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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 Performing Arts 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

Gregorian chant

Dies irae This is a link to another web site

Aurora Surgit

Alessio Randon (Conductor)

Guillaume, de Machaut

Puis qu'en oubli This is a link to another web site

Oxford Camerata

Jeremy Summerly (Conductor)

Hildegard von Bingen

Alleluia, o virga mediatrix This is a link to another web site

Oxford Camerata

Jeremy Summerly (Conductor)

The Renaissance

Arcadelt, Jacob

Bianco e dolce cigno ("Gentle white swan") This is a link to another web site

Musica Fresca

Farmer, John

Fair Phyllis This is a link to another web site

Oxford Camerata

Jeremy Summerly (Conductor)

Josquin, des Prez

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

Delitiae Musicae

Marco Longhini (Conductor)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

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 no. 80: Ein feste Burg This is a link to another web site

Susanne Ryden (soprano)
Pascal Bertin (counter-tenor)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)

Bach Collegium Japan
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus

Masaaki Suzuki (Conductor)

Bach, Johann Sebastian

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)

Handel, George Frideric

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

XXXVII. Aria: 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. Adagio cantabile This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" This is a link to another web site

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67 This is a link to another web site

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Roger Norrington (Conductor)

Haydn, Joseph

String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, "Emperor" (H. III, 77)

II. Poco adagio - Cantabile (Theme) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Alban Berg Quartet

Haydn, Joseph

Symphony No. 88 in G major

IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Fey (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)

Haydn, Joseph

Symphony No. 100 in G major, Hob.I:100, "Military"

II. Allegretto This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Beecham (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)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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

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

Ilona Tokody (soprano)
Istvan Gati (baritone)

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Janos Ferencsik (Conductor)

Brahms, Johannes

Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 This is a link to another web site

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Sir Neville Marriner (Conductor)

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4 This is a link to another web site

Samson Francois (piano)

Chopin, Frédéric

Nocturne no. 13 in c minor, Op. 48, no. 1 This is a link to another web site

Abdel Rahman El Bacha (piano)

Chopin, Frédéric

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

Idil Biret (piano)

Grieg, Edvard

Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 This is a link to another web site

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mark Ermler (Conductor)

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn

Das Jahr

No. 9. September This is a link to another web site

Liana Serbescu (piano)

Puccini, Giaocomo

Madame Butterfly

Act II: Un bel di This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Jozef Abel (tenor)
Nelly Boschkowa (mezzo-soprano)
Miriam Gauci (soprano)
Helena Hanzelova (soprano)
Vladimir Kubovcik (bass)
Alzbeta Michalkova (contralto)
Yordy Ramiro (tenor)
Jozef Spacek (baritone)
Maria Stahelova (soprano)
Robert Szucs (tenor)
Georg Tichy (baritone)
Ana Tomkovicova (mezzo-soprano)

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Rahbari (Conductor)

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)

Schumann, Clara

Soirees musicales, Op. 6 (Music for an Evening Entertainment)

II. Notturno in F major This is a link to another web site

complete work 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 (In that wonderful month of May) This is a link to another web site

VIII. Und wüssten's die Blumen (And if the flowers knew) This is a link to another web site

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

complete work This is a link to another web site

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Antoni Wit (Conductor)

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

Nutcracker This is a link to another web site

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Yuri Temirkanov (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 (excerpts from Act III)

Act III, Scene 1: Hojotoho! Hojotoho! ("Ride of the Valkyries") This is a link to another web site

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)

Twentieth Century

Adams, John

Doctor Atomic

At the sight of this

Bartók, Béla

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

Appalachian Spring Suite This is a link to another web site

Nashville Chamber Orchestra

Paul Gambill (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)

Corigliano, John

Mr. Tambourine Man : Seven Poems of Bob Dylan

I. Prelude This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Hila Plitmann (soprano)

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

JoAnn Falletta (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)

Gershwin, George

Porgy and Bess (excerpts) This is a link to another web site

Greg Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Harolyn Blackwell (soprano)
Cynthia Clarey (alto)
Damon Evans (tenor)
Cynthia Haymon (soprano)
Bruce Hubbard (baritone)
Marietta Simpson (mezzo-soprano)
Willard White (bass)
Johnny Worthy (vocals)
Mervin Wallace (vocals)
Autris Paige (vocals)
Paula Ingram (vocals)
Barrington Coleman (vocals)
Linda Thompson (vocals)
Maureen Braithwaite (vocals)