Jeremy Siepmann - The Instruments of the Orchestra (7CD) (2002)
BAND/ARTIST: Jeremy Siepmann
- Title: The Instruments of the Orchestra
- Year Of Release: 2002
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 07:58:06
- Total Size: 2 Gb
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Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture - 02:06
02. Anonymous: Domna, pos vos ay chausida - 00:28
03. We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. - 01:19
04. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 - 01:39
05. The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented. - 00:45
06. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major: II. Adagio - 01:08
07. But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. - 00:17
08. Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March of the Devil - 00:45
09. The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin - 00:43
10. Anonymous: Csardas Music - 03:33
11. The violin and the imitation of nature - 00:23
12. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro - 00:35
13. Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite. - 00:09
14. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer: I. Allegro non molto - 00:41
15. Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise. - 00:18
16. Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin - 01:55
17. The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin: - 00:15
18. Ravel: Tzigane - 00:51
19. Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just yet. - 00:15
20. Paganini: Caprice No. 24 - 00:48
21. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: III. Presto / Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor - 01:57
22. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: VIII. Moto Perpetuo - 01:06
23. Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime - 00:22
24. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act IV - 00:46
25. Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice. - 00:14
26. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter: I. Allegro non molto - 00:57
27. The violin muted - 00:31
28. Debussy: Clair de lune - 01:41
29. The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays. - 00:30
30. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante - 01:26
31. The pizzicato violin - 00:38
32. Strauss: Pizzicato Polka - 02:29
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato. - 00:26
34. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor: II. Andante assai - 02:02
35. Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon / Warlock: Capriol Suite: III. Tordion / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act I - 03:09
36. Holst: The Planets: I. Mars: The Bringer of War - 01:27
37. Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major for unaccompanied violin: II. Fugue - 02:09
38. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4 - 03:51
39. Double-stopping is a standard feature of a lot of folk music. - 00:14
40. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn: I. Allegro - 00:37
41. Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world. - 00:30
42. Ravel: Bolero - 00:49
43. Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet. - 00:20
44. Joachim: Cadenza to the Violin Concerto by Brahms - 00:44
45. Now compare that with a real violin duet. - 00:12
46. Bartok: 44 Duos: I. Teasing Song - 00:52
47. Another duo by Bartok, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register - 00:10
48. Bartok: 44 Duos: II. Maypole Dance - 00:40
49. And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history - 00:17
50. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins: II. Largo ma non tanto - 06:43
51. The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this weird passage? - 00:42
52. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Scherzo - 00:34
53. The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling. - 00:29
54. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": I. Langsam, schleppend (opening) - 01:33
55. Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring. - 00:11
56. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Act II, No. 15: Entr'acte - 00:33
57. Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation. - 00:29
58. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast - 00:36
59. Stravinsky: The Firebird: Introduction - 00:46
60. The natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab" - 00:32
61. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Of the Afterworldsmen - 00:55
62. Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt. - 00:14
63. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: V. Aria Italiana - 01:10
64. Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood. - 00:11
65. Britten: Peter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: I. Dawn - 01:08
66. To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance - 00:12
67. Hellmesberger: Elfenreigen - 01:29
CD 2
01. Introduction to the Viola 00:00:42
02. Telemann: Viola Concerto: I. Largo 00:02:46
03. Khachaturian gets a very different sound from It 00:00:14
04. Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: III. Armen's Solo 00:01:15
05. Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register 00:00:39
06. Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b 00:01:00
07. Strauss: Don Quixote 00:01:03
08. Berlioz: Harold in Italy: IV. Orgy of Brigands 00:02:00
09. The muted viola: Intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorak 00:00:34
10. Dvorak: Cypresses: IX. Thou Only Dear One 00:03:00
11. The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler 00:00:40
12. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio 00:01:13
13. The "period" viola in Bach 00:01:05
14. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: III. Allegro 00:05:18
15. The cello: A voice of unique nobility 00:00:28
16. Bach: Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello: I. Prelude 00:02:30
17. Brahms and the "soul" of the cello 00:00:19
18. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Andante 00:01:04
19. Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register 00:00:27
20. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Aria 00:03:03
21. In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever 00:00:14
22. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale 00:00:46
23. But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement 00:00:33
24. Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39 00:02:55
25. Not only in recital showpieces is the cello used in its highest register 00:00:10
26. Tavener: The Protecting Veil: Opening 00:02:54
27. A cello with an identity-crisis: The pizzicato Flamencan 00:00:15
28. Tagell: Flamenco 00:02:48
29. Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range 00:00:31
30. Cassado: Solo Suite for Cello and Piano: Sardana 00:01:08
31. It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own 00:00:21
32. Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2, No. 2 00:01:32
33. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: II. Andante con moto 00:00:54
34. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale 00:00:54
35. Introduction to the Double-Bass 00:00:43
36. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant 00:01:32
37. But the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful 00:00:10
38. Bottesini: Elegy No. 1 in D Major 00:02:37
