The History of Classical Music

This application put the classical compositions into a historical context.

The History of Classical Music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music. While a more accurate term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period)

This application is an attempt to put the composers and compositions into a historical context, for, like its companion art forms, music reflects the era and events in which it was written. Music can speak to us with even greater power and resonance if we hear it as part of a continually evolving, never-ending story.

On this version we are including Part 1 From Greogorian Chant to C.P.E. Bach

On November 30, 2016 Version 1.1 Part 2 From Haydn to Paganini

On December 15, 2016 Version 1.2 Part 3 From Berlioz to Tchaikovsky

On December 30, 2016 Version 1.3 Part 4 From Tchaikovsky to Rachmaninov

On January 10, 2016 Version 1.4 From Sibelius To Górecki

Recordings featured

* Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594): Missa Papae Marcelli, Sanctus
The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F, BWV 1047, 1. (Allegro)
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550, 1. Molto allegro
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
* Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - 4. Allegro Assai
Jones, Schwarz, Kollo, Moll, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Leonard Bernstein
* Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849): Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11, 1. Allegro maestoso
Martha Argerich, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
* Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Die Walküre, The Ride of the Valkyries
Lilo Brockhaus, Carlotta Ordassy, Barbro Ericson, Cvetka Ahlin, Helga Jenckel, Liselotte Rebmann, Danica Mastilovic, Ingrid Steger, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
* Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901): La traviata, "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)
Stefania Malagu, Ileana Cotrubas, Walter Gullino, Plácido Domingo, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Wolfgang Baumgart, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
* Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Suite bergamasque, L. 75, 3. Clair de lune
Tamás Vásáry