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Performing Arts Library Online Course Reserves

 

MUS 22111, The Understanding of 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.

 

Contents: The Middle Ages  |  Renaissance  |  Baroque Period  |  Classical Period 

| Romantic Period  |  Twentieth Century

 

The Middle Ages

 

Bernart, de Ventadorn

Ab joi mon lo vers el comens This is a link to another web site

Martin Best Consort
 
 

Gregorian Chant

Introitus: Adorate Deum This is a link to another web site

Nova Schola Gregoriana

Alberto Turco (Conductor)
 
 

Guillaume, de Machaut

Amours / Faus samblant This is a link to another web site

Clerks' Group

Edward Wickham (Conductor)
 
 

Hildegard von Bingen

Columba aspexit This is a link to another web site

Voices of Ascension, women section

Dennis Keene (Conductor)
 
 

Perotin

Diffusa est gratia This is a link to another web site

Lionheart
 

 

Renaissance

 

Dufay, Guillaume

Ave Maris Stella This is a link to another web site

Ursula Thelen (vocals)
Torsten Wilke Muller (percussion)
Flautando Koln
 
 

Josquin, des Prez

Missa Pange lingua - Kyrie This is a link to another web site

A Sei Voci
Maitrise des Pays de Loire

Bernard Fabre-Garrus (Conductor)
 
 

Palestrina, Giovanni Perluigi da

Missa Papae Marcelli This is a link to another web site

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers (Conductor)
 
 

Weelkes, Thomas

As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending This is a link to another web site

Cambridge Singers

John Rutter (Conductor)
 

 

Baroque Period

 

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 This is a link to another web site

European Brandenburg Ensemble

Trevor Pinnock (Conductor)
 
 

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 This is a link to another web site

Capella Istropolitana

Jaroslav Dvorak (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site

A recording is available on Reserve at the Performing Arts Library Circulation Desk - CD 530.
 
 

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 This is a link to another web site

Marietta Zumbult (soprano)
Jan Kobow (tenor)
Peter Frank (baritone)

Hannover Boys Choir
L'Arco Baroque Ensemble

Hennig, Heinz - Conductor
 
 

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 This is a link to another web site

Tatyana Nikolayeva (piano)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Bach, Johann Sebastian (Christian Pezold)

Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 This is a link to another web site

Herbert Collum (harpsichord)

Formerly attributed to J.S. Bach; now attributed to Christian Pezold (1677-1733).
 
 

Gabrieli, Giovanni

O magnum mysterium This is a link to another web site

Jeremy Budd (tenor)
Ex Cathedra Choir

Jeffrey Skidmore (Conductor)
 
 

Handel, George Frideric

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17

Act III Scene 6: Aria: La giustizia ha gia sull'arco (Sesto) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Josella Ligi (soprano)

Orchestra Pro Arte Bassano

Marcello Panni (Conductor)

Synopsis from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera This is a link to another web site
 
 

Handel, George Frideric

Messiah, HWV 56

Hallelujah This is a link to another web site

Other selected choruses from "Messiah" This is a link to another web site

Bratislava City Chorus
Capella Istropolitana

Jaroslav Krecek (Conductor)
 
 

Monteverdi, Claudio

L'Orfeo

Toccata This is a link to another web site

Prologo: Dal mio Permesso amato a voi ne vengo (La Musica) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Monica Piccinini (soprano) [Prologo]

Concerto Italiano

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Conductor)

Synopsis from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera This is a link to another web site
 
 

Pachelbel, Johann

Canon in D major This is a link to another web site

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Iona Brown (Conductor)
 
 

Purcell, Henry

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 – Act III: The Palace: Thy Hand, Belinda (Dido) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Julianne Baird (soprano)

Ama Deus Ensemble

Valentin Radu (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site

Synopsis from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera This is a link to another web site
 
 

Vivaldi, Antonio

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro This is a link to another web site

Takako Nishizaki (violin)

Capella Istropolitana

Stephen Gunzenhauser (Conductor)
 
 

Vivaldi, Antonio

La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 4, No. 12, RV 298

I. Spiritoso This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Sulamit Haecki (violin)

Ensemble La Partita
 

 

Classical Period

 

Beethoven, Ludwig van

String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6

III. Scherzo: Allegro This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Kodaly Quartet

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Beethoven, Ludwig van

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

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, "Spring" This is a link to another web site

Attila Falvay (violin)
Maria Kovalszki (piano)
 
 

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica" This is a link to another web site

Philharmonia Orchestra

Christoph von Dohnanyi (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Beethoven, Ludwig van

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

Philharmonia Orchestra

Christoph von Dohnanyi (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Haydn, Joseph

Symphony No. 95 in C minor, Hob.I:95

III. Menuet This is a link to another web site

IV. Finale: Vivace This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

Bela Drahos (Conductor)
 
 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K. 527

Act II Scene 15: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Chorus) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

various

Hungarian Radio Chorus
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

Michael Halasz (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site

Synopsis from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera This is a link to another web site
 
 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488

I. Allegro This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Alain Lefevre (piano)

Laval Symphony Orchestra

Jean-Francois Rivest (Conductor)
 
 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"

I. Allegro This is a link to another web site

IV. Rondo: Allegro This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Accademia Ziliniana

Eduard Fischer (Conductor)
 
 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, "Dissonance"

III. Menuetto: Allegretto This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Moyzes Quartet
 
 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

I. Molto allegro This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Karl Bohm (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

12 Variations in C major on Ah vous dirai-je, maman, K. 265 This is a link to another web site

Margarete Babinsky (piano)
 

 

Romantic Period

 

Berlioz, Hector

Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 This is a link to another web site

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pinchas Steinberg (Conductor)
 
