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  • Richard FawkesThe History of Classical Music Music of the western classical tradition spans some 14centuries, from the emergence of Gregorian chant to the sounds of the presentday. The range covered is extraordinary—the sacred and the secular, the massivespectaculars of the opera stage and the darkly intensive world of the stringquartet. But there was a gradual development, one that reflected thetimes in which the composers lived and worked. It is the purpose of thisHistory to give an overview, to draw the multi-faceted threads together andprovide a background to our present musical experience. Medieval and Renaissance Periods Western classical music, like drama, began in church withthe chanting of monks. Out of this plainchant grew choral polyphony—manysounds—as the vocal line was embellished and developed. As composers becameinterested in rhythm, contrast, harmony, and music with words not takendirectly from the mass, new vocal forms were introduced. This was the age ofthe motet, the madrigal, the chanson and carols. Slowly, too, instruments began to be incorporated intomusical performance and composers began to write for ensembles. From dance camethe idea of musical contrast, and the seeds of all later music were sown. Baroque and Classical Periods The musical form above all others that came from the Baroqueperiod was opera, a form reflecting the time’s love of theatrical excess. Evenreligious music was written to be staged, hence the development of the oratorioand the chorale, while the increasing virtuosity of instrumentalists led to theformation of orchestras and the development of the concerto grosso. Taken up by composers of the classical period, the concertogrosso became the symphony, the contrast of a soloist against an ensemble becamethe concerto, and, at the other end of the scale, the sonata and the stringquartet came into being. The Romantic Period Romantic composers believed that music was an expression oftheir inner feelings and so they produced music that was wild, tempestuous andoften tried to tell a story. Tone-poems, program symphonies and large scaleconcertos became their hallmark. Increasing nationalism was reflected not justin the use of folk tunes in orchestral music but also in the subject matter ofoperas. And if there was one instrument above all others that theRomantics claimed as their own it was the piano. Many composers, like Liszt andChopin, were virtuoso performers who wrote their pieces to show off their owntalents. The 20th Century The 20th century is the most confusing of all musicalperiods. It is a century in which the old empires crumbled, the world map wasredrawn by two world wars, and in which there are still nationalist conflicts.It is also a century in which man has walked on the moon. The immense politicaland scientific changes have been reflected in art and in music as composershave sought to find a new musical voice. From the atonalism of Schoenberg to the rhythmic experimentsof Stravinsky, from the aural impressionism of Debussy to the electronic worldof Varèse, composers have tried to examine what music is and how it relates tolife. Some of these experiments have taken music away from popular taste,others have proved to be a dead end; but all have contributed in some measureto the mainstream so that classical music now is as rich, vibrant and diverseas it has ever been. Richard Fawkes Richard Fawkes is a freelace writer and film director. Aregular contributor to the magazines Opera Now, Classical Music and The Singer,he has written books on opera, more than fifty documentary scripts, plays forthe stage, radio and television, and the librettos for two operas one of which,Survival Song, was nominated for an Olivier Award. Fawkes is also the author ofthe award winning, The History of Opera, recorded and published by NaxosAudioBooks.
  • • 作品列表
    • • CD01
      • 作品编号：23369  The Early, Medieval and Renaissance Periods

      • The Sound Of Gregorian Chant - Gregorian Chant For Good Friday

      • Plainsong: The Ambrosian Chant - Ambrosian Chant

      • The Dorian, Phrygian And Lydian Modes

      • Hildegard Of Bingen - Heavenly Revelations

      • The Gothic Age ... Leonin And Perotin - The Spirits Of England And France 1 - Music Of The Later Mid

      • The Motet - The Spirits Of England And France 1 - Music Of The Later Middle Ages For Court And Churc

      • The Troubadour Tradition - Alfonso X, ' El Sabio '

      • Guillaume De Machaut - De Machaut - La Messe De Nostre Dame

      • The Madrigal - Francesco Landini - A Song For Francesco Landini

      • Guillaume Dufay And Johannes Ockeghem - Dufay - Chansons

      • The Agincourt Carol - Medieval Carols

      • The Renaissance - Giovanni Pierluigi De Palestrina - Palestrina - Missa Sine Nomine

      • The High Renaissance In England

      • The French Chanson And The Madrigal In Italy And England - French Chansons

      • John Dowland - Dowland

      • Andrea And Giovanni Gabrieli - Sonata

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39033  The Baroque Period (c1600-1750) / The Classical Period (c1750-1800)

