THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS
WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM

 Level 1: Beginners
 Level 2: Intermediate
 Level 3: Advanced

(In Progress...)

FREE WEB LISTENING OPTIONS

YouTube TIP: Search with composer's last name and work (e.g. Beethoven symphony 3) and choose complete / full length recordings as indicated in the title or by the time length of the video
Internet Archive: Unlocked Recordings. TIP: search in the box under the number of results with composer's last name and work (e.g. Beethoven symphony 3).

 

BUY MUSIC FROM (a few popular stores & streaming sources)

Amazon [US and country specific stores]
ArkivMusic (USA)
eclassical (download)
Europadisc (U.K.)
JPC (Germany)
Presto Classical (U.K. & download)

Streaming

Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concerts (video streaming)
Classical Archives
iTunes
Idagio
medici.tv (video streaming)
Naxos Music Library
Presto Music
Stage+ (Deutsche Grammophon, audio & video streaming)

 

Classical Music Glossary
Abbreviations of Composer Works by Catalogers

op. = opus

 Level 2: Intermediate Listeners

THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS
WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM
Suggested by Demetris Loizos
 

WEEK

COMPOSER AND OPUS TITLE

TOTAL LISTENING TIME (approx. minutes)

1

John Adams: Harmonium AND Chairman Dances AND Short Ride in a Fast Machine

60'

2

Bach C.P.E.: Hamburg Symphonies (any 2) AND Flute Concerto (any 1)

55'

3

Boccherini: Symphonies op.12 (any 2) AND Oboe Quintet op. 55 AND Cello Concerto (any 1 from G.475 or G.476 or G.479 or G.480 or G.482 or G.573)

60'

4

Borodin: Symphony 2 AND In the Steppes of Central Asia AND Polovtsian Dances

60'

5

Bruckner: Symphony 8

82'

6

Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas op. 1 (any 4) AND La Capricciosa BuxWV 250 OR Choral Partita BuxVW 179

60'

7

Glinka: Jota Aragonesa AND Kamarinskaya AND Ruslan & Ludmila Overture AND Any other orchestral/chamber works 60'

8

Mendelssohn: Symphony 1 op. 11 (1824) AND Symphony 5 op. 107 (Reformation) [NOT the string symphonies]

65'

9

Mozart: The Violin Concerto No 5 K219 AND String Quartet no 17 K458 'The Hunt' 60'

10

Couperin (François): Concerts Royaux (any 3) AND Preludes (any, total 15') AND Pieces de Clavecin (any, total 15-20') 60'

11

Delius: Piano Concerto AND In a summer garden AND Five Piano Pieces AND Violin Sonata 3

66'

12

Frescobaldi: Fiori Musicali (selections, total 30') AND Harpsichord Works (any, total 30')

60'

13

Haydn: Symphony no 104 AND Trumpet Concerto AND String Quartet op. 76/4 'Sunrise'

68'

14

Glazunov (or Glasunov): The Seasons op. 67 AND Symphony no 1

75'

15

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2

65'

16

Corelli; 12 Concerto Grossi op. 6 (any 3) AND Trio Sonatas (any 5)

60'

17

Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto no l AND Violin Concerto No 3

65'

18

Grieg: Piano Concerto op. 16 AND Lyric Pieces (any, total 30')

60'

19

Locatelli: Concerto grosso op. 1 no 8 (Christmas Concerto) and any other three concertos from op. 1 AND any three flute sonatas from op. 2.

60'

20

Ibert: Flute Concerto AND Concertino da Camera AND Escales AND Histoires

70'

21

Janacek: Sinfonietta AND String Quartet no 1 AND Pohadka

60'

22

Khachaturian: Spartacus Ballet Suite no 2 AND Piano Concerto

55'

23

Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra AND Dances of Galanta AND Hary Janos Suite

55'

24

Chopin: Piano Sonata no 3 AND Fantaisie-Impromptu AND selections from Polonaise, NocturnesPreludes

60'

25

Lalo: Symphonie espagnole AND Cello Concerto

60'

26

Ligeti: Lux aeterna AND Cello Concerto AND Melodien for orchestra AND Etudes for piano (any 2)

60'

27

Copland: Danzon Cubano AND Symphony no 3

50'

28

Locatelli: Concerto grosso op. 1 (any 3) AND L'arte del violino (violin concertos) op. 3 (any 2)

60'

29

Lutoslawski: Symphony no 1 AND Symphony no 2

55'

30

de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain AND Concerto for Harpsichord AND Cuatro piezas españolas/Four Spanish Pieces

60'

31

Nono: Hay que caminar AND ...sofferte onde serene...

