Compact Disc Set (4 CD's)

Four compact discs containing 49 important works discussed in the text. A complete list of music selections can be found inside the book's covers, along with the location of the recordings, running time, and the text page number where the piece is discussed.

Table of Contents:
Jay Zorn Listening to Music 5/e CD Track List   Note: Often there are several tracks in one complete selection.  These tracks begin at key movements in the selection.   Compact Disc 1:   Gregorian Chant: ALLELUIA PASCHA NOSTRUM — excerpt (monophony) Choir of Vienna Hofburg Kappele/Joseph Schabasser, conductor   Leonin: ALLELUIA DIES SANCTFICATUS — excerpt (organum Ensemble Organum/Marcel Peres, conductor   Palestrina: KYRIE — (polyphony) Spandauer Kantorei/Martin Behrman, conductor   Handel MESSIAH — “For Unto us a Child is Born” The Smithsonian Concerto Grosso/University of Maryland Chorus         Antal Dorati, conductor   Bach: CANTATA NO. 140 (“Wachet auf”) — opening chorus Gachinger Kantorei-Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling, conductor   6. “Alleluia”   Vivaldi: THE FOUR SEASONS, Op. 8, No.1 “Spring” — 1st Movement: allegro Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble               8. Bird Calls             9. Storm Section   10. Bach: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO.2             3rd Movement — allegro assai             Mainz Chamber Orchestra/Gunther Kehr, conductor   11.  Bach: FUGUE IN G MINOR (“Little”)             Tom Koopman, organ   12.  Mozart: VARIATIONS ON “AH, VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN,” K.265 — excerpt             Donald Perlman, harpsichord   13.  Mozart: HORN CONCERTO NO. 2 IN E-FLAT, K.417             3rd Movement — allegro (rondo form)             Marie-Luise Neunecker, Camerata Bern/Thomas Furi, conductor               14. Theme 2 (B)             15. Theme 3 (C)             16. Theme 4 (D) 17.  Beethoven: PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR             (“Pathetique”) Op.  13 — 3rd Movement (rondo form)             Alfred Brendel             Theme 1 — Main Rondo Theme (A)               18.Theme 2 (B)   Compact Disc 2:   1.  Hayden:  SYMPHONY NO. 94 IN G (“Surprise”)             3rd Movement — allegro molto (minuet and trio form)             North German Radio Hamburg Orchestra/Leopold Ludwig, conductor             Minuet (A) — Theme 1                         2. Trio (B) — Theme 3             3. Minuet (A) Themes 1 and 2 return   4.  Mozart SYMPHONY NO. 40 IN G MINOR K.550             1st Movement — molto allegro (sonata form)             Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg/Leopold Hager, conductor             Exposition (A) — Theme 1               5. Theme 2             6. Development (B) — Theme 1 fragments             7. Recapitulation (A) — Theme 1 return   8.  Mozart: DON GIOVANNI: “Madamina” (opera aria — ABA form)             Otto Edelman, Vienna Philharmonic/Welhelm Furtwangler, conductor             A section               9. B section (minuet)   10. Beethoven: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, Op. 67             1st Movement — allegro (sonata form)             Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ljubljana/Anton Nanut, conductor             Exposition (A) — Theme 1                         11. Horn Introduction/Theme 2             12. Development (B) — Theme 1 fragments             13. Recapitulation — Theme 1 return             14. Coda — Theme 1 modified       15.  Beriloz: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE             5th Movement — “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”             London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Eugene Goosens, conductor             Idee Fixe (Beloved Melody)               16. Theme 1 fragment             17. Tolling Bells             18. Theme 2 — “Dies Irae” Part 1             19. Theme 3 — “Witches Round Dance”   20.  Schubert: THE ERLKING (art song)             Siegfried Lorenz/Norman Shelter, piano   21. Schumann, C: SCHERZO, Op. 10 (excerpt)             Konstanze Eickhorst, piano   22.  Chopin: FANTAISIE IMPROMPTU, Op. 66             Dieter Goldman, piano   23.  Verdi: LA TRAVIATA, Act I: “È strano! È strano!” “Sempre Libera”             Monika Krauss, soprano, Yordy Ramiro, tenor             Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)             Alexander Rahbari, conductor             Recitative: “È strano! È strano!”               24.  Aria: “Aquell’amor”             25.  Recitative             26. Aria: “Sempre libra”   27.  Brahms: ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, Op. 80             Bamburg Philharmonic/Hans Swarowsky, conductor             Theme 1               28.  Theme 3 — “Stately House”             29.  Theme 4             30.  Theme 7 — “Freshman Song”             31.  Theme 8 — “Gaudeamus igitur”   32.  Mahler: SONGS OF A WAYFARER             “Ging heut morgen über Feld”             Sandor Solyom-Nagy, baritone             Budapest Symphony Orchestra/Gyorgy Lehel, conductor   33.  Stravinsky:  THE RITE OF SPRING — “Sacrificial Dance” (rondo form)             Minnesota Orchestra/ Stanislav Skrowaczewski, conductor     Compact Disc 3:   1.  Tchaikovsky: 1812 OVERTURE, Op. 49             Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Eduardo Mata, conductor             Courtesy of Compendia Music Group             Theme 1 — Church Hymn               2.  Theme 3 — Folk song             3.  Theme 6 — Lullaby             4.  Theme 8 — Czar’s Hymn   5.  Schoenberg: SUITE FOR PIANO, Op. 25 — “Praeludium”             Juerg Von Vintschier, piano   6.  Prokofiev: CLASSICAL SYMPHONY — 1st Movement (sonata form)             National Orchestra of the ORTF/Jean Martinon, conductor             Exposition — Theme 1               7. Theme 2   8.  