SPARKLERS           Pure Sparklers

They are classical music excerpts...and are called SPARKLERS because they immediately ignite a memory of pleasant musical sounds within the listener. They are usually immediately recognizable to listeners, and pleasant to their ears. Studies have even shown Classical music to be conducive to learning and relaxation, so these guys are good to be in contact with.

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Hey, there are 105 more of these guys...do we have to say that again...there are 105 more of these guys in the Classical Music Project...yes, 105!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all of the same quality, and familiarity as you heard.  So you are going to hear a lot of good music in this course....but it's going to be music that you mainly know already...but just not from whence it came. The Remedy for Rap CD Set comes with narration depicting interesting facts about the composers of the Sparklers.

 2. Vivaldi…Concerto Number 1 in E Major, commonly just referred to as Spring.

1. Verdi…La Donna e mobile from the opera, Rigoletto

2. Verdi… Overture of the opera…Nabucco.

3. Verdi… Triumphal March and Chorus from the opera, Aida

4. Verdi… Anvil Chorus from the opera Il Trovatore,.

5. Gounod…Ave Maria…based Bach’s Prelude in C, The Well Tempered Clavier.
6. Offenbach ….Barcarolle Night of Stars from Tales of Hoffman.

7. Smetana… The Moldau, from a series of symphonic poems called  Ma Vlast.
8. Johann Strauss, Junior…Blue Danube Waltz,

9. Johann Strauss, Junior…Tritsch Tratsch Polka,

10. Johann Strauss, Junior…Vienna Blood Waltz, Opus 254,

11. Brahms…. Cradle Song, also knows as Brahms’s Lullaby.

12. Brahms…. Hungarian Dance: :Number 5

13. Brahms…. 1st Symphony, Fourth Movement…excerpt that includes the famous horn. 

14. Brahms…. 1st Symphony, Fourth Movement, an excerpt after the horn.

15. Brahms…. Waltz Opus 39, Number 15
16. Borodin …From Polovtsian Dances from the opera, Prince Igor

17. Ponchielli….Dance of the Hours from opera, La Gioconda.

18. Saint-Saens…The Swan from the Carnival of Animals.

19. Bizet…March of the Toreadores from opera Carmen,
20. Bizet…The Habenera from opera Carmen.

21. Bizet…Farandole from Suite 2 of L’Arlesienne

22. Mussorgsky… Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition

23. Mussorgsky… The Great Gate at Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

24. Tchaikovsky…Piano Concerto Number 1,

25. Tchaikovsky…The Dance of the Toy Flutes from the ballet, Nutcracker Suite

26. Tchaikovsky…The Waltz of the Flowers from the ballet, Nutcracker Suite

27. Tchaikovsky…The Russian Dance, from the ballet, Nutcracker Suite

28. Tchaikovsky…Romeo and Juliet from a fantasy overture written in 1869.

29. Tchaikovsky…From Swan Lake, a four-act ballet.

30. Tchaikovsky…Pathetique: the Sixth  Symphony…
31. Tchaikovsky…1812 Overture.

32. Dvorak… Second Movement,  Ninth Symphony, also called, From the New World…contains the famous horn.

33. Dvorak… from Fourth Movement, Ninth Symphony:

34. Massenet...  from the opera, Thais

35. Greig…Piano Concerto in A Minor

36. Greig…Anitra’s Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

37. Greig…Morning Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

38. Greig…In the Hall of the Mountain King: Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

39. Greig…Solvieg’s Song: Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