 

Brahms, Johannes

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77

III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Gioconda De Vito (violin)

RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Ferenc Fricsay (Conductor)
 
 

Chopin, Frédéric

3 Nocturnes, op. 15

No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2 This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Roger Woodward (piano)
 
 

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"

III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen This is a link to another web site

Utah Symphony Orchestra

Maurice Abravanel (Conductor)
 
 

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

The Hebrides, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave" This is a link to another web site

Hungarian State Orchestra

Ivan Fischer (Conductor)
 
 

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21 This is a link to another web site

Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

Christian Pollack (Conductor)
 
 

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

Pictures at an Exhibition

Promenade This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Peter Koczor (piano)
 
 

Schubert, Franz

Erlkönig, D. 328 This is a link to another web site

Johannes Kalpers (tenor)
Burkhard Kehring (piano)

score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Schubert, Franz

Moment Musical, D. 780, Op. 94 This is a link to another web site

No. 2 in A flat major This is a link to another web site

Fredrik Ullen (piano)
 
 

Schumann, Robert

Carnaval, op. 9

No. 5. Eusebius This is a link to another web site

No. 6. Florestan This is a link to another web site

No. 11. Chiarina This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Juana Zayas (piano)
 
 

Schumann, Robert

Dichterliebe, op. 48

I. Im wunderschonen Monat Mai This is a link to another web site

XVI. Die alten, bosen Lieder This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Sebastian Bluth (baritone)
Anita Keller (piano)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare This is a link to another web site

Ulster Orchestra

Vernon Handley (Conductor)
 
 

Verdi, Giuseppe

Aida

Act I: Se quel guerrier io fossi! This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Kristjan Johannson (tenor)

Ireland National Symphony Orchestra
Irish Army No. 1 Band

Ricco Saccani (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Wagner, Richard

Tristan und Isolde

Prelude - Liebestod This is a link to another web site

Minnesota Orchestra

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Conductor)
 

 

Twentieth Century

 

Bartók, Béla

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114

I. Andante tranquillo This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Tapiola Sinfonietta

Jean-Jacques Kantorow (Conductor)
 
 

Berg, Alban

Wozzeck

Scene 18: Das Messer! wo ist das Messer! (Wozzeck, Burger) This is a link to another web site

Epilogue: Wir arme Leut (Chorus) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Roland Hermann (bass-baritone)

RIAS Chamber Chorus
Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin

Gerd Albrecht (Conductor)

Synopsis from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera This is a link to another web site
 
 

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 This is a link to another web site

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Gunzenhauser (Conductor)
 
 

Copland, Aaron

Fanfare for the Common Man This is a link to another web site

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Donald Johanos (Conductor)
 
 

Debussy, Claude

Nocturnes This is a link to another web site

BRT Philharmonic Chorus
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra

Alexander Rahbari (Conductor)

Score available online This is a link to another web site
 
 

Glass, Philip

Einstein on the Beach: Fourth Knee Play (arr. for guitar) This is a link to another web site

David Leisner (guitar)
 
 

Ives, Charles

The Unanswered Question This is a link to another web site

Gulbenkian Orchestra

Michel Swierczewski (Conductor)
 
 

Ligeti, Gyorgy

Lux aeterna This is a link to another web site

Heidelberg Schola

Walter Nussbaum (Conductor)
 
 

Prokofiev, Sergey

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 This is a link to another web site

Boris Karloff (narrator)

Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Mario Rossi (Conductor)
 
 

Puccini, Giacomo

La Bohème

Act I: Ehi! Rodolfo! (Schaunard, Colline, Marcello, Rodolfo, Mimi) This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Stanislav Benacka (bass)
Carmen Gonzales (soprano)
Ladislav Hallon (tenor)
Richard Novak (bass)
Luba Orgonasova (soprano)
Fabio Previati (baritone)
Boaz Senator (baritone)
Jiri Sulzenko (bass)
Ivan Urbas (bass)
Jonathon Welch (tenor)

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Will Humburg (Conductor)

Synopsis from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera This is a link to another web site
 
 

Ravel, Maurice

Bolero This is a link to another web site

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Kenneth Jean (Conductor)
 
 

Ravel, Maurice

Jeux d'eau This is a link to another web site

Marita Viitasalo (piano)
 
 

Ravel, Maurice

Sonatine This is a link to another web site

Marita Viitasalo (piano)
 
 

Reich, Steve

Music for 18 Musicians This is a link to another web site

Amadinda Percussion Group
Group 180
 
 

Riley, Terry

In C This is a link to another web site

Ars Nova Copenhagen
Percurama Percussion Ensemble

Hillier, Paul (Conductor)
 
 

Schoenberg, Arnold

Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21

Part I: No. 1. Mondestrunken This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Maria Hoglind (mezzo-soprano)

Sonanza

Jan Risberg (Conductor)
 
 

Shostakovich, Dmitrii

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

I. Largo This is a link to another web site

II. Allegro molto This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Eder Quartet
 
 

Stravinsky, Igor

Petrushka (1946 version)

Tableau I: The Shrove-Tide Fair This is a link to another web site

Tableau I: Danse Russe This is a link to another web site

Tableau II: Petrushka This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Ivan Fischer (Conductor)
 
 

Stravinsky, Igor

Le sacre de printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction This is a link to another web site

Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Igor Markevitch (Conductor)
 
 

Stravinsky, Igor

The Firebird

Introduction This is a link to another web site

Scene 1: Night. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden This is a link to another web site

Scene 1: The Firebird enters, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich This is a link to another web site

Scene 1: The Firebird's Dance This is a link to another web site

complete work This is a link to another web site

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Edo de Waart (Conductor)