55'

32

Massenet: Piano Concerto AND Thaïs Méditation AND Le Cid Ballet Music

65'

33

Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie

80'

34

Milhaud: Scaramouche for piano duo AND Symphony no 1 AND Le bœuf sur le toit op 58

55'

35

Paganini: 24 Caprices Op. 1 (any 12) AND Violin Concerto no 2 (including movement iii, "La Campanella")

70'

36

Poulenc: Piano Concerto FP 146 AND Trois Mouvements perpétuels AND Clarinet Sonata AND Flute Sonata AND Oboe sonata

65'

37

Lutoslawski: Symphony no 3 AND Concerto for orchestra

60'

38

Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 “Classical” AND Symphony no 3

55'

39

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 1 AND Symphony no 3

75'

40

Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin en concert (Harpsichord trio sonatas) (any three) AND Orchestral Suite from any ONE of his operas (preferably from Les Indes galantes)

60'

41

Ravel: Miroirs AND Gaspard de la nuit AND Jeux d'eau

60'

42

Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony no 2 AND Piano Concerto AND Le Coq d'Or Suite

70'

43

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto no 2 AND Clarinet Sonata AND Piano Concerto no 4

75'

44

Satie: Gnossienne 1 to 6 AND Gymnopédie 1 to 3 AND Nocturnes 1 to 5 AND Trois Sarabandes

60'

45

Scarlatti Domenico: Harpsichord Sonatas (any 15 including K9, K27, K87, K141, K159, K208, K380, K466)

50'

46

Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style AND String Quartet no 3 AND Concerto for Piano and Strings

60'

47

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht AND Chamber Symphony no 1

50'

48

Schubert: 6 Moments Musicaux D780, Op. 94 AND Piano Quintet D667 'The Trout'

75'

49

Schumann: Symphony no1 AND Symphony no 2

70'

50

Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos AND Organ Concerto AND Concert champêtre

65'

51

Scriabin: Symphony no 2 AND Piano Concerto op. 20

75'

52

Shostakovich: Symphony no 13

65'

53

Sibelius: Symphony no 5 AND Symphony no 6

60'

54

Skalkottas: Five Greek Dances for strings  AND Piano Concerto no 2 AND Octet

65'

55

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64 60'

56

Stravinsky: Capriccio for piano and orchestra AND The Firebird

70'

57

Takemitsu: All in Twilight AND In the Woods AND Litany AND Nostalghia

55'

58

Telemann: Any concertos for oboe or recorder or trumpet or horn or viola or flute

60'

59

Varese: Ionisation AND Amériques AND Poème électronique AND Déserts

65'

60

Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'

65'

61

Bartok: Dance Suite AND Divertimento for Strings AND Hungarian Sketches

60'

62

Verdi: Overtures from Operas (any 6)

60'

63

Victoria, Tomas Luis de (1548-1611): Requiem Officium Defunctorum AND Any 3 Motets

60'

64

Villa-Lobos: Choros for Guitar nos 1+5 AND 12 Estudos for Guitar AND Suite populaire bresilienne

60'

65

Weber, Carl Maria: Overtures from operas Euryanthe, Oberon, Freischütz AND Clarinet Concerto 1 AND Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, Op. 48

60'

66

Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 AND Im sommerwind (Idyl for large orchestra) AND Langsamer Satz, (slow movement) AND Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 AND Variations, Op. 27 AND Concerto for Nine Instruments Op. 24 AND Four pieces for violin & piano, Op. 7

60'

67

Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces AND Drei Klavierstücke Op. 11 AND Piano Concerto

65'

68

Strauss: Horn Concerto no 2 AND Oboe Concerto 55'

69

Schubert: Four Impromptus D 899 AND Piano Sonata no 21 D960

75'

70

Torelli: Trumpet Concerto (preferably for one trumpet) AND any of his concerto grosso AND Sinfonias

60'

71

Schumann: Symphony no3 AND Symphony no 4 70'

72

Wagner: Overtures & Preludes from Operas (any 4-5)

60'

73

Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Any Symphonies, works for Viola da Gamba, flute concertos 60'

74

Schubert: Symphony no 5 AND Symphony no 8 (Unfinished)

55'

75

Stravinsky: Petrushka AND The Rite of Spring 60'

76

Adam: Giselle (ballet excerpts) AND Le Corsaire (ballet Excerpts)

60'

77

Albeniz: Espana, six feuillets d'album, Op. 165 AND Suite espanola No. 1, Op. 47

55'

78

Alfven: Symphony no 3 AND Swedish Rhapsody no 1

55'

