The Instruments of the Orchestra [Box Set]
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Artist | Jeremy Siepmann |
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Label | Naxos |
Erschienen | 2002 |
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1 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: "Oh! to be a conductor..." Includes excerpt from Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser | 2:06 | ||
2 | Domna, pos vos ay chausida - Excerpt | :28 | ||
3 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. | 1:19 | ||
4 | Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 - Hungarian Dance No. 7 | 1:39 | ||
5 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented | :45 | ||
6 | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Adagio (excerpt) | 1:08 | ||
7 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. | :17 | ||
8 | L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments - Triumphal March of the Devil (excerpt) | :45 | ||
9 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin | :43 | ||
10 | Csárdás, for violin & piano | 3:33 | ||
11 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The violin and the imitation of nature | :23 | ||
12 | Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 - No. 1. (excerpt) | :35 | ||
13 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite | :09 | ||
14 | Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315 - No. 1. (excerpt) | :41 | ||
15 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise. | :18 | ||
16 | Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano | 1:55 | ||
17 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin | :15 | ||
18 | Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra) - Excerpt | :51 | ||
19 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just jet. | :15 | ||
20 | Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24 - Excerpt | :48 | ||
21 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The many effects of the string tremolando. Includes excerpt from Bach's Brandenburg Concert | 1:57 | ||
22 | Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10 - No. 7 | 1:06 | ||
23 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime | :22 | ||
24 | Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64 - Act 4. (excerpt) | :46 | ||
25 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice | :14 | ||
26 | Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297 - No. 1 (excerpt) | :57 | ||
27 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The violin muted | :31 | ||
28 | Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3 | 1:41 | ||
29 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays | :30 | ||
30 | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467 - excerpt | 1:26 | ||
31 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The pizzicato violin | :38 | ||
32 | Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234 | 2:29 | ||
33 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato | :26 | ||
34 | Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 - Excerpt | 2:02 | ||
35 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Varieties of pizzicato. Includes excerpt from Kabalevsky's Colas Breugon; Warlock's Capriol | 3:09 | ||
36 | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 - Mars - The bringer of War (excerpt) | 1:27 | ||
37 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The technique of double-stopping enables the violin to play duets with itself. Includes exc | 2:09 | ||
38 | Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 - Hungarian Dance No. 4 | 3:51 | ||
39 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Double-stopping is a standerd feature of a lot of folk music | :14 | ||
40 | Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293 - Movement 1. (excerpt) | :37 | ||
41 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world | :30 | ||
42 | Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt | :49 | ||
43 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet. | :20 | ||
44 | Cadenza for Brahms Violin Concerto - Excerpt | :44 | ||
45 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Now compare that with a real violin duet | :12 | ||
46 | Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104 - No. 1: Teasing Song | :52 | ||
47 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Another Duo by Bartök, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register | :10 | ||
48 | Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104 - No. 2: Maypole Dance | :40 | ||
49 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history | :17 | ||
50 | Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 - Largo | 6:43 | ||
51 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this wierd passage? | :42 | ||
52 | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 - Movement 2 (excerpt) | :34 | ||
53 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling | :29 | ||
54 | Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") - Movement 1. (opening) | 1:33 | ||
55 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring | :11 | ||
56 | The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 - Act 2. No. 15. Entr'acte (excerpt) | :33 | ||
57 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation | :29 | ||
58 | Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Beauty and the Beast (excerpt) | :36 | ||
59 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Stravinsky's harmonies in The Firebirg transport us almost into another world. Includes exc | :46 | ||
60 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The Natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab" | :32 | ||
61 | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) - Of the Afterworldsmen (excerpt) | :55 | ||
