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  1. Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'homme armé, Agnus Dei
    Berkeley Chamber Singers; Alden Gilchrist, dir.
  2. Josquin Deprez: Ave maria
    Cappella Nova; Richard Taruskin, dir.
  3. Josquin Deprez: Absalon, fili mi
    Oxford Camerata
  4. Heinrich Isaac: Zwischen Perg und tieffem Tal
    Donald Simonson, tenor; Aaron Pearson, bass; Dee Dreeszen, tenor recorder, Alan Spohnheimer
  5. Nicolas Gombert: Super flumina Babylonis
    Southern Illinois University Collegium Musicum; Wesley K. Morgan, dir.
  6. Adrian Willaert: Victimae paschali laudes
    Southern Illinois University Collegium Musicum; Wesley K. Morgan, dir.
  7. Cristóbal de Morales: Emendemus in melius
    Chanticleer
  8. Marco Cara: Oimé el cuor
    Brenda Wessels, alto; Steve Kelleher, lute
  9. Costanzo Festa: Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella
    University of Chicago Collegium Musicum; Howard M. Brown, dir.
  10. Cipriano de Rore: Da le belle contrada d'oriente
    University of Chicago Collegium Musicum; Howard M. Brown, dir.
  11. Luca Marenzio: Solo e pensoso
    Deller Consort; Alfred Deller, dir.
  12. Carlo Gesualdo: Moro lasso, al mio desolo
    Collegium Vocale Köln; Wolfgang Fromme, dir.
  13. Thomas Morely: Sing we and chant it
    New York Pro Musica; Noah Greenberg, dir.
  14. Giaches de Wert: Non è si denso
    Musica Antiqua of Ames, Carl Bleyle, dir.
  15. Clément Janequin: À ce joly moys de may
    Ensemble Clément Janequin
  16. Claude Le Jeune: Revecy venir du printemps
    The Waverly Consort; Michael Jaffe, dir.
  17. Thomas Morely: April is in my mistress' face
    Deller Consort; Alfred Deller, dir.
  18. John Dowland: In darkness let me dwell
    Andrew Dalton, countertenor; Yasunori Imamura, lute
  19. Hans Leo Hassler: Mein g'muth ist mir verwirret
    Jean Thomas, soprano; Musica Antiqua of Ames; Carl Bleyle, dir.
  20. J.S. Bach: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
    Stuttgart Bach Collegium; Gachinger Kantorei; Helmuth Rilling, dir.
  21. Juan del Encina: Todos los bienes del mundo
    Musica Antiqua of Ames; Carl Bleyle, dir.
  22. William Byrd: Ego sum panis vivus
    The Copenhagen Boys' and Men's Choir; Niels Moller, dir.
  23. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Lauda Sion
    Musica Antiqua of Ames; Carl Bleyle, dir.
  24. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Lauda Sion, Kyrie
  25. Tomás Luis de Victoria: O vox omnes
    University of Chicago Collegium Musicum; Howard M. Brown, dir.
  26. Orlando de Lassus: Tristis est anima mea
    The Copenhagen Boy's and Men's Choir; Niels Moller, dir.
  27. G. Gabrieli: Sonata pian' e forte
    Canadian Brass; Berlin Philharmonic Brass
  1. Arnolt Schlick: Gaude Dei genetrix (excerpt)
    Lynn Ziegler-Dickerson, organ
  2. Girolamo Cavazzoni: Recercar Quarto
    Lynn Ziegler-Dickerson, organ
  3. Gloria tibi trinitas
    Musica Antiqua of Ames; Carl Bleyle, dir.
  4. Christopher Tye: In nomine (Crye)
    Fretwork
  5. Antonio de Cabezón: Diferencias sobre el canto llano del Caballero
    Paul Wolfe, harpsichord
  6. Luys de Milán: El Maestro: Fantasia No. 17
    Christopher Williams, lute
  7. Girolamo Diruta: Il Transilvano: Toccata No. 13
    Lynn Ziegler-Dickerson, organ
  8. Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis
    E. Power Biggs, organ; Gregg Smith Singers; Texas Boys Choir; Tarr Brass Ensemble
  9. Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella
    Denes Gulyas, tenor; Daniel Benko, lute
  10. Jacopo Corsi: Dafne: "Bella ninfa fuggitiva"
    Musica Antiqua of Ames; Carl Bleyle, dir.
  11. Claudio Monteverdi: Cruda Amarilli
    Consort of Musicke; Anthony Rooley, dir.
  12. Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo: "Possente spirto"
    Capella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna; Sergio Vartolo, dir.
  13. Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda: Act II, Scene 4
    Mirella Freni, soprano; Rolando Panerai, baritone;
    Naples "Alessandro Scarlatti" Radio Orchestra; Nino Sanzogno, dir.
  14. Jean-Baptiste Lully: Alceste: Overture
    La Grand Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy; Jean-Claude Malgoire, dir.
  15. Henry Purcell: Dido and Aneas: "Thy Hand, Belinda" - "With Drooping Wings"
    Carolyn Watkinson; English Baroque Soloists;
    Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, dir.
  16. Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte (conclusion)
    Spandauer Kantorei; Helmuth Rilling, dir.

