Music: An Appreciation, Fifth Edition, Second Brief Edition

Album by Roger Kamien

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 1a. Main Melody
    0:22
  2. 2.
    Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 1b. Brass Melody
    0:55
  3. 3.
    Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 2. Contrasting oboe melody
    0:56
  4. 4.
    Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 3a. Main Melody
    0:48
  5. 5.
    Hotter Than That: 1. All instruments, trumpet predominates
    0:43
  6. 6.
    Hotter Than That: 3. Clarinet
    0:36
  7. 7.
    Hotter Than That: 4. Voice, guitar accompaniment
    0:35
  8. 8.
    Hotter Than That: 5. Twangy voice imitated by guitar
    0:23
  9. 9.
    Hotter Than That: 6a. Muted trombone
    0:15
  10. 10.
    Hotter Than That: 6b. Trumpet, all instruments join
    0:30
  11. 11.
    "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 1a. March theme, homophonic
    0:15
  12. 12.
    "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 1b. March theme, polyphonic
    0:15
  13. 13.
    "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 2a. Dance theme, homophonic
    0:52
  14. 14.
    "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 3a. March theme, monophonic
    0:48
  15. 15.
    "Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 4. Dance and march themes combined, polyphonic
    0:53
  16. 16.
    "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 1. A
    1:13
  17. 17.
    "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 2. B
    0:33
  18. 18.
    "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 3. A'
    0:34
  19. 19.
    "Badinerie" from Suite No. 2 in B Minor: 1. Part A (repeated)
    0:31
  20. 20.
    "Badinerie" from Suite No. 2 in B Minor: 2. Part B (repeated)
    0:55
  21. 21.
    Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 1. Section A
    0:23
  22. 22.
    Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 2. Section B
    1:20
  23. 23.
    Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 3. Section A
    0:29
  24. 24.
    Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 1. Agnus Dei (I)
    0:58
  25. 25.
    Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 2. Agnus Dei (II)
    1:12
  26. 26.
    Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 3. Agnus Dei (III)
    1:10
  27. 27.
    "Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave Maria gratia plena", duple meter
    2:49
  28. 28.
    "Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave, vera virginitas", triple meter
    0:25
  29. 29.
    "Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave, praeclara omnibus", duple meter
    1:32
  30. 30.
    As Vesta Was Descending
    2:57
  31. 31.
    "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 1a. Opening ritornello
    0:20
  32. 32.
    "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 1b. First solo section
    0:29
  33. 33.
    "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 2b. Solo section
    2:04
  34. 34.
    "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 5c. New theme in minor, solo section
    3:26
  35. 35.
    "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 8c. Harpsichord solo
    3:27
  36. 36.
    Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 1a. Subject, soprano voice alone
    1:14
  37. 37.
    Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 1e. Brief episode
    0:38
  38. 38.
    Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 3a. Sunject in alto, major key
    2:15
  39. 39.
    "Tu se' morta" from "Orfeo", Act II
    2:24
  40. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 45.
    Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": String ritornello
    0:37
  46. 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. 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. 48.
    Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Seventh Movement, Chorale: "Gloria sei dir gesungen"
    1:48
  49. 49.
    Messiah: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
    3:30
  50. 50.
    Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: Opening, homophonic
    0:26
  51. 51.
    Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "For the Lord God", monophonic
    0:23
  52. 52.
    Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "For the Lord God" combined with "Hallelujah", polyphonic
    0:27
  53. 53.
    Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "The kingdom of this world", hymnlike homophonic texture
    0:21
  54. 54.
    Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "And He shall reign for ever and ever", monophonic, then polyphonic imitation
    0:23
  55. 55.
    Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: Rising sequence on "King of Kings-for ever and ever"
    1:51
  56. 56.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 1a. First Theme
    0:24
  57. 57.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 2a. Bridge
    0:28
  58. 58.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 3a. Second theme
    0:35
  59. 59.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 4a. Closing section
    0:35
  60. 60.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 4b. Exposition is repeated
    2:04
  61. 61.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: Development (LO 1-3)
    1:17
  62. 62.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: 1a. First Theme
    1:15
  63. 63.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: 3a. Second Theme
    1:11
  64. 64.
    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: Coda (LO 1a)
    0:25
  65. 65.
    Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Theme
    1:06
  66. 66.
    Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 1
    1:05
  67. 67.
    Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 2
    1:07
  68. 68.
    Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 3
    1:03
  69. 69.
    Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 4
    1:21
  70. 70.
    Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Closing section
    0:31
  71. 71.
    "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Minuet (A)
    0:41
  72. 72.
    "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Trio (B)
    0:55
  73. 73.
    "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Minuet (A)
    0:24