62 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt | :14 | ||
63 | Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10 - No. 4 | 1:10 | ||
64 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood | :11 | ||
65 | Sea Interludes (4) from Peter Grimes, for orchestra, Op. 33a - Dawn (excerpt) | 1:08 | ||
66 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance | :12 | ||
67 | Elfenreigen, for salon orchestra - Excerpt | 1:29 | ||
68 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Introduction to the viola | :42 | ||
69 | Concerto for viola, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9 - Movement 1 | 2:46 | ||
70 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Khatchaturian gets a very different sound from it: fuller, fruitier, more exotic | :14 | ||
71 | Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1 - Armen's Solo (excerpt) | 1:15 | ||
72 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register is also available to the viola | :39 | ||
73 | Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes") - excerpt | 1:00 | ||
74 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The viola can bring a special, rich tranginess to pizzicato that the violins lack. I | 1:03 | ||
75 | Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), symphony for viola & orchestra, H. 68 (Op. 16) - No. 4 (excerpt) | 2:00 | ||
76 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorák | :34 | ||
77 | Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152 - No. 9 | 3:00 | ||
78 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler | :40 | ||
79 | Symphony No. 4 in G major - Movement 3 (excerpt) | 1:13 | ||
80 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The "period" viola in Bach | 1:05 | ||
81 | Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 - Allegro | 5:18 | ||
82 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The cello: a voice of unique nobility | :28 | ||
83 | Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 - Prelude | 2:30 | ||
84 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Brahms and the "soul" of the cello | :19 | ||
85 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 - Movement 3 (excerpt) | 1:04 | ||
86 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register | :27 | ||
87 | Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) - Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu | 3:03 | ||
88 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever | :14 | ||
89 | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55 - Finale (excerpt) | :46 | ||
90 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement | :33 | ||
91 | Elfentanz for cello & piano, Op 39 "Dance of the Elves" | 2:55 | ||
92 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cello used in its highest register | :10 | ||
93 | The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra - Opening (excerpt) | 2:54 | ||
94 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flamencan | :15 | ||
95 | Flamenco | 2:48 | ||
96 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range | :31 | ||
97 | Suite for cello solo - Sardana (excerpt) | 1:08 | ||
98 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own | :21 | ||
99 | Pieces (2) for cello & piano, Op. 2 - No. 2, Oriental Dance (excerpt) | 1:32 | ||
100 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: It was to the cellos that Beethoven gave two of his most famous themes. Includes exc | :54 | ||
101 | Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 - Finale (excerpt) | :54 | ||
102 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Introduction to the double-bass | :43 | ||
103 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Elephant | 1:32 | ||
104 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: but the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful | :10 | ||
105 | Elegy for double bass & piano No. 1 in D major - excerpt | 2:37 | ||
106 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The range of the double-bass is the greatest of all the string instruments. Includes | :47 | ||
107 | Capriccio di Bravura for double bass & piano - Excerpt | 4:42 | ||
108 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Double-bass solos in orchestral scores are rare but often memorable. Includes excerp | 1:33 | ||
109 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The Double-bass muted in Prokofiev. Includes excerpt from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kij | 2:25 | ||
110 | Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 - Movement 3 (excerpt) | 1:20 | ||
111 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The antiquity and magic of the flute | :20 | ||
112 | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86 - Excerpt | 3:19 | ||
113 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The versatility and agility of the flute | :21 | ||
114 | Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - Badinerie (excerpt) | 1:18 | ||
115 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The flute in fifteenth-century Spain | :24 | ||
116 | Sa'dâwî - Excerpt | :55 | ||
117 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Other flutes: the bass and alto | :29 | ||
118 | Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41 - excerpt | 1:12 | ||
119 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The piccolo - aptly named | :19 | ||
120 | La Naissance d'Osiris ou La Fête Pamilie, acte de ballet - No. 6 (excerpt) | :47 | ||
121 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its descendants in the twentieth | :09 | ||
122 | Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra - Valse (excerpt) | :54 | ||
123 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: A variety of techniques | :19 | ||