 

  1. Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae: "O quam tu pulcrha es, amica mea"
    Peter Schreier, tenor; Gothart Stier, baritone; Capella Fidicinia Leipzig;
    Dresden Church Choir; Hans Gruss, dir.
  2. Heinrich Schütz: Die Sieben Worte...Jesu Christi am Kreuz: Introit
    Clement Janequin Vocal Ensemble; Toulouse Saqueboutiers
  3. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia Chromatica
    Jorg Ewald Dahler, harpsichord
  4. Canzona per l'epistola
    Finn Videro, organ
  5. Johann Froberger: Suite XXII in E minor
    Finn Videro, clavichord
  6. Girolamo Frescobaldi: Il secondo libro di toccate: Toccata nona
    Lynn Ziegler-Dickson, organ
  7. Samuel Scheidt: Vater unser im Himmelreich
    Lynn Ziegler-Dickson, organ
  8. Dietrich Buxtehude: Vater unser in Himmelreich
    Alf Linder, organ
  9. J.S. Bach: Vater unser in Himmelreich
    Lynn Ziegler-Dickson, organ
  10. Girolamo Frescobaldi: Messa della Madonna, Ricercar dopo il Credo
    Finn Videro, organ
  11. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - La Flamande
    John Metz, harpsichord
  12. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Double
    John Metz, harpsichord
  13. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Courante
    John Metz, harpsichord
  14. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Double
    John Metz, harpsichord
  15. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Sarabande
    John Metz, harpsichord
  16. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Gigue
    John Metz, harpsichord
  17. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Double
    John Metz, harpsichord
  18. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in D minor - Second Gigue
    John Metz, harpsichord
  19. François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Vignt-Cinquième Ordre - La Visionaire
  20. François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Vignt-Cinquième Ordre - La Misterieuse
  21. François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Vignt-Cinquième Ordre - La Monflambert
  22. François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Vignt-Cinquième Ordre - La Muse Victorieuse
  23. François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Vignt-Cinquième Ordre - Les Ombres Errantes
1.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da camera, op. 2, no. 4 - Preludio
Purcell Quartet
   
2.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da camera, op. 2, no. 4 - Allemanda
Purcell Quartet
   
3.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da camera, op. 2, no. 4 - Grave - Adagio
Purcell Quartet
   
4.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da camera, op. 2, no. 4 - Giga
Purcell Quartet
   
5.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, op. 5, no. 1 - I
Locatelli Trio
   
6.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, op. 5, no. 1 - II
Locatelli Trio
   
7.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, op. 5, no. 1 - III
Locatelli Trio
   
8.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, op. 5, no. 1 - IV
Locatelli Trio
   
9.   Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da chiesa, op. 5, no. 1 - V
Locatelli Trio
   
10.   Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in A Major, op. 9, no. 2 - Allegro
Italian Soloisti
   
11.   Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in A Major, op. 9, no. 2 - Largo
Italian Soloisti
   
12.   Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de Table II, Quartet in D Minor, IV Allegro
Chamber Ensemble of the 18th Century
   
13.   Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux, Act IV, Scene I, "Sejour de l'eternelle paix"
Niels Brincker, tenor; The Chamber Orchestra of the Danish State Radio; Mogens Woldike, dir.
   
14.   Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin - L'Enharmonique
William Christie, harpsichord
   
15.   J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" - First movement
Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, dir.
   
16.   J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Recitative - "Ach Golgatha!" Aria with chorus - "Sehet Jesus hat die hand"
Julia Hamari, mezzo soprano; Stuttgart Bach Collegium;
Gachinger Kantorei; Helmut Rilling, dir.
   
17.   J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Recitative - "Und siehe da, der Vorhang"
Chorus - "Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen"

Julia Hamari, mezzo soprano; Stuttgart Bach Collegium;
Gachinger Kantorei; Helmut Rilling, dir.
   
