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 a"Twist & Shout" (1961)
Phil Medley/Bert Berns (1916-97/1929-67)
rock n' roll2 electric guitars, electric bass, drums, vocalsearly rock n' rollThe Beatles (1963)
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 bSonata in D (ca. early 19th cent.)Mateo Albeniz (1755-1831)single-movement sonatasolo pianolate ClassicalAlicia de Larrocha (1975)
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 cPrelude in c-min., Op. 28 No. 20 (1839)Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)preludesolo pianoRomanticVladimir Ashkenazy (1993)
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 dAir from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D (1730)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)dance movementstrings + harpsichord †late BaroqueReinhard Goebel/Musica Antiqua Koln (1982)
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 eAllegro from Violin Concerto in d-min. BWV 1052 (1739)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)concerto movementsolo violin, strings, lute, harpsichord †late BaroqueJonathan Cohen/Arcangelo [Alina Ibragimova soloist] (2015)
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 #1"O vis aeternitatis" (ca.1150)Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)responsorium
female vocal soloist/ensemble, 2 fiddles, organistrum †
early Ars AntiguaSequentia "Canticles Of Ecstasy" (1994)
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 #2"Alleluya Pascha nostrum" (1180)Léonin (1135-1201)2-part organumvocal ensemble + bells †early Ars AntiguaEarly Music Consort London "Music of the Gothic Era" (1975)
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 #3"Viderunt omnes" (1198)Pérotin (Perotinus Magnus) (1155-1205)4-part organumvocal ensembleArs NovaHilliard Ensemble (1989)
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 #4"Phyton, le mervillius serpent" (1322-77)Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)balladetenor soloist, vielle, lute †Ars Nova"Mon Chant Vous Envoy" (Eloquentia/2013)
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 #5 "O Padua" (ca. 14th cent.)Johannes Ciconia (ca.1370-1410)motetvocal trio (soprano, countertenor, tenor)Ars NovaPAN Ensemble (1992)
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 #6"Introitus" from Requiem (1461 or 1483)Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497)Catholic Mass for the deadvocal ensemble in 4 partsearly RenaissanceHilliard Ensemble (1985)
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 #7 "In Nomine" (ca. 16th cent.)Christopher Tye (ca.1505-1573)polyphonic setting of a church antiphonrecorders, oboe, viol da gambas †Elizabethan Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 3 (1967)
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 #8"Resta di darmi noia " (1611)Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)madrigalvocal quintet early BaroqueLa Compagnia del Madrigale — Book 6 (2013)
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 #9"Et incarnatus est" from Mass in b-min. (1749)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)chorus5-part choir + chamber orchestra †late BaroquePhilippe Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Gent (2011)
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#10"Et incarnatus est" from Mass in c-min. (1783)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)accompanied ariasoprano solo, flute, oboe, bassoon, strings †mid ClassicalJohn Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists [Sylvia McNair soloist] (1986)
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#11Adagio con molto espressione
from Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op 22 (1800)		Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)sonatasolo piano †late ClassicalRonald Brautigam (2004)
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#12"Die liebe Farbe" from Die schone Mullerin (1823)Franz Schubert (1797-1828)song cyclevocal soloist + pianoearly RomanticDietrich Fischer-Dieskau + Gerald Moore (1972)
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#13Nocturne in F, Op.15 No.1 (1832) nocturne solo pianomid RomanticMurray Perahia (1994)
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#14Adagio from Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 in b-min. (1891)Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)chamberclarinet + string quartetRomanticReto Biere + Meta4 String Quartet (2019)
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#15"O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen" from Gurrelieder (1910)Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)cantataorchestra, chorus, and 5 vocal soloistslate RomanticRiccardo Chailly/Berlin Radio Symp. Orch. [Susan Nunn soloist] (1985)
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#16Sarabande #1 (1887)Erik Satie (1866-1925)sarabandesolo pianoearly 20th centuryReinbert de Leeuw (2000)
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#17Prelude from the 1st act "The Vacation"
from Le Fils Des Etolies (1891)		Erik Satie (1866-1925)preludesolo pianoearly 20th centuryAlexi Lubimov (2020)
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#18"Sage mir auf welchem Pfade"
from "Das Buch der Hangenden Garten" (1908)		Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)song cyclevocal soloist + pianoearly 20th centuryChristian Gerhaher + Gerold Huber (2012)
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#19"Mondestrunken" from Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21 (1912)Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)song cyclefemale vocolist + chamber ensembleearly 20th centuryPierre Boulez + Ensemble Intercontemporain + Christine Schäfer [soloist] (1997)
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#20Finale from Sonata for Flute, Viola, & Harp (1915)Claude Debussy (1862-1918)sonataflute, viola, harp †Impressionism"Debussy: The Late Works" (Harmonia Mundi/2018 on composer's centenary)
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#21"Dance of the Adolescents" from The Rite of Spring (1913)Igor Stravinski (1882-1971)ballet scoreorchestraearly 20th centuryPierre Boulez/Cleveland Orch. (1992)
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#22Allegro molto from String Quartet #4 (1928)Béla Bartók (1881-1945)chamberstring quartetearly 20th centuryQuatuor Diotima (2008)
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#23"Ecuatorial" (1934)Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)cantatatrumpets, trombones, percussion, ondes martenot
& theremin (electronic), bass soloist		mid 20th centuryRiccardo Chailly/ASKO Ensemble (1998)
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#24"Cluster of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the
end of time" from Quartet for the End of Time (1941) 		Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)chamberpiano, clarinet, violin, cellomid 20th centuryTashi (1976)
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#25"Arrest, Trial, and Final Judgement" from
Delusion Of The Fury (1966)		Harry Partch (1901-1974)operaoriginal/adapted instruments, numerous
non-Western instruments, voices		mid 20th centuryDanlee Mitchell (1969)
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#26"Octet" (1979)Steve Reich (b.1936)patternstring quartet, 2 pianos, clarinet/bs. clar., flute/piccololate 20th centurySteve Reich Ensemble (1980)
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