124 | Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41 - excerpt | :31 | ||
125 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty years before | :28 | ||
126 | Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 - Act 2. No. 2. Scène (excerpt) | :44 | ||
127 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque recorder | :40 | ||
128 | Overture, suite for recorder (or flute), strings & continuo in A minor, TWV 55:a2 - Menuet II | 2:12 | ||
129 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: An unfamiliar, early version of the instrument | :23 | ||
130 | Needles, needles | 1:09 | ||
131 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Bachian oboe | :35 | ||
132 | Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," BWV 80 (BC A183) - No. 7. Duetto (excerpt) | 3:34 | ||
133 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Introduction to the cor anglais or "English horn" | :41 | ||
134 | Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5) - Movement 2 (excerpt) | 1:24 | ||
135 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The loneliness of the cor anglais | :11 | ||
136 | The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemminkäinen Suite No. 3), Op. 22/3 - Excerpt | 1:49 | ||
137 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn | :17 | ||
138 | Symphony No. 22 in E flat major ("Philosopher"), H. 1/22 - Opening (excerpt) | 1:43 | ||
139 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but also of Ravel | :22 | ||
140 | Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt | :50 | ||
141 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Clarinet family: boxing the compass, from the depths of the bass clarinet... Include | :37 | ||
142 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: ... to the shrill and complaining.... Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petrushka (No. | 1:38 | ||
143 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tends to be soft | :18 | ||
144 | Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1 - No. 5 (excerpt) | :54 | ||
145 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The bass clarinet is used by most composers mainly as a colouring agent.... Includes exc | 1:44 | ||
146 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high | :14 | ||
147 | The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12 - Scene 5: Melodrama (excerpt) | 1:17 | ||
148 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: ... and quite low | :05 | ||
149 | Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 - The Cat (excerpt) | :45 | ||
150 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The clarinet as concerto soloist | :19 | ||
151 | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 - Rondo (excerpt) | 2:48 | ||
152 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: but that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this is: | :16 | ||
153 | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 - Rondo (excerpt) | 2:47 | ||
154 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Introduction to the saxophone | 1:06 | ||
155 | Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra - No. 4 (excerpt) | 1:03 | ||
156 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it | :09 | ||
157 | L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music - Minuet (excerpt) | 1:17 | ||
158 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The little sopranino sax goes even higher | :12 | ||
159 | Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt | :53 | ||
160 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestration by Ravel | :16 | ||
161 | Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel - The Old Castle (excerpt) | :55 | ||
162 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The saxophhone can be quite contagiously good-humored | :11 | ||
163 | Sax-O-Phun for saxophone & piano - Excerpt | :22 | ||
164 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon | :25 | ||
165 | Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 - Grandfather (excerpt) | :46 | ||
166 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: the Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode | :20 | ||
167 | Cantata No. 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata"), BWV 202 (BC G41) - Aria No. 1 (excerpt) | 1:19 | ||
168 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Bizet leaves the puffa-puffa image out, allowing the bassoon to sing. Includes excerpt f | :56 | ||
169 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: And Ravel, also in spanish mode, does likewise | :16 | ||
170 | Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt | :59 | ||
171 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed desolate loneliness | :15 | ||
172 | Symphony No. 3 - Opening (excerpt) | 1:03 | ||
173 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The eerie bassoon in its highest register | :15 | ||
174 | Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra - Opening (excerpt) | :58 | ||
175 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and melancholy | :21 | ||
176 | L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2 - Berceuse (excerpt) | 1:01 | ||
177 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggeration | :14 | ||
178 | Bassoon Concerto in G minor - Finale (excerpt) | 2:02 | ||
179 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: the deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast | :28 | ||
180 | Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Beauty and the Beast (excerpt) | 1:30 | ||
181 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The French horn under its woodwind hat | :25 | ||
182 | Wind Quintet, FS 100 (Op. 43) - Last movement (excerpt) | 1:42 | ||
183 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from an earlier era | :12 | ||
