CD #1
Light/Gentle: Schumann, Kinderszenen, Op. 15, “Of Foreign Lands and People”; Greig, “Little Bird,” Op. 43, No. 4; Saint-Saens, “The Aquarium,” from Carnival of the Animals; Strauss, “Pizzicato Polka”; Bach, Flute Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031: “Il Siciliano.”
Heavy/Strong: Kabalevsky, “Pantomime,” from the Comedians; Handel, “Music for the Royal Fireworks,” “Menuet II”; Warlock, Basse-Danse from “Capriol Suite”; Stavinsky, “Song of the Volga Boatmen”; Saint-Saens, “The Elephant” from Carnival of the Animals; Saint-Saens, “Pianists” from Carnival of the Animals; Brahms, “Hungarian Dances No. 5”; Strauss, “Also sprach Zarathustra”; Khachaturian, “Dance of the Comrades.”
Sustained: Shubert, “Impromptu Op. 142, No. 3”; Rubenstein, “Melody in F”; Faure, “Pie Jesu”; Saint-Seans, “The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals; Handel, “Largo Xerxes”; Satie, “Gymnopedie No. 1,” Torelli, “Andante” from Sonata No. 5 in D; Debussy, Symphony in B minor, movement 2; Vivaldi, Four Seasons Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297; Ravel, “Pavane pour une infante defunte”; Mozart, “Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, Andante.”
Sudden: Kabalevsky, The Comedians, “Presto;” Mussourgsky, Sorochintsi Fair, “Hopak”; Khachaturian, “Gayne,” Sabre Dance; Mussorgsky, “Gnomes” from Pictures at an Exhibition Bizet, Carmen, “March of the Toreadors”; Saint-Saens, “The Kangaroos” from Carnival of the Animals; Saint-Saens, “People with Long Ears” from Carnival of the Animals.
CD #2
Slow/Bound: Bach, “Air on a G String;” Chopin, “Prelude No. 4 in E Minor”; Saint- Saens, “Tortoises” from Carnival of the Animals; Handel, Saul HWV 53, “Act III: Dead March: Grave”; Handel, Oboe Concert No. 3 in G Minor, HWV 287: “III Sarabande: Largo;” Purcell, Music on the Death of Queen Mary.
Quick/Free: Rimsky Korsakov, “Flight of the Bumble Bee” from The Tale of the Tsar Saltan; Schumann, Kinderszenen, “Catch-as-catch-can”; Schumann, Carnaval, Op. 9, “Papillons”; Stravinsky, 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet, “No. 3: Greig, Butterfly, Op. 43, No. 1; Gershwin, 3 Preludes, No. 3; Saint-Saens, “Wild Donkeys” from Carnival of the Animals; Saint-Saens, “Aviary” from Carnival of the Animals; Chopin Prelude No. 3 in G Minor; Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 53, movement 4: “Vivace.”
Joyful: Handel, “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” from Solomon; Bach, “Badinerie” from Overture No. 2 in B Minor; Handel, Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D Major HWV 317 (Op. 3): 1 Vivace; Handel, Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G Major, HWV 317 (Op. 3) II Allegro; Bach, Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007.
CD #3
Relaxed: Satie, Trois Gymnopédies, No. 3; Satie, “Bain des Graces” from Mercure; Schumann, “Trämerei”; Rorem, “Vermouth” from Picnic on the Marne; Faure, “In Paradisum,” from Requiem, Op. 63; Gershwin, Three Preludes for Piano, No. 2.
Tense: Bartok, Out of Doors, Sz. 81, “With Drums and Pipes”; Stravinsky, “The Devils Dance” from Histoire du Soldat; Rorem, “Making Up,” from Picnic on the Marne; Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, “Scene 1.”
Music for Combinations/Contrasts: Debussy, “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair”; Faure, “Sicillience, Op. 78”; Debussy, “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” from The Children’s Corner; Debussy, “Menuet” from Petite Suite; Verdi, “Sanctus” from Requiem; Chopin, “Prelude No. 20 in C Minor, Op. 28”; Chopin Waltz No. 6 in D-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, “Minute Waltz”; Brahms Symphony No. 1, movement 1; Verdi, “Dies Irae,” from Requiem; Debussy, “Cortege” from Petit Suite.