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme A
    0:32
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme B
    0:43
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme A
    0:29
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme C
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Orchestral introduction
    3:05
  6. 6.
    Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): String tremolo, the Commandant appears
    1:04
  7. 7.
    Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Andante, "Ah, soccorso!", the Commandant's agonized last gasps
    1:09
  8. 8.
    Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Recitative, accompanied by harpsichord, "Leporello, ove sei?"
    0:25
  9. 9.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 1a. First theme in orchestra
    0:32
  10. 10.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 2a. Bridge
    0:23
  11. 11.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 3a. Second theme
    1:08
  12. 12.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Second Exposition: 1a. First theme in piano
    2:17
  13. 13.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Development: 1a. Development theme in strings
    1:40
  14. 14.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Recapitulation: 1a. First theme in strings
    3:00
  15. 15.
    Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Candenza: 5c. piano solo
    1:33
  16. 16.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 1a. First theme
    0:20
  17. 17.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 2a. Bridge
    0:25
  18. 18.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 3a. Second theme
    0:22
  19. 19.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 4a. Triumphant melody
    0:20
  20. 20.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Exposition is repeated
    1:28
  21. 21.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Development (LO,1-2)
    1:21
  22. 22.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Recapitulation (LO,1-4)
    1:38
  23. 23.
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Coda (LO,1-3)
    1:38
  24. 24.
    Erlkönig: Piano introduction
    0:56
  25. 25.
    Erlkönig: Father, "Mein Sohn", low register
    0:07
  26. 26.
    Erlkönig: Son, "Siehst, Vater", higher register
    0:25
  27. 27.
    Erlkönig: Erlking, "Du liebes Kind", coaxing tune, major
    0:24
  28. 28.
    Erlkönig: Son, outcry, "Mein Vater"
    0:41
  29. 29.
    Erlkönig: Son, outcry, "Mein Vater", higher than before
    1:39
  30. 30.
    Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A (minor): 1a. Main violin melody
    0:37
  31. 31.
    Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A (minor): 1c. Long trills in violin
    0:10
  32. 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. 33.
    Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section B (major): 2b. Playful phrase
    0:52
  34. 34.
    Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A' (minor): 3a. Main violin melody
    0:57
  35. 35.
    Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Main melody
    0:25
  36. 36.
    Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Decorated repetition of main melody
    0:26
  37. 37.
    Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Subordinate melody played with rubato
    3:17
  38. 38.
    "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 1a. Rapid falling chords, syncopated fragment
    0:41
  39. 39.
    "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 2a. High lyrical theme in octaves
    0:31
  40. 40.
    "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 3. Low "processional theme"
    0:12
  41. 41.
    "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section B: 4a. Sudden p, syncopated main theme varied
    0:37
  42. 42.
    "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A': 5. Syncopated main theme
    2:00
  43. 43.
    "Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Coda: 8a. Faster tempo
    0:42
  44. 44.
    "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Introduction
    1:46
  45. 45.
    "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Idée fixe" as dance tune
    1:40
  46. 46.
    "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Dies irae" in tubas and bassoons
    0:31
  47. 47.
    "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Dies irae" in quick rhythm
    1:22
  48. 48.
    "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Fugue subject (witches' dance)
    2:45
  49. 49.
    "Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Witches' dance set against "Dies irae"
    1:49
  50. 50.
    The Moldau: 1a. Two springs
    1:01
  51. 51.
    The Moldau: 2. The river
    1:49
  52. 52.
    The Moldau: 3a. Forest hunt
    1:03
  53. 53.
    The Moldau: 4a. Peasant wedding
    1:25
  54. 54.
    The Moldau: 5a. Moonlight: dance of water nymphs
    3:26
  55. 55.
    The Moldau: 7a. The rapids
    1:14
  56. 56.
    The Moldau: 8. The river at its widest point; river theme in major
    1:56
  57. 57.
    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A: Theme (A)
    0:17
  58. 58.
    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A: Variation 1
    2:59
  59. 59.
    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: B: Variation 12 (B)
    2:48
  60. 60.
    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A': Variation 16 (A')
    4:07

