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Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music
Volume(s): Vol. 2: Classic to Romantic
The newly expanded recorded anthology features updated recordings from some of the best performers and ensembles working today alongside classic recordings by great artists.
- Early-music ensembles Sequentia, Altramar, Hilliard Ensemble, Anonymous 4, Tallis Scholars, La Chapelle Royale, and Les Arts Florissants.
- Singers Paul Hillier, Ellen Hargis, Emma Kirkby, Maria Callas, Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears, and Bethany Beardslee.
- Harpsichordists Gustav Leonhardt and Trevor Pinnock.
- Pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Rudolf Serkin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
- Orchestras Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra.
- Opera companies La Scala of Milan, Bayreuth Festival Opera, Kirov Opera, and Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.
- Chamber ensembles the Tokyo String Quartet, Guarneri String Quartet, and Beaux Arts Trio.
- Jazz artists Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie.
† New work. ‡ New recording. In Concise Version.
Volume 2 Classic to Romantic
101. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La serva padrona, intermezzo, excerpt
- A. Ah, quanto mi sta male
- B. Son imbrogliato io
- Patricia Biccire, soprano; Donato Di Stefano, bass; La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, director
102. Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide, opera, excerpt from Act II, scene 9, Digli ch’io son fedele
- Emma Kirkby, soprano; Capella Coloniensis; William Christie, director
103. John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera, ballad opera, excerpt from scene 13
- A. Aria XV: My heart was so free
- B. Aria XVI: Were I laid on Greenland’s coast
- Adrian Thompson, tenor; Bronwen Mills, soprano; The Broadside Band; Jeremy Barlow, director
104. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, opera, excerpt from Act II, scene 1
- Michael Chance, countertenor; Kammerchor Stuttgart; Tafelmusik; Frieder Bernius, director
105. William Billings: Creation, fuging tune
- His Majestie’s Clerkes; Paul Hillier, director
106. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K. 119
- Lawrence Cummings, harpsichord
107. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata in A Major, H. 186, Wq. 55/4, second movement
- Richard Rephann, fortepiano
108. Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Symphony in F Major, No. 32, first movement
- Giovani di Nuova Cameristica; Daniele Ferrari, conductor
109. Johann Stamitz: Sinfonia No. 8 in E-flat Major
- New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Donald Armstrong, director
110. Johann Christian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord or Piano and Strings, Op. 7, No. 5, first movement
- Jonathan Scott, fortepiano; The Northern Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Ward, music director
111. Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2 (The Joke), fourth movement
- Kodály Quartet
112. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G Major (Oxford)
- The Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, director and harpsichord
†113 Joseph Haydn: The Creation, No. 2 (through “Let there be light” and following recitative)
- Atlanta Symphony; Robert Shaw, conductor
114. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332, first movement
- Mitsuko Uchida, piano
115. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement
- Jos van Immerseel, fortepiano; Anima Eterna; Roger Norrington, conductor
†116. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major (Jupiter), finale
- Boston Baroque; Itzhak Pearlman
117. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, opera, excerpt: Act I, scenes 1–2
- Alessandro Corbelli (Leporello); Bo Skovhus (Don Giovanni); Christine Brewer (Donna Anna); Umberto Chiummo (Commendatore); Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
†118. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique), first movement
- Rudolf Serkin, piano
119. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica), first movement
- Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
120. Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131, first and second movements
- Tokyo String Quartet
121. Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, Lied
- Ruth Ziesak, soprano; Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano
122. Franz Schubert: Winterreise, song cycle, excerpt: Der Lindenbaum
- ‡Roman Trekel, baritone; Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano
123. Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, song cycle, excerpt: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
- Hermann Prey, baritone; Leonard Hokanson, piano
124. Stephen Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, parlor song
- Wolodymyr Smishkewych, tenor; Yonit Lea Kosovske, fortepiano
†125. Robert Schumann: Carnaval, excerpts: Eusebius, Florestan, and Coquette
- Artur Rubinstein, piano
126. Fryderyk Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
127. Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
- Sandor Falvay, piano
128. Franz Liszt: Trois études de concert, No. 3: Un sospiro
- William Wolfram, piano
129. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenir de Porto Rico (Marche des Gibaros)
- Eugene List, piano
130. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, fifth movement: “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”
- Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
131. Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64, third movement: Allegretto non troppo—Allegro molto vivace
- Josef Suk, violin; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Karel Ancerl, conductor
†132. Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120, first movement
- Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; John Elliott Gardiner, conductor
†133. Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, first movement
- Guarneri Quartet with Leonard Rose, cello
134. Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17, third movement: Andante
- ‡Beaux Arts Trio
135. Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, oratorio, excerpt: No. 42, Chorus: And then shall your light break forth
- Edinburgh Festival Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Paul Daniel, conductor
†136. Fanny Mendelssohn: Im Wald, partsong from Gartenlieder, Op. 3, No. 6
- Heidelberger Madrigalchor
137. Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act II, scene 5: Cavatina, Una voce poco fa
- Sonia Ganassi, soprano; Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Will Humburg, conductor
†138. Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, Act I, scene 4, excerpt: Cantabile, Casta diva
- Maria Callas, soprano (Norma); Orchestra and Chorus of La Scale, Milan; Tulio Serafin, conductor
†139. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots, closing scene of Act II (with Ein feste Burg)
- Joan Sutherland, soprano; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
140. Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, Act II, finale: Wolf’s Glen scene
- Berlin German Opera Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Keilberth, conductor
†141. Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, excerpts
- A. Prelude
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- Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor
- B. Act I, Scene 5, Excerpt
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- Birgit Nilsson, (Isolde); Christa Ludwig, (Brangäne); Wolfgang Windgassen, (Tristan); Eberhard Wachter, (Kurwenal); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor
142. Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata, Act III, scena and duet
- Monserrat Caballé, Violetta; Carlo Bergonzi, Alfredo; Georges Prêtre, conductor
†143. Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, excerpt from Act 1
- Luciano Pavarotti, Pinkerton; Mirella Freni, Butterfly; Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
144. Georges Bizet: Carmen, excerpt: Act I, No. 10, Seguidilla and Duet
- Maria Callas (Carmen); Nicolai Gedda (Don José); Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris; George Prêtre, conductor
145. Modest Musorgsky: Boris Godunov, Coronation scene
- Valdimir Vaneev (Boris); Kirov Opera and Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
146. Arthur Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance, operetta, excerpt: When the foeman bares his steel
- Owen Brannigan (Sergeant of Police); Elsie Morison (Mabel); Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Pro Arte Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, director
147. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, finale
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
†148. Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34, first movement
- Artur Rubinstein, piano; Guarneri Quartet
149. Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, excerpts: themes and variations 1 and 2
- Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
150. Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, orchestral song cycle, No. 1, Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n
- Andreas Schmidt, baritone; Cincinnati Symphony; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor
†151. Piotr Il’ich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor ( Pathétique), third movement
- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Järvi, conductor
†152. Antonín DvoĆák: Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major (Furiant), Op. 46, No. 1
- Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Köhn, piano duo
153. Amy Cheney Beach: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67, third movement
- ‡Ambache Chamber Ensemble
154. John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever, March
- Royal Artillery Band; Keith Brion, conductor
- Edition Number: 6
- ISBN: 9780393113105
- Format: CD-ROM
- Publisher: W. W. Norton
- Copyright Date: 2009
- Published Date: 03/2009
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