Includes a e n 150 n d i Musical l i n n o t Excerpts e l ra i a c e r ti v e m at Written by Darren Henley Darren Henley THE STORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTENTS Track List 2 Classical Music – from the notes on the page, through history, to performance today 30 Biographies: Darren Henley and Aled Jones 34 Aled Jones Feature 35 Historical Timeline 40 Acknowledgements and Credits 53 Other titles available from Naxos AudioBooks 55 For interactive material and excerpts, including pictures, articles, sheet music, quizzes and more, visit: n-ab.com/socm Password: classicalsounds 2 1 The Story of Classical Music 2:14 Concerto: Duo seraphim from Vespers of the Blessed Virgin The Scholars Baroque Ensemble 8.550662–63 THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (600–1490) Franciscus Bossinensis (fl.1510) 2 The Year 600 – Music in Churches 2:06 Music featured: Music featured: Recercar Anonymous Christopher Wilson, lute 8.553694 Gregorian chant from the Proper of the Mass: Introitus – Adorate Deum Nova Schola Gregoriana; Turco 8.550711 THE BAROQUE PERIOD (1600–1750) 3 Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) 2:31 6 Into the 17th Century 3:04 Music featured: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687) O ignis spiritus Music featured: Oxford Camerata; Summerly 8.550998 Entrée from Ballet des plaisirs Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Mallon 8.554003 THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1490–1600) 7 4 Medieval to Renaissance 2:37 London 2:10 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6–1594) Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Music featured: Music featured: Missa Papae Marcelli Voluntary in G Oxford Camerata; Summerly 8.550573 Joseph Payne, organ 8.550718 5 3:45 The Birth of Opera Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) Kym Amps, soprano; The Scholars Baroque Ensemble 8.553108 Music featured: ‘Ecco pur ch’a voi’ from L’Orfeo Cappella Musicale di S Petronio di Bologna; Vartolo 8.554094–95 3 4 8 Germany 2:05 11 George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) 8:03 Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) Music featured: Music featured: Zadok the Priest Tallis Chamber Choir; Royal Academy Consort; Summerly 8.557003 Canon Anna Holbling, violin; Capella Istropolitana; Krcek 8.553221 Alla hornpipe from Water Music Capella Istropolitana; Warchal 8.550109 9 Italy 2:04 La Réjouissance from Firework Music Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1715) Capella Istropolitana; Warchal 8.550109 Music featured Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Concerto grosso No. 8 ‘Christmas Concerto’ The Scholars Baroque Ensemble 8.550827 Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Müller-Brühl 8.551077 (Choral Masterpieces) 10 Germany 6:51 Presto from Recorder Sonata in G minor László Czidra, recorder; Zsolt Harsányi, bassoon; Pál Kelemen, cello; Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Zsuzsa Pertis, clavichord 8.550700 Music featured: 12 Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1750) 2:16 Toccata in D minor Wolfgang Rübsam, organ 8.550184 Music featured: Adagio in G minor Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden from St Matthew Passion Pavel Bogacz, violin; Capella Istropolitana; Edlinger 8.553221 Hungarian Festival Choir; Hungarian SSO; Oberfrank 8.553257 (Favourite Arias and Choruses) 13 Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) 4:30 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Music featured: Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Müller-Brühl 8.554607 Spring from The Four Seasons Takako Nishizaki, violin; Capella Istropolitana; Gunzenhauser 8.550056 Air on the G string from Orchestral Suite No. 3 Capella Istropolitana; Dvorˇák 8.554043 Gloria in D major Oxford Schola Cantorum; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Ward 8.550767 5 6 THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750–1830) 19 Mozart’s great works 5:33 14 The Classical Period – An Explanation 1:56 Music featured: 15 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) 1:24 Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 Music featured: Capella Istropolitana; Sobotka 8.550026 Sinfonia No. 4 in G major Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’ Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra; Lee 8.553289 Capella Istropolitana; Wordsworth 8.550299 16 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) 1:33 Non più andrai from The Marriage of Figaro Andrea Martin, baritone; Donna Robin, soprano; Capella Istropolitana; Wildner 8.550435 Music featured: (Operatic Arias and Duets) Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467 Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Ostman 8.660064 Jeno´´ Jandó, piano; Concentus Hungaricus; Ligeti 8.550434 17 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) 6:21 Requiem Soloists; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Slovak PO; Kosˇler 8.550235 Music featured: Symphony No. 94 ‘The Surprise’ Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 Capella Istropolitana; Wordsworth 8.553222 Jeno´´ Jandó, piano 8.550258 A Musical Joke Symphony No. 45 ‘Farewell’ Jeno´´ Keveházi, horn; Kodály Quartet 8.550437 Capella Istropolitana; Wordsworth 8.553222 Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from The Magic Flute Symphony No. 101 ‘The Clock’ Andrea Martin, baritone; Donna Robin, soprano; Capella Istropolitana; Wildner 8.550435 Capella Istropolitana; Wordsworth 8.553222 (Operatic Arias and Duets) 18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) 5:21 Symphony No. 40 in G minor Capella Istropolitana; Wordsworth 8.550299 7 8 20 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) 4:22 24 Nicolò Paganini (1782–1840) 2:48 21 Beethoven’s great works 4:58 Music featured: Music featured: