The Core Knowledge Music Collection includes compact discs with recordings of many of the musical works specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence. For grade 8, this 2-CD set continues from grades 6 and 7 the idea of classifying Western music by periods, focusing on works from the later Romantic period to modern masterworks. Featured composers include Sibelius, Bartok, Rodrigo, Copland, Debussy, and Stravinsky. Students are also introduced to selections from operas by Rossini and Verdi.

This 2-CD set includes:

• Sibelius: Finlandia
• Bartok: “Allegro barbaro” from Mikrokosmos
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
• Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite)
• Debussy: La Mer (first movement, “De l’aube a midi sur la mer”)
• Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
• Rossini: Overture and “Largo al Factotum” from The Barber of Seville
• Verdi: selections from Rigoletto