Exceeded Harmony Mix #1

Good friend and blogger-extraordinaire Allie has been posting amazing mixes of her favorite music, which everyone should check out, she has impeccable taste. She has put the idea into my mind of a classical themed mix, which I thought was a great idea. We'll see what happens in the future, it might evolve into a mix of any music I'm loving at the moment, not just classical.

So without further ado, the first Exceeded Harmony mix. I toyed with the idea of including whole works, instead of just movements I liked, but this is more personal. Shows you better what it is I love of certain works..

Tracklist:

1. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra: II. Valse

2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11

3. Steve Reich (b. 1936) - Duet

4. Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Piano Quintet in A, op. 5: I. Allegro ma non troppo

5. Charles Ives (1874-1954) - Symphony No. 1: II. Adagio molto (sostenuto)

6. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Sonata No. 2 in A, op. 100 for violin and piano: II. Andante tranquilo

7. Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) - Clarinet Concerto in C minor, op. 31: II. Adagio, ma senza rigore

8. Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) - Six Pièces for solo harp: II. Scherzetto

9. John Adams (b. 1947) - Century Rolls, for piano and orchestra: II. Manny's Gym

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 22)

I bet he's saying:

"You pushed me into serialism, Bob, I'll get you for it!"

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 22: Robert Craft conducts under the supervision of Igor Stravinsky

15 tracks; 68 minutes

Song of the Nightingale (1917)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Danses Concertantes (1942)

Columbia Chamber Orchestra

Epitaphium (1959)

Arthur Gleghorn, flute

Kalman Bloch, clarinet

Dorothy Remsen, harp

Double Canon (1959)

Israel Baker and Otis Ingleman, violins

Sanford Schonbach, viola

George Neikrug, cello

Abraham and Isaac (1963)

Richard Frisch, baritone

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Variations (Aldous Huxley in memoriam) (1964)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Requiem Canticles (1966)

Linda Anderson, soprano

Elaine Bonazzi, alto

Charles Bressier, tenor

Donald Gramm, bass

The Ithaca College Concert Choir

Gregg Smith, chorus master

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Robert Craft, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 21)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 21: Sacred Works Vol. 2

15 tracks; 70 minutes

Canticum Sacrum ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis (1955)

Richard Robinson, tenor

Howard Chitjian, baritone

Los Angeles Festival Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Introitus (1965)

Gregg Smith Singers

Columbia Chamber Ensemble

A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer (1961)

Cantata

Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano

Loren Driscoll, tenor

John Horton, speaker

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Anthem (The Dove descending breaks the air) (1962)

Festival Singers of Toronto

Elmer Iseler, director

Threni (id est lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae) (1958)

Bethany Beardslee, soprano

Beatrice Krebs, contralto

William Lewis, tenor

James Wainner, tenor

Mac Morgan, baritone

Robert Oliver, bass

The Schola Cantorum

Hugh Ross, director

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Track 14 (re-upload)

Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 20)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 20: Sacred Works Vol. 1

23 tracks; 69 minutes

Chorale Variations (1920)

Zvezdoliki (Le roi des étoiles) (1912)

Festival Singers of Toronto

Elmer Iseler, chorus master

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Ave Maria (1934)

Festival Singers of Toronto

Elmer Iseler, chorus master

Credo (1932)

Gregg Smith Singers

Gregg Smith, director

Pater Noster (1926)

Festival Singers of Toronto

Elmer Iseler, chorus master

Cantata (1952)

Adrienne Albert, mezzo-soprano

Alexander Young, tenor

Gregg Smith Singers

Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Mass (1948)

Gregg Smith Singers

Columbia Symphony Winds & Brass

Babel (1944)

John Calicos, narrator

Festival Singers of Toronto

Elmer Iseler, chorus master

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 19)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 19: Oratorio - Melodrama Vol. 2

9 tracks; 73 minutes

Perséphone (1933)

Perséphone (the Goddess): Vera Zorina

Eumolpus (The Priest): Michele Molese, tenor

Ithaca College Concert Choir

The Texas Boys Choir of Fort Worth

Gregg Smith Singers

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Ode, for orchestra (1943)

Cleveland Orchestra

Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD Annum (1960)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 18)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 18: Oratorio - Melodrama Vol. 1

9 tracks; 72 minutes

Oedipus Rex (1927)

Libretto by Jean Cocteau

Oedipus: George Shirley, tenor

Jocasta: Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano

Creon: Donald Gramm, bass

Tiresias: Chester Watson, bass

Messenger: John Reardon, bass

Shepherd: Loren Driscoll, tenor

Narrator: John Westbrook

Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington D.C.