40. Rimsky-Korsakov…Flight of the Bumble Bee from the opera, The Legend of Tsar Saltan.

41. Elgar… Pomp and Circumstance March

42. Puccini… Un bel di Vedremo, from the opera Madame Butterfly.

43. Mahler…Third Movement, Symphony Number.

44. Debussy…Claire de Lune, meaning “moonlight” in English.

45. Debussy…From Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

46.  Mascagni…from opera, Cavalleria Rusticana

47. Richard Strauss… from the symphonic poem, Thus Spoke Zarathustra,

48. Sibelius…Finlandia,

49. Rachmaninoff… Second Movement Piano Concerto Number 1

50. Ravel…Pavane for a Dead Princess.

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Pure Sparklers

Pure Sparklers are the same as Sparklers except they contain no narration before them. By the time you get to them, you should have learned the names of the composers, be able to recognize their faces, be able to pronounce and spell their names, and know interesting facts about them. Finally then it's time to learn the names of the pieces themselves. This is where the Pure Sparkler CD's are used. There are two Pure Sparkler types of CD's: The Pure Sparkler Review CD, and the Pure Sparkler CD Set. There are study sheets and internet activities for the Pure Sparkler Review CD's (all found in Stage Description section where stages are prescribed), while the Pure Sparkler CD Set, is for pure listening.

1. Tchaikovsky…Piano Concerto Number 1

2. Beethoven…Sonata Number 8, Pathetique

3. Bizet…March of the Toreadores from opera Carmen,
4.  Mozart… Piano Concerto 21 commonly called Elvira Madigan

5. Haydn… Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major
6.  Massenet...  from the opera, Thais

7.  Schubert: Ave Marie

8. Brahms…. 1st Symphony, Fourth Movement, an excerpt after the horn.
9. Beethoven…Romance Number 2 in F

10. Handel…. Largo, from the opera, Xerxes.

11. Tchaikovsky…The Russian Dance, from the ballet, Nutcracker Suite

12. Schubert…Impromptu in B flat Major.

13. Beethoven…The Minuet in G,

14.  Mussorgsky… Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition

15. Vivaldi…Concerto Number 4 in F Minor,  commonly called Winter.

16. Johann Strauss, Junior…Vienna Blood Waltz, Opus 254,

17. Gounod…Ave Maria…based Bach’s Prelude in C, The Well Tempered Clavier.

18. Brahms…. Cradle Song, also knows as Brahms’s Lullaby.

19. Saint-Saens…The Swan from the Carnival of Animals.

20. Chopin…Fantasie Impromtu, Opus 66, Number 4

21. Chopin…Polonaise Number 6 in A Flat Major,

22. Johann Strauss, Junior…Tritsch Tratsch Polka,

23. Schumann…. Traumerei from Scenes from Childhood

24. Dvorak… from Fourth Movement, Ninth Symphony

25. Johann Strauss, Junior…Blue Danube Waltz,

26. Puccini… Un bel di Vedremo, from the opera Madame Butterfly
27. Boccherini….Minuet from String Quintet in E Major:

28. Bizet…Farandole from Suite 2 of L’Arlesienne

29. Beethoven…Egmont Overture,:

30. Tchaikovsky…Pathetique: the Sixth  Symphony
31. Borodin …From Polovtsian Dances from the opera, Prince Igor

32. Bach…. Air on a G String. 

33.   Liszt…Love Dream, Song Number 3

34. Mozart… Rondo alla Turca, last movement of Piano Sonata in A Major

35.  Brahms…. Hungarian Dance: :Number 5
36.  Tchaikovsky…1812 Overture.

37.  Brahms…. Waltz Opus 39, Number 15

38.Mendelssohn…Wedding March, incidental  music from A Mid Summer’s Night’s Dream.
39.  Pachelbel…Canon D:

