State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label. With unprecedented access to Deutsche Grammophon‘s archives and interviews with artists, historians, producers, and engineers, it is a treasure trove of memorabilia, stories, and photographs that are assembled in this lavish book recounting 111 years of DG's recordings. At over 200 pages, and including the six CDs featured in the 111 Classic Tracks product, this is easily the most lavish history of a record label produced in quite some time.

Continue The 111th Birthday Celebration Of Deutsche Grammophon With This Limited Edition Book. This New, Large Format Book, State Of The Art, (In English/German) Presents The First Full-Length History Of The Legendary Yellow Label. With Unprecedented Access To Deutsche Grammophon`S Archives And Interviews With Artists, Historians, Producers, And Engineers, It Is A Treasure Trove Of Memorabilia, Stories, And Photographs That Are Assembled In This Lavish Book Recounting 111 Years Of Dg's Recordings. At Over 200 Pages, And Including The Six Cds Featured In The 111 Classic Tracks Product, This Is Easily The Most Lavish History Of A Record Label Produced In Quite Some Time. State Of The Art Traces The Progress Of The Label From Its Founding In 1898 Up To Its Contemporary Status And Includes Features On Such Artists As Karajan, Bohm, Abbado, Boulez, Domingo, The Emerson String Quartet, Mutter, Fischer-Dieskau, Pollini, Pires And Countless Others. For The Expert And The Casual Fan Alike, State Of The Art Is The First And Definitive Chronicle Of An Essential Institution And A Visual Account Of The Most Powerful Franchise In Classical Music

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Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian dances for orchestra :: Hungarian Dance no 5 in G minor

Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : The Art of Fugue :: Contrapunctus IX, a 4, alla Duodecima

Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1742

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Quartet for Strings in C sharp minor, Op. 131 :: 2. Allegro molto vivace

Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1826

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

Conductor: Géza Anda
Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1785

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 24 in D minor, Op. 28/24, CT. 189

Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1838-1839

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1899

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 :: Voi che sapete

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 3 in G major, Op. 28/3, CT. 168

Performer: Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1838-1839

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2, BWV 1067 :: Badinerie

Performer: Jean Soldan (Flute)
Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner
Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1738-1739

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

Performer: Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1887-1900

Debussy, Claude : Preludes 1 :: Ce qu'a vu le vent de l'ouest

Performer: Arturo Michelangeli (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1907-1910

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Havanaise)

Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Bernstein, Leonard : Candide :: Overture

Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1989

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem K. 626 :: Lacrimosa

Conductor: Karl Böhm
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1791

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (6), Op. 17

Performers: Justus Zeyen (Piano); Measha Brueggergosman (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1885-1887

Stravinsky, Igor : Le sacre du printemps :: Danse sacrale (L'Élue)

Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1911-1913

Falla, Manuel de : El amor brujo :: Canción del amor dolido

Performer: Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1915

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : L'Africaine :: O paradise dall' onde uscito

Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
Notes: Composition written: 1864.
Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1864

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in G minor, RV 325 :: 2. Largo

Performer: Giuliano Carmignola (Violin)
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: by 1742

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Bizet, Georges : Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2 :: Les Toréadors

Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Notes: Composition written: 1875.
Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875

Gould, Morton : Boogie Woogie Etude

Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1943

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

Performers: Rosalind Plowright (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor); Walter Gullino (Tenor)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Traditional, Russian : Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

Performer: André Bielecki (Voice)
Conductor: Gerge Jaroff
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.

Antonio Ruiz Pipó (1934 - 1997) : Estancias :: Danza del trigo

Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Quartet for Strings no 4, Sz. 91 :: 4. Allegretto pizzicato

Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1928

Schubert, Franz : Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 :: Der Lindenbaum

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor: Gerald Moore
Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1827

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 :: 1. Prelude

Performer: Pierre Fournier (Cello)
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Sanctus

Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 88 in G major :: 4. Finale

Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Notes: Composition written: 1787.
Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1787

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucrezia Borgia :: Il segreto per esser felici

Performer: Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1833

Johann Rosenmüller (1619 - 1684) : Vespro della Beata Vergine :: Deus in adiutorium / Domine ad adiuvandum

Performer: Nigel Robson (Tenor)
Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 16th Century

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major "Les adieux", Op. 81a :: 3. Das Wiedersehen

Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1809-1810

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: The Old Castle

Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1922

Bach, Johann Sebastian : The Well-Tempered Clavier :: Prelude in C major, BWV 846

Performer: Hélène Grimaud (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: after 1700

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 421 :: 3. Allegretto

Performer: Friedrich Gulda (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1783.
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1783

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K. 421 :: 3. Minuetto. Allegretto

Notes: Composition written: 1783.
Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1783

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042 :: 3. Allegro assai

Performer: Hilary Hahn (Violin)
Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: by 1730

Mendelssohn, Felix : On Wings of Song

Performers: Daniel Hope (Violin); Sebastian Knauer (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 10/01/1835

Scriabin, Alexander : Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2

Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1886-1889

Gershwin, George : Porgy & Bess :: It Ain't Necessarily So

Performers: Emanuel Bay (Piano); Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1935

Schubert, Franz : Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 :: Der Leiermann

Performers: Michael Raucheisen (Piano); Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1827

Strauss, Richard : Vier letzte Lieder :: Frühling

Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1948

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt, Op. 23 :: Morning Mood

Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1875

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna

Conductor: Eugen Jochum
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 9 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1807

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

Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1810

Handel, George Frideric : Joshua :: O had I Jubal's Lyre

Performer: Magdalena Kozená (Voice)
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
Notes: Composition written: 1747.
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1747

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 8 :: 3. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace

Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1890

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin in G major, Op. 30, no 3 :: 3. Allegro vivace