18.   J.S. Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier [Volume I] - Prelude in C minor
Anthony Newman, harpsichord
   
19.   J.S. Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier [Volume I] - Fugue in C minor
Anthony Newman, harpsichord
   
20.   J.S. Bach: Durch Adams fall ist ganz verderbt BWV 637
Anton Heiller, organ
   
21.   George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare, Act III, Scene 7
Concerto Köln; Rene Jacobs, dir.
   
22.   George Frideric Handel: Messiah "Comfort ye"
Martyn Hill, tenor; Worcester Cathedral Choir; La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy; Jean-Claude Malgoire, dir.
   
23.   George Frideric Handel: Messiah "Ev'ry valley"
Martyn Hill, tenor; Worcester Cathedral Choir; La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy; Jean-Claude Malgoire, dir.
   
24.   George Frideric Handel: Messiah "And the Glory of the Lord"
Martyn Hill, tenor; Worcester Cathedral Choir; La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy; Jean-Claude Malgoire, dir.
1.   D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K. 119
Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord
   
2.   C.P.E. Bach: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, H. 665, I
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor
   
3.   Sammartini: Symphony No. 32 in F - I
Camden Chamber Orchestra; J. Lubbock, conductor
   
4.   Sammartini: Symphony No. 32 in F - II
Camden Chamber Orchestra; J. Lubbock, conductor
   
5.   Sammartini: Symphony No. 32 in F - III
Camden Chamber Orchestra; J. Lubbock, conductor
   
6.   Pergolesi: La serva padrona, "Lo conosco"
Katalin Farkas, soprano; Jozsef Gregor, bass; Capella Savaria; Pal Nemeth, conductor
   
7.   Rousseau: Le devin du village, Act I. Scene I
Alpe Adria Ensemble; Rene Clemencic, conductor
   
8.   J.C. Bach: Concerto in E-flat op. 7, no. 5, I
Peter Basquin, piano; Orchestra da camera di Roma; Nicholas Flagello, conductor
   
9.   Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat No. 27, K. 595, I
Robert Casadesus, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
   
10.   Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, excerpt from Act II, Scene I
Michael Chance, Orfeo; Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor;
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Chorus; Franz Bernius, conductor
   
11.   Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III, Scene I, "Che farò senza Euridice"
Michael Chance, Orfeo; Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, leader;
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Franz Bernius, conductor
   
12.   Haydn: String Quartet, op. 33, no. 2, I
Janacek Quartet
   
13.   Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D major, I
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
   
14.   Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Act II, Terzetto: "Susanna, or via sortite"
Lucio Gallo, Conte; Karita Mattila, Contessa; Marie McLaughlin, Susanna;
Maggio Musicale; Zubin Mehta, conductor
1.   Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act I, No. 4, Aria: "Madamina"
Jose Van Dam, baritone; Paris Opera Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
   
2.   Mozart: Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 - I
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
   
3.   Mozart: Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 - II
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
   
4.   Mozart: Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 - III
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
   
5.   Billings: When Jesus Wept
Musica Antiqua Chorus; Carl Bleyle, director
   
6.   Hopkinson: My gen'rous heart disdains
Gordon Myers, baritone
   
7.   Antes: Trio in E-flat, Op. 3, No. 1, I
Fine Arts Quartet
   
8.   Antes: Go, Congregation, Go
Ilona Kumbrinck, soprano; Moravian Festival Orchestra; Thor Johnson, conductor
   
9.   Antes: Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs
Moravian Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Thor Johnson, conductor
   
10.   Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat Major
Daniel Adni, piano
   
11.   Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 57 "Appassionata," I
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
   
12.   Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in c# Op. 131 - I
Juilliard Quartet
   
13.   Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in c# Op. 131 - II
Juilliard Quartet
1.   Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica," I
The Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
   
2.   Weber: Der Freischütz, Act II, Scene 4 "The Wolf's Glen"
Peter Siefert, tenor; Kurt Rydel, bass; Peter Matic, speaker;
German Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Chorus; Marek Janowski, conductor
   
3.   Schubert: Heidenröslein
Hermann Prey, baritone; Leonard Hokanson, piano
   
4.   Schubert: Erlkönig
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Karl Engel, piano
   
5.   Schubert: Impromptu No. 3 in D
Murray Perahia, piano
   
6.   Reichardt: Hoffnung
Jean Thomas, soprano; Carl Bleyle, piano
   
7.   Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Act I, "La calunnia è un venticello"
Leo Nucci, bass; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
   
8.   Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
   
9.   Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 11 "Winter Wind"
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
   
10.   Mendelssohn: Elijah, Recitative with Chorus: "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth"
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor
   
