Jay Zorn
Listening to Music 5/e
CD Track List
Note: Often there are several tracks in one complete selection. These tracks begin at key movements in the selection.
Compact Disc 1:
- Gregorian Chant: ALLELUIA PASCHA NOSTRUM — excerpt (monophony)
Choir of Vienna Hofburg Kappele/Joseph Schabasser, conductor
- Leonin: ALLELUIA DIES SANCTFICATUS — excerpt (organum
Ensemble Organum/Marcel Peres, conductor
- Palestrina: KYRIE — (polyphony)
Spandauer Kantorei/Martin Behrman, conductor
- Handel MESSIAH — “For Unto us a Child is Born”
The Smithsonian Concerto Grosso/University of Maryland Chorus Antal Dorati, conductor
- Bach: CANTATA NO. 140 (“Wachet auf”) — opening chorus
Gachinger Kantorei-Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling, conductor
6. “Alleluia”
- Vivaldi: THE FOUR SEASONS, Op. 8, No.1
“Spring” — 1st Movement: allegro
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
8. Bird Calls
9. Storm Section
10. Bach: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO.2
3rd Movement — allegro assai
Mainz Chamber Orchestra/Gunther Kehr, conductor
11. Bach: FUGUE IN G MINOR (“Little”)
Tom Koopman, organ
12. Mozart: VARIATIONS ON “AH, VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN,” K.265 — excerpt
Donald Perlman, harpsichord
13. Mozart: HORN CONCERTO NO. 2 IN E-FLAT, K.417
3rd Movement — allegro (rondo form)
Marie-Luise Neunecker, Camerata Bern/Thomas Furi, conductor
14. Theme 2 (B)
15. Theme 3 (C)
16. Theme 4 (D)
17. Beethoven: PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR
(“Pathetique”) Op. 13 — 3rd Movement (rondo form)
Alfred Brendel
Theme 1 — Main Rondo Theme (A)
18.Theme 2 (B)
Compact Disc 2:
1. Hayden: SYMPHONY NO. 94 IN G (“Surprise”)
3rd Movement — allegro molto (minuet and trio form)
North German Radio Hamburg Orchestra/Leopold Ludwig, conductor
Minuet (A) — Theme 1
2. Trio (B) — Theme 3
3. Minuet (A) Themes 1 and 2 return
4. Mozart SYMPHONY NO. 40 IN G MINOR K.550
1st Movement — molto allegro (sonata form)
Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg/Leopold Hager, conductor
Exposition (A) — Theme 1
5. Theme 2
6. Development (B) — Theme 1 fragments
7. Recapitulation (A) — Theme 1 return
8. Mozart: DON GIOVANNI: “Madamina” (opera aria — ABA form)
Otto Edelman, Vienna Philharmonic/Welhelm Furtwangler, conductor
A section
9. B section (minuet)
10. Beethoven: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, Op. 67
1st Movement — allegro (sonata form)
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ljubljana/Anton Nanut, conductor
Exposition (A) — Theme 1
11. Horn Introduction/Theme 2
12. Development (B) — Theme 1 fragments
13. Recapitulation — Theme 1 return
14. Coda — Theme 1 modified
15. Beriloz: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
5th Movement — “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Eugene Goosens, conductor
Idee Fixe (Beloved Melody)
16. Theme 1 fragment
17. Tolling Bells
18. Theme 2 — “Dies Irae” Part 1
19. Theme 3 — “Witches Round Dance”
20. Schubert: THE ERLKING (art song)
Siegfried Lorenz/Norman Shelter, piano
21. Schumann, C: SCHERZO, Op. 10 (excerpt)
Konstanze Eickhorst, piano
22. Chopin: FANTAISIE IMPROMPTU, Op. 66
Dieter Goldman, piano
23. Verdi: LA TRAVIATA, Act I: “È strano! È strano!” “Sempre Libera”
Monika Krauss, soprano, Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Alexander Rahbari, conductor
Recitative: “È strano! È strano!”
