The History of Classical Music, Part 4: Late Romantic to Modern: From Tchaikovsky to Rachmaninov

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto
2▶Digital Media: Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
3▶Digital Media: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights)
4▶Digital Media: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (highlights)
5▶Digital Media: Verdi: Aida (highlights)
6▶Digital Media: Verdi: Rigoletto (highlights)
7▶Digital Media: Verdi: La traviata (highlights)
8▶Digital Media: Saint‐Saëns: “Organ” Symphony / Franck: Symphony in D minor
9▶Digital Media: Glinka: “Ruslan and Lyudmila” Overture / Balakirev: Islamey / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10▶Digital Media: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade / Capriccio espagnol
11▶Digital Media: Mahler: Symphony no. 1 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
12▶Digital Media: Mahler: Symphony no. 5
13▶Digital Media: Debussy: La Mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l’après‑midi d’un faune
14▶Digital Media: Debussy: Suite bergamansque / Préludes
15▶Digital Media: Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel
16▶Digital Media: Strauss, R.: Death and Transfiguration / Four Last Songs / Capriccio
17▶Digital Media: Puccini: La bohème (highlights)
18▼Digital Media: Puccini: Tosca (highlights) / Nessun dorma
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1Tosca: Atto I. “Ah! Finalmente!”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Ah! Finalmente!” (Angelotti) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini5:26
2Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:55
3Tosca: Atto I. “Mario! Mario! Mario!”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
partial recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Mario! Mario! Mario!... Son qui!” (Tosca, Cavaradossi) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Mario! Mario! Mario!... Son qui!” (Tosca, Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini7:44
4Tosca: Atto I. “Ah, quegli occhi.” — “Qual occhio al mondo può star di paro”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Ah, quegli occhi!…” – “Quale occhio al mondo” (Tosca, Cavaradossi) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini5:55
5Tosca: Atto I. “Tre sbirri. Una carozza. Presto” — Te Deum
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Tre sbirri … una carrozza …” … “Te Deum” (Scarpia, Spoletta, Coro) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:46
6Tosca: Atto II. “Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici” (Scarpia, Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini4:13
7Tosca: Atto II. “Orsù, Tosca, parlate”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Orsù, Tosca, parlate” … “Basta, Roberti” (Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Sciarrone) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:18
8Tosca: Atto II. “Nel pozzo, nel giardino!”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
partial recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Floria!” … “Amore” (Cavaradossi, Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini0:37
9Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
soprano vocals:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:55
10Tosca: Atto II. “E qual via scegliete?”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “E qual via scegliete?” – “Tosca, finalmente mia” (Scarpia, Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini6:39
11Tosca: Atto III. “Mario Cavaradossi?” – “A voi”
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “Mario Cavaradossi? A voi” (Carceriere, Cavaradossi) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini6:49
12Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle”
producer:
Michel Glotz
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini3:23
13Tosca: Atto III. “O dolci mani”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “O dolci mani” (Cavaradossi, Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini6:06
14Tosca: Atto III. “E non giungono”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (, from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (, from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
partial recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E non giungono” (Cavaradossi, Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E non giungono” (Cavaradossi, Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:53
15Tosca: Atto III. “Come è lunga l’attesta!”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “Com’è lunga l’attesa!” (Tosca) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:41
16Tosca: Atto III. “Presto, su! Mario!”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25) and Schöneberger Sängerknaben (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “Presto, su! Mario! Mario!” (Tosca, Voci confuse, Sciarrone, Spoletta) (from 1979-09-10 until 1979-11-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini1:27
17Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma”
producer:
Michel Glotz
choir vocals:
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir) (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
tenor vocals [Calaf]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer) (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf) (from 1981-05-11 until 1981-05-18)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini3:25
19▶Digital Media: Elgar: “Enigma” Variations / Holst: The Planets
20▶Digital Media: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Scriabin: Le poeme de l’extase

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includes:Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel by Richard Strauss (German composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights) by Richard Wagner (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer), Elgar (Edward Elgar, composer); Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor), Eugen Jochum (conductor)
La bohème (1987 live composite recording cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Réaux (US soprano), Hadley (operatic tenor), Hampson (baritone), Daniels (soprano), Coro (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
La Mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (French composer); Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
La traviata (1976-77 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Ileana Cotrubas (Romanian soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Bavarian State Orchestra, orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany), Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist), Nathan Milstein (violinist)
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Ileana Cotrubaş (Romanian soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Kurt Moll (operatic bass), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo soprano), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir)
Scheherazade / Capriccio espagnol by Rimski-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor), Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (Estonian conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Suite bergamasque / 12 Préludes by Claude Debussy (French composer); Tamás Vásáry (Hungarian pianist and conductor), Dino Ciani (Italian pianist)
Symphonie Nr. 1 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1967 recording) by Gustav Mahler (composer); Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone), Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Symphonie Nr. 5 by Gustav Mahler (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Tristan und Isolde (1966 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Martti Talvela (operatic bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
part of:The History of Classical Music: From Gregorian Chant to Górecki (order: 4)