700 Years of Classical Treasures: A Tapestry in Music and Words

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700 Years of Classical Treasures: A Tapestry in Music and Words is a book with eight compact discs inside by Reader's Digest music.

Contents

[edit] The Middle Ages and the Renaissance

  1. Los Set Gotxs, Ballade (Anonymous)
  2. Trotto (Anonymous)
  3. Die Bassnacht Bringt Trurig Zit (Anonymous)
  4. Cuncti Simus Concanentes: Ave Maria, Virelai (Anonymous)
  5. Es Fraulein Edel von Natuer (Anonymous)
  6. Puis Qu'en Oubli (De Machaut)
  7. Pentecost: Veni Creator Spiritus (Anonymous)
  8. Puer Natus Est: Ad Te Levavi (Anonymous)
  9. Gentle Robin (Cornish)
  10. Il Lamento - La Sampogna (Morley)
  11. Yo Me Soy la Morenita (Anonymous)
  12. Corrente Quarta/A Miei Pianti (Aria a Voce Sola) (Frescobaldi)
  13. Psallite (Praetorius)
  14. Lasciate I Monti (Monteverdi/Striggio)
  15. The Nightingale in Silent Night (Bateson)
  16. La Complainte de la Tourterelle (Anonymous)
  17. Deux Bransles de Champaigne (Gervaise)
  18. Sancti Spiritus, Motet (Di Venosa)

[edit] The Baroque

  1. Te Deum (Charpentier)
  2. Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
  3. Spring from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
  4. Winter from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
  5. Canon in D (Pachelbel)
  6. Adagio in G Minor (Albinoni)
  7. Air on the G String (Bach)
  8. Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
  9. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
  10. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor: Badinerie (Bach)
  11. Greensleeves (Anonymous)
  12. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon (Handel)
  13. Water Music Suite: Air (Handel)
  14. Largo from Xerxes (Handel)
  15. Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (Handel)

[edit] Classicism

  1. Sleigh Ride (L. Mozart)
  2. Emperor Quartet: Theme and Variations (Haydn)
  3. Serenade (Haydn)
  4. Minuet (W.A. Mozart)
  5. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C: Andante (W.A. Mozart)
  6. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro (W.A. Mozart)
  7. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor: 1st Movement (W.A. Mozart)
  8. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor: 1st Movement (Beethoven)
  9. Symphony No. 6 in F ("Pastoral"): Theme (Beethoven)
  10. Für Elise (Beethoven)
  11. Minuet in G (Beethoven)
  12. Moonlight Sonata: Theme (Beethoven)
  13. Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Beethoven)
  14. La Danza (Rossini)
  15. William Tell Overture (Rossini)
  16. Marche Militaire (Schubert)
  17. The Trout (Schubert)
  18. Serenade (Schubert)
  19. Ave Maria (Schubert)

[edit] Romanticism

[edit] Part 1

  1. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne (Mendelssohn)
  2. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
  3. On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)
  4. Minute Waltz (Chopin)
  5. Etude No. 3 in E ("Tristesse") (Chopin)
  6. Nocturne in E-Flat (Chopin)
  7. Traumerei (Dreaming) (Schumann)
  8. Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat (Liszt)
  9. Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)
  10. Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner)
  11. Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre (Wagner)
  12. Rakoczy March (Berlioz)
  13. Triumphal March from Aïda (Verdi)
  14. Celeste Aïda from Aïda (Verdi)
  15. Va, Pensiero from Nabucco (Verdi)
  16. Soldiers' Chorus from Faust (Gounod)
  17. Waltz from Faust (Gounod)
  18. Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
  19. Light Cavalry Overture (Suppé)

[edit] Part 2

  1. Panis Angelicus (Franck)
  2. Nuns' Chorus from Casanova (J. Strauss, Jr.)
  3. The Blue Danube (J. Strauss, Jr.)
  4. Tales from the Vienna Woods (J. Strauss, Jr.)
  5. Voices of Spring (J. Strauss, Jr.)
  6. Emperor Waltz (J. Strauss, Jr.)
  7. Czardas from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss, Jr.)
  8. Radetzky March (J. Strauss, Sr.)
  9. The Skaters' Waltz (Waldteufel)
  10. Melody in F (Rubinstein)
  11. Romance from Soiréess a Saint-Petersburg (Rubinstein)
  12. The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)
  13. Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor (Borodin)
  14. Lullaby (Brahms)
  15. Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms)
  16. Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns)
  17. Gypsy Dance from Carmen (Bizet)
  18. Duet Theme from The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
  19. Prelude to Carmen (Bizet)

[edit] Part 3

  1. Marche from The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
  2. Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
  3. Grand Waltz from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
  4. Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
  5. Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
  6. Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
  7. España Rhapsody (Chabrier)
  8. Slavonic Dance in C (Op. 72, No. 7) (Dvořák)
  9. Humoresque No. 7 (Dvořák)
  10. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvořák/Kreisler)
  11. Méditation from Thaïs (Massenet)
  12. Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov)
  13. Theme from Sheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
  14. The Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
  15. Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
  16. In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
  17. Morning Mood from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
  18. Norwegian Dance No. 2 (Grieg)

[edit] The Modern Era

[edit] Part 1

  1. Pomp and Circumstance (March No. 1) (Elgar)
  2. Nimrod from Enigma Variations (Elgar)
  3. Danube Waves (Ivanovici)
  4. Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
  5. Rustles of Spring (Sinding)
  6. Poème (Fibich)
  7. Mattinata (Leoncavallo)
  8. Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème (Puccini)
  9. Tango (Albéniz)
  10. Malagueña (Albéniz)
  11. Andalucia from Dances of Spain (Granados)
  12. Rêverie (Debussy)
  13. Clair de Lune (Debussy)
  14. Minuet in G (Paderewsky)
  15. Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
  16. Vilia from The Merry Widow (Lehár)
  17. Yours Is My Heart Alone (Lehár)
  18. Waltz from The Merry Widow (Lehár)

[edit] Part 2

  1. Thus Spake Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) (R. Strauss)
  2. Finlandia (Sibelius)
  3. Estrellita (Ponce)
  4. Serenade (Toselli)
  5. My Song of Love (Stolz)
  6. Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time (Stolz)
  7. Play, Gypsies, Dance, Gypsies! from Countess Maritza (Kálmán)
  8. Elizabethan Serenade (Binge)
  9. Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
  10. Schön Rosmarin (Kreisler)
  11. Country Gardens (Grainger)
  12. Ritual Fire Dance (Falla)
  13. Bolero (Ravel)
  14. Saber Dance (Khachaturian)
  15. Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev)
  16. Summertime from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
  17. Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin)

[edit] The Book

String Instruments

violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, and harp.

Woodwind Instruments

flute, oboe, soprano clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, and contrabassoon

Brass Instruments

trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba

Percussion Instruments

xylophone, vibraphone, cymbals, snare drum, bass drum, timpani, chimes, maracas, triangle, tambourine, castanets, gong, and piano

[edit] The Compact Discs

# CD Number of Tracks
1 The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 18
2 The Baroque 15
3 Classicism 19
4 Romanticism: Part 1 19
5 Romanticism: Part 2 19
6 Romanticism: Part 3 18
7 The Modern Era: Part 1 18
8 The Modern Era: Part 2 17
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