184 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - No. 2 (excerpt) | 1:32 | ||
185 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another quintet | :16 | ||
186 | Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas & cello in E flat major, K. 407 (K. 386c) - Finale | 3:55 | ||
187 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as virtuoso soloist | 1:02 | ||
188 | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 - Allegro assai | 2:37 | ||
189 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The special brilliance of paired trumpets | :19 | ||
190 | Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537 - No. 1 | 2:54 | ||
191 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The ceremonial trumpet | :36 | ||
192 | Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3) - Excerpt | 1:25 | ||
193 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance | :34 | ||
194 | Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 - The Trumpet Shall Sound | 4:10 | ||
195 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the most lonely | :38 | ||
196 | Concerto in F, for piano & orchestra - Excerpt | 1:14 | ||
197 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as the voice of the city. Includes excerpt from Gershwin's An American in Paris; | 2:05 | ||
198 | Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard) - Habanera (excerpt) | :55 | ||
199 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage | :13 | ||
200 | Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard) - Toreador's Song (excerpt) | 2:20 | ||
201 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet muted. Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petrushka (No. 4. The Blackamoor); Pro | 1:41 | ||
202 | Billy the Kid, ballet - Excerpt | 1:16 | ||
203 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as a character actor | :31 | ||
204 | Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel - No. 6 | 2:25 | ||
205 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as the voice of God | :15 | ||
206 | Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) - Et exspecto | 4:35 | ||
207 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The birth of the trombone | :38 | ||
208 | Aenmerckt nu hier | 1:36 | ||
209 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The birth of the brass as a family | 1:24 | ||
210 | Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 12: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni for 10 parts | 3:18 | ||
211 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombone in the eighteenth century | :36 | ||
212 | Trombone Concerto in B flat - Finale | 3:06 | ||
213 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The tone of the tenor trombone. Includes excerpt from Höser's Romance for Trombone and Organ | 2:18 | ||
214 | Hosannah (Alleluja del Cantico del sol), for organ & trombone ad lib, S. 677 (LW F2) - Excerpt | 1:20 | ||
215 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombones become part of the orchestra | :47 | ||
216 | Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 - Finale (excerpt) | 2:46 | ||
217 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The Wagnerian trombone. Includes excerpt from Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser | 1:04 | ||
218 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombone as a caricaturist | :13 | ||
219 | Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra - No. 19: Vivo (excerpt) | 1:37 | ||
220 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombone as raspberry. Includes excerpt from Bartók's Conceto for Orchestra (Intermezzo) | 1:46 | ||
221 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The horn and the hunt | :40 | ||
222 | Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495 - Finale | 3:39 | ||
223 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The challenging horn of the Baroque | :42 | ||
224 | Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique - Menuet | 1:20 | ||
225 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time | :24 | ||
226 | Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348 - Minuet 1 | 1:57 | ||
227 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The horn as magician. Includes excerpt fron Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (1919 version) (fina | :59 | ||
228 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: horns and the sound of nobility | :12 | ||
229 | Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 - Overutre: Opening (excerpt) | :56 | ||
230 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: the special sound of the horn in its higher register | :11 | ||
231 | Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) - Quoniam tu solus sanctus | 4:15 | ||
232 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet-like sound of massed horns | :21 | ||
233 | Symphony No. 3 in D minor - Movement 1 (opening) (excerpt) | :38 | ||
234 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The tuba - Unfairly maligned? | :49 | ||
235 | Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111 - Movement 3 (excerpt) | 1:07 | ||
236 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel | :26 | ||
237 | Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel - Bydlo | 3:00 | ||
238 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introduction. And we begin with a bang | 1:02 | ||
239 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The bass drum on the battlefields. Includes excerpt from Copland's Fanfare for the Comm | 1:03 | ||
240 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: At the opposite extreme is the triangle | :26 | ||
241 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4) - Scherzo (excerpt) | 1:21 | ||
