Which came first, the composer or the dance? It’s hard to say, but this week we’ll follow the dance through solo works, the opera and the symphony. Highlights include music by Bach, Beethoven and Shostakovich.

Monday

Anon.: The Play of Daniel (excerpt)
New York Pro Musica/Greenberg
MCA 10102
1:57
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Praetorius: Terpsichore (excerpts), L’homme arme
Calliope
Nonesuch 79039
10:24, 1:04, 5:32
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Dowland: Galliards of the King of Denmark & Queen Elizabeth
O’Dette, lt.
HM 907162
3:53
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Lully: Gigue: “Les Plaisirs Nous Suivent” fr. Amadis
Chicago Baroque Ensemble; Bedi, s.
Cedille 90000043
3:55
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J.S. Bach: English Suite No. 3 in g minor, BWV 808
Gould, p.
Sony 52606
13:08
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J.S. Bach: Gavotte fr. English Suite No. 3
Leonhardt, hps.
Sony 62949
3:15
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J.S. Bach: Gavotte (excerpt) and Gigue (excerpt) from Orchestral Suite No. 3
Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
Teld 9031-75859
3:37
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J.S. Bach: “Gloria” from the B Minor Mass (excerpt)
Monteverdi Choir & the English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner
Arch 55142
1:43
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Tuesday

Anon.: Pavane pour le petite guaire, Pavane for Oboes & Les Bergers
Le Concert des Nations/Savall
Alia Vox 9824
2:14, 5:40
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Marais: Five Old French Dances Nos. 2 and 5
Schotten, vla. Parmentier, hps.
Crystal 635
3:31
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J.S. Bach: Suite No. 1 for Violoncello, BWV 1007
Rostropovich, vc.
EMI 55364
16:13, 1:59
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J.S. Bach: Gigue fr. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
Teld 9031-75859
5:39
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J.S. Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 (excerpt)
Wurttemberg/Faerber; Galway, fl.
RCA 09026-60900
13:24
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Wednesday

Beethoven: Minuet in G
2:12

Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le Matin, III
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Arabesque 6756
4:02
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Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (excerpt)
Orch of the Eighteenth Century/Bruggen
Phil 422389
3:52
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Mozart: “Se voul ballare” from The Marriage of Figaro
Orchestra del Acadamia Nationale de Santa Cecilia/Chung; Terfel, bar.
Decca 458 928
2:16
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Mozart: Don Giovanni Act I (excerpt)
Berlin Phil/Karajan w/ soloists
DG 419179
8:05
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, II
Berlin Phil/Karajan
DG 447 401
10:55
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Lanner: Steyrische Tanze, Op.165
Ensemble Wien
Sony 57974
5:57
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Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes 1-6
Bonney, Von Otter, Streit & Bär, soloists; Deutsch & Forsberg pnos.
EMI 55430
7:49
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Chopin: Minute Waltz
Rubenstein, p.
RCA 5492
1:49
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Thursday

Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Vienna Phil/Harnoncourt
DG 474250
9:30
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J. Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Vienna Phil/Maazel
DG 410516
11:56
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Mahler: “Rhein Legend” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
London Phil/Morris; Baker, ms.
Nimb 5084
2:59
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2, II
Vienna Phil/Abbado
DG 447023
10:32
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Mahler: “Des Antonius von Padua” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (excerpt)
NY Phil/Bernstein; Ludwig, s.
1:58
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2, III (excerpt)
London Phil/Solti
Decca 430804
6:50
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Solti
Lond 440476
5:17
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Friday

Chopin: Mazurka in C# Minor, Op. 30 #4
Horowitz, p.
Sony 93023
3:49
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Chopin: 2 Mazurkas: Op. 17 #4 & Op. 24 #2
Ohlsson, p.
Arab 6730
6:15
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Chopin: Polonaise Op. 40 #1, 2 Waltzes: Op.64 #2 & Op. Posth. in E Minor
Rubenstein, p.
EMI 67007
9:20
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Tchaikovsky: Waltz from the String Serenade
LSO/Barbirolli
EMI 67700
3:49
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Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances
CSO/Solti
Lon 443444
6:04, 1:04
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Grainger: Morris Dance: Country Gardens
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Montgomery
Chan 6542
2:18
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Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
New York Phil/Bernstein
CBS 43363
9:41
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Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot
Concertgebouw/Chailly
Lon 433702
3:29
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