24. Aria: “Aquell’amor”
25. Recitative
26. Aria: “Sempre libra”
27. Brahms: ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, Op. 80
Bamburg Philharmonic/Hans Swarowsky, conductor
Theme 1
28. Theme 3 — “Stately House”
29. Theme 4
30. Theme 7 — “Freshman Song”
31. Theme 8 — “Gaudeamus igitur”
32. Mahler: SONGS OF A WAYFARER
“Ging heut morgen über Feld”
Sandor Solyom-Nagy, baritone
Budapest Symphony Orchestra/Gyorgy Lehel, conductor
33. Stravinsky: THE RITE OF SPRING — “Sacrificial Dance” (rondo form)
Minnesota Orchestra/ Stanislav Skrowaczewski, conductor
Compact Disc 3:
1. Tchaikovsky: 1812 OVERTURE, Op. 49
Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Eduardo Mata, conductor
Courtesy of Compendia Music Group
Theme 1 — Church Hymn
2. Theme 3 — Folk song
3. Theme 6 — Lullaby
4. Theme 8 — Czar’s Hymn
5. Schoenberg: SUITE FOR PIANO, Op. 25 — “Praeludium”
Juerg Von Vintschier, piano
6. Prokofiev: CLASSICAL SYMPHONY — 1st Movement (sonata form)
National Orchestra of the ORTF/Jean Martinon, conductor
Exposition — Theme 1
7. Theme 2
8. Ives: CHARLIE RUTLAGE (song, 1921)
Roberta Alexander, soprano/Tan Crone, piano
9. Ives: FIRST ORCHESTRA SET: THREE PLACES IN NEW ENGLAND
“Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Section 1 — Introduction
10. British Grenadiers
11. Section 2 — Dream Scene: Bugle Calls
12. Section 3 — Awakening: 4th of July Celebration
13. Gershwin: PORGY AND BESS (opera)
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
Annie Hughes and William Marshall
Orchestra conducted by Donald Perlman
A Section: Introduction and Main Melody — First tempo
14. B Section: Bridge — Faster
15. Copland: RODEO (ballet) — “Hoe Down”
Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Donald Johanos, conductor
16. Mendelssohn: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINO, Op. 64
1st Movement (sonata form)
Aaron Rosand, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Louis De Froment, conductor
Exposition — Theme 1, violin
17. Theme 2
18. Development — Theme fragments
19. Recapitulation — Theme 1 return
20. Puccini: LA BOHÈME, End of Act I
Luba Orgonasova, soprano, Jonathan Welch, tenor
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Will Humburg, conductor
Recitative: “Non sono in vena”
21. Recitative: “Si sente meglio?”
22. Rudolfo’s aria: “Che gelida manina”
23. Mimi’s aria: “Mi chiamano Mimi”
24. Wagner: OVERTURE TO DIE MEISTERSINGER
Bamburg Symphony/Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor
Exposition — Mastersingers’ Motive
25. Love Theme
26. Mastersingers’ Heritage
27. Prize Song
Compact Disc 4:
1. Mahler: SYMPOHNY NO. 1 IN D — 1st Movement
South German Philharmonic/Marin Meier, conductor
Introduction (slow) — Sounds of the Forest
2. Forest Melody (horns)
3. Main Section (moderately fast) — Main Theme: “Days of Youth”
4. Development Section — Theme fragments
5. Finale Section (coda) — Sounds of the Forest
6. Main Theme return
7. Debussy: PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
Denver Symphony Orchestra/Phillippe Entremont, conductor
A Section — Flute chromatic melody
8. B Section — Transition (clarinet)
9. A Section — Flute chromatic melody
10. Joplin: THE ENTERTAINER
Richard Zimmerman, piano
Introduction — Section 1
11. Section 2
12. Trio, Section 3
13. Bessie Smith: NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
14. Louis Armstrong: HEEBIE JEEBIES (1926)
15. Duke Ellington: IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING)
16. Charlie Parker: KOKO
17. Miles Davis: KIND OF BLUE
18. Bing Crosby: WHITE CHRISTMAS
19. Frank Sinatra: ONE FOR MY BABY
20. Billie Holiday: STRANGE FRUIT
21. Woody Guthrie: SO LONG, IT’S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU
22. Chuck Berry: MAYBELLINE
23. Ray Charles: GEORGIA
24. Creedence Clearwater Revival: PROUD MARY
25. Bernstein: OVERTURE TO CANDIDE
Utah Symphony Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel, conductor
26. Introduction - Oh, Happy We
27. Glitter and Be Gay
28. Coda
29. Kern: SHOW BOAT — “Ol’ Man River”
Paul Robeson (Recorded in Carnegie Hall — 1958)
30. Introduction - Chorus (A)
31. Bridge (B)
32. Chorus (A)
33. Sondheim: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC — “Send in the Clowns”
Annie Hughes, Orchestra conducted by Donald Perlman
34. Bock: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF — “Sunrise, Sunset”
Annie Hughes, Peter Kapetan, Ray Wills
Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Donald Perlman
35. Song from Rent
36. Britten: THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA, Op. 34
Will Greer, Narrator
The English Chamber Orchestra/Johanos Somary, conductor
Theme — Purcell’s theme
37. Woodwind section
38. Brass section
39. String section
40. Percussion section
41. Full orchestra
42. Variations — Flute and piccolo
43. Oboes
44. Clarinets
45. Bassoons
46. Violins
47. Viola
48. Cellos
49. String basses
50. Harp
51. Horns
52. Trumpets
53. Trombones and tuba
53. Each percussion instrument
54. Fugue — Piccolo
55. Return of theme
56. Coda
57. Zwilich: CONCERTO GROSSO 1985 — 1st Movement
New York Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta, conductor
58. South Africa: IF IT COMES TO FIGHTING WITH GUNS
Traditional Atsiagbekor dance piece of the Ewe
59. India: Ghazal, BAT KARANE MUJHE MUSHKIL
By Zasar, in rag Pahari and keharwa tala
Vocal: Mala Ganguly; tabla: Samar Das
60. Japan (Gagaku): Netori (prelude) & ETENRAKU in Hyojo
Nippon Gagaku Kai (Gagaku Society of Japan)
61. Japan: Kabuki Nagauta — AYAME-YUKATA (excerpt)