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MORTENSEN'S LISTENING LISTS
This listening list is intended for academic purposes. It functions as a reference collection. All recordings represented have been purchased, and are in the possession of, either the Centennial Library or a member of the music faculty. Every good faith effort has been undertaken to ensure that these recordings are made available under the provisions of Fair Use.
All users must agree not to make or keep permanent copies of these files; that would constitute copyright infringement, which is a crime. Therefore, using these files to create compact disc copies is illegal. It is also illegal to download them into a portable listening device, such as an mp3 player. They should be used only at computers on the campus of Cedarville University which are connected to Cedarnet.
A specific set of pieces is assigned to each class level. Throughout the year the student is to listen, observing the printed score when possible, and write concise, intelligent remarks concerning matters of interpretation and technique. These remarks must be turned in at the end of each semester, and must be typed. One half of each list must be completed by the end of each semester. In other words, freshmen must complete one half of the freshman list by the end of fall semester, and the rest of the freshman list by the end of spring. The student may use his discretion, if he has any, in determining which pieces to choose in making up each half.
Students must work on the list throughout the semester. Therefore the written comments must be handed in as four “installments” on September 30, October 31, November 30, and December 17. Approximately one-fourth of the semester's listening work (that it, one-eighth of the entire year's assignment) must be completed by each of these dates.
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FRESHMEN
Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Any four Preludes and Fugues
French Suite No. 5 in G
Partita No. 1 in B-flat
All the Sinfonias
Italian Concerto
Beethoven
Sonata in C# minor, Op. 27 no. 2, performed by Evgeny Kissin
Any two Sonatas
Brahms
Op. 76, Op. 79, and Op. 39, complete
Chopin
Etudes, Op. 10 and 25, complete
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Berceuse, Op. 57
Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66
Choose any two Nocturnes, three Waltzes, and three Mazurkas
Debussy
Arabesques 1 and 2
Suite Bergamasque, complete
Preludes, Book I, complete
Haydn
Sonata in A, No. 30
Sonata in E-flat, No. 52
Liszt
Transcendental Etudes, complete
La Campanella
Liebestraum No. 3
Mephisto Waltz
Sposalizio
Mozart
Sonatas, K. 310 and 331
Rachmaninoff
Concerto in D minor, op 30, complete
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Daisies
Etude, Op. 39 no. 6
Polka de V.R.
Prelude in C# minor
Prelude in G major
Scarlatti
Sonatas performed by Murray Perahia, complete
Schumann
Abegg Variations, Op. 1
Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
Intermezzi, op. 4
Toccata, Op. 7
Scriabin
Sonatas, Op. 19 and Op. 23, complete
Etudes, Op. 8, complete
The First Petukhov Recital (complete)
SOPHOMORES
Bach
WTC I--- four more Preludes and Fugues
French Suites I-IV, and VI
Beethoven
Two more Sonatas
Brahms
All of Opp. 10, 116, 117, 118, 119
Choose three Hungarian Dances
Sonata No. 1 (Op. 1)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel
Chopin
Ballades in F and A-flat
Barcarolle,
The "rest" of the Impromptus
Scherzi in B-flat minor, C# minor, and E
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor
Clementi
Sonatas: B-flat and Op. 25 no. 5
Debussy
Images Book I and Pour le Piano
Granados
Goyescas, I-III
Grieg
Sonata, Op. 7
Liszt
Funerailles, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, St. Francis Sermon to the birds, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Tarantella, 6 Consolations
Mendelssohn
Variations Serieuses, Op. 54, Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 no. 1
Mozart
Sonatas, K. 281, 333, 457
Rachmaninoff
Lilacs, Moment Musical in E-flat minor, Prelude in G-flat, Prelude in E, Midsummer Night's Dream, Suite from Partita in E
Ravel
Pavane pour une Infante defunte
Scarlatti
Sonatas performed by Schiff
Schubert
All 8 Impromptus
Schumann
All of Opp. 6, 9, 26, 28
Scriabin
Sonata No. 1, Sonata No. 4
JUNIORS
Albeniz
Iberia 1-6
Bach
Four Preludes and Fugues from WTC II
Partitas 2-6, Goldberg Variations, Toccata in E minor
Beethoven
Two more Sonatas
Brahms
Sonatas 2 and 3; Variations, Op. 9 and Op. 21 no. 1
Chopin
Choose approx. 1/3 of the Godowsky transcriptions
Ballade in F minor, Fantaisie in F minor, Sonata no. 3
Clementi
Sonatas Op. 40 no. 2 and 40 no. 3
Debussy
Masques, Mazurka, Images Book II
Franck
Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue
Granados
Goyescas 4-6
Handel
Chaconne in G, Suite in E, Pick 2 other suites
Liszt
Dante Sonata
Mozart
K. 540, 485, 511 and 448
Prokofiev
Sonata No. 6
Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit
Scarlatti
Sonatas performed by Horowitz
Schubert
Sonata D. 784
Schumann
Opp. 13, 20 and 14
Scriabin
Sonata No. 5, Etudes, Op. 42
Shostakovich
Choose 6 from the 24 Preludes
Transcriptions
Carmen, Rondo alla Turca, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Petukhov
Second Concert, Complete
SENIORS
Albeniz
Iberia 7-12
Bach
Four more Preludes and Fugues from WTC II
Beethoven
Two more Sonatas
Brahms
Paganini Etudes, Scherzo op. 4, Op. 18, Op. 21 no. 2
Chopin
The rest of the Godowsky transcriptions
Berceuse
Compare Argerich and Rubinstein in Sonata No. 3
Debussy
Etudes
Liszt
Benediction de Dieu, Gretchen, Au bord d'une Source, Petrarch Sonnets (all three), Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Widmung, St. Francis Legends
Schumann
Op. 11 and Op. 16
Scriabin
Sonata No. 9
Shostakovich
Sonata No. 2
Transcriptions
Chaconne in D minor, Bach-Feinberg, Botschaft, Aria (from Violin Sonata)