UC Davis Music Department
Class reserve listening
Spring 2008
Music 24B
Busse Berger
Class reserve listening contained on the Alexander Street Press Classical Music Library (CML) will link
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Schubert - Gretchen am Spinnrade D. 118
Schubert - Auf dem Wasser zu singen D. 774
Schubert - Winterreise D. 911 (1827),
excerpts:
20. Der Wegweiser;
21. Das Wirtshaus;
22. Mut!
23. Die Nebensonnen;
24. Der Leiermann
Schubert - Symphony no. 8 in B-minor, D. 759
1. Allegro moderato
Schubert - String Quintet in C major, D. 956
1. Allegro ma non troppo; 2. Adagio
Mendelssohn - Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 21
Mendelssohn - Elijah, op. 70 (1846)
10 [12]. Recitative & Chorus: "As the Lord Sabaoth liveth";
11 [13]. Chorus: "Baal, we cry thee";
12 [14]. Recitative & Chorus: "Call him louder! for he heareth ...";
13 [15]. Recitative & Chorus: "Call him louder! he heareth not";
14 [16]. Aria (Elijah): "Lord God of Abraham";
15 [17]. Chorus: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord";
26 [28]. Aria (Elijah): "It is enough";
27 [28]. Recitative: "See, now he sleepeth";
28 [20]. Boys' Choir (Angels): "Lift thine eyes"
Schumann - Carnaval, op. 9
1. Préambule;
2. Pierrot;
3. Arlequin;
4. Valse noble;
5. Eusebius;
6. Florestan;
7. Coquette;
8. Réplique;
9. Papillons;
10. A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A (lettres dansantes);
11. Chiarina
12. Chopin;
13. Estrella;
14. Reconnaissance;
15. Pantalon et Colombine;
16. Valse allemande;
17. Intermezzo: Paganini;
18. Aveu;
19. Promenade;
20. Pause;
21. Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins
Rossini - Guillaume Tell
Overture
from Act II:
Trio: Allor che scorre de’ forti il sangue
Finale: Confuso da quel bosco
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
From Act III:
Chorus: D'immenso giubilo
Lucia's "mad scene": Il dolce suono / Ardon gli incensi
Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots
Act II, scenes 7-8
Par l'honneur, par le nom
Et maintenant, je dois offrir à votre vue.
O transport, ô de émence.
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
1. Reveries - Passions
4. Marche au supplice
5. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat
Berlioz - Grande Messe des morts (Requiem), H. 75
2. Dies irae
Liszt - Sonata for Piano in B Minor
Lento assai; Allegro energico; (sections 1-5 on CML)
Andante sostenuto; (sections 6-7)
Allegro energico (sections 8-16)
Chopin - G Minor Ballade, op. 23
Schumann - Dichterliebe, op. 48
1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai;
2. Aus meinen Tränen spriessen;
3. Die Rose, die Lilie;
4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh';
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen;
6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome;
7. Ich grolle nicht;
8. Und wüßten's die Blumen;
9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen;
10. Hör ich das Liedchen klingen;
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen;
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen;
14. Allnächtlich im Traume
Brahms - Alto Rhapsody, op. 53
Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
3. Scherzo. Allegro
Brahms - Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98
2. Andante moderato
4. Allegro energico e passionato; Più allegro
Dvorak - Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95
1. Adagio; Allegro molto
4. Allegro con fuoco
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
1. Promenade;
13. Catacombs: Sepulcrum romanum and 14. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua;
15.The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga);
16. The Great Gate at Kiev
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 60 "Pathétique"
1. Adagio; Allegro non troppo;
4. Adagio lamentoso
Verdi - Nabucco
From Act III, scene 2:
(Chorus) Va, pensiero
Verdi - La Traviata
From Act I,
Recitative & aria (Violetta): E strano! ... Ah, fors'è lui ...
Follie! Follie! ...
Sempre libera
Verdi - Un ballo in maschera
Recitative and aria (Riccardo): Forse la soglia attinse ... Ma se m'e forza perderti
Verdi - La forza del destino
From Act III
(Don Alvaro) La vita e inferno ...
O tu che in seno agli angeli
Verdi - Otello
From Act IV: (Desdemona) Ave Maria
Verdi - Requiem
Dies irae; Tuba mirum; Liber scriptus; Quid sum miser; Rex tremendae; Recordare; Ingemisco; Confutatis; Lacrymosa
It is advisable to go to the Department Listening Page when listening to the Wagner examples.
Click on the "Play all examples on this page as a continuous playlist". The recording used breaks up selections that need continuity.
Wagner - Das Rheingold
Sc. 1 (the bed of the Rhine): the Rhinemaidens;
end of sc. 4: the gods cross the Rainbow Bridge into Valhalla
Wagner - Die Walküre
Act I, sc. 3: Siegmund's Spring Song; love duet; the sword in the tree;
Act III, sc. 3:
Wotan's farewell to Brünnhilde pt.1
Wotan's farewell to Brünnhilde pt.2
Wotan's farewell to Brünnhilde pt.3
Wagner - Siegfried
Act I, sc. 3: forging the sword pt.1
Act I, sc. 3: forging the sword pt.2
Wagner - Götterdämmerung
Act III, sc. 2: Siegfried's dead march;
end of Act III, sc. 3: Brünnhilde's immolation and the end of the world pt.1
end of Act III, sc. 3: Brünnhilde's immolation and the end of the world pt.2
end of Act III, sc. 3: Brünnhilde's immolation and the end of the world pt.3
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
Vorspiel;
Love duet from Act II: O sink hernieder;
from Act III:
Isolde's Liebestod
Bruckner - Symphony no. 4 in E-flat Major
1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
Mahler - Symphony no. 4 in G Major
1. Bedächtig, nicht eilen; 4. Sehr behaglich: Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier
Act III, final scene: Ist halt vorbei ... trio: Hab' mir gelobt ... duo: Ist ein Traum
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Classical Music Library
Contains recordings covering the history of Western art
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Sanctuary Classics and Hyperion. Performances feature major artists including
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others.
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Smithsonian Global Sound
Includes music, spoken word, and natural and human-made
sounds. Recordings come from the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
label and the archives of other labels. It includes music from around the world
as well as spoken word recordings of biography, memoir, drama, and poetry.
Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Dubois, Mahalia Jackson, Sterling Brown and others can
be heard reading from their own works. Other non-musical material includes
sounds of biological origin, sounds of the rainforest, documentary sounds (such
as aircraft, cars and tools) and more.
http://ucdavis2.classical.com
African American Song
Documents the history of African American music with
recordings by major names in the history of black American music. Artists
include Ma Rainey, Lead Belly, Mahalia Jackson, Alberta Hunter, Tampa Red, and
William "Bunk" Johnson. Some recordings have never before been
available. Access to the field recordings of folklorist Alan Lomax is also
included.
http://ucdavis4classical.com
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