摘录 "The Great Composers ,
The Lives and Music of 50 Great Classical Composers, by Jeremy Nicholas ”
这里记录的是他们的 Essential Works. (Part I)
1.Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina c.1525 – 94
Missa Papae Marcelli (1567)
Missa Assumpta Est Maria (ND)
Missa Brevis for four voices (1570)
Tu Es Petrus, motet for six voices (1572)
Lamentations for Holy Saturday (ND)
Motets, Book 4 (1584)
Stabat Mater, motet for eight voices (1589-90)
2. William Byrd c.1540-1623
Great Service in F
O Lord, Make Thy Servant, anthem
Cantiones Sacrae (1575)
Psalmes, Sonets and Songs (1588)
My Ladye Nevells Booke, keyboard (1591)
Mass for Four Voices (1593)
Mass for Three Voices (1594)
Mass for Five Voices (1595)
Ave Verum Corpus, moter (1605)
“The Carmen’s Whistle”, “Wolsey’s Wild” and other works from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
3. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
L’Orfeo, Favola in Musica, opera (1607)
Ariadne’s Lament, the only surviving section of Arianna (1608)
Vespro Della Beata Vergine (1610)
Nine books of madrigals, especially Book 8,Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi (1638)
L’incoronazione di Poppea, opera (1642)
4. Henry Purcell 1659-95
15 Fantasias for viols,c.1680
Laudate Ceciliam (Ode for St Cecilia’s Day). 1683
My Heart is Inditing, anthem, 1685
Dido and Aeneas, opera, c.1689
King Arthur, semi-opera, 1691
The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, 1692
Tell me, Some Pitying Angel (The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation), sacred song, 1693
Come Ye Sons of Art (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary ii), 1694
Sonata No.1 in D for trumpet and strings, c.1694
Funeral Music for Queen Mary II, 1695
5. Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
L’estro Armonico, Op.3, 12 concertos (1711)
Juditha Triumphans, oratorio (1716)
Il. Cimento Dell’armonia E Dell’innventione, Op.8, 12 concertos (1752) (includes The Four Seasons)
La Cetra, Op.9, 12 concertos (1727)
Six Concertos for flute and strings, Op.10 (c.1728) (includes La Tempesta di Mare and La Notte)
Concerto for mandolin and strings in C
Concerto for two trumpets in C
Gloria in D
6. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683- 1764
Les Indes Galantes, opera-ballet (1735)
Castor et Pollux, opera (1737)
Dardanus, opera (1749)
Platée, comédie-ballet (1745)
Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin (1724)
Nouvelles Suite de Pièces de Clavecin (1728)
7. George Frideric Handel 1685-1759
Water Music, orchestral suite (1717)
Chandos Anthems (1717 – 20)
Acis and Galatea, masque (1718)
Harpsichord Suite No.5 in E (includes the ‘Harmonious Blacksmith’) (1720)
Zadock The Priest, coronation anthem (1727)
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 (1739)
Messiah, sacred otatorio (1741)
Samson, oratoria (1743)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, orchestral suite (1749)
Organ Concertos, Op. 4(1738) and Op.7 (1760)
8. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 -1750
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, for organ (1708 -12 or later)
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, for organ (c.1712)
The Well-Tempered Clacier, Books I (1718 -22) and 2 (1738 -42)
Six Cello Suites (1718- 23)
Six Brandenburg Concertos (1720)
Concerto in D minor for two violins (1723)
St. John Passion (1723)
St. Matthew Passion (1717)
Magnificat in D major (1728-31)
Mass in B minor (1733-8)
Christmas Oratorio (1735)
Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (1741)
9. Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714 – 1787
Orpeo ed Euridice, opera (1762); includes “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” and the arias “Che puro ciel!” and “Che faro senza Euridice”
Parede ed Elena, opera (1770), includes the aria ‘O del mio dolce ardor’
Iphigene en Aulide, opera (1774)
Alceste, opera (1767 and 1776); includes the aria ‘Divinités du Styx’
Armide, opera (1777)
Iphigénie en Tauride, opera (1779)
10. Joseph Haydn 1732 – 1809
Symphonics Nos. 93-1004, the “London” symphonies (1791 -5): including No. 94 “The Surprise “ or “Paukenschlag” (‘Drumstroke’). No.100 ‘The Military’, No. 101 “The Clock”, No.103 “The Drum Roll” and No.104 “The London”
Piano Concerto in D (c.1784)
Cello Concerto in D (1783)
Trumpet Concerto in E flat (1796)
Paino Sonata NO. 62 in E flat (1794)
Six String Quartet Op. 20 (1772)
Six String Quartet Op. 76 (1797 – 8)
Piano Trio No. 25 in G “Gypsy” (1795)
The Creation, oratorio (1796 -8)
Nelson Mass (1798)
(to be continued)