Performers: Gidon Kremer (Violin); Martha Argerich (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1801-02.
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1801-1802

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 :: 1. Allegro con brio

Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1808

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen Op. 15 :: Träumerei

Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1838

Mendelssohn, Felix : Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 :: 2. Canzonetta

Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 09/14/1829

Bernstein, Leonard : Candide :: I am easily assimilated

Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1989

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner
Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1892

Prokofiev, Sergei : Symphony no 1 in D major "Classical" Op. 25 :: 4. Finale. Molto vivace

Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1916-1917

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Le Carnaval des animaux :: Le cygne

Performer: Mischa Maisky (Cello)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1886

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 107 "Reformation" :: 2. Allegro vivace

Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 05/12/1830

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" :: 2. Andante

Performers: Antonio Meneses (Cello); Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 7 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1887

Howells, Herbert : Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus

Conductor: Paul McCreesh
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1919

Debussy, Claude : Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10 :: 2. Scherzo. Assez vif et bien rhythmé

Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Chamber Music
Written: 1893

Berlioz, Hector : Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 :: Marche au suppice

Conductor: Yuri Markevitch
Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 04/1830

Mussorgsky, Modest : Sorochintsy Fair :: Hopak

Performer: Nathan Milstein (Violin)
Conductor: Georges Pludermacher
Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1874-1880

Sacchini, Antonio : Dardanus :: Tambourins 1 & 2

Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1784

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesfreud

Performer: Shlomo Mintz (Violin)
Conductor: Clifford Benson
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: by 1910

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 :: 3. Valse. Allegro moderato

Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1888

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: E strano... Sempre libera

Performer: Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 8 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Henryk Wieniawski : Etude-caprice for 2 violins in E major, Op. 18/5

Performers: Igor Oistrakh (Violin); David Oistrakh (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1862

Liszt, Franz : 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S139/R2b

Performer: Alice Ott (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1851

Monteverdi, Claudio : Madrigals, Book 7

Performer: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: circa 1619

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake, Op. 20 :: Scene 10

Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1875-1876

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 135/L 224

Performer: Ivo Pogorelich (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtive lagrima

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1832

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15/2, CT. 112

Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1830-1832

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Violin in E minor, K. 304 :: 2. Tempo di minuetto

Performer: Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Notes: Composition written: 1778.
Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1778

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Deh vieni, non tardar

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Liszt, Franz : Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1862-1863

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major "Spring - La primavera", RV 269 (from Le quattro stagioni) :: 1. Allegro

Performer: Simon Standage (Violin)
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1725

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Polonaise for piano no 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155

Performer: Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1842-1843

Strauss, Richard : Capriccio, Op. 85 :: Mondscheinmusik

Conductor: Andre Previn
Notes: Composition written: 1940-41.
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1940-1941

Morlacchi, Francesco : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum

Performer: Hermann Prey
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1815-1816

Widor, Charles-Marie : Organ Symphony no 5, Op. 42, no 1 :: Toccata

Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1880

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Wie Todesahnung ... O du, mein holder Abendstern

Performer: Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor, BWV 232 :: Dona nobis pacem

Conductor: Karl Richter
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1748-1749

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32

Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1910

Sibelius, Jean : Karelia Suite, Op. 11 :: 1. Intermezzo

Conductor: Hans Rosbaud
Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1893

Glazunov, Alexander : Chant du ménestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71

Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1900

Schumann, Robert : Frühlingsfahrt ("Es zogen zwei rüst'ge Gesellen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 45/2

Performers: Sebastian Peschko (Piano); Heinrich Schlusnus (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1840

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" :: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto

Performers: Wolfgang Schneiderhan (Violin); Carl Seemann (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1800-1801

Schubert, Franz : Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2

Performers: Irmgard Seefried (Soprano); Erik Werba (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1823

Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909) : Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: circa 1880-1905

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) :: Alleluia

Performer: Maria Stader (Soprano)
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1773

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate

Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1842

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Performer: Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
Conductor: Ion Marin
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Myers, Stanley : The Deer Hunter

Performer: Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Written: 1978

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550 :: 4. Finale. Allegro vivace

Conductor: Richard Strauss
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1788

Verdi, Giuseppe : Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano

Performer: Rita Streich (Soprano)
Conductor: Kurt Gaebel
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1845

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Songs of Travel :: The Vagabond

Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Malcolm Martineau
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1901-1904

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Prelude to Act 3

Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Golijov, Osvaldo : Ayre :: Nanni

Performer: Dawn Upshaw
Ensemble: Andalucian Dogs
Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Written: 2004

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella

Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Daniele Callegari
Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 :: 3. Courante

Performer: Jian Wang (Cello)
Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

György Ligeti (Composer) (1923 - 2006) : Etudes, Book 2 no 10 ("Der Zauberlehrling"), for piano

Performer: Yuja Wang (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1988-1994

Handel, George Frideric : Organ Concerto no 4 in F major, HWV 292 :: 1. Allegro

Performer: Eduard Müller (Organ)
Conductor: August Wenzinger
Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1735

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Ich liebe dich, WoO 123

Performers: Hubert Giesen (Piano); Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: circa 1795

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Six Chorales of Diverse Kinds ("Schübler" Chorales) :: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

Performer: Helmut Walcha (Organ)
Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1748-1749

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Chôro no 1 for Guitar

Performer: Narciso Yepes (Guitar)
Notes: Composition written: 1940.
Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1940

Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961) : Song in the Night

Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta (Harp)
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1921-1953

Brahms, Johannes : Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"

Performers: Daniel Barenboim (Piano); Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1853

Schubert, Franz : Impromptu no 4 in A flat major, D899, Op. 90, no 4

Performer: Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: ?1827

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