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Music: An Appreciation (disc 1)

1. Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III (1a. Main melody)

2. Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III (1b. Brass melody)

3. Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III (2. Contrasting oboe melody)

4. Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III (3a. Main melody)

5. Take the ''A'' Train (1a. Introduction)

6. Take the ''A'' Train (2a. Chorus 2)

7. Take the ''A'' Train (3a. Chorus 3)

8. Farandole from L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 (1a. March theme, homophonic)

9. Farandole from L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 (1b. March theme, polyphonic)

10. Farandole from L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 (2a. Dance theme, homophonic)

11. Farandole from L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 (3a. March theme, monophonic)

12. Farandole from L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 (4. Dance and march themes combined, polyphonic)

13. Dance of the Reed Pipes from the Nutcracker Suite (1.A)

14. Dance of the Reed Pipes from the Nutcracker Suite (2.B)

15. Dance of the Reed Pipes from the Nutcracker Suite (3.A')

16. Gavotte from French Suite No. 5 in G Major (Part A - repeated)

17. Gavotte from French Suite No. 5 in G Major (Part B -repeated)

18. Agnus Dei from Notre Dame Mass (Part A)

19. Agnus Dei from Notre Dame Mass (Part B)

20. Ave Maria ... virgo serena (Ave, vera virginitas...)

21. Ave Maria ... virgo serena (Ave, praeclaraomnibus...)

22. As Vesta Was Descending

23. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, First Movement- Allegro (1a. Opening ritornello)

24. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, First Movement- Allegro (1b. First solo section)

25. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, First Movement- Allegro (2b. Solo section)

26. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, First Movement- Allegro (5c. New theme in minor, solo section)

27. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, First Movement- Allegro (8c. Harpsichord solo)

28. Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) (1a. Subject, soprano voice alone)

29. Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) (1e. Brief episode)

30. Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) (3a. Subject inalto, major key)

31. Tu se' morta from Orfeo

32. La Primavera, Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement (allegro)

33. Cantata No. 130, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Fourth movement, tenor chorale (String ritornello)

34. Cantata No. 130, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Fourth movement, tenor chorale (Zion hört die Wächter singen)

35. Cantata No. 130, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Fourth movement, tenor chorale (Nun komm, du werte Kron)

36. Cantata No. 130, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Seventh movement, chorale

37. Messiah, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted

38. Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (Opening, homophonic)

39. Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (For the Lord God, monophonic)

40. Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (For the Lord God combined with Hallelujah, polyphonic)

41. Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (The kingdom of this world, hymnlike homophonic texture)

42. Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (And He shall reign for ever and ever, monophonic, then polyphonic immitation)

43. Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (Rising sequence on King of Kings - for ever and ever)

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