FAWKES: The History of Classical Music

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The Early, Medieval and Renaissance Periods (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Sound Of Gregorian Chant - Gregorian Chant For Good Friday - 04:53
2. Plainsong: The Ambrosian Chant - Ambrosian Chant - 00:59
3. The Dorian, Phrygian And Lydian Modes - 01:27
4. Hildegard Of Bingen - Heavenly Revelations - 02:06
5. The Gothic Age ... Leonin And Perotin - The Spirits Of England And France 1 - Music Of The Later Mid - 04:16
6. The Motet - The Spirits Of England And France 1 - Music Of The Later Middle Ages For Court And Churc - 03:50
7. The Troubadour Tradition - Alfonso X, ' El Sabio ' - 05:41
8. Guillaume De Machaut - De Machaut - La Messe De Nostre Dame - 02:43
9. The Madrigal - Francesco Landini - A Song For Francesco Landini - 05:16
10. Guillaume Dufay And Johannes Ockeghem - Dufay - Chansons - 09:53
11. The Agincourt Carol - Medieval Carols - 02:37
12. The Renaissance - Giovanni Pierluigi De Palestrina - Palestrina - Missa Sine Nomine - 06:01
13. The High Renaissance In England - 09:04
14. The French Chanson And The Madrigal In Italy And England - French Chansons - 06:04
15. John Dowland - Dowland - 06:25
16. Andrea And Giovanni Gabrieli - Sonata - 03:11

The Baroque Period (c1600-1750) / The Classical Period (c1750-1800) (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Birth Of Opera - Purcell - The Fairy Queen - 03:53
2. Claudio Monteverdi And The Growth Of Opera - Montaverdi - 09:39
3. Music in England - Henry Purcell - Te Deum - 05:24
4. George Frideric Handel - 02:04
5. Church Music In The Baroque - The Oratorio And The Cantata - 04:17
6. Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas - 05:58
7. The Development Of Keys - 02:56
8. Music For Keyboards - Suites For Harpsichord Nos 6, 8 & 11 - The Well Tempered Clavier - The Great O - 05:39
9. The Violin - 02:36
10. The Development Of The Solo Concerto - Vivaldi - Cello Concerti Vol 1 - 05:02
11. The Age Of Reason - The Classical Period - 01:51
12. Sonata Form - 02:52
13. The Symphony - Von Dittersdorf - Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses - 03:04
14. Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphonies Nos 6, 7, 8, 82, 96 & 100 - String Quartets - 07:03
15. Wolgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos 12, 14 & 21 - String Quartets - The Magic Flute - 04:55
16. Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orfeo & Euridice - Don Giovanni - Cosi Fan Tutte - Requim - 05:36
17. Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartets Op 18, 5 & 6 - Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14, & 23 - Symphony No 9 - 06:22

The Romantic Period (c1827-1900) (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Concept Of Romanticism - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 - 02:48
2. Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - 04:33
3. Franz Schubert - Lieder - Piano Quintet ' The Trout ' - Symphony No 8 - 05:27
4. The Piano - 01:24
5. Frederic Chopin - Rondos, Variations, Mazurkas - Polonaises Opp 26, 40, 44 & 53 - 02:53
6. Robert Schumann - Romantic Piano Favourites Vol. 3 - Cello Concerto - 03:56
7. Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No 9 (From The New World) - 03:24
8. Edvard Grieg - Wedding Day At Troldhaugen - Piano Concerto In A Minor - 02:56
9. France - Cesar Franck - Symphonic Variations - 01:50
10. Russia - The Mighty Handful - Polovtsian Dances - 03:12
11. Franz Liszt - A Faust Symphony - 02:26
12. Anton Bruckner - Symphony No 4 - 02:28
13. Johannes Brahms - Symphony No 1 - 02:37
14. Gustav Mahler - Das Lied Von Der Erde - Symphony No 5 - 05:26
15. Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky - Overtures After Shakespeare - Symphony No 6 - 04:34
16. Felix Mendelssohn And The Concerto - Violin Concerto - 01:33
17. The Amateur Choral Tradition - German Requiem - 02:00
18. Opera - Gioacchino Rossini - The Barber Of Seville - 03:13
19. Grand Opera - Giacomo Meyerbeer - Majestic Marches - 01:20
20. Bel Canto - Vincenzo Bellini And Gaetano Donizetti - Favourite Suprano Arias - L' Elisir D'Amore - 04:57
21. Jacques Offenbach - Can-Can And Other Dances From The Underworld - 01:44
22. Georges Bizet - Carmen (Highlights ) - 01:39
23. Giuseppe Verdi - Opera Choruses - Rigoletto (Highlights) - 03:03
24. Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme (Highlights) - 02:16
25. Opera In Germany - Carl Maria Von Weber - German Romantic Overtures - 02:17
26. Richard Wagner - German Romantic Overtures - Tristan Und Isolde (Orchestral Highlights) - 05:01

The Twentieth Century (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Isms - Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring - 02:44
2. Claude Debussy And Impressionism - La Mer - 03:20
3. New Directions - 01:50
4. Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite - The Rite Of Spring - 04:28
5. Arnold Schoenberg And Serialism - Sechs Kleine Klavierstucke - 05:11
6. Olivier Messiaen - Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus - 01:00
7. Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier - 03:20
8. Gustav Holst - The Planets (Jupiter) - 02:34
9. Edward Elgar - 'Enigma' Variations - Cello Concerto - 02:57
10. Jean Sibelius - Swan Of Tuonela - Symphony No 5 - 04:04
11. Ralpph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 6 - 00:52
12. Sergey Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 2 - 02:12
13. Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 - String Quartet - 03:46
14. Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No 1 'Classical' - 02:03
15. Post WW1 France - Les Six - Violin Sonata - 02:27
16. The Folk Music Heritage And Nationalism - 01:05
17. Poland - Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No 3 - 01:07
18. Hungary - Bela Bartok - Concerto For Orchestra - 02:53
19. Czechoslovakia - Leos Janacek And Bohuslav Martinu - Sinfonetta - 03:04
20. United States - Charles Ives And Aaron Copland - Billy The Kid - 04:06
21. South America - Heitor Villa-Lobos - Latin American Classics Vol. 1 - 01:34
22. Spain - Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez - 01:11
23. Other Directions - The Far East And Film Music - 03:13
24. New Sounds - Edgard Varese And Pierre Boulez - Varese: Deserts - Boulez: Piano Sonata No 2 - 06:30
25. Minimalism - Steve Reich, Philip Glass And John Adams - New York Counterpoint - 01:06
26. Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No 3 - 01:36
27. Michael Tippett - Ritual Dances From Midsummer Marriage - 01:52
28. Benjamin Britten - War Requim - 03:36
29. At The Close Of The 20th Century - Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten For Strings And Bell - 03:57

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