1. BEHOLD ZEUS 00:01:31 EXPERIENCE THE FULL IMPACT OF CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AS THE BRASS, CHOIR AND PERCUSSION ARE BATTLING IT OUT FOR SUPREMACY. "THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS" FROM MUCH-LOVED ENGLISH COMPOSER EDWARD ELGAR IS A POWERFUL AND DEEPLY SPIRITUAL 'ORATORIO' (A LARGE-SCALE NARRATIVE MUSICAL WORK, USUALLY ON SACRED THEMES). HERE, WE ARE SHOWN TREATMENT CHARACTERISTIC OF ELGAR AND THIS WORK: STYLISTIC CHOICES REFLECTING A SENSE OF ELEVATION AND TRANSCENDENCE, WITH SOARING MELODIES AND HARMONIES THAT CONVEY THE IDEA OF SPIRITUAL ASCENSION, RANGING FROM INTROSPECTIVE CONTEMPLATION TO THE HOPEFUL ANTICIPATION OF THE AFTERLIFE, ULTIMATELY EXPRESSING THEMES OF FAITH, TRANSCENDENCE, AND THE SOUL'S JOURNEY TOWARD DIVINE FULFILMENT.

3. SYMPHONIC GLORY 00:01:34 THIS FINAL MOVEMENT OF CLASSICAL GERMAN-AUSTRIAN COMPOSER, JOSEPH HAYDN'S FINAL SYMPHONY (NUMBER 104!) IS VIBRANT, ENERGETIC, AND MARKED BY A FAST TEMPO, AND, IN SO DOING, SHOWCASES HAYDN'S TRADEMARK WIT AND BRILLIANCE. THE TERM "SPIRITOSO" SUGGESTS A PLAYFUL AND SPIRITED CHARACTER. THE MUSIC FEATURES A LIVELY THEME, CHARACTERIZED BY ITS INFECTIOUS RHYTHMS, CATCHY MELODIES, AND DYNAMIC CONTRASTS, IS OFTEN PASSED AMONG DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE ORCHESTRA. TOGETHER, WITH ORCHESTRAL TECHNIQUES SUCH AS SUDDEN SHIFTS IN DYNAMICS AND UNEXPECTED PAUSES, THIS CREATES A SENSE OF CELEBRATION AND EXHILARATION. HAYDN'S MASTERFUL USE OF ORCHESTRATION AND HIS ABILITY TO CRAFT MUSIC THAT IS BOTH DELIGHTFUL AND ENGAGING MAKE THIS MOVEMENT A SPIRITED AND MEMORABLE CONCLUSION TO THE SYMPHONY, EARNING ITS PLACE AMONG THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF HAYDN'S SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE.

5. ROYAL WEDDING 00:01:28 THIS BRIGHT AND REGAL OPENING TO AN ORCHESTRAL WORK FROM C18TH ENGLISH COMPOSER, WILLIAM BOYCE, ACTS AS A WONDERFUL MUSICAL BACKDROP TO A ROYAL EVENT OR CEREMONY WITH ITS TRIUMPHANT RISING BRASS SECTION IN A CALL AND RESPONSE DIALOGUE WITH THE STRINGS AND HARPSICHORD.

7. LIONHEARTS CORONATION 00:01:36 THIS AWE-INSPIRING CHAMBER WORK FOR SIX INSTRUMENTS BEGINS WITH REVERENCE AS THE MAIN MELODY MAKES IT'S FIRST STATEMENT ACCOMPANIED BY DECLAMATORY CHORDS AS IT USHERS IN THE RISE OF THE MELODY. THE MINOR MOOD CAPTURES THE SERIOUSNESS AND SOLEMNITY OF WHAT COULD BE THE CROWNING OF A KING.

