Instruments of the Orchestra (The) - CD

CD - 1

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture

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2. Anonymous: Domna, pos vos ay chausida

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3. We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us.

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4. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7

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5. The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented.

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6. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major: II. Adagio

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7. But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil.

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8. Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March of the Devil

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9. The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin

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10. Anonymous: Csardas Music

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11. The violin and the imitation of nature

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12. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro

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13. Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite.

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14. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer: I. Allegro non molto

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15. Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise.

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16. Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin

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17. The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin:

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18. Ravel: Tzigane

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19. Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just yet.

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20. Paganini: Caprice No. 24

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21. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: III. Presto / Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor

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22. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: VIII. Moto Perpetuo

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23. Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime

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24. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act IV

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25. Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice.

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26. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter: I. Allegro non molto

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27. The violin muted

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28. Debussy: Clair de lune

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29. The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays.

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30. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

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31. The pizzicato violin

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32. Strauss: Pizzicato Polka

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33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato.

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34. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor: II. Andante assai

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35. Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon / Warlock: Capriol Suite: III. Tordion / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act I

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36. Holst: The Planets: I. Mars: The Bringer of War

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37. Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major for unaccompanied violin: II. Fugue

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38. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4

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39. Double-stopping is a standard feature of a lot of folk music.

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40. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn: I. Allegro

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41. Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world.

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42. Ravel: Bolero

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43. Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet.

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44. Joachim: Cadenza to the Violin Concerto by Brahms

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45. Now compare that with a real violin duet.

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46. Bartok: 44 Duos: I. Teasing Song

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47. Another duo by Bartok, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register

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48. Bartok: 44 Duos: II. Maypole Dance

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49. And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history

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50. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto

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51. The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this weird passage?

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52. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Scherzo

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53. The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling.

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54. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": I. Langsam, schleppend (opening)

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55. Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring.

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56. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Act II, No. 15: Entr'acte

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57. Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation.

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58. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast

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59. Stravinsky: The Firebird: Introduction

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60. The natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab"

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61. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Of the Afterworldsmen

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62. Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt.

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63. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: V. Aria Italiana

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64. Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood.

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65. Britten: Peter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: I. Dawn

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66. To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance

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67. Hellmesberger: Elfenreigen

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CD - 2

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. Introduction to the viola

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2. Telemann: Viola Concerto: I. Largo

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3. Khachaturian gets a very different sound from it: fuller, fruitier, more exotic.

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4. Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: III. Armen's Solo

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5. Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register is also available to the viola.

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6. Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b

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7. Strauss: Don Quixote

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8. Berlioz: Harold in Italy: IV. Orgy of Brigands

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9. The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorak

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10. Dvorak: Cypresses: IX. Thou Only Dear One

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11. The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler

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12. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio

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13. The "period" viola in Bach

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14. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: III. Allegro

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15. The cello: a voice of unique nobility

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16. Bach: Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello: I. Prelude

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17. Brahms and the "soul" of the cello

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18. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Andante

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19. Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register.

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20. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu

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21. In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever.

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22. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale

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23. But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement.

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24. Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39

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25. Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cello used in its highest register.

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26. Tavener: The Protecting Veil: opening

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27. A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flamencan

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28. Tagell: Flamenco

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29. Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range

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30. Cassado: Solo Suite for Cello and Piano: Sardana

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31. It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own.

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32. Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2, No. 2

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33. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: II. Andante con moto

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34. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale

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35. Introduction to the double-bass

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36. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant

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37. But the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful.

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38. Bottesini: Elegy No. 1 in D Major

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39. Bottesini: Allegro di concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn"

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40. Bottesini: Capriccio di bravura

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41. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen / Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig

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42. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: III. Kije's Wedding / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act III

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43. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro

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CD - 3

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. The antiquity and magic of the flute

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2. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

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3. The versatility and agility of the flute

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4. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor: VII. Badinerie

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5. The flute in fifteenth-century Spain

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6. Anonymous: Sa'dawi

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7. Other flutes: the bass and alto

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8. Sallinen: Chamber Music II

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9. The Piccolo - aptly named

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10. Rameau: La Naissance d'Osiris: VI. Premier et deuxieme tambourin

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11. From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its descendants in the twentieth

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12. Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra: II. Valse

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13. A variety of techniques

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14. Sallinen: Chamber Music II

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15. Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty years before.

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16. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II, No. 2: Scene

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17. From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque recorder

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18. Telemann: Recorder Suite in A Minor: Menuet II

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19. An unfamiliar, early vision of the instrument

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20. Baston: Naelden, Naelden

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21. The Bachian oboe

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22. Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: Duetto: Wie selig sind doch die

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23. Introduction to the cor anglais or 'English horn'

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24. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": II. Largo

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25. The loneliness of the cor anglais

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26. Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela

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27. The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn.

