Levi,  Michael Bishop
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1842; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods. 
37.  Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  John O'Conor (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838-1839; Paris, France 
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Notes: Producers: James Mallinson; Robert Woods.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Michael Bishop. 
38.  German Requiem, Op. 45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1854-1868; Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
39.  Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Lorin Maazel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
Length: 10 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
40.  Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse Boheme by Georges Bizet
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
41.  Requiem: 2. Dies irae (excerpt) by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
42.  Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 2 in E minor. Allegretto scherzando by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:  Yoel Levi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Bohemia 
Length: 5 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Michael Bishop. 
43.  Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888 rev 1893; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
44.  Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Allegro con grazia by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Christoph von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
Length: 7 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
45.  Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection": 5th movement, O glaube, mein Herz by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888/1896; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
46.  Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Excerpt(s) by Richard Strauss
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1895-1896; Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
47.  Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:  Yoel Levi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Finland 
Length: 8 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Michael Bishop.
Composition written: Finland (1899 - 1900). 
48.  Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Excerpt(s) by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Horacio Gutierrez (Piano)
Conductor:  David Zinman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1934; USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
49.  The Planets, Op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War (excerpt) by Gustav Holst
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1916; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
50.  Firebird Suite: Danse infernale by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1945; USA 
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
51.  Carmina burana: no 1, O fortuna by Carl Orff
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
52.  Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; Rome, Italy 
Length: 7 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
53.  Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 2nd movement, Allegretto by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  Yoel Levi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937; USSR 
Length: 5 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Notes: Producers: Elaine Martone; Robert Woods.
Engineers: Jack Renner; Robert Woods. 
54.  Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b: Montagues and Capulets - Excerpt(s) by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:  Yoel Levi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Length: 1 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Robert Woods.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
55.  Appalachian Spring: Excerpt by Aaron Copland
Conductor:  Robert Spano
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1943-1944; USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Jack Renner. 
56.  Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116: 4th movement, Intermezzo interrotto by Béla Bartók
Conductor:  Leon Botstein
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1943; USA 
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: James Mallinson.
Engineer: Robert Friedrich. 
57.  Symphony no 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 1st movement, Lento - Excerpt(s) by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
Performer:  Christine Brewer (Soprano)
Conductor:  Donald Runnicles
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Notes: Producers: Elaine Martone; Thomas C. Moore.
Engineer: Michael Bishop. 
58.  The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: The Willowtwist by Michael Gandolfi
Conductor:  Robert Spano
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Notes: Producer: Elaine Martone.
Engineer: Michael Bishop.
Composition written: 2004 - 2007. 
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