I: Richard Wagner
Prelude to Act III from Siegfried (1876)
played by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine [2'34]
II: Igor Stravinsky
Opening scene from ballet-cantata Les Noces (The Nuptials) (1923)
conducted by Leonard Bernstein [2'22]
III: Miles Davis, arr. Gil Evans
Boplicity (1949)
played by the Miles Davis Nonet [3'02]
IV: Robert Schumann
Lebhaft (Lively)
from Davidsbündlertänze
(Dances of the League of David) (1837)
played by Vladimir Ashkenazy [1'32]
V: Anton Webern
Sehr langsam (Very slow) from Six Orchestral Pieces (1909)
played by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Simon Rattle [2'43]
VI: Johannes Brahms
Weiche Gräser im Revier from Neue
Liebeslieder-Walzer
(New Love Songs and Waltzes) (1874)
sung by Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier,
and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau accompanied by Karl Engel and
Wolfgang Sawallisch [1'26]