242 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side drum | :36 | ||
243 | La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), opera - Overture: Opening (excerpt) | :52 | ||
244 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The side drum in an effective but unexpected role. Includes excerpt from Nielsen's Clar | 1:08 | ||
245 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world | :21 | ||
246 | Den hoboecken dans | 1:43 | ||
247 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Even older is the originally oriental gong | :28 | ||
248 | Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Laideronette (excerpt) | 1:00 | ||
249 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: No single instrument can match the gong in evoking the breaking of waves. Includes exce | 1:00 | ||
250 | Gymnopedie for piano No. 2 | 1:02 | ||
251 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The cymbals are generally discovered early in life. Includes excerpt from Elgar's The S | 1:28 | ||
252 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Other untuned percussion instruments include the whip. Includes excerpt from Ravel's Pi | 1:05 | ||
253 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: More versatile than the whip are the wood blocks.... Includes studio example | :31 | ||
254 | Rodeo, ballet - Hoe-Down (excerpt) | :44 | ||
255 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Related to the wood blocks, by sound, are the castanets. Includes excerpt from Glinka's | 1:09 | ||
256 | Damigella tutta bella, madrigal for 3 voices (from Scherzi musicali), SV 235 - Excerpt | 1:50 | ||
257 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain | :30 | ||
258 | Yo m'enamori d'un ayre, song | 1:06 | ||
259 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The birth of the bongo | :33 | ||
260 | Symphonic Dances (9) from "West Side Story", for orchestra (orchestrated with Ramin & Kostal) - Excerpt | 1:39 | ||
261 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: From the streets of New York to the blacksmith's shop. Includes excerpt rom Verdi's Il | 1:08 | ||
262 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Desert-island decibels. Includes excerpt from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (On the Trail) | 1:27 | ||
263 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: From one vegetable to another: the humble squash, or marrow. Includes excerpt from Monc | 1:20 | ||
264 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani | :14 | ||
265 | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) - Introduction (excerpt) | 1:48 | ||
266 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: But the drum roll can be more effectively frightening than the big band. Includes excer | :29 | ||
267 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Not one drum roll, but many. Includes excerpt from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise) | :37 | ||
268 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Taking advantage of tunability | :22 | ||
269 | Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 - Movement 2 (excerpt) | 2:25 | ||
270 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin takes a downward turn. Includes excerpt from Shch | 1:01 | ||
271 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the glockenspiel. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (Carmen's | 1:15 | ||
272 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Saint-Saëns and the xylophone | :16 | ||
273 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - Fossils | 1:18 | ||
274 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Ravel and the xylophone | :11 | ||
275 | Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Laideronette | 2:37 | ||
276 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the marimba. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (First Intermez | :38 | ||
277 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the vibraphone | :20 | ||
278 | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, film score - Narange dolce | 1:25 | ||
279 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The vibraphone goes Russian.... Includes excerpts from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (Carmen | :57 | ||
280 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom | :23 | ||
281 | Work(s) - Folk Dances | 3:00 | ||
282 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra | :10 | ||
283 | Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra - No. 3 (excerpt) | 1:30 | ||
284 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the tubular bells | :17 | ||
285 | Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra - Viennese Musical Clock | 2:04 | ||
286 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin | :06 | ||
287 | Carmen-Suite (based on themes of Georges Bizet) - Introduction | 1:08 | ||
288 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: But the bells can also make the sinister even more sinister. Includes excerpt from Vaug | :38 | ||
289 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the celeste | :14 | ||
290 | Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | 2:10 | ||
291 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Magic, in the use of collective percussion | :19 | ||
292 | Miroirs, for piano (or orchestra) - La Vallée des cloches | 1:39 | ||
293 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Plucked instruments: the 'undercover percussion'. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Car | 1:25 | ||
294 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: A prime case in point is the harp, irresistible to the Romantics. Includes excerpt from | 1:16 | ||
295 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra | :48 | ||