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

The Flood, opera for television (1962)

Text compiled by Robert Craft

Narrator: Laurence Harvey

Noah: Sebastien Cabot

Noah's wife: Elsa Lanchester

God: John Reardon & Robert Oliver, bass

Lucifer: Richard Robinson, tenor

Caller: Paul Tripp

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Gregg Smith, chorus director

Robert Craft, conductor (in the composer's presence)

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Discs 16-17)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Discs 16 & 17: The Rake's Progress

32 tracks; 2 hours 20 minutes

The Rake's Progress, opera in three acts (1951)

Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman

Truelove: Don Garrard, bass

Anne (his daughter): Judith Raskin, soprano

Tom Rakewell: Alexander Young, tenor

Nick Shadow: John Reardon, baritone

Mother Goose: John Manning, mezzo-soprano

Baba the Turk: Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano

Sellem (Auctioneer): Kevin Miller, tenor

Keeper: Peter Tracey, bass

Colin Tilney, harpsichord

The Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus

John Barker, director

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 15)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 15: 35 Songs

38 tracks; 60 minutes

Faun and Shepherdess (1907)

Mary Simmons, mezzo-soprano

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Two Poems of Paul Verlaine (1910)

Donald Gramm, baritone

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Two Poems of Konstantin Bal'mont (1911)

Nezabudochka-Tsvetochek

Three Japanese Lyrics (1913)

Evelyn Lear, soprano

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Robert Craft, conductor

Three Little Songs (1913)

Pribaoukti (Pleasant Songs) (1914)

Cat's Cradle Songs (1916)

Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Four Russian Peasant Songs (1917)

Gregg Smith Singers

Gregg Smith, director

Four Russian Songs (1954)

Adrienne Albert, mezzo-soprano

Louise di Tullio, flute

Dorothy Remsen, harp

Laurindo Almeida, guitar

Three Songs from William Shakespeare (1953)

Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano

Columbia Chamber Ensemble

In Memorian Dylan Thomas (1954)

Alexander Young, tenor

Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Elegy for J.F.K. (1964)

Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano

Paul E. Howland, Jack Kreiselman and Charles Russo, clarinets

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1966)

Adrienne Albert, soprano

Robert Craft, piano

Tilim-bom / Klabum-Klabam (1917)

Evelyn Lear, Soprano

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Robert Craft, conductor

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 14)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 14: Operas

14 tracks; 72 minutes

The Nightingale (1914)

Libretto by Igor Stravinsky and Stepan Mitussov

Fisherman: Loren Driscoll, tenor

Nightingale: Reri Grist, soprano

Cook: Marina Picassi, soprano

Chamberlaine: Kenneth Smith, bass

Bonze: Herbert Beattie, bass

Emperor of China: Donald Gramm, baritone

Death: Elaine Bonazzi, alto

Japanese Envoys: Stanley Kolk and William Murphy, tenors; Carl Kaiser, bass

Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Soiety of Washington D.C.