Ives: CHARLIE RUTLAGE (song, 1921)             Roberta Alexander, soprano/Tan Crone, piano   9.  Ives: FIRST ORCHESTRA SET: THREE PLACES IN NEW ENGLAND             “Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut”             St. Paul Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies, conductor             Section 1 — Introduction                         10. British Grenadiers             11. Section 2 — Dream Scene: Bugle Calls             12. Section 3 — Awakening: 4th of July Celebration   13. Gershwin: PORGY AND BESS (opera)             “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”             Annie Hughes and William Marshall             Orchestra conducted by Donald Perlman             A Section: Introduction and Main Melody — First tempo               14. B Section: Bridge — Faster   15.  Copland: RODEO (ballet) — “Hoe Down”             Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Donald Johanos, conductor       16.  Mendelssohn: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINO, Op. 64             1st Movement (sonata form)             Aaron Rosand, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg             Louis De Froment, conductor             Exposition — Theme 1, violin               17. Theme 2             18. Development — Theme fragments             19. Recapitulation — Theme 1 return   20.  Puccini: LA BOHÈME, End of Act I             Luba Orgonasova, soprano, Jonathan Welch, tenor             Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)             Will Humburg, conductor             Recitative: “Non sono in vena”               21. Recitative: “Si sente meglio?”             22. Rudolfo’s aria: “Che gelida manina”             23. Mimi’s aria: “Mi chiamano Mimi”   24.  Wagner: OVERTURE TO DIE MEISTERSINGER             Bamburg Symphony/Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor             Exposition — Mastersingers’ Motive               25. Love Theme             26. Mastersingers’ Heritage             27. Prize Song   Compact Disc 4:   1.  Mahler: SYMPOHNY NO. 1 IN D — 1st Movement             South German Philharmonic/Marin Meier, conductor             Introduction (slow) — Sounds of the Forest               2. Forest Melody (horns)             3. Main Section (moderately fast) — Main Theme: “Days of Youth”             4. Development Section — Theme fragments             5. Finale Section (coda) — Sounds of the Forest             6. Main Theme return   7.  Debussy: PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN             Denver Symphony Orchestra/Phillippe Entremont, conductor             A Section — Flute chromatic melody               8. B Section — Transition (clarinet)             9. A Section — Flute chromatic melody   10.  Joplin: THE ENTERTAINER             Richard Zimmerman, piano             Introduction — Section 1                         11. Section 2             12. Trio, Section 3   13.  Bessie Smith: NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT   14.  Louis Armstrong: HEEBIE JEEBIES (1926)   15.  Duke Ellington: IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING)   16.  Charlie Parker: KOKO   17.  Miles Davis: KIND OF BLUE   18.  Bing Crosby: WHITE CHRISTMAS   19.  Frank Sinatra: ONE FOR MY BABY   20.  Billie Holiday: STRANGE FRUIT   21.  Woody Guthrie: SO LONG, IT’S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU   22.  Chuck Berry: MAYBELLINE   23.  Ray Charles: GEORGIA   24.  Creedence Clearwater Revival: PROUD MARY   25.  Bernstein: OVERTURE TO CANDIDE             Utah Symphony Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel, conductor               26. Introduction - Oh, Happy We             27. Glitter and Be Gay             28. Coda   29.  Kern: SHOW BOAT — “Ol’ Man River”             Paul Robeson (Recorded in Carnegie Hall — 1958)                         30. Introduction - Chorus (A)             31. Bridge (B)             32. Chorus (A)   33.  Sondheim: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC — “Send in the Clowns”             Annie Hughes, Orchestra conducted by Donald Perlman   34.  Bock: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF — “Sunrise, Sunset”             Annie Hughes, Peter Kapetan, Ray Wills             Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Donald Perlman   35.  Song from Rent   36.  Britten: THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA, Op. 34             Will Greer, Narrator             The English Chamber Orchestra/Johanos Somary, conductor             Theme — Purcell’s theme               37. Woodwind section             38. Brass section             39. String section             40. Percussion section             41. Full orchestra             42. Variations — Flute and piccolo             43. Oboes             44. Clarinets             45. Bassoons             46. Violins             47. Viola             48. Cellos             49. String basses             50. Harp             51. Horns             52. Trumpets             53. Trombones and tuba             53. Each percussion instrument             54. Fugue — Piccolo             55. Return of theme             56. Coda   57.  Zwilich: CONCERTO GROSSO 1985 — 1st Movement             New York Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta, conductor   58.  South Africa: IF IT COMES TO FIGHTING WITH GUNS             Traditional Atsiagbekor dance piece of the Ewe   59.  India: Ghazal, BAT KARANE MUJHE MUSHKIL             By Zasar, in rag Pahari and keharwa tala             Vocal: Mala Ganguly; tabla: Samar Das             60.  Japan (Gagaku): Netori (prelude) & ETENRAKU in Hyojo             Nippon Gagaku Kai (Gagaku Society of Japan)   61.  Japan: Kabuki Nagauta — AYAME-YUKATA (excerpt)