      • The Birth Of Opera - Purcell - The Fairy Queen

      • Claudio Monteverdi And The Growth Of Opera - Montaverdi

      • Music in England - Henry Purcell - Te Deum

      • George Frideric Handel

      • Church Music In The Baroque - The Oratorio And The Cantata

      • Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas

      • The Development Of Keys

      • Music For Keyboards - Suites For Harpsichord Nos 6, 8 & 11 - The Well Tempered Clavier - The Great O

      • The Violin

      • The Development Of The Solo Concerto - Vivaldi - Cello Concerti Vol 1

      • The Age Of Reason - The Classical Period

      • Sonata Form

      • The Symphony - Von Dittersdorf - Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses

      • Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphonies Nos 6, 7, 8, 82, 96 & 100 - String Quartets

      • Wolgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos 12, 14 & 21 - String Quartets - The Magic Flute

      • Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orfeo & Euridice - Don Giovanni - Cosi Fan Tutte - Requim

      • Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartets Op 18, 5 & 6 - Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14, & 23 - Symphony No 9

      • CD03
      • 作品编号：39034  The Romantic Period (c1827-1900)

      • The Concept Of Romanticism - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5

      • Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

      • Franz Schubert - Lieder - Piano Quintet ' The Trout ' - Symphony No 8

      • The Piano

      • Frederic Chopin - Rondos, Variations, Mazurkas - Polonaises Opp 26, 40, 44 & 53

      • Robert Schumann - Romantic Piano Favourites Vol. 3 - Cello Concerto

      • Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No 9 (From The New World)

      • Edvard Grieg - Wedding Day At Troldhaugen - Piano Concerto In A Minor

      • France - Cesar Franck - Symphonic Variations

      • Russia - The Mighty Handful - Polovtsian Dances

      • Franz Liszt - A Faust Symphony

      • Anton Bruckner - Symphony No 4

      • Johannes Brahms - Symphony No 1

      • Gustav Mahler - Das Lied Von Der Erde - Symphony No 5

      • Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky - Overtures After Shakespeare - Symphony No 6

      • Felix Mendelssohn And The Concerto - Violin Concerto

      • The Amateur Choral Tradition - German Requiem

      • Opera - Gioacchino Rossini - The Barber Of Seville

      • Grand Opera - Giacomo Meyerbeer - Majestic Marches

      • Bel Canto - Vincenzo Bellini And Gaetano Donizetti - Favourite Suprano Arias - L' Elisir D'Amore

      • Jacques Offenbach - Can-Can And Other Dances From The Underworld

      • Georges Bizet - Carmen (Highlights )

      • Giuseppe Verdi - Opera Choruses - Rigoletto (Highlights)

      • Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme (Highlights)

      • Opera In Germany - Carl Maria Von Weber - German Romantic Overtures

      • Richard Wagner - German Romantic Overtures - Tristan Und Isolde (Orchestral Highlights)

      • CD04
      • 作品编号：39035  The Twentieth Century

      • Isms - Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring

      • Claude Debussy And Impressionism - La Mer

      • New Directions

      • Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite - The Rite Of Spring

      • Arnold Schoenberg And Serialism - Sechs Kleine Klavierstucke

      • Olivier Messiaen - Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus

      • Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier

      • Gustav Holst - The Planets (Jupiter)

      • Edward Elgar - 'Enigma' Variations - Cello Concerto

      • Jean Sibelius - Swan Of Tuonela - Symphony No 5

      • Ralpph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 6

      • Sergey Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 2

      • Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 - String Quartet

      • Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No 1 'Classical'

      • Post WW1 France - Les Six - Violin Sonata

      • The Folk Music Heritage And Nationalism

      • Poland - Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No 3

      • Hungary - Bela Bartok - Concerto For Orchestra

      • Czechoslovakia - Leos Janacek And Bohuslav Martinu - Sinfonetta

      • United States - Charles Ives And Aaron Copland - Billy The Kid

      • South America - Heitor Villa-Lobos - Latin American Classics Vol. 1

      • Spain - Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez

      • Other Directions - The Far East And Film Music

      • New Sounds - Edgard Varese And Pierre Boulez - Varese: Deserts - Boulez: Piano Sonata No 2

      • Minimalism - Steve Reich, Philip Glass And John Adams - New York Counterpoint

      • Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No 3

      • Michael Tippett - Ritual Dances From Midsummer Marriage

      • Benjamin Britten - War Requim

      • At The Close Of The 20th Century - Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten For Strings And Bell