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28. Haydn: Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher": I. Adagio

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29. Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but also of Ravel

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30. Ravel: Bolero

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31. Herrmann: The Egyptian: Violence / Janacek: Taras Bulba: The Death of Ostap

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32. Stravinsky: Petrushka: Peasant with Bear / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II

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33. As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tends to be soft

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34. Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: V. Gayane's Solo

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35. Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Albeniz: Iberia: Almeria

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36. The range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high...

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37. Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden: Scene 5: Melodrama

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38. ....and quite low.

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39. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Cat

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40. The clarinet as concerto soloist

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41. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major: III. Rondo

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42. But that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this is:

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43. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major: III. Rondo

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44. Introduction to the saxophone

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45. Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: IV. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon

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46. The soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it

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47. Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuet

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48. The little sopranino sax goes even higher

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49. Ravel: Bolero

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50. The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestration by Ravel

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51. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition: The Old Castle

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52. The saxophone can be quite contagiously good-humoured.

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53. Wiedoeft: Sax-o-phun

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54. The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon

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55. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Grandfather

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56. The Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode

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57. Bach: Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria No. 1

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58. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les Dragons d'Alcala

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59. And Ravel, also in Spanish mode, does likewise

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60. Ravel: Bolero

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61. The bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed desolate loneliness

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62. Bax: Symphony No. 3: I. Lento moderato

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63. The eerie bassoon in its highest register

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64. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: opening

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65. Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and melancholy.

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66. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Berceuse

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67. The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggeration

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68. Molter: Bassoon Concerto in G Minor: III. —

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69. The deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast

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70. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast

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71. The French Horn under its woodwind hat

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72. Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43: III. Praeludium - Tema con variazioni

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73. Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from an earlier era

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74. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: II. Andante con variazioni

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75. The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another quintet

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76. Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 407: III. Rondeau

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CD - 4

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. The Trumpet as virtuoso soloist

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2. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro assai

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3. The special brilliance of paired trumpets

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4. Vivaldi: Concerto in C for two trumpets, RV 537: I. Allegro

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5. The ceremonial trumpet

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6. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

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7. Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance

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8. Handel: Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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9. The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the most lonely

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10. Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F: II. Andante con moto - Adagio

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11. Gershwin: An American in Paris / Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: The March

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12. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera

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13. The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage

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14. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Toreador's Song

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15. Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: I. The Birth of Kije

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16. Copland: Billy the Kid

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17. The trumpet as character actor

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18. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

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19. The trumpet as the voice of God

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20. Bach: Mass in B minor: Et expecto

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21. The birth of the trombone

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22. Anonymous: Aenmerckt nu hier

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23. The birth of the brass as a family

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24. Gabrieli: Canzon a 12 in Double Echo

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25. The trombone in the eighteenth century

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26. Albrechtsberger: Trombone Concerto in B-Flat Major: III. Finale

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27. Hoser: Romance for trombone and organ / Berlioz: Requiem: Dies Irae

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28. Liszt: Hosannah, S677/R409

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29. The trombones become part of the orchestra

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30. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro

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31. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture

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32. The Trombone as caricaturist

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33. Stravinsky: Pulcinella: No. 19: Vivo

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34. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto

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35. The horn and the hunt

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36. Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K. 495: III. Rondo

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37. The challenging horn of the Baroque

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38. Rameau: Abaris ou les Boreades: II. Menuet

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39. The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time

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40. Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Menuet

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41. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Finale

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42. Horns and the sound of nobility

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43. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture (opening)

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44. The special sound of the horn in its higher register

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45. Bach: Mass in B Minor: Quoniam tu solus sanctus

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46. The trumpet-like sound of massed horns

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47. Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig (opening)

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48. The tuba - unfairly maligned?

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49. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6: III. Vivace

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50. The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel

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51. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo

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CD - 5

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. Introduction. And we begin with a bang.

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2. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (opening)

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3. At the opposite extreme is the triangle.

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4. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major: Scherzo

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5. Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side drum

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6. Rossini: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture (opening)

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7. Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (opening)

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8. The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world

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9. Anonymous: Den hoboecken dans

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10. Even older is the originally oriental gong.

