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The Friendly Guide to Music

Jeremy Summerly · Stephen Gunzenhauser · Johannes Wildner · Will Humburg · Adrian Leaper · Barry Wordsworth · Béla Drahos · George Hurst · Helmut Müller-Brühl · Ondrej Lenárd

Classic FM2006Cat. 978-0-340-94019-835m18 tracks

The Friendly Guide to Music (2006), CD, on Classic FM. Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Edward Elgar, Frédéric Chopin, George Frideric Handel, performed by Jeremy Summerly, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Johannes Wildner, Will Humburg; 18 tracks.

Composers

Antonio Vivaldi1 Edward Elgar1 Frédéric Chopin1 George Frideric Handel1 Georges Bizet1 Giacomo Puccini1 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina1 Giuseppe Verdi1 Hildegard of Bingen1 Johann Sebastian Bach1 Johann Strauss II1 Joseph Haydn1 Ludwig van Beethoven1 Max Bruch1 Niccolò Paganini1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Richard Wagner1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

02

O ignis spiritus (excerpt)

Hildegard of Bingen - Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: O ignis Spiritus paracliti

Jeremy Summerly, Oxford Camerata

1:41

03

Missa “Papae Marcelli” (excerpt)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli

Jeremy Summerly, Oxford Camerata

2:10

05

The Four Seasons (excerpt)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Stephen Gunzenhauser, Cappella Istropolitana, Takako Nishizaki

1:53

06

Zadok the Priest (excerpt)

George Frideric Handel - Coronation Anthem no. 1, HWV 258 “Zadok the Priest”

Jeremy Summerly

2:11

07

Brandenberg Concerto no. 2 (excerpt)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047

Helmut Müller-Brühl, Cologne Chamber Orchestra

1:57

08

“Surprise” Symphony no. 94 (excerpt)

Joseph Haydn - Symphony no. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 “Surprise”

Barry Wordsworth, Cappella Istropolitana

2:00

09

Clarinet Concerto in A (excerpt)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Johannes Wildner, Orchester Wiener Akademie, Ernst Ottensamer

2:18

10

Symphony no. 5 (excerpt)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

2:11

11

Violin Concerto no. 1 (excerpt)

Niccolò Paganini - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 6, MS 21

Stephen Gunzenhauser, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kaler

2:01

12

Prelude no. 15 (“The Raindrop”) (excerpt)

Frédéric Chopin - Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto

2:15

13

“The Pearl Fishers Duet” (excerpt)

Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)

Johannes Wildner, Igor Morozov, Janez Lotrič

2:07

14

1812 Overture (excerpt)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49

Adrian Leaper, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

1:30

15

By the Beautiful Blue Danube (excerpt)

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

2:01

16

Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor (excerpt)

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Stephen Gunzenhauser, Slovak Philharmonic, Takako Nishizaki

2:03

17

The “Anvil Chorus” from Il trovatore (excerpt)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

1:52

18

The Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt)

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

1:57

19

Enigma Variations (excerpt)

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

George Hurst, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

1:26

20

“O soave fanciulla” from La bohème (excerpt)

Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)

Will Humburg, Luba Orgonášová

2:06