296 | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 - Andante | 3:11 | ||
297 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The piano: king of the tuned percussion. Includes excerpt from Saint-Saëns' Symphony No | 1:28 | ||
298 | Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version) - Russian Dance | 4:28 | ||
299 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra | :23 | ||
300 | Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 - Last mvt | 5:06 | ||
301 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all | :18 | ||
302 | Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78 - Finale (excerpt) | 1:49 | ||
303 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: But things in Handel's day were very different | :15 | ||
304 | Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291 - Last movement | 3:44 | ||
305 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The organ is difficult to classify | :24 | ||
306 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: An unexpected, organ-related guest | :14 | ||
307 | Concerto in C "Zampogna" - last mvt | 1:59 | ||
308 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Peasant-fancying... and a touch of the roaming cowboy | :40 | ||
309 | Les Miserables, musical - Drink with Me (excerpt) | 1:02 | ||
310 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Outside artefacts and the power of association. Includes excerpt from Mozart's German | 1:16 | ||
311 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Mahler's sleighbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (opening) | :47 | ||
312 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: In another symphony Mahler used cowbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's Symphony No. | :53 | ||
313 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: A roll-call of some unusual guests. Includes excerpt from Anderson's The Typewriter; S | 2:46 | ||
314 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Chains, and more. Includes excerpt from Varèse's Intégrales; Gershwin's An American in | 2:35 | ||
315 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Purpose-built oddities: wind machines. Includes excerpts from Vaughan Williams' Sympho | 1:42 | ||
316 | Don Quixote, fantastic variations for cello & orchestra, Op. 35 (TrV 184) - Variation VIII | 1:13 | ||
317 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: National calling cards: the guitar for Spain. Includes excerpt from Rodrigo's Conciert | :56 | ||
318 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: And the guitar's poor American relative, the banjo. Includes excerpt from Seeger's Was | :19 | ||
319 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: And poorer still, the mouth organ. Includes excerpt from Steiner's The Treasure of the | :18 | ||
320 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The Balalaika for Russia. Includes excerpt from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, N | :13 | ||
321 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The maracas for Mexico. Includes excerpt from Sanchez's The Treasure of the Sierra Mad | :18 | ||
322 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums for Africa and Central Ame | :26 | ||
323 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The sitar for India. Includes excerpt from Evening Raga: Bhapoli | :17 | ||
324 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The accordion for France (especially Paris). Includes excerpt from Ferré's Paris canai | :20 | ||
325 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The zither for Vienna. Includes excerpt from Kárás's The Third Man (Theme) | :25 | ||
326 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The cimbalom for Hungary. Includes excerpt from Traditional Hungarian Folk Dances | :21 | ||
327 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The guitar as an integral part of the orchestra. Includes excerpt from Albéniz's Ronde | 1:20 | ||
328 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: there are whole orchestras of balalaikas. Includes excerpt from Traditional Russian so | 1:02 | ||
329 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The effect of the wordless human voice, used purely as an instrument. Includes excerpt | 1:27 | ||
330 | Sirènes, for female chorus & orchestra (Nocturne No. 3), L. 91/3 - Unspecified excerpt | 4:15 | ||
331 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo | :42 | ||
332 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Cuckoo | 1:46 | ||
333 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The flute as an all-purpose aviary | :14 | ||
334 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Aviary | 1:08 | ||
335 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The oboe as a duck | :36 | ||
336 | Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 - The Duck | 1:55 | ||
337 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The recording of reality. Does it work as well? | :12 | ||
338 | Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141 - The Pines of the Janiculum (excerpt) | 1:17 | ||
339 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises | :32 | ||
340 | Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61 - Excerpt (movement 2) | 1:12 | ||
341 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail | :26 | ||
342 | Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 - Andante molto mosso (excerpt) | 1:12 | ||
343 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Some improbable casting: the violin as braying donkey | :33 | ||
344 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - Persons with Long Ears | :47 | ||
345 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with | :09 | ||
346 | A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21 - Excerpt | :29 | ||