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11. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette

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12. Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b

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13. Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2

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14. Elgar: The Sanguine fan / Cymbals clashed softly / Cymbals struck singly / Cymbals stroked with wire brushes

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15. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (opening) / Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I Scene 5

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16. Wood blocks

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17. Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down

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18. Glinka: Jota aragonesa

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19. Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali: Damigella tutta bella

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20. A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain

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21. Traditional: Yo m'enamori d'un aire

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22. The birth of the bongo

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23. Bernstein: West Side Story (Symphonic Dances)

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24. Verdi: II Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus

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25. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail / Varese: Arcana

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26. Moncayo: Huapango

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27. Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani

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28. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction

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29. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung

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30. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat

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31. Taking advantage of tunability

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32. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro

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33. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard

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34. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera

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35. Saint-Saens and the xylophone

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36. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils

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37. Ravel and the xylophone

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38. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette

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39. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo

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40. Introducing the vibraphone

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41. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce

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42. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera

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43. Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom

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44. Traditional: Folk Dances

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45. The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra

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46. Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite : III. Song

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47. Introducing the tubular bells

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48. Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock

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49. A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin

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50. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction

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51. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude

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52. Introducing the celesta

00:00:14

 

53. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

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54. Magic, in the use of collective percussion

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55. Ravels: Miroirs: V. La vallee des cloches

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56. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene

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57. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II: Scene / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

00:01:16

 

58. The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra

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59. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: II. Andante

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60. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato

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61. Stravinsky: Petrushka: Russian Dance

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62. The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra

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63. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto

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CD - 6

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all:

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2. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto

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3. But things in Handel's day were very different.

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4. Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte

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5. The organ is difficult to classify.

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6. An unexpected, organ-related guest

00:00:14

 

7. Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro

00:00:14

 

8. Peasant-fancying… and a touch of the roaming cowboy

00:00:40

 

9. Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me

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10. Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3

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11. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen

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12. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig

00:00:53

 

13. Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade

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14. Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet

00:02:35

 

15. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude

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16. Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII

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17. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: III. Allegro gentile

00:00:56

 

18. Seeger / Hays: Washington Breakdown

00:00:19

 

19. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Packing Up

00:00:18

 

20. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II: No. 14

00:00:13

 

21. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: EI Desayuno

00:00:18

 

22. The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums from Africa and Central America

00:00:26

 

23. Evening Raga: Bhapoli

00:00:17

 

24. Ferre: Paris cancaille

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25. Karas: The Third Man: Theme

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26. Traditional: Folk Dances

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27. Albeniz: Rondena

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28. Traditional: Svetit Mesiats

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29. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude

00:01:27

 

30. Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes

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31. Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo

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32. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo

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33. The flute as an all-purpose aviary

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34. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary

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35. The oboe as duck

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36. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck

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37. The recording of reality. Does it work as well?

00:00:12

 

38. Respighi: The Pines of Rome: III. The Pines of the Janiculum

00:01:17

 

39. The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises

00:00:32

 

40. Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy)

00:01:12

 

41. Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail

00:00:26

 

42. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach

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43. Some importable casting: the violin as braying donkey

00:00:33

 

44. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears

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45. A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with

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46. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

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47. A thunderstorm in a million

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48. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm

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49. The instrumental depiction of a silent world

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50. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium

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51. Saint-Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call

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52. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale

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CD - 7

Instruments of the Orchestra

 

1. The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins.

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2. Bartok: 44 Duos: IV. Midsummer Night Song

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3. A greater contrast, of both pitch and character, violin and viola

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4. Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-Flat Major, K. 424: finale: variations 1 and 2

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5. Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola and cello

00:00:12

 

6. Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major: III. Menuetto

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7. The string quartet: two violins, viola and cello

00:00:12

 

8. Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: III. Scherzo

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9. The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola

00:00:30

 

10. Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: II. Adagio

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11. The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello

00:00:19

 

12. Schubert: String Quintet in C Major: III. Scherzo

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13. The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos

00:00:16

 

14. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante ma moderato

00:01:27

 

15. The string octet: the standard string quartet times two

00:00:20

 

16. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: movement 1

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17. Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra

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18. Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace

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19. The massed strings of a symphony orchestra

00:00:37

 

20. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

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21. Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section

00:00:44

 

22. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Theme

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23. In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share

00:00:05

 

24. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 1

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25. In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon

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26. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 2

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27. In Variation Three the oboe leads

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28. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 3

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29. Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture

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30. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 4

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31. And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet

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32. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 5

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33. The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute.

00:00:07

 

34. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 6

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35. Individual farewells and a closing chorus

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36. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 7

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37. A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass

00:00:19

 

38. Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803: III. Trio

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39. The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart

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40. Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito

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41. Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew

00:00:34

 

42. Gabrieli: Canzon 28

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43. Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team

00:00:58

 

44. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro

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45. From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler

00:00:27

 

46. Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever.

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47. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig

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48. The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak

00:01:04

 

49. Brian: Symphony No. 1, "Gothic": VI. Te ergo quaesumus

00:01:43

 

50. When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy

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51. Debussy: Images: I. Gigues

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52. A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still develops. The ondes martenot:

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53. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony: II. Chant d'amour I

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54. The advent of the "early music" movement brings a new vitality and freshness

00:00:57

 

55. Lully: Ballet de Xerxes: Gavotte en rondeau

00:00:47

 

56. Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes?

00:01:35

 

57. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto

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58. Bach: Mass in B Minor: Dona nobis pacem

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