39. Bottesini: Allegro di concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn" 00:00:47
40. Bottesini: Capriccio di bravura 00:04:42
41. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": III. Feierlich und gemessen / Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig 00:01:33
42. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: III. Kije's Wedding /
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act III 00:02:25
43. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro 00:01:20
CD 3
01. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute 00:00:20
02. Debussy: Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune 00:03:19
03. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute 00:00:21
04. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor: VII. Badinerie 00:01:18
05. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain 00:00:24
06. Anonymous: Sa'dawi 00:00:55
07. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto 00:00:29
08. Sallinen: Chamber Music II 00:01:12
09. The Piccolo - Aptly Named 00:00:19
10. Rameau: La Naissance D'Osiris: VI. Premier Et Deuxième Tambourin 00:00:47
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth 00:00:09
12. Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 For Small Orchestra: II. Valse 00:00:54
13. A Variety Of Techniques 00:00:19
14. Sallinen: Chamber Music II 00:00:31
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before. 00:00:28
16. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II, No. 2: Scene 00:00:44
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder 00:00:40
18. Telemann: Recorder Suite In A Minor: Menuet II 00:02:12
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument 00:00:23
20. Baston: Naelden, Naelden 00:01:09
21. The Bachian Oboe 00:00:35
22. Bach: Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott, BWV 80: Duetto. Wie Selig Sind Doch Die 00:03:34
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Horn' 00:00:41
24. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, "From The New World": II. Largo 00:01:24
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais 00:00:11
26. Sibelius: The Swan Of Tuonela 00:01:49
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn 00:00:17
28. Haydn: Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher": I. Adagio 00:01:43
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel 00:00:22
30. Ravel: Bolero 00:00:50
31. Herrmann: The Egyptian: Violence / Janáček: Taras Bulba: The Death Of Ostap 00:00:37
32. Stravinsky: Petrushka: Peasant With Bear / Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: V. Songe D'Une Nuit / Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet: Act II 00:01:38
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft 00:00:18
34. Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: V. Gayane's Solo 00:00:54
35. Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Albéniz: Iberia: Almería 00:01:44
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High... 00:00:14
37. Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden: Scene 5: Melodrama 00:01:17
38. ...And Quite Low. 00:00:05
39. Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf: The Cat 00:00:45
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist 00:00:19
41. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto In A Major: III. Rondo 00:02:48
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is: 00:00:16
43. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto In A Major: III. Rondo 00:02:47
44. Introduction To The Saxophone 00:01:06
45. Kodály: Háry János Suite: IV. The Battle And Defeat Of Napoleon 00:01:03
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It 00:00:09
47. Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuet 00:01:17
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher 00:00:12
49. Ravel: Bolero 00:00:53
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel 00:00:16
51. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: The Old Castle 00:00:55
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured. 00:00:11
53. Wiedoeft: Sax-O-Phun 00:00:22
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon 00:00:25
55. Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf: Grandfather 00:00:46
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode 00:00:20
57. Bach: Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria No. 1 00:01:19
58. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les Dragons D'Alcala 00:00:56
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise 00:00:16
60. Ravel: Bolero 00:00:59
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness 00:00:15
62. Bax: Symphony No. 3: I. Lento Moderato 00:01:03
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register 00:00:15
64. Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring: Opening 00:00:58
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy. 00:00:21
66. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Berceuse 00:01:01
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration 00:00:14
68. Molter: Bassoon Concerto In G Minor: III. — 00:02:02
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast 00:00:28
70. Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty And The Beast 00:01:30
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat 00:00:25
72. Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43: III. Praeludium - Tema Con Variazioni 00:01:42
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era 00:00:12
74. Reicha: Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: II. Andante Con Variazioni 00:01:32
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet 00:00:16
76. Mozart: Horn Quintet In E-Flat Major, K. 407: III. Rondeau 00:03:55
CD 4
01. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist 00:01:02
02. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro Assai 00:02:37
03. The Special Brilliance Of Paired Trumpets 00:00:19
04. Vivaldi: Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV 537: I. Allegro 00:02:54
05. The Ceremonial Trumpet 00:00:36
06. Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man 00:01:25
07. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance 00:00:34
08. Handel: Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound 00:04:10
09. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely 00:00:38
10. Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F: II. Andante Con Moto - Adagio 00:01:14
11. Gershwin: An American In Paris / Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: The March 00:02:05
12. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera 00:00:55
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage 00:00:13
14. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Toreador's Song 00:02:20
15. Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: I. The Birth Of Kije 00:01:41
16. Copland: Billy The Kid 00:01:16
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor 00:00:31
18. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle 00:02:25
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God 00:00:15
20. Bach: Mass In B Minor: Et Expecto 00:04:35
21. The Birth Of The Trombone 00:00:38
22. Anonymous: Aenmerckt Nu Hier 00:01:36
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family 00:01:24
24. Gabrieli: Canzon A 12 In Double Echo 00:03:18
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century 00:00:36
26. Albrechtsberger: Trombone Concerto In B-Flat