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The Story of Classical Music / Darren Henley (unabridged) [4 CDs]

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Details

Composer
HENLEY DARREN
Artist
Henley Darren
Format
CD
Label
Naxos AudioBooks
Released
Jul 01, 2004
Catalog #
NA331012
UPC
9789626343104

About

This exclusive 6-disc collection from the BR Klassik label features legendary voices in previous unreleased recordings from the archives of Bavarian Broadcasting in Munich. The "Munich Sunday Concerts" series of live radio shows began in 1952 (and continue to the present day) with an international cast appearing with the Munich Radio Orchestra. This "best-of " compilation features classic voices like Margaret Price, Hermann Prey, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Grummer, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Mirella Freni. 6 top notch live recordings together in one set, and each one a gem

Tracklist 94 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 The Story of Classical Music 02:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Story of Classical Music
    Duration
    02:10
  3. 2 The Year 600: Music in Churches 02:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Year 600: Music in Churches
    Duration
    02:10
  4. 3 Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) 02:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
    Duration
    02:33
  5. 4 Medieval to Renaissance: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594) 02:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Medieval to Renaissance: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)
    Duration
    02:41
  6. 5 The Birth of Opera: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) / Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1510) 03:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Birth of Opera: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) / Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1510)
    Duration
    03:49
  7. 6 Into the 17th Century: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) 03:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    Into the 17th Century: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
    Duration
    03:03
  8. 7 London: Henry Purcell (1659-1695) 02:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    London: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
    Duration
    02:09
  9. 8 Germany: Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) 02:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Germany: Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
    Duration
    02:04
  10. 9 Italy: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1715) 02:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    Italy: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1715)
    Duration
    02:04
  11. 10 Germany: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 06:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    Germany: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    Duration
    06:48
  12. 11 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) 08:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
    Duration
    08:01
  13. 12 Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750) 02:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750)
    Duration
    02:21
  14. 13 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 04:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
    Duration
    04:38
  15. 14 The Classical Period: An Explanation 01:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Classical Period: An Explanation
    Duration
    01:58
  16. 15 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) 01:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
    Duration
    01:32
  17. 16 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) 01:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
    Duration
    01:35
  18. 17 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 06:14
    Track
    17
    Title
    Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
    Duration
    06:14
  19. 18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 05:21
    Track
    18
    Title
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    Duration
    05:21
  20. 19 Mozart's Great Works 05:37
    Track
    19
    Title
    Mozart's Great Works
    Duration
    05:37
  21. 20 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 04:31
    Track
    20
    Title
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    Duration
    04:31
  22. 21 Beethoven's Great Works 05:00
    Track
    21
    Title
    Beethoven's Great Works
    Duration
    05:00
  23. 22 Background History 02:25
    Track
    22
    Title
    Background History
    Duration
    02:25
  24. Disc 2
  25. 1 The composer as a Star 01:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    The composer as a Star
    Duration
    01:39
  26. 2 Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840) 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840)
    Duration
    02:48
  27. 3 Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) 02:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
    Duration
    02:05
  28. 4 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) 01:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
    Duration
    01:50
  29. 5 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 04:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Duration
    04:48
  30. 6 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) 04:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
    Duration
    04:10
  31. 7 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 05:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
    Duration
    05:00
  32. 8 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) 05:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Duration
    05:53
  33. 9 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 01:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
    Duration
    01:57
  34. 10 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 01:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
    Duration
    01:36
  35. 11 Clara Schumann (1819-1896) 01:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
    Duration
    01:34
  36. 12 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 04:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
    Duration
    04:31
  37. 13 Max Bruch (1838-1920) 01:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    Max Bruch (1838-1920)
    Duration
    01:51
  38. 14 Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) 01:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
    Duration
    01:42
  39. 15 Richard Wagner (1813-1883) 03:57
    Track
    15
    Title
    Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
    Duration
    03:57
  40. 16 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) 04:17
    Track
    16
    Title
    Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
    Duration
    04:17
  41. 17 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) 01:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
    Duration
    01:16
  42. 18 The Waltz: The Strauss Family 04:17
    Track
    18
    Title
    The Waltz: The Strauss Family
    Duration
    04:17
  43. 19 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) 04:49
    Track
    19
    Title
    Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
    Duration
    04:49
  44. 20 Léo Delibes (1836-1891) 01:06
    Track
    20
    Title
    Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
    Duration
    01:06
  45. 21 Georges Bizet (1838-1875) 02:05
    Track
    21
    Title
    Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
    Duration
    02:05
  46. 22 Russia, the national voice and the 'Mighty Handful' 02:14
    Track
    22
    Title
    Russia, the national voice and the 'Mighty Handful'
    Duration
    02:14
  47. 23 Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) 01:27
    Track
    23
    Title
    Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
