The Enjoyment of Music, Shorter Version [With Access Code]

The purpose of this CD set is to take the listener through the various periods of classical music, from Gregorian Chant up to the contemporary period, ending with the First Movement of "City Life" by Steve Reich. The FOUR CDs in this set supplement the music appreciation text: The Norton Recordings to Accompany the Norton Scores and the Enjoyment of Music: Shorter Version. However, you don't need the book at all to savor the superb selections found on the CD. Here is a list of the composers (or excerpt works) that you'll hear: CD #1: -- Gregorian Chant -- Notre Dame School, "Organum" -- (anonymous) 13th Century Motet, "O Mitissima, etc. -- Machaut, "Puis qu'en oubli" -- Josquin Desprez, "Ave Maria" -- Palestrina, "Pope Marcellus" (Mass, "Gloria") -- Monteverdi, "A un giro sol" -- Farmer, "Fair Phyllis" -- Purcell, Didi and Aeneas, Act III" -- Bach, Cantata No. 80, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" -- Handel, Messiah, No. 18 & No. 44 -- Vivaldi, "Spring" -- Handel, "Water Music, Hornpipe" -- Mozart, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, Movements 1-4" CD #2: -- Jacquet de la Guerre, "Pieces for Harpsichord" -- Bach, "Prelude and Fugue in C minor, from the Well-Tempered Clavier" -- Haydn, "Symphony No. 94 (Surprise), 2nd Movement" -- Beethoven, "Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Movements 1-4" -- Mozart, "Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453, 1st Movement" -- Mozart, "The Marriage of Figaro, scenes 6 & 7 from Act I" CD #3: -- Beethoven, "Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 13, 2nd Movement" -- Schubert, "Erlking, D. 328" -- R. Schumann, "And if the Flowers Knew" -- Chopin, "Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53" -- C. Schumann, "Scherzo, op. 10" -- Berlioz, "Symphonie fantastique, 4th Movement" -- Smetana, "The Moldau, from My Fatherland" -- Brahms, "A German Requiem, 4th Movement" -- Verdi, "Rigoletta, Act III excerpt" -- Wagner, "Die Walküre, Act III, Finale" -- Debussy, "Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun" CD #4: -- Tchaikovsky, "The Nutcracker, Act II" -- Stravinsky, "Petrushka, First Tableau, Part I" -- Schoenberg, "Pierrot lunaire, op. 21, No. 18" -- Bartok, "Concerto for Orchestra, 4th Movement" -- Copland, "Billy the Kid, Scene I" -- Joplin, "Maple Leaf Rag" -- Ellington, "Ko-Ko" -- Bernstein, "West Side Story (Mambo & Tonight Ensemble)" -- Irish Traditional Dances, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" & "The Reel with the Beryle" -- Crumb, "Ancient Voices of Children, 1st Movement" & "The Little Boy Is Looking for His Voice" -- Ligeti, "Disorder" -- East African Music, "Ensiriba ya munange Katego" -- Ung, "Spiral" -- Abing, (Chinese traditional music), "The Moon Reflected on the Second Springs" -- Larsen, "Symphony Water Music, 1st Movement" -- Reich, "City Life, 1st Movement" The orchestras and performers are all first-class. Some examples include The Tallis Scholars, The London Symphony Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Marriner), New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), London Symphony Orchestra (Copland), etc. The overall sound quality of the per

if you want to live the entire experience of "the enjoynment of music" you really must buy the norton recordings. They complete themselves into a genuine musical experience