OCR GCSE MUSIC LISTENING TESTS (2ND EDITION) TRACKS
This document provides details of all of the tracks that are required to complete the questions in the
OCR GCSE Music Listening Tests. Direct hyperlinks are given to the tracks in iTunes.
TEST 1
Album: Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 4
Composer: Beethoven
Artist: Alfred Brendel, Sir Simon Rattle, Wiener Philharmoniker
Track 5: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/piano-concerto-no.-4-in-g/id14347142?i=14347181
TEST 2
Album: Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 5–8
Composer: Handel
Artist: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown
Track 6: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 5, HWV 323: VI. Menuet
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/concerto-grosso-in-d-major/id337126222?i=337126385
TEST 3
Album: Kind of Blue
Artist: Miles Davis
Track 2: Freddie Freeloader
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/freddie-freeloader/id209407321?i=209407345
TEST 4
Album: Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis, Op. 24
Composer: Schumann
Artist: Matthias Goerne, Vladimir Ashkenazy
EXTRACT A: Track 9: Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
EXTRACT B: Track 7: Ich grolle nicht
EXTRACT C: Track 15: Aus alten Märchen winkt es
EXTRACT A: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dichterliebe-op.-48-9.-das/id15176586?i=15176641
EXTRACT B: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dichterliebe-op.48-7.-ich/id15176586?i=15176629
EXTRACT C: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dichterliebe-op.-48-15.aus/id15176586?i=15176678
TEST 5
Album: Java Court Gamelan
Track 4: Bubaran: Nudan Mas
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bubaran-nudan-mas/id128049636?i=128049532
TEST 6
Album: Mozart: Piano Quartets
Composer: Mozart
Artist: Emmanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma
Track 3: Quartet in E flat major: III. Allegretto
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/iii.-allegretto/id173563008?i=173563310
TEST 7
Album: Hallejuah – Single
Artist: Alexandra Burke
Track 1: Hallelujah
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hallelujah/id300109940?i=300109952
TEST 8
Album: Spirit of India
Artist: Ravi Shankar
Track 8: Raga Mishra Gara: Gat in Fast Teen Tal
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/raga-mishra-gara-gat-in-fast/id208559401?i=208560603
TEST 9
Album: Handel: Messiah
Composer: Handel
Artist: Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
CD 1 Track 13: Messiah, HWV 56: 15. Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/messiah-hwv-56-15.-chorus/id16201437?i=16201525
TEST 10
Album: Accident and Insurgency
Artist: Annie Somogyi’s Ambulance
Track 3: Captain Courageous
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/captain-courageous/id288008057?i=288008231
TEST 11
Album: The Seldom Seen Kid
Artist: Elbow
Track 10: One Day Like This
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/one-day-like-this/id275747296?i=275747316
TEST 12: EXTRACT A
Album: Java Court Gamelan
Track 4: Bubaran: Nudan Mas
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 5
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bubaran-nudan-mas/id128049636?i=128049532
TEST 12: EXTRACT B
Album: Handel: Messiah
Composer: Handel
Artist: Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
CD 1 Track 13: Messiah, HWV 56: 15. Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 9
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/messiah-hwv-56-15.-chorus/id16201437?i=16201525
TEST 13: EXTRACT A
Album: Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis, Op. 24
Composer: Schumann
Artist: Matthias Goerne, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Track 7: Ich grolle nicht
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 4
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dichterliebe-op.48-7.-ich/id15176586?i=15176629
TEST 13: EXTRACT B
Album: Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 5–8
Composer: Handel
Artist: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown
Track 6: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 5, HWV 323: VI. Menuet
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 2
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/concerto-grosso-in-d-major/id337126222?i=337126385
TEST 13: EXTRACT C
Album: Mozart: Piano Quartets
Composer: Mozart
Artist: Emmanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma
Track 3: Quartet in E flat major: III. Allegretto
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 6
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/iii.-allegretto/id173563008?i=173563310
TEST 14
Album: The Biggest UK Bhangra Hits, Vol. 1
Artist: Lehmber Hussainpuri
CD 2 Track 6: Phuchal
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/phuchal/id301655247?i=301655533
TEST 15
Album: Haven
Artist: Flook
Track 5: Asturian Way
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/asturian-way/id83179246?i=83179089
TEST 16: EXTRACT A
Album: For an Angel 2009 (All Mixes)
Artist: Paul van Dyk
Track 1: For an Angel (Radio Mix)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/for-an-angel-radio-mix/id321129397?i=321129553
TEST 16: EXTRACT B
Album: Greatest Salsa Classics of Colombia, Vol. 1
Artist: Joe Arroyo
Track 9: Rebelión
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/rebelion/id6562312?i=6562270
TEST 16: EXTRACT C
Album: Timeless
Artist: Goldie
Track 9: Angel
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/angel/id78974242?i=78974222
TEST 17
Album: La Revancha del Tango
Artist: Gotan Project
Track 5: Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/santa-maria-del-buen-ayre/id320891304?i=320891562
TEST 18: EXTRACT A
Album: 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: Best of Billy Ray
Cyrus
Artist: Billy Ray Cyrus
Track 1: Achy Breaky Heart
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/achy-breaky-heart/id14283080?i=14283103
TEST 18: EXTRACT B
Album: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Composer: Tchaikovsky
Artist: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev
CD 1 Track 17: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Scene 2: Danses des cygnes – Valse
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/swan-lake-op.-20-scene-2-danses/id265776596?i=265776719
TEST 19
Album: The Ultimate Bee Gees
Artist: Bee Gees
