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Performers

• Shira Kammen (Vielle)
• David Russell (Guitar)
• Joseph Silverstein (Violin)
• Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)
• William Tritt (Piano)
• Michael Chertock (Piano)
• Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
• John O'Conor (Piano)
• Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
• Horacio Gutierrez (Piano)
• Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Gloria Cheng (Piano)
• Michael Bishop (Sound Effects)

Conductors

• Bishop, Michael
• Botstein, Leon
• Dohnanyi, Christoph von
• Kunzel, Erich
• Levi, Yoel
• Maazel, Lorin
• MacKenzie, Norman
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Ozawa, Seiji
• Pearlman, Martin
• Previn, Andre
• Runnicles, Donald
• Shaw, Robert
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Spano, Robert
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• Cleveland Quartet
• Empire Brass & Friends
• Ensemble Galilei
• Ensemble P.A.N. [Project Ars Nova]

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Anonymous, Worcester Antiphonarium (1230 - 1230)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555 - 1612)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Michael Gandolfi (1956 - )
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Anonymous, Cantigas de Santa Maria
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Guillaume Dufay (circa 1400 - 1474)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• John Adams (Composer) (1947 - )
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Anonymous, Trouvères
• Étienne du Tertre (15th Century - 15th Century)

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Works Details

Hildegard of Bingen : O viridissima virga :: Excerpt

• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Anonymous, Cantigas de Santa Maria : Work(s) :: Cantigas Nos. 7 & 338

• Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.

Anonymous, Worcester Antiphonarium : Salve virgo virginum

• Ensemble: Ensemble P.A.N. [Project Ars Nova]
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.

Anonymous, Trouvères : Au renouvel

• Performer: Shira Kammen (Vielle)
• Ensemble: Ensemble P.A.N. [Project Ars Nova]
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Dufay, Guillaume : Tibi, Christe, splendor patris, hymn for 3 voices

• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Étienne du Tertre (15th Century - 15th Century) : Pavane & Galliard (from Attaignant's Danceries, 1557)

• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1557

Lassus, Orlando de : S'io fusse ciaul'ettu, villanelle for 4 voices, S. x/92

• Running Time: 1 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Tallis, Thomas : I call and cry to thee

• Conductor: Norman MacKenzie
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1575

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Canzon in echo, for 12 parts, C. 192

• Ensemble: Empire Brass & Friends
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Lassus, Orlando de : Lauda anima mea Dominum, motet for 4 voices, M. ix (S. iii/75)

• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dowland, John : Come away, song arranged for lute, P 60

• Performer: David Russell (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Monteverdi, Claudio : Vespers of the Blessed Virgin

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1610

Purcell, Henry : Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge" :: Rondeau

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

• Performer: Joseph Silverstein (Violin)
• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: 1. Air

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: And He Shall Purify

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 :: Variation 1

• Performer: Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1741

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 :: 1. Allegro

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 9 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Overture

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: 2. Romance

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 :: 2. Andante

• Performer: William Tritt (Piano)
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Running Time: 6 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550 :: 1. Molto Allegro

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1788

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Lacrimosa

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Amen

• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Quartet for Strings no 64 in D major ("Largo"), Op. 76/5, H. 3/79 :: 1. Allegretto - Allegro

• Ensemble: Cleveland Quartet
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1797

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Performer: Michael Chertock (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" :: 1. Allegro ma non troppo "Awakening of happy feeling

• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor" :: 3. Rondo

• Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 10 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1809

Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94

• Performer: John O'Conor (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1823

Schubert, Franz : "Trout" Quintet

• Performer: John O'Conor (Piano)
• Ensemble: Cleveland Quartet
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1819

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" :: 4. Presto (excerpt)

• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Running Time: 11 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Morning Mood

• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt)

• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Bacchanale

• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Running Time: 7 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Scherzo

• Conductor: Michael Bishop
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180

• Performer: John O'Conor (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Brahms, Johannes : German Requiem, Op. 45 :: Wie lie

• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1857-1868

Mussorgsky, Modest : Night on the Bare Mountain

• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 10 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1938

Bizet, Georges : Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2 :: Danse Boheme

• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Notes: Composition written: 1875.
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: 2. Dies irae (excerpt)

• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83

• Conductor: Yoel Levi
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: 4. Pie Jesu

• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74 :: 2. Allegro con grazia

• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Running Time: 7 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection" :: 5. Im Tempo des Scherzos - Wild herausfahrend Allegro en

• Performer: Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1888-1894

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 10 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra :: Excerpt

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia Hymn (Finlandia Hymni), for chorus & organ (or harmonium), Op. 113/12

• Conductor: Yoel Levi
• Running Time: 8 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1938

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

• Performer: Horacio Gutierrez (Piano)
• Conductor: David Zinman
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32/H 125 :: Mars, the Bringer of War (excerpt)

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914-1916

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird :: Infernal Dance of King Kastchei

• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1910

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: Fortune, Empress of the World (O

• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47 :: 2. Allegretto

• Conductor: Yoel Levi
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1937

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: Montagues and Capulets (excerpt)

• Conductor: Yoel Levi
• Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1935-1936

Copland, Aaron : Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments :: Excerpt

• Conductor: Robert Spano
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1943-1944

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 :: 4. Intermezzo interrotto

• Conductor: Leon Botstein
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1943-1945

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010) : Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs") :: 1. Lento

• Performer: Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Donald Runnicles
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1976

Adams, John : China Gates, for piano

• Performer: Gloria Cheng (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1977

Gandolfi, Michael : The Garden of Cosmic Speculation :: The Willowtwist

• Performer: Michael Bishop (Sound Effects)
• Conductor: Robert Spano
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2007