John Moriarty, Chorus Master

Mavra (1922)

Libretto by Boris Kochno

Parasha: Susan Belinck, soprano

Mother: Mary Simmons, mezzo-soprano

Neighbour: Patricia Rideout, contralto

Husar (Cook): Stanley Kolk, tenor

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 13)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 13: Chamber Music & Historical Recordings Vol. 2

20 tracks; 70 minutes

Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano (1932)

Joseph Szigeti, violin

Igor Stravinsky, piano

Serenade in A (1925)

Igor Stravinsky, piano

Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos (1935)

Igor Stravinsky and Soulima Stravinsky, pianos

Piano-Rag Music (1919)

Igor Stravinsky, piano

Sonata for 2 Pianos (1943)

Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, pianos

Piano Sonata (1924)

Charles Rosen, piano

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 12)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 12: Chamber Music & Historical Recordings Vol. 1

15 tracks; 65 minutes

Preludium for Jazz Ensemble (1937)

Columbia Jazz Ensemble

Concertino for 12 instruments (1953)

Octet for Wind Instruments (1923)

Ragtime for 11 instruments* (1918)

*Toni Koves, cimbalom

Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Tango (1940)

Columbia Jazz Ensemble

Septet (1953)

Pastorale* (1933)

Israel Baker, solo violin

Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Ebony Concerto for Clarinet solo and Big Band (1945)

Benny Goodman, clarinet

Columbia Jazz Ensemble

Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)

Symphonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 11)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 11: Miniature Masterpieces

32 tracks; 62 minutes

Greeting Prelude (1955)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra (1925)

Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra (1921)

Members of the CBC Symphony Orchestra

Concerto in E-flat for Chamber Orchestra, "Dumbarton Oaks" (1938)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Four Norweigan Moods for Orchestra (1942)

Circus Polka (19429

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Concerto in D for String Orchestra (1946)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Eight Instrumental Miniatures for fifteen players (1963)

Members of the CBC Symphony Orchestra

Four Etudes for Orchestra (1928)

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 10)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 10: Concertos

15 tracks; 65 minutes

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)

Philippe Entremont, piano

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1959)

Charles Rosen, piano

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)

Philippe Entremont, piano

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Robert Craft, conductor (under the supervision of the composer)

Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra (1931)

Isaac Stern, violin

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 9)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 9: Symphonies

10 tracks; 70 minutes

Symphony in Three Movements (1945)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Symphony in C (1940)

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Symphony of Psalms (1930)

Festival Singers of Toronto

Elmer Iseler, director

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 8)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 8: Symphony in E-flat, Rehearsals and Talks

Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky, conductor

11 tracks; 71 minutes

Symphony in E flat, Op. 1 (1907)

Portrait of Stravinsky

Stravinsky in his own words

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 7)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 7: Ballets Vol. 7 (Suites)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky, conductor

34 tracks; 74 minutes

Suites from:

Petrushka (1911)

Pulcinella (1920)

The Firebird (1910)

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 6)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 6: Ballets Vol. 6

16 tracks; 69 minutes

Pulcinella (1920)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Orpheus (1947)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor.

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 5)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 5: Ballets vol. 5

22 tracks; 67 minutes

Scènes de Ballet (1944)

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Bluebird - Pas de deux: Transcriptions for chamber orchestra of portions of "Sleeping Beauty" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1941)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

The Fairy's Kiss (1928)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor.

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 4)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 4: Ballets Vol. 4

29 tracks; 74 minutes

Apollon Musagète (1928)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Agon (1957)

Los Angeles Festival Symphony Orchestra

Jeu de Cartes (1937)

Cleveland Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conductor.

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Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 3)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 3: Ballets Vol. 3

14 tracks; 64 minutes

Les Noces (1923)

Mildred Allen, soprano; Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano; Loren Driscoll, tenor; Robert Oliver, bass; Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss and Roger Sessions, pianos; The American Concert Choir - Margaret Hills, Director; Columbia Percussion Ensemble

Renard the Fox (1916)

George Shirley and Loren Driscoll, tenors; William Murphy, baritone; Donald Gramm, bass; Toni Koves, cimbalom; Columbia Chamber Ensemble

The Soldier's Tale (1918)

Israel Baker, solo violin; Charles Brady, trumpet; Richard Kelly, bass; Roy d'Antonio, clarinet; Don Christlieb, bassoon; Robert Marsteller, trombone; William Kraft, percussion; Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

(Check out the pianos on Les Noces. Yeah, that's right, Barber, Copland, Foss and Sessions. CRAZY!)

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