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Openings of scene
    4:11
  2. 2.
    La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Rodolfo's Aria: "Che gelida manina"
    4:38
  3. 3.
    La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Mimi's Aria: "Mi chiamano Mimi"
    5:17
  4. 4.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): Sieglinde, Wie die Stirn so offen steht
    0:19
  5. 5.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Valhalla" leitmotif
    1:07
  6. 6.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Love" leitmotif
    0:53
  7. 7.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Volsung" leitmotif together with "Sword" leitmotif
    2:53
  8. 8.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): Voice, downward octave leaps, "Notung"
    0:28
  9. 9.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Sword" leitmotif
    0:48
  10. 10.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Spring" leitmotif
    0:59
  11. 11.
    "Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Sword" leitmotif
    0:31
  12. 12.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1a. Main melody, unaccompanied flute (A)
    0:54
  13. 13.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1b. Flute melody, strings accompany
    1:03
  14. 14.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1c. Flute melody, strings accompany
    1:43
  15. 15.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 2b. New oboe melody
    1:15
  16. 16.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": B: 3a. New legato melody in woodwinds (B)
    1:49
  17. 17.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A': 4a. Harp accompanies flute melody (A')
    1:16
  18. 18.
    Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A': 5a. Antique cymbals, flute melody
    2:23
  19. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 27.
    A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46: Orchestral introduction
    3:45
  28. 28.
    A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46: "They started slowly, and irregularly"
    2:18
  29. 29.
    Five Pieces for Orchestra. Op. 10, No. 3 (Very slow and extremely calm)
    1:32
  30. 30.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 1. Solo side drum
    0:32
  31. 31.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 3a. Two oboes
    0:27
  32. 32.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 4a. Two clarinets
    0:20
  33. 33.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 5a. Two flutes
    0:41
  34. 34.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 6. Two muted trumpets
    0:46
  35. 35.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: B: 1a. Brasses, hymnlike melody
    1:00
  36. 36.
    Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A': 1. Two bassoons, opening melody, third bassoon in background
    2:19
  37. 37.
    "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Theme
    0:36
  38. 38.
    "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 1
    0:26
  39. 39.
    "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 2
    0:47
  40. 40.
    "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 3
    0:24
  41. 41.
    "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 4
    0:15
  42. 42.
    "Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 5
    0:31
  43. 43.
    Poème électronique (excerpt)
    2:46
  44. 44.
    "Concerto Grosso 1985", first movement: Maestoso: 1a. Orchestra in unison
    0:34
  45. 45.
    "Concerto Grosso 1985", first movement: Maestoso: 1c. Handel quotation
    2:11
  46. 46.
    "Nixon in China", Act I, scene 2, opening
    4:15
  47. 47.
    "Tonight" Ensemble from "West Side Story": 1a. Orchestra
    1:25
  48. 48.
    "Tonight" Ensemble from "West Side Story": 1d. Tony, lyrical "Tonight" melody
    2:17
  49. 49.
    Song from Angola (Gangele song)
    1:29
  50. 50.
    Mitamba Yalagala Kumchuzi
    1:34
  51. 51.
    Godan Ginuta (excerpt)
    2:49

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