79

Scnittke: Concerto grosso no 1 AND Concerto grosso no 2

60'

80

Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis AND Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony' 65'

81

Bartok: Out of Doors Suite, Sz. 8 AND Piano Concerto no 3 AND Piano Sonata

55'

82

Alfonso X de Castille 'el sabio', King (1221-84): Cantigas of Santa Maria (selections, 30') AND COMPOSER Antheil: A Jazz Symphony AND Ballet Mecanique

60'

83

Alkan, Charles: Cello Sonata op. 47 AND Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Ages', Op. 33

70'

84

Arensky: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 AND Piano Trio no 1 AND Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a

70'

85

Babbitt, Milton: String Quartet no 3 or no 4 AND Clarinet Quintet AND Composition for Viola and Piano AND Reflections

60'

86

Johann Christian Bach: 6 Harpsichord Sonatas op 5 (any 3) AND 6 Sinfonias op. 18 (any 3)

60'

87

Balakirev: Islamey AND Tamara Symphonic Poem AND Symphony no 1

70'

88

Barber: Adagio for strings AND Cello Sonata op. 6 AND First Essay for Orchestra op. 12 AND Knoxville summer of 1915

60'

89

Berg: Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 AND Chamber Concerto

60'

90

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5 AND 6 Kleine Klavierstücke Op. 19 AND Phantasy for violin and piano

60'

91

Schumann: Cello Concerto AND Fantasie op. 17 AND Piano Concerto

85'

92

Berio: Folk Songs AND 6 Encores AND Sequenza I to XIV (any 4)

60'

93

Bloch, Ernest: Baal Shem AND Concerto Grosso no 1 AND Jewish Life AND Méditation hébraïque AND Nigun

50'

94

Boulez: Dialogue de L'Ombre Double AND Le Marteau sans maître

60'

95

Vaughan-Williams: The Wasps Overture AND The Lark Ascending AND Symphony no 7

65'

96

Bartok: Rhapsody for Violin & Piano No. 1 AND Sonata for Solo Violin Sz. 117 or BB 124 AND String Quartet no 3

55'

97

Weber, Carl Maria: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Op. 74 AND Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 AND Konzertstuck Op. 79 for piano & orchestra AND Piano Sonata no 2

70'

98

Busoni, Ferruccio: Berceuse élégiaque, Op. 42 AND Fantasia Contrappuntistica AND Elegien, K249 (any 3)

60'

99

Carter, Elliott: Nigh Fantasies AND Piano Sonata AND Cello Sonata

60'

100

Schubert: Symphony no 9 'The Great'

50'

Back to Level 1: Beginners
Continue to Level 3: Advanced
 

 

CHORAL AND OPERA SUGGESTIONS
 

Week
 

COMPOSER AND OPUS TITLE

TOTAL LISTENING TIME
( approx. hours : minutes)

1

Byrd: (any of his vocal works)

1 : 10'
2

Weber, Carl Maria: Der Freischutz (opera)

1 : 55'
3

Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmila OR A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin) (opera)

2 : 15' - 2 : 45'
4 Gluck: Alceste (opera) 2 : 20'
5 Hildegard Bingen: O viridissima virga AND Ave generosa AND Any Anthems, Motets, Masses, Vespers 1 : 10'
6

Charpentier: Médée (opera)

2 : 30'
7 Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (opera) 1 : 50' - 2 : 20'
8 Ockeghem: Missa L'homme Armé 60'
9 Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann/The Tales of Hoffman (opera) 2 : 55'
10 Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten/The Seasons (oratorio) 2 : 20'
11

Palestrina: Stabat Matter AND Missa Papae Marcelli AND O magnum mysterium AND Tu es Petrus

65'
12

Puccini: La Bohème (opera)

1 : 50'
13

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (opera)

1 : 20'
14

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (opera)

3 : 10'
15 Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin D795 (lieder) 1 : 05'
16

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (opera)

2 : 30'
17 Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen with (a) Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) AND (b) Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) AND (c) Siegfried AND (d) Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) 2:30'+3:55'+3:50'+4:40'
18 Perotinus (magnus magister, Perotin): Beata viscera AND Viderunt omnes AND Sederunt principes AND Alleluia nativitas 50'
19 Puccini: Turandot (opera)

2 : 10'

20 Verdi: Rigoletto (opera) 1 : 55'
*** Opera Libretti (originals and/pr translations)

DM's Opera Site AND Opera Folio AND

***


Back to Level 1: Beginners
Continue to Level 3: Advanced




Sinfonias © 2009-2023 by D. I. Loizos