40. Verdi… Triumphal March and Chorus from the opera, Aida

41.  Haydn…Serenade Opus 3, Number 5

42. Beethoven…Fifth Symphony
43. Wagner … excerpt from the opera, The Valkyrie… The Ride of the Valkyries:

44. Beethoven…Ninth Symphony,  last movement Ode to Joy

45.  Mussorgsky… The Great Gate at Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

46.  Debussy…From Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

47. Wagner … excerpt from the opera, Triste and Isolde

48. Tchaikovsky…The Dance of the Toy Flutes from the ballet, Nutcracker Suite

49. Rossini...Barber of Seville

50.  Haydn… Emperor’s Hymn…the Second Movement of his String Quartet Number .

51.  Greig…Solvieg’s Song: Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

52. Mozart… Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

53.  Verdi…La Donna e mobile from the opera, Rigoletto

54. Tchaikovsky…Romeo and Juliet from a fantasy overture written in 1869.

55.  Schubert…Unfinished Symphony

56.  Debussy…Claire de Lune, meaning “moonlight” in English.

57.  Haydn… 94th Symphony, best known as the Surprise Symphony,

58. Mozart… Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, first movement,

59. Wagner …The Dance of the Prentices from the opera, Die Meistersingers von Nurnberg.

1. Greig…In the Hall of the Mountain King: Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

2. Bach… Minuet in G Major.

3.  Bach…Toccata and Fugue

4.  Chopin…Sonata #2, Opus 35, better known as the Funeral March:

5. Wagner …More Meistersinger

6.  Brahms…. 1st Symphony, Fourth Movement…excerpt that includes the famous horn. 

7.  Handel…. Alla Hornpipe…from Water Music

8.  Chopin…Minute Waltz

9. Handel…. Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah,

10. Rachmaninoff… Second Movement Piano Concerto Number…

11. Mozart… Symphony Number 40

12. Handel…. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from oratorio called, Solomon,

13. Handel…. Air, from his famous Water Music Suite.

14.  Elgar… Pomp and Circumstance March

15.  Mendelssohn…Spring Song, from series of 48 short piano called Songs Without Words.

16.  Rimsky-Korsakov…Flight of the Bumble Bee from the opera, The Legend of Tsar Saltan

17. Greig…Piano Concerto in A Minor

18.  Schubert…The Trout Quintet

19.  Dvorak… Second Movement,  Ninth Symphony, also called, From the New World…contains the famous horn.

20. Verdi… Anvil Chorus from the opera Il Trovatore,.

21.  Smetana… The Moldau, from a series of symphonic poems called  Ma Vlast.

22.  Wagner …Bridal Chorus from the opera, Lohengrin.

23. Bach…. Overture Number 1 in C Major, Passepied.

24. Greig…Anitra’s Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt…

25.  Greig…Morning Dance from incidental music for the play, Peer Gynt

26.  Ponchielli….Dance of the Hours from opera, La Gioconda.
27.  Beethoven…The Moonlight Sonata

28.  Chopin…Raindrop Prelude
29. Bizet…The Habenera from opera Carmen.

30.  Mahler…Third Movement, Symphony Number.

31. Mozart… Horn Concerto Number 3…2^nd Movement

32. Wagner …excerpt from the opera The Flying Dutchman

33. Ravel…Pavane for a Dead Princess.

34.  Mendelssohn …Symphony Number 4, called the Italian Symphony.

35. Verdi… Overture of the opera…Nabucco.

36. Offenbach ….Barcarolle Night of Stars from Tales of Hoffman
37.  Schumann…. Merry Peasant  from Album for the Young, Opus 68,

38.  Mascagni…from opera, Cavalleria Rusticana

 39.  Bach…. Oboe Concerto in D Minor

40.  Richard Strauss… from the symphonic poem, Thus Spoke Zarathustra,

41. Wagner … excerpt from the Overture of the opera Tannhauser …

42. Tchaikovsky…The Waltz of the Flowers from the ballet, Nutcracker Suite

43. Mozart… Overture, Marriage of Figaro

44.  Beethoven…Bagatelle Fur Elise

45. Tchaikovsky…From Swan Lake, a four-act ballet.

46.  Sibelius…Finlandia,

47.  Rossini...William Tell Overture

48.  Vivaldi…Concerto Number 1 in E Major, commonly just referred to as Spring.

49.  Bach… Orchestral Suite Number 4 in D Major… named “Rejoicing” by Bach himself.
50. Wagner… excerpt from the opera, Tannhauser , the  Arrival of the Guests