Caprice No. 24 in A minor Ilya Kaler, violin 8.550717 Symphony No. 5 Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Drahos 8.553476 Violin Concerto No. 1 Ilya Kaler, violin; Polish NRSO; Gunzenhauser 8.550649 Piano Sonata in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Jeno´´ Jandó, piano 8.550294 25 Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) 2:04 Egmont Overture Music featured: Slovak PO; Gunzenhauser 8.550072 Overture to William Tell Zagreb Festival Overture; Michael Halász 8.556683 Symphony No. 1 Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Drahos 8.553474 26 Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) 2:04 Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ Music featured: Soloists; Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Drahos 8.553478 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Ernst Ottensamer, clarinet; Slovak SPO, Kosice; Wildner 8.550378 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (1830–1900) 27 Franz Schubert (1797–1828) 4:48 22 Background History 2:22 Music featured: 23 The composer as a star 1:28 Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning-Wheel) Ruth Ziesak, soprano; Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano 8.554666 Piano Quintet in A major ‘Trout’ Jeno´´ Jandó, piano; István Tóth, double bass; Kodály Quartet 8.550658 Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’ Slovak PO; Halász 8.550145 9 10 28 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) 4:13 31 Franz Liszt (1811–1886) 2:02 Music featured: Music featured: Un bal from Symphonie fantastique Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8 San Diego Symphony Orchestra; Talmi 8.553597 Jeno´´ Jandó, piano 8.554480 Dies irae from Requiem Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Elora Festival Orchestra; Edison 8.554494–95 32 Robert Schumann (1810–1856) 1:35 29 Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849) 4:58 Music featured: Piano Concerto in A minor Music featured: Jeno´´ Jandó, piano; Budapest SO; Ligeti 8.550018 Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9 No. 2 33 Clara Schumann (1819–1896) 1:33 Balász Szokolay, piano 8.550291 Music featured: Prelude in D Flat ‘Raindrop’ Romance, Op. 11 No. 1 Irina Zaritzkaya, piano 8.550291 Yoshiko Iwai, piano 8.553501 Piano Concerto No. 2 34 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) 4:32 István Szekely, piano; Budapest SO; Nemeth 8.550123 Music featured: 30 Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) 5:51 Intermezzo in C sharp minor Music featured: Idil Biret, piano 8.550354 Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Slovak PO, Bramall 8.554433 Academic Festival Overture Belgian Radio and Television PO, Rahbari 8.550281 Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Slovak PO, Bramall 8.554433 Piano Concerto No. 1 Jeno´´ Jandó, piano; Polish NRSO; Wit 8.553182 The Hebrides Slovak PO, Dohnányi 8.554433 Violin Concerto in E minor Takako Nishizaki, violin; Slovak PO; Jean 8.550153 11 12 35 Max Bruch (1838–1920) 2:39 Dies irae from Requiem Soloists; Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Morandi 8.550944–45 Music featured: Violin Concerto No. 1 39 Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) 1:16 Takako Nishizaki, violin; Slovak PO; Gunzenhauser 8.550195 Music featured: 36 Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) 1:37 Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld Slovak SPO, Kosice; Walter 8.550468 Music featured: (Can-Can and Other Dances from the Opera) Symphony No. 4 ‘Romantic’ Royal Scottish NO; Titner 8.554128 40 The Waltz – The Strauss Family 4:18 37 Richard Wagner (1813–1883) 3:48 Johann Strauss I (1804–1849) Music featured: Music featured: The Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyrie Kettenbrücke-Walzer Slovak RSO; Mund 8.550211 Tanzquartette Wien 8.555689 Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Radetzky March Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Slovak RSO; Wildner 8.550507 Budapest Strauss Ensemble; Bogar 8.550900 38 Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) 4:13 Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) Music featured: Music featured: Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore The Blue Danube Strauss Festival Orchestra; Lenárd 8.550152 Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Slovak RSO; Dohnányi 8.550241 41 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) 4:42 Triumphal March and Chorus from Aida Music featured: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Slovak RSO; Dohnányi 8.550241 The Carnival of the Animals Soloists; Slovak RSO; Lenárd 8.550335 La donna è mobile from Rigoletto Yordy Ramiro, tenor; Slovak RSO; Rahbari 8.554065 13 14 42 Léo Delibes (1836–1891) 1:04 47 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) 3:47 Music featured: Music featured: Coppélia The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (arr. B. Traubas) from Slovak RSO; Mogrelia 8.553356–57 The Tale of Tsar Saltan 43 Georges Bizet (1838–1875) 2:01 Vytautas Sondeckis, cello; Lithuanian CO; Geringas 8.554381 (Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra) Music featured: Overture from Carmen Sheherazade Soloists; Slovak Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Rahbari 8.550727 Philharmonia Orchestra; Batiz 8.550726 44 Russia, the national voice and the ‘Mighty Handful’ 2:10 48 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) 5:16 45 Alexander Borodin (1833–1887) 1:25 Music featured: Music featured: The Sleeping Beauty Slovak RSO; Lenárd 8.553271 In the Steppes of Central Asia Slovak PO; Nazareth 8.550051 Swan Lake 46 Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) 4:28 Slovak PO; Halász 8.553271 Music featured: The Nutcracker Pictures at an Exhibition Slovak PO; Halász 8.553271 Jeno´´ Jandó, piano 8.550044 Symphony No.