THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS (In
Progress...)
FREE WEB LISTENING OPTIONS
YouTube TIP: Search with composer's last
name and work (e.g. Beethoven symphony 3) and choose complete / full length recordings
as indicated in the title or by the time length of the video BUY MUSIC FROM (a few popular stores & streaming sources)
Amazon [US and country specific stores] Streaming Berliner
Philharmoniker Digital Concerts (video streaming)
Classical Music Glossary op. = opus Level
2: Intermediate Listeners THE
CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS
WEEK
COMPOSER AND OPUS TITLE
TOTAL LISTENING TIME (approx. minutes)
1
John Adams:
Harmonium
AND Chairman
Dances AND
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2
Bach
C.P.E.:
Hamburg Symphonies (any 2) AND
Flute Concerto (any 1)
3
Boccherini:
Symphonies op.12 (any 2) AND
Oboe Quintet
op. 55 AND Cello
Concerto (any 1 from
G.475 or
G.476 or
G.479 or
G.480 or
G.482 or
G.573)
4
Borodin:
Symphony 2 AND
In the Steppes of Central Asia AND
Polovtsian
Dances
5
6
Buxtehude:
Trio Sonatas op. 1 (any
4) AND
La Capricciosa BuxWV 250 OR
Choral Partita BuxVW 179
7
8
Mendelssohn:
Symphony 1
op. 11 (1824) AND
Symphony 5
op. 107 (Reformation) [NOT the string symphonies]
9
10
11
Delius:
Piano
Concerto AND
In a summer garden
AND
Five Piano Pieces
AND
Violin Sonata 3
12
Frescobaldi:
Fiori Musicali
(selections, total 30') AND
Harpsichord Works (any, total 30')
13
Haydn:
Symphony no 104
AND
Trumpet Concerto
AND
String Quartet op. 76/4
'Sunrise'
14
Glazunov (or Glasunov):
The Seasons op. 67
AND Symphony no 1
15
16
Corelli;
12 Concerto Grossi op. 6 (any 3) AND
Trio Sonatas (any 5)
17
18
Grieg:
Piano Concerto
op. 16 AND Lyric Pieces (any, total 30')
19
Locatelli:
Concerto grosso op. 1 no 8 (Christmas Concerto) and any other three
concertos from
op. 1 AND any three flute sonatas from
op. 2.
20
Ibert:
Flute Concerto
AND Concertino da
Camera AND Escales
AND Histoires
21
Janacek:
Sinfonietta
AND
String
Quartet no 1 AND Pohadka
22
23
Kodaly:
Concerto for
Orchestra AND
Dances of Galanta
AND Hary Janos Suite
24
Chopin:
Piano Sonata no 3
AND
Fantaisie-Impromptu AND selections from
Polonaise,
Nocturnes,
Preludes
25
26
Ligeti: Lux aeterna-Cello
Concerto-Melodien for orchestra-Etudes for piano (any 2)
27
Copland:
Danzon Cubano-Symphony 3
28
Locatelli: Concerto
grosso op. 1 (any 3)-L'arte del violino (violin concertos) op. 3 (any 2)
29
Lutoslawski: Symphony no
1-Symphony no 2
30
de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain AND Concerto for Harpsichord
AND Cuatro piezas españolas
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
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100
Back to Level 1: Beginners CHORAL AND OPERA SUGGESTIONS Week
COMPOSER AND OPUS TITLE
TOTAL LISTENING TIME 1
Byrd: (any
of his vocal works)
Britten: War Requiem, op.
66
Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmila
OR A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin)
Charpentier;
Medee (opera)
WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM
Internet Archive:
Unlocked Recordings. TIP: search in the box under the number of results with
composer's last name and work (e.g. Beethoven symphony 3).
ArkivMusic (USA)
eclassical (download)
Europadisc (U.K.)
JPC (Germany)
Presto Classical (U.K.
& download)
Classical Archives
iTunes
Idagio
medici.tv (video streaming)
Naxos Music Library
Presto Music
Stage+ (Deutsche Grammophon, audio &
video streaming)
Abbreviations of
Composer Works by Catalogers
WEEKLY
LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM
Suggested by Demetris Loizos
60'
55'
60'
60'
82'
60'
Glinka:
Jota Aragonesa
AND Kamarinskaya
AND Ruslan & Ludmila
Overture AND
Any other
orchestral/chamber works
60'
65'
Mozart:
The Violin Concerto
No 5 K219 AND
String Quartet no 17 K458 'The Hunt'
60'
Couperin
(François):
Concerts Royaux (any 3)
AND Preludes (any, total 15')
AND
Pieces de
Clavecin (any, total 15-20')
60'
66'
60'
68'
75'
65'
60'
65'
60'
60'
70'
60'
Khachaturian:
Spartacus
Ballet Suite no 2 AND
Piano Concerto
55'
55'
60'
60'
60'
50'
60'
55'
60'
Continue to Level 3: Advanced
( approx. hours : minutes)
1 : 10'
2
1 : 28'
3
2 : 15' - 2 : 45'
4
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
1 : 40'
5
Hildegard Bingen:
O viridissima virga
AND
Ave generosa
AND Any Anthems, Motets, Masses, Vespers
1 : 10'
6
2 : 30'
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Back to Level 1: Beginners
Continue to Level 3: Advanced