Track 6: Night Fever
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/night-fever/id336671732?i=336672088
TEST 20: EXTRACT A
Album: Lúnasa
Artist: Lúnasa
Track 11: Mi Na Nollag (Double Jigs, Slip Jig)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mi-na-nollag-double-jigs-slip/id32433725?i=32433718
TEST 20: EXTRACT B
Album: Haven
Artist: Flook
Track 5: Asturian Way
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 15
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/asturian-way/id83179246?i=83179089
TEST 21
Album: Viennese Favourites, Vol. 1
Composer: Lehár
Artist: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Track 2: Gold and Silver (Waltz), Op. 79
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/gold-and-silver-waltz-op.-79/id250470180?i=250470422
TEST 22: EXTRACT A
Album: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Composer: Klaus Badelt
Track 15: He’s a Pirate
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hes-a-pirate/id123068204?i=123068444
TEST 22: EXTRACT B
Album: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Composer: Klaus Badelt/Tiësto
Track 12: He’s a Pirate (Tiësto Remix)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hes-a-pirate-tiesto-remix/id164406411?i=164406609
TEST 23
Album: Heavy Salsa
Artist: Sonora Carruseles
Track 9: Micaela
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/micaela/id14947887?i=14947863
TEST 24
Album: Tutto Piazzolla: Il Re del Tango
Artist: Astor Piazzolla
CD 1 Track 1: Libertango
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/libertango/id203282138?i=203282184
TEST 25
Album: The Bourne Supremacy
Composer: John Powell
Track 8: Berlin Foot Chase
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/berlin-foot-chase/id325653813?i=325653924
TEST 26
Album: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Composer: Randy Edelman
Track 1: A Call to Adventure (Theme from Mummy 3)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/call-to-adventure-theme-from/id285405684?i=285405687
TEST 27
Album: Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
Composer: Vaughan Williams
CD 5 Track 1: Symphony No. 7, ‘Sinfonia antartica’: I. Prelude
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/symphony-no.-7-sinfonia-antartica/id288901720?i=288903456
TEST 28
Album: Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Composer: Saint-Saëns
Artist: Charles Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra
Track 1: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/danse-macabre-op.-40/id15169339?i=15169345
TEST 29
Album: Hellboy (Soundtrack)
Composer: Marco Beltrami
EXTRACT A: Track 3: Main Title
EXTRACT B: Track 19: Hellboy and Liz
EXTRACT C: Track 18: Stand by your Man
EXTRACT A: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/main-title/id81282855?i=81282454
EXTRACT B: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hellboy-liz/id81282855?i=81282763
EXTRACT C: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/stand-by-your-man/id81282855?i=81282674
TEST 30
Album: That Magnificent Man and his Music Machine: Two Sides of Ron
Goodwin
Artist: Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra
CD 2 Track 8: Where Eagles Dare (Film Theme)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/where-eagles-dare-film-theme/id16054516?i=16054386
TEST 31
Album: Superman: The Movie
Composer: John Williams
Artist: London Symphony Orchestra
EXTRACT A: Track 2: The Planet Krypton
EXTRACT B: Track 11: Lex Luthor’s Lair
EXTRACT C: Track 1: Prelude and Main Title March
EXTRACT A: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-planet-krypton/id50235853?i=50235864
EXTRACT B: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lex-luthors-lair/id50235853?i=50235882
EXTRACT C: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/prelude-and-main-titlemarch/id50235853?i=50235862
TEST 32
Album: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Holberg Suite – Sibelius: Finlandia, Tapiola,
Valse Triste
Composer: Grieg
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
CD 1 Track 4: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain
King
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/peer-gynt-suite-no.-1-op./id150983827?i=150983887
TEST 33
Album: 007: You Only Live Twice
Composer: John Barry
Track 2: Capsule in Space
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/capsule-in-space/id306797750?i=306797752
TEST 34
Album: Mussorgsky – Stokowski: Transcriptions
Composer: Mussorgsky
Artist: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
Track 5: Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Gnomus
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/pictures-at-exhibition-ii./id72881222?i=72881045
TEST 35: EXTRACT A
Album: Heavy Salsa
Artist: Sonora Carruseles
Track 9: Micaela
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 23
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/micaela/id14947887?i=14947863
TEST 35: EXTRACT B
Album: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Composer: Berlioz
Artist: Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra
Track 4: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/symphonie-fantastique-op./id56554160?i=56554039
TEST 35: EXTRACT C
Album: Spirit of India
Artist: Ravi Shankar
Track 8: Raga Mishra Gara: Gat in Fast Teen Tal
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 8
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/raga-mishra-gara-gat-in-fast/id208559401?i=208560603
TEST 36: EXTRACT A
Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Live at Montreux – 1987/1989/200
Artist: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Track 9: Nikosi Sikelela
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/nkosi-sikelela/id319824178?i=319824206
TEST 36: EXTRACT B
Album: Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Composer: Saint-Saëns
Artist: Charles Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra
Track 1: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 28
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/danse-macabre-op.-40/id15169339?i=15169345
TEST 36: EXTRACT C
Album: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Composer: Klaus Badelt/Tiësto
Track 12: He’s a Pirate (Tiësto Remix)
NB THIS TRACK HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR TEST 22
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hes-a-pirate-tiesto-remix/id164406411?i=164406609