The Story of Classical Music

by Marin Alsop, Darren Henley

Overview

This lively recording is a perfect way to introduce classical music to the entire family. It looks at the music through the lives of the great composers and their environment, from the churches and cathedrals that produced the familiar sound of Gregorian chant, to Johann Sebastian Bach, the family man composing for the glory of God, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child prodigy, genius and prankster who wrote some of the finest music ever yet was buried in a pauper's grave. The story will be taken to the composers of the 21st century. This unusual and special production by the two most important brand names in classical music includes more than 100 musical examples taken from the extensive Naxos catalogue.

Includes CD-ROM element which contains text, pictures of composers, glossary of terms and more.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/17/2004
Label:	Naxos
UPC:	0730099031028

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Story of Classical Music
2. The Year 600-Music in Churches
3. O Ignis Spiritus
4. Medieval to Renaissance: Missa Papae Marcelli
5. The Birth of Opera: Ecco Pur Ch'a'voi' from l'Orfeo/Concerto: Duo Seraphim
6. Into the 17th Century: Ent¿¿e from Ballet des Plaisrs
7. London: Voluntary in G/Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas
8. Germany: Canon
9. Italy: Concerto Gross No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"
10. Germany: Toccata in D Minor/Chorale: O Haupt Coll Blut und Wunden ...
11. Zadok the Priest/Alla Hornpipe /La R¿¿jouissance ...
12. Adagio in G Minor
13. Spring /Gloria in de Major
14. The Classical Period: An Explanation
15. Sinfonia No. 4 in G Major
16. Dance of the Blessed Spirits
17. Symphony No. 45 "Faremwell/Symphony No. 94 "The Suprise"/Symphony ..."
18. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"/Non Pi¿¿ Andrai ...
19. Der Vogelf¿¿nger Bin Ich Ja /Symphony No. 40 in G
20. Symphony No. 5/Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor "Moonlight"
21. Egmont Overture/Sumphony No. 1/Symphony No. 9
22. Backround History

Disc 2

23. The Compser as a Star
24. Caprice No. 24 in a Minor/Violin Concerto No.1
25. Overture to William Tell
26. Clarinet Concerto No. 2
27. Gretchen Am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning-Wheel)/Piano ...
28. Un Bal /Dies Irae
29. Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9 No. 2/Prelude in D Flat "Raindrop"/Piano ...
30. Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream/Wedding March
31. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8
32. Piano Concerto in a Minor
33. Romance, Op. 11 No. 1
34. Intermezzo in C Sharp Minor/Academic Festival Overture/Piano ...
35. Violin Concerto No.1
36. Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"
37. The Ride of the Valkyries from the Valkyrie/Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
38. Anvil Chorus /Triumphal March Adn Chorus
39. Can-Can /The Waltz-The Strauss Family
40. Kettenbr¿¿cke-Walzer/Radetzky March/The Blue Danube
41. The Carnival of the Animals
42. Copp¿¿lia
43. Overture
44. Russia the National Voice and the "Mighty Handfull"
45. In the Steppes of Central Asia
46. Pictures at an Exhibition/Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated ...)
47. The Flight of the Bumblebee /Sheherazade
48. The Sleeping Beauty/Swan Lake/The Nutcracker/Symphony No. 6 in B Minor ...

Disc 3

49. Piano Concerto No. 1/1812 Overture
50. Dance, Op. 46 No. 8/Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
51. Norway: Piano Concerto in a Minor/In the Hall of the Mountain King ...
52. England: Overture to HMS Pinafore/"Now Give Three Cheers
53. France: Meditation from Tha¿¿s
54. Pie Jesu /Pavane, Op 50
55. La Mer/Golliwog's Cake Walk
56. Spain: El Puerto
57. Industrial Process
58. England: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1/Cello Concerto/Nimrod [From
59. Italy: O Soave Fanciulla /Nessun Dorma
60. Austria: Symphony No. 2
61. France: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
62. Gynop¿¿die No. 1
63. Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
64. Also Sprach Zarathustra
65. Finland: Finlandia
66. England: Fantasia on Greensleeves
67. Jupiter
68. Russia: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini/Piano Concerto No. 2
69. Verkl¿¿rte Nacht/Piano Piece, Op 11. No. 3
70. Russia: The Sacrifice /The Firebird
71. Dance of the Knights /Troika
72. Hungary: Concerto for Orchestra
73. Suite from H¿¿ry J¿¿nos
74. Austira: Passacaglia/Symphony
75. O Fortuna
76. Concierto de Aranjuez
77. USA: Country Band March
78. Symphony NP. 7

Disc 4

79. An American in Paris/Rhapsody in Blue/Piano Concerto
80. How Down /Fanfare for the Common Man
81. Adagio for Strings
82. Suite (Prologue)
83. England: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
84. Russia: Romance /Tahiti Trot/Piano Concerto No.2
85. England: Theme
86. France: Gloria/The Story of Babar, The Little Elephant
87. France & USA: D¿¿serts
88. USA: Piano Sonata V
89. England: Song for Athene
90. USA: Violin Concerto
91. Suite
92. The Fellowship
93. Hedwig's Theme
94. Epilogue: Bol¿¿ro