347 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: A thunderstorm in a million | :17 | ||
348 | Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 - Allegro - Allegretto (excerpt) | 3:57 | ||
349 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The instrumental depiction of a silent world | 2:07 | ||
350 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Aquarium | 2:20 | ||
351 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Saint-Saëns' menagerie takes a curtain call | :24 | ||
352 | Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - Finale | 2:09 | ||
353 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins | 1:20 | ||
354 | Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104 - No. 4 | :47 | ||
355 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A greater contrast, both pitch and character: violin and viola | :27 | ||
356 | Duo for violin & viola No. 2 in B flat major, K. 424 - Finale. Variations 1 & 2 | 2:18 | ||
357 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola, and cello | :12 | ||
358 | String Trio in B flat major, D. 581 - Menuetto (excerpt) | 1:09 | ||
359 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string quartet: two violins, viola, and cello | :20 | ||
360 | String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1 - Excerpt (Movement 3) | 1:53 | ||
361 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola | :30 | ||
362 | Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 5 in D major ("String Quintet No. 5"), K. 593 - Adagio (excerpt) | 2:21 | ||
363 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello | :19 | ||
364 | Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163) - Movement 3 (excerpt) | 2:12 | ||
365 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos | :16 | ||
366 | String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 - Movement 2 (excerpt) | 1:27 | ||
367 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string octet: the standard string quartet times two | :20 | ||
368 | Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20 - Movement 1 (excerpt) | 2:16 | ||
369 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra | :15 | ||
370 | Symphony No. 2 in B flat major ("Lobgesang", "Hymn of Praise"), Op. 52 - Finale (excerpt) | 2:12 | ||
371 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The massed strings of a symphony orchestra | :37 | ||
372 | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras - Excerpt | 2:58 | ||
373 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section | :44 | ||
374 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Theme | 1:10 | ||
375 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share | :05 | ||
376 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 | 1:28 | ||
377 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon | :07 | ||
378 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 2 | 1:08 | ||
379 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: in Variation Three the oboe leads | :13 | ||
380 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 3 | 1:12 | ||
381 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture | :07 | ||
382 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 4 | 1:17 | ||
383 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet | :04 | ||
384 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 5 | 1:12 | ||
385 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute | :07 | ||
386 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 6 | 1:22 | ||
387 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Individual farewells and a closing chorus | :19 | ||
388 | Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 7 | :40 | ||
389 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass | :19 | ||
390 | Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings in F major, D. 803 (Op. posth. 166) - Movement 3 (excerpt) | 2:01 | ||
391 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart | :34 | ||
392 | Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (K. 186a) - Finale (excerpt) | 3:32 | ||
393 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew | :34 | ||
394 | Canzon No. 28 ("Sol sol la sol fa mi"), for 8 parts | 1:39 | ||
395 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team | :58 | ||
396 | Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 - Finale (excerpt) | 4:28 | ||
397 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler | :27 | ||
398 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever. | :47 | ||
399 | Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic") - Movement 1 (excerpt) | 1:44 | ||
400 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak | 1:04 | ||
401 | Symphony No. 1 in D minor for soloists, chorus, brass bands & orchestra, "The Gothic" - VI: Te ergo quaesumus (excerpt) | 1:43 | ||
402 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy | 1:10 | ||
403 | Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122 - Gigues (excerpt) | 1:50 | ||
404 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still | 2:41 | ||
405 | Turangalîla-symphonie, for piano, ondes martenot & orchestra, I/29 - Chant d'amour 1 (excerpt) | 1:14 | ||
406 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The advent of the 'early music' movement brings a new vitality and freshness | :57 | ||
407 | Xerxès, ballet (for F. Cavalli's "Serse"), LWV 12 - Gavotte en rondeau (excerpt) | :47 | ||
408 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes? | 1:35 | ||
409 | Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 - Largo (excerpt) | 2:13 | ||
410 | The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A speculative look ahead. Includes excerpt from Bach's Mass in B minor | 3:24 |
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