11.   Mendelssohn: Elijah, Chorus: "Baal, we cry to thee"
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor
   
12.   Mendelssohn: Elijah, Recitative and Chorus; "Call him louder!" - "Hear and answer, Baal!"
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor
   
13.   Mendelssohn: Elijah, Aria: "Lord God of Abraham"
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor
   
14.   Mendelssohn: Elijah, Quartet: "Cast thy burden upon the lord"
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor
   
15.   Mendelssohn: Elijah, Recitative and Chorus: "O Thou who makest thine angels spirits" -
"The fire descends from heaven"

Barbara Bonney, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor
1.   Chopin: Nocturne in A-flat
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
   
2.   R. Schumann: Der Nussbaum
Marjana Lipovsik, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano
   
3.   R. Schumann: Carnaval: "Eusebius"
Nelson Freire, piano
   
4.   R. Schumann: Carnaval: "Florestan"
Nelson Freire, piano
   
5.   R. Schumann: Carnaval: "Chiarina"
Nelson Freire, piano
   
6.   R. Schumann: Carnaval: Chopin
Nelson Freire, piano
   
7.   R. Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39, "Mondnacht"
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Lee Luvisi, piano
   
8.   C. Schumann: Liebst du um Schönheit
Katherine Ciesinski, soprano; Rudolph Palmer, piano
   
9.   Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, V
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
   
10.   Bellini: Norma, "Casta Diva"
Renata Scotto, soprano; National Philharmonic Orchestra;
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; James Levine, conductor
   
11.   Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
   
12.   Verdi: Otello, Act II "Credo"
Sherrill Milnes, baritone; National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus; James Levine, conductor
   
13.   Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Jerome Rose, piano
   
14.   Liszt: Nuages gris
Louis Kentner, piano
   
15.   Bruckner: Motet, Virga Jesse floruit
John Alldis Choir; John Alldis, conductor
1.   Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, I
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
   
2.   Brahms: "Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelzungen redete"
George London, bass-baritone; Leo Taubman, piano
   
3.   Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Coronation Scene
George London, bass-baritone; Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Opera;
Alexander Malik-Pachaev, conductor
   
4.   Scriabin: PRelude, Op. 74, No. 3
Ruth Laredo, piano
   
5.   Wolf: Anakreons Grab
Regine Crespin, soprano; John Wustman, piano
   
6.   Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, "In diesem Wettern, in diesem Braus"
Agnes Baltsa; Vienna Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
   
7.   Fauré: La Bonne Chanson, "L'Hiver a cessé"
Elly Ameling, soprano; Dalton Baldwin, piano
   
8.   Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
   
9.   Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Philippe Entremont, piano
   
10.   Holst: The Hymn of Jesus (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; King's College Choir; Andrian Boult, conductor
   
11.   Ives: Concord Sonata, "The Alcotts"
John Kirkpatrick, piano
1.   Cowell: The Banshee
Henry Cowell, piano
   
2.   Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
BBC Symphony; Pierre Boulez, conductor
   
3.   Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, "Nacht"
Bethany Beardslee, soprano; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Robert Craft, conductor
   
4.   Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, "Der Mondfleck"
Bethany Beardslee, soprano; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Robert Craft, conductor
   
5.   Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 - Introduction, theme
BBC Symphony; Pierre Boulez, conductor
   
6.   Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 - Finale
BBC Symphony; Pierre Boulez, conductor
   
7.   Berg: Wozzeck, Act III, scene 2
Paris National Opera Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
   
8.   Webern: Symphony, Op. 21, II
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
   
9.   Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I
Introduction, Augurs of Spring, Dance of the Youths

Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
   
10.   Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, II
Toronto Festival Chorus; CBC Symphony; Igor Stravinsky, conductor
   
11.   Copland: Appalachian Spring (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
   
12.   Messiaen: Meditations sur le mystère de la sainte Trinité, No. VII
Han-Ola Ericsson
   
13.   Boulez: Le Marteau sans Maitre, III "L'artisanat furieux"
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Ensemble Musique Vivante; Pierre Boulez, director
   
14.   Babbitt: Three Compositions for Piano, No. 1
Robert Taub, piano
   
15.   Crumb: Apparition I, "The night in silence under many a star..."
Jan De Gaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano
   
16.   Ligeti: Esjaska/Night
London Sinfonietta Voices; Terry Edwards, director
   
17.   Reich: Tehillim (Psalms), Part IV
Steve Reich and Musicians; George Manahan, conductor
   
18.   Zwilich: Concerto Grosso, I
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor

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