Fawkes, R.: The History of Classical Music (Unabridged)

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The Early, Medieval and Renaissance Periods (more info)
Richard Fawkes,
Robert Powell, reader


1. The Sound Of Gregorian Chant - Gregorian Chant For Good Friday - 4:53
2. Plainsong: The Ambrosian Chant - Ambrosian Chant - 0:59
3. The Dorian, Phrygian And Lydian Modes - 1:27
4. Hildegard Of Bingen - Heavenly Revelations - 2:06
5. The Gothic Age ... Leonin And Perotin - The Spirits Of England And France 1 - Music Of The Later Mid - 4:16
6. The Motet - The Spirits Of England And France 1 - Music Of The Later Middle Ages For Court And Churc - 3:50
7. The Troubadour Tradition - Alfonso X, ' El Sabio ' - 5:41
8. Guillaume De Machaut - De Machaut - La Messe De Nostre Dame - 2:43
9. The Madrigal - Francesco Landini - A Song For Francesco Landini - 5:16
10. Guillaume Dufay And Johannes Ockeghem - Dufay - Chansons - 9:53
11. The Agincourt Carol - Medieval Carols - 2:37
12. The Renaissance - Giovanni Pierluigi De Palestrina - Palestrina - Missa Sine Nomine - 6:01
13. The High Renaissance In England - 9:04
14. The French Chanson And The Madrigal In Italy And England - French Chansons - 6:04
15. John Dowland - Dowland - 6:25
16. Andrea And Giovanni Gabrieli - Sonata - 3:11

The Baroque Period (c1600-1750) / The Classical Period (c1750-1800) (more info)
Robert Powell, reader
Richard Fawkes,


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

The Romantic Period (c1827-1900) (more info)
Richard Fawkes,
Robert Powell, reader


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

The Twentieth Century (more info)
Robert Powell, reader
Richard Fawkes,


1. Isms - Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring - 2:44
2. Claude Debussy And Impressionism - La Mer - 3:20
3. New Directions - 1:50
4. Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite - The Rite Of Spring - 4:28
5. Arnold Schoenberg And Serialism - Sechs Kleine Klavierstucke - 5:11
6. Olivier Messiaen - Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus - 1:00
7. Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier - 3:20
8. Gustav Holst - The Planets (Jupiter) - 2:34
9. Edward Elgar - 'Enigma' Variations - Cello Concerto - 2:57
10. Jean Sibelius - Swan Of Tuonela - Symphony No 5 - 4:04
11. Ralpph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 6 - 0:52
12. Sergey Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 2 - 2:12
13. Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 - String Quartet - 3:46
14. Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No 1 'Classical' - 2:03
15. Post WW1 France - Les Six - Violin Sonata - 2:27
16. The Folk Music Heritage And Nationalism - 1:05
17. Poland - Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No 3 - 1:07
18. Hungary - Bela Bartok - Concerto For Orchestra - 2:53
19. Czechoslovakia - Leos Janacek And Bohuslav Martinu - Sinfonetta - 3:04
20. United States - Charles Ives And Aaron Copland - Billy The Kid - 4:06
21. South America - Heitor Villa-Lobos - Latin American Classics Vol. 1 - 1:34
22. Spain - Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez - 1:11
23. Other Directions - The Far East And Film Music - 3:13
24. New Sounds - Edgard Varese And Pierre Boulez - Varese: Deserts - Boulez: Piano Sonata No 2 - 6:30
25. Minimalism - Steve Reich, Philip Glass And John Adams - New York Counterpoint - 1:06
26. Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No 3 - 1:36
27. Michael Tippett - Ritual Dances From Midsummer Marriage - 1:52
28. Benjamin Britten - War Requim - 3:36
29. At The Close Of The 20th Century - Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten For Strings And Bell - 3:57

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