    Duration
    01:27
  48. 24 Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) 04:32
    Track
    24
    Title
    Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
    Duration
    04:32
  49. 25 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) 03:50
    Track
    25
    Title
    Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
    Duration
    03:50
  50. 26 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 03:56
    Track
    26
    Title
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
    Duration
    03:56
  51. Disc 3
  52. 1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Continued) 03:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Continued)
    Duration
    03:35
  53. 2 Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) 03:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
    Duration
    03:09
  54. 3 Norway – Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 02:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Norway – Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
    Duration
    02:50
  55. 4 England – Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) 03:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    England – Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
    Duration
    03:18
  56. 5 France – Jules Massenet (1842-1912) 02:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    France – Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
    Duration
    02:51
  57. 6 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) 02:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
    Duration
    02:19
  58. 7 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 02:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
    Duration
    02:38
  59. 8 Spain – Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) 01:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Spain – Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
    Duration
    01:50
  60. 9 Industrial progress 00:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    Industrial progress
    Duration
    00:45
  61. 10 England – Edward Elgar (1857-1934) 05:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    England – Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
    Duration
    05:27
  62. 11 Italy – Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) 04:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    Italy – Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
    Duration
    04:11
  63. 12 Austria – Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) 01:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    Austria – Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
    Duration
    01:58
  64. 13 France – Paul Dukas (1865-1935) 01:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    France – Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
    Duration
    01:25
  65. 14 Erik Satie (1866-1925) 01:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    Erik Satie (1866-1925)
    Duration
    01:52
  66. 15 Maurice Ravel (1875-1837) 02:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Maurice Ravel (1875-1837)
    Duration
    02:35
  67. 16 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 02:06
    Track
    16
    Title
    Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
    Duration
    02:06
  68. 17 Finland – Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 02:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    Finland – Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
    Duration
    02:08
  69. 18 England – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 03:09
    Track
    18
    Title
    England – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
    Duration
    03:09
  70. 19 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) 02:07
    Track
    19
    Title
    Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
    Duration
    02:07
  71. 20 Russia – Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) 03:39
    Track
    20
    Title
    Russia – Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
    Duration
    03:39
  72. 21 Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) 02:10
    Track
    21
    Title
    Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
    Duration
    02:10
  73. 22 Russia – Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) 03:24
    Track
    22
    Title
    Russia – Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
    Duration
    03:24
  74. 23 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 06:09
    Track
    23
    Title
    Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
    Duration
    06:09
  75. 24 Hungary – Béla Bartók (1881-1945) 02:35
    Track
    24
    Title
    Hungary – Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
    Duration
    02:35
  76. 25 Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) 01:12
    Track
    25
    Title
    Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
    Duration
    01:12
  77. 26 Austria – Anton Webern (1883-1945) 02:31
    Track
    26
    Title
    Austria – Anton Webern (1883-1945)
    Duration
    02:31
  78. 27 Carl Orff (1895-1982) 01:37
    Track
    27
    Title
    Carl Orff (1895-1982)
    Duration
    01:37
  79. 28 Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) 01:08
    Track
    28
    Title
    Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
    Duration
    01:08
  80. 29 USA – Charles Ives (1874-1954) 02:46
    Track
    29
    Title
    USA – Charles Ives (1874-1954)
    Duration
    02:46
  81. 30 Roy Harris (1898-1979) 01:13
    Track
    30
    Title
    Roy Harris (1898-1979)
    Duration
    01:13
  82. Disc 4
  83. 1 George Gershwin (1898-1937) 04:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    George Gershwin (1898-1937)
    Duration
    04:46
  84. 2 Aaron Copland (1900-1990) 02:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
    Duration
    02:46
  85. 3 Samuel Barber (1910-1981) 01:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
    Duration
    01:46
  86. 4 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) 02:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
    Duration
    02:03
  87. 5 England – William Walton (1902-1983) 02:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    England – William Walton (1902-1983)
    Duration
    02:47
  88. 6 Russia – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 04:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Russia – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
    Duration
    04:23
  89. 7 England – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) 01:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    England – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
    Duration
    01:57
  90. 8 France – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) 03:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    France – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
    Duration
    03:00
  91. 9 France and USA – Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) 02:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    France and USA – Edgard Varèse (1883-1965)
    Duration
    02:21
  92. 10 USA – John Cage (1912-1992) 01:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    USA – John Cage (1912-1992)
    Duration
    01:52
  93. 11 England – John Tavener (b. 1944) 01:25
    Track
    11
    Title
    England – John Tavener (b. 1944)
    Duration
    01:25
  94. 12 USA – Philip Glass (b. 1937) 01:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    USA – Philip Glass (b. 1937)
    Duration
    01:55
  95. 13 Hans Zimmer (b. 1957) 01:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    Hans Zimmer (b. 1957)
    Duration
    01:32
  96. 14 Howard Shore (b. 1946) 01:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Howard Shore (b. 1946)
    Duration
    01:16
  97. 15 John Williams (b. 1932) 01:42
    Track
    15
    Title
    John Williams (b. 1932)
    Duration
    01:42
  98. 16 Epilogue 01:11
    Track
    16
    Title
    Epilogue
    Duration
    01:11