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Marin Alsop   Primary Artist
Darren Henley   Primary Artist
Nashville Sounds   Primary Artist
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist
Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ulrich Eisenlohr   Primary Artist,Piano
Andrea Martin   Primary Artist,Baritone (Vocal)
Takako Nishizaki   Primary Artist,Violin
Maria Kliegel   Primary Artist,Cello
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Adele Anthony   Primary Artist,Violin
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist
Royal Scottish National Orchestra   Primary Artist
Anna Hoelbling   Primary Artist,Violin
Royal Ballet Sinfonia   Primary Artist
Tallis Chamber Choir   Primary Artist
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Scholars Baroque Ensemble   Primary Artist
Ulster Orchestra   Primary Artist
Capella Istropolitana   Primary Artist
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra   Primary Artist
Hungarian State Orchestra   Primary Artist
Jonathan Welch   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist
Idil Biret   Primary Artist,Piano
Bernd Glemser   Primary Artist
Norbert Kraft   Primary Artist,Guitar
Kym Amps   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Oxford Camerata   Primary Artist
Christopher Wilson   Primary Artist,Lute
English Northern Philharmonia   Primary Artist
Nic Raine   Primary Artist
Boris Berman   Primary Artist
Dame Edna Everage   Primary Artist
Donna Robins   Primary Artist
Tanzquartette Wein   Primary Artist
Pavel Bogacz   Primary Artist,Violin
Elora Festival Orchestra   Primary Artist
Irina Zaritzkaya   Primary Artist,Piano
Royal Academy Consort   Primary Artist
Strauss Festival Orchestra   Primary Artist
Yoshiko Iwai   Primary Artist
Richard Hayman & His Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Yordi Ramiro   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir   Primary Artist
Joseph Payne   Primary Artist,Organ
Slovak Philharmonic Choir   Primary Artist
Michael Houstoun   Primary Artist,Piano
Salzburger Kammerphilhamonie   Primary Artist
Aradia Ensemble   Primary Artist
Slovak   Primary Artist
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge   Primary Artist
Iceland Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Camerata Transylvanica   Primary Artist
Concentus Hungaricus   Primary Artist
Vytautas Sondeckis   Primary Artist,Cello
Royal Northern Sinfonia   Primary Artist
D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra   Primary Artist
Luba Orgonasova   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Ilya Kaler   Primary Artist
Peter Hill   Primary Artist,Piano
Ruth Ziesak   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
San Diego Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Tomas Harper   Primary Artist
Ile De France Vittoria Regional Choir   Primary Artist
Hungarian Festival Choir   Primary Artist
Cologne Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist
Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orch   Primary Artist
Budapest Strauss Ensemble   Primary Artist
Philharmonia Orchestra   Primary Artist
Schola Cantorum of Oxford   Primary Artist
Northern Connexion   Primary Artist
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine   Primary Artist
Russian State Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ernst Ottensamer   Primary Artist,Clarinet
Francois-Joel Thiollier   Piano
Wolfgang Ruebsam   Organ
Jenoe Jando   Piano
Tom Harper   Tenor (Vocal)
Klara Koermendi   Piano
Balazs Szokolay   Piano
Istvan Szekely   Piano
Jenoe Kevehazi   Horn
Guillermo Gonzalez   Piano
Zsuzsa Pertis   Clavichord

Technical Credits

Gustav Mahler   Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer
Modest Mussorgsky   Composer
Jules Massenet   Composer
Tomaso Albinoni   Composer
Frederic Chopin   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Gustav Holst   Composer
Edward Elgar   Composer
Charles Ives   Composer
Anton Bruckner   Composer
Francis Poulenc   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Edvard Grieg   Composer
Sarah Butcher   Editing
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov   Composer
Giuseppe Verdi   Composer
Joaquin Rodrigo   Composer
Howard Shore   Composer
Roy Harris   Composer
Johann Strauss II   Composer
Richard Strauss   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer
Igor Stravinsky   Composer
John Tavener   Composer
Nicolas Soames   Producer,Liner Notes
Sergey Rachmaninov   Composer
Samuel Barber   Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven   Composer
Sergey Prokofiev   Composer
Johann Pachelbel   Composer
Erik Satie   Composer
Antonio Vivaldi   Composer
Jean Sibelius   Composer
Arnold Schoenberg   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Robert Schumann   Composer
Franz Liszt   Composer
Jacques Offenbach   Composer
Oxford Camerata   Composer
Aaron Copland   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Alexander Borodin   Composer
Benjamin Britten   Composer
Johannes Brahms   Composer
Giacomo Puccini   Composer
Maurice Ravel   Composer
Carl Orff   Composer
Georges Bizet   Composer
Hans Zimmer   Composer
William Walton   Composer
Claudio Monteverdi   Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully   Composer
Arcangelo Corelli   Composer
Anton Webern   Composer
Arthur Sullivan   Composer
Max Bruch   Composer
Hector Berlioz   Composer
Clara Wieck Schumann   Composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck   Composer
Franciscus Bossinensis   Composer
Carl Maria von Weber   Composer