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Listening Guide The Works Sammartini: Symphony in F Allegro Andante Minuetto Allegro Symhpony in G Presto Allegrino Presto Martini: Symphony in D Senza Indicazione Di Tempo Grave Allegro Sinfonia in F Allegro Andante Vivace Graun: Sinfonia in F Allegro Non Molto Aria Molto Andante Presto Sinfonia in C Allegro Andantino Presto Wagenseil: Symphony in E […]

With Lew Smoley, Gene Gaudette, Sybille Werner, and Joel Lazar

With Lew Smoley, Dennis Rooney, and Sedgwick Clark

We are convinced that lovers of classical music include people who are always looking for (1) music that they have not heard before that might attract them, and (2) the best performance of music that they are familiar with and already enjoy. This website was created to help these music lovers achieve both goals. We are uniquely able to fulfill this mission because we bring together two exceptional resources that are not available on any other classical music website: (1) a classical music record collection that includes over 60,000 recordings of more than 35,000 different pieces of music from every corner of the globe, representing every historical period from biblical times to the present — one of the largest collections of classical music in the world; and (2) the expertise of some of the best professional music commentators, musicians, and composers involved in the classical music world. With these unique resources we present three specialized podcasts and the opportunity to respond to them through our b

Listening Guide The Works Tempus Transit Gelidum Mon Pere Me Marie Skalerika de Oro Toten Tanz Ad Mortem Festinamus Chevaliers Mult Ciutat Joyosa Durme Durme Chaque Fois Skudrinka De Moi Doloreus An Dro Landrieux Morena Cunti Simus Ar Baradoz Bel’mes Qui’ieu Chant e Coindei Under Der Linden Non Sofre Santa Maria Tres Clavinas En Honest […]

With Lew Smoley, Dennis Rooney, and Sedgwick Clark

Listening Guide The Works Konig Enzio: Overture Beim Anritt Des Neuen Jahres: Ouvertüre Fantasia in F# 7 Compositions On Goethe’s Faust Polonia Overture Der Tag Erscheint An Weber’s Grabe Symphony In E Descendons Gaiement La Courtille Die Hochzeit: Chorus and Recitative Christopher Columbus Der Tannenbaum Adieux De Marie Stuart Rule Brittania Overture Le Deux Grenadiers […]

With Lew Smoley, Dennis Rooney, and Sedgwick Clark

Strauss – Frau Ohne Schatten

Puccini – Turandot **NOTE: We apologize for the subpar quality of the voice segments on this program**

Listening Guide The Work IRWIN BAZELON THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR SUITE 1. Curtain Raiser 2. Character Sketches 3. Ballet for a Postman 4. Introduction & Fanfare For 2 Brave Fighters 5. Transformation Music 6. Curtain Call Finale The Orchestra of Sofia Harold Farberman, conductor [Albany TROY508] Buy this CD on Amazon RUTLAND BOUGHTON TROILUS […]

Listening Guide The Work FREDERICK KUHLAU WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE OVERTURE Odense Symphony Orchestra Edward Serov, conductor [Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)9132 Buy this CD on Amazon JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER FROM SHAKESPEARE, OP. 76 Prague Symphony Orchestra VACLAV SMETACEK, conductor [Supraphon LP 1110 3916] Buy this CD on Amazon VOLKMANN, ROBERT RICHARD III OVERTURE, OP.68 Northwest German Philharmonic Werner Andreas […]

Listening Guide The Work FUKUSHIMA, KAZUO HI KYO FOR FLUTE, PIANO, STRINGS & PERCUSSION Severino Gazzelloni, flute Soloists of Rome Symphony Orchestra Bruno Maderna, conductor (RCA Victrola VICS 1313)[NONO] YUASA, JOJI COSMOS HAPTIC (1957) Steffen Schleiermacher, piano (MDG 613 1365 cd) Buy this CD on Amazon YUASA, JOJI SCENES FROM BASHO (1980) 1) First movement […]

Listening Guide The Work YASUSHI AKUTAGAWA SYMPHONY NO. 1 1) Andante 2) Allegro 3) Chorale, Adagio 4 Allegro molto New Symphony Orchestra Yasushi Akutagawa, conductor (Fontect FOCD 3208) YASUSHI AKUTAGAWA THE ELLORA SYMPHONY New Symphony Orchestra Yasushi Akutagawa, conductor (Fontec FOCD 3208) [New Zealand Symphony Takuo Yuasa, conductor (Naxos 8.555975 cd)] YASUSHI AKUTAGAWA RAPSODIA FOR […]

Listening Guide The Work YAMADA SYMPHONY IN F, TRIUMPH AND PEACE (1912) 1.MODERATO 2.ADAGIO NON TANTO E POCO MARCIAL 3.POCO VIVACE 4.ADAGIOMOLTO – MOLTO ALLEGRO E TRIOMFANTE Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa, conductor (Naxos 8.555350 cd) YAMADA MANDARA NO HANA Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor (JVC 116 8) [JAPAN 14 42] Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa, […]

Listening Guide The Work GEORGE CHRISTOPH BACH CANTATA: “SIEHE, WIE FEIN UND LIEBLICH IST” (PSALM 133) Ekkehard Wagner, tenor I; Reinhart Ginzel, tenor II Hermann Christian Polster, bass Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku & Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ [5-Capriccio 7100] JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH WEDDING CANTATA: […]

Listening Guide The Works Act 1 Prelude pt. 1 Chorale Prelude pt. 2 Ho Fatto Un Triste Sogno E Lei, A Lei Voglio Posare Ove A Piu Caldo A Sole Al No Al Rio! In Pure Stille Giu Per La Via Ne Viene Io Son Danjuro Misera, Ognor Qui Sola Ah, La Istoria Pietosa April […]

Listening Guide The Work Vorspiel Liebwerte Freunde ACT I ACT II ACT II: Horch! Es Wehet Der Tag Heran, Ich Gehe Zu Ruh’n ACT II: Hoch Steht, Erhaben, Was Uns Freut, Unsre ACT II: Was Nahet Dort Für Ein Froh Gewoge ACT II: Gruh! Gruh! ACT II: Halt, Halt! ACT II: Weit! Weit! Wohl Über […]

Listening Guide The Work EVSTIGNEI FOMIN: THE AMERICANS The Performers: DON GUZMAN: Lev Kuznetsov, tenor DONA ELVIRA: Ludmila Sergienko, soprano ATZEM: Vladislav Verestnikov TZIMARA: Lydia Kovaleva, soprano SORETA: Ludmila Nam, mezzo-soprano FOLET: Georgi Seleznev, bass FERDINAND: Radi Afanasiev THE USSR RUSSIAN CHORUS, directed by Igor Agafonnikov THE USSR BOLSHOI THEATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, under the direction […]

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