9. MEPHISTOPHELES 00:01:25 THIS PIECE IS A MONUMENTAL WORK THAT SHOWCASES THE GERMAN COMPOSER BRAHMS'S MASTERY OF CHAMBER MUSIC. THE MOVEMENT TYPICALLY BEGINS WITH A SENSE OF BROODING INTENSITY, FEATURING A DRAMATIC AND PASSIONATE THEME INTRODUCED BY THE PIANO AND THEN TAKEN UP BY THE STRING QUARTET. THIS THEMATIC MATERIAL IS OFTEN CHARACTERIZED BY ITS LYRICAL BEAUTY AND EMOTIONAL DEPTH, EVOKING A SENSE OF MELANCHOLY AND URGENCY. THIS SHOWCASES BRAHMS'S COMPOSITIONAL PROWESS WITH ITS RICH HARMONIC LANGUAGE, POWERFUL DYNAMICS, AND A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS. THERE ARE MOMENTS OF FIERY INTENSITY CONTRASTED WITH PASSAGES OF INTROSPECTION AND TENDERNESS, CREATING A DYNAMIC AND ENGAGING MUSICAL JOURNEY.

11. TITANS FURY 00:01:27 EXPERIENCE THE FULL IMPACT OF CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AS THE BRASS, CHOIR AND PERCUSSION ARE BATTLING IT OUT FOR SUPREMACY. "THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS" FROM MUCH-LOVED ENGLISH COMPOSER EDWARD ELGAR IS A POWERFUL AND DEEPLY SPIRITUAL 'ORATORIO' (A LARGE-SCALE NARRATIVE MUSICAL WORK, USUALLY ON SACRED THEMES). ELGAR'S MUSIC HERE OFTEN REFLECTS A SENSE OF ELEVATION AND TRANSCENDENCE, WITH SOARING MELODIES AND HARMONIES THAT CONVEY THE IDEA OF SPIRITUAL ASCENSION. THIS SECTION IN PARTICULAR EVOKES CHAOS AND FURY. AFTER THE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA ENTER WITH ALL THEIR WRATH THERE THEN FOLLOWS A "FUGUE", ESSENTIALLY AS EACH VOICE (BASS, TENOR, ALTO AND SOPRANO) ENTER AT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT OVERLAPPING THE PREVIOUS ENTRY ADDING TO THE OVERALL INTENSITY AND "HUBBUB".

13. LEST WE FORGET 00:01:35 THIS INCREDIBLY DARK AND MOURNFUL FUNERAL PIECE CAPTURES THE PAIN AND GRIEF OF A TRAGIC DEATH, PERHAPS THAT OF A SOLDIER WHILST FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THE EXCRUCIATING CLOSE DISSONANCES COULD REFLECT THE ANGUISH OF THE MOTHER OVER THE LOSS OF HER SON/DAUGHTER.

15. LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE 00:01:32 AFTER A DECLAMATORY OPENING THE STAGGERED TRANSITION INTO THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE THEME TAKES US ON A JOURNEY THAT BUILDS UP TO BATTLE BETWEEN THE VIOLIN, CELLO AND PIANO. THE BROODING MINOR MOOD EVOKES IMPENDING DOOM AND A CALL TO ARMS.

17. RIVER STORM 00:01:26 THE OPENING TORRENTS OF THE PIANO MOTIF ACCOMPANY THE STRINGS AS THEY ITERATE THE THEME IN OCTAVES TO GIVE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND DESPERATION AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO WEATHER THE STORM. THIS PIECE DEMONSTRATES FRENCH ROMANTIC COMPOSER'S FAURE'S FIERCER SIDE TO HIS MUSIC AS HE IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MORE LYRICAL AND EXPRESSIVE MUSIC.

19. SLAVIC CONCERTO 00:01:35 THIS QUINTESSENTIAL RUSSIAN SOUND WITH THE BIG, FULL-FISTED CHORDS AND VIRTUOSIC STRINGS WITH LONG PHRASE ARCHES EVOKE THE WONDERFULLY DEEP HERITAGE OF THE "RUSSIAN" CULTURE.