Music Library

Music Library Online Course Reserves

 

MUS 22111, Understanding Music

Below are links to online recordings of music for this course. Recordings of this music are also available on reserve in the Music Library. If you would like to listen to these recordings outside of the KSU campus network you will need to establish a VPN connection.

The Middle Ages

Hildegard von Bingen
Alleluia, o virga mediatrix This is a link to another web site
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Gregorian chant
Dies irae This is a link to another web site
Aurora Surgit
Alessio Randon, conductor

Troubadours

Machaut, Guillaume de
Puis qu'en oubli This is a link to another web site
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

 

The Renaissance

Farmer
Fair Phyllis This is a link to another web site
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Josquin des Pres
Ave Maria This is a link to another web site
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Monteverdi, Claudio
Ecco mormorar l'onde This is a link to another web site
Marco Longhini, conductor

Palestrina
Pope Marcellus Mass
II. Gloria This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

 

The Baroque

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cantata 80: Ein feste Burg This is a link to another web site
Ryden, Susanne, soprano
Bertin, Pascal, counter-tenor
Turk, Gerd, tenor
Kooij, Peter, bass
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Bach Collegium Japan
Suzuki, Masaaki, conductor

Fugue in g minor, BWV 578 This is a link to another web site
Kay Johannsen, organ

Handel, George Frideric
Messiah
Part I (Aria): Rejoice greatly This is a link to another web site
Part II (Chorus): Hallelujah This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto
Mark Padmore, tenor
Christopher Purves, bass
Orchestra of the Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349
Alla hornpipe This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor

Purcell, Henry
Dido and Aeneas
When I am laid in earth This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon, conductor

Vivaldi, Antonio
Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione ("Four Seasons")
Concerto in E Major, RV 269, op. 8 no. 1, "Spring" This is a link to another web site
Iona Brown (violin)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown, conductor

 

The Classical Period

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Piano Sonata No. 8 in c minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique")
II. Andante cantabile This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" This is a link to another web site
Alfred Brendel, piano

Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67 This is a link to another web site
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Roger Norrington, conductor

Haydn, Joseph
Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 ("Surprise")
II. Andante This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Fey, conductor

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Don Giovanni
Overture This is a link to another web site
Act I, scene 1: Notte e giorno faticar This is a link to another web site
Act I, scene 9: La ci darem This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Ildiko Raimondi, soprano
Regina Schorg, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Boaz Daniel, bass
Renato Girolami, bass
Janusz Monarcha, bass
Hungarian Radio Chorus
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Michael Halasz, conductor

Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 This is a link to another web site
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Iona Brown, conductor

The Romantic Era

Berlioz, Hector
Symphonie fantastique
V. Songe d'une Nuit du Sabbat This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Roger Norrington, conductor

Brahms, Johannes
Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 90
III. Poco allegretto This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Michael Gielen, conductor

Ein deutsches Requiem
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Istvan Gati (baritone)
Ilona Tokody (soprano)
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Janos Ferencsik, conductor

Chopin, Frederic
Nocturne no. 13 in c minor, Op. 48, no. 1 This is a link to another web site
Abdel Rahman El Bacha, piano

Polonaise in A major No. 3, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military" This is a link to another web site
Idil Biret, piano

Schubert, Franz
Erlkönig, D. 328 This is a link to another web site
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone
Gerard Wyss, piano

Schumann, Clara
Scherzo in d minor, Op. 10 This is a link to another web site
Susanne Grutzmann, piano

Soirees musicales, Op. 6 (Music for an Evening Entertainment)
II. Notturno in F major This is a link to another web site
Susanne Grutzmann, piano

Schumann, Robert
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (A Poet's Love)
I. Im wunderschonen Monat Mai This is a link to another web site (In that wonderful month of May)
VIII. Und wüssten's die Blumen This is a link to another web site (And if the flowers knew)
complete work This is a link to another web site
Ulf Bästlein, baritone
Stefan Laux, piano

Smetana, Bedrich
Ma Vlast
Moldau This is a link to another web site
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Verdi, Giuseppe
Rigoletto
Act III: La donna e mobile This is a link to another web site
Act III: Un di, se ben rammentomi This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Alida Ferrarini, soprano
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Jitka Saparova, contralto
 Jozef Abel, tenor
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Peter Subert, tenor
Robert Szucs, tenor
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Rahbari, conductor

Wagner, Richard
Die Walküre (this is not the complete scene)
Act III, Scene 1: Hojotoho! Hojotoho! This is a link to another web site (The Valkyries), "Ride of the Valkyries"
Act III, Scene 3: Leb' wohl! Du kühnes, herrliches Kind! This is a link to another web site
Act III, Scene 3: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar... This is a link to another web site
Act III, Scene 3: Loge hör'! This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Renate Behle, soprano
Angela Denoke, soprano
Wiebke Goetjes, soprano
Stella Kleindienst, soprano
Magdalena Schafer, soprano
Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano
Margit Diefenthal, mezzo-soprano
Nidia Palacios, mezzo-soprano
Maria Theresa Ullrich, mezzo-soprano
Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano
Helene Ranada, contralto
Robert Gambill, tenor
Attila Jun, bass
Jan-Hendrick Rootering, bass
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
Lothar Zagrosek, conductor

Act III, Scene 1: Vorspiel This is a link to another web site
Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Télé-Luxembourg
Louis de Froment, conductor

 

Twentieth Century

Bartok, Bela
Concerto for Orchestra
IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor

Bernstein, Leonard
West Side Story
Act I: Mambo This is a link to another web site
Act I: Tonight This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Marianne Cooke, vocals / Robert Dean, vocals / Mike Eldred, tenor / Betsi Morrison, soprano / Michael San Giovanni, vocals
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

Britten, Benjamin
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 This is a link to another web site
London Symphony Orchestra
Steuart Bedford, conductor

Copland, Aaron
Billy the Kid Suite
II. Street in a Frontier Town This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor

Crumb, George
Ancient Voices of Children This is a link to another web site
Tony Arnold, soprano / Justin Murray, boy soprano / Kathryn Dupuy Cooper, oboe / David Starobin, mandolin / Courtney Hershey Bress, harp / Susan Grace, piano / John Kinzie, percussion / Mark Foster, percussion / William Hill, percussion
David Colson, conductor

Debussy, Claude
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune This is a link to another web site
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

Joplin, Scott
Maple Leaf Rag This is a link to another web site
Alexander Peskanov (piano)

Schoenberg, Arnold
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
XVIII. Der Mondfleck This is a link to another web site (The Moon Fleck)
XXI. O alter Duft aus Märchenzeit This is a link to another web site (O Scent of Fabled Yesteryear)
complete work This is a link to another web site
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Da Capo Chamber Players

Stravinsky, Igor
Rite of Spring
XI. Glorification of the Chosen One This is a link to another web site
XII. Evocation of the Ancestors This is a link to another web site
XIII. Ritual Action of the Ancestors This is a link to another web site
complete work This is a link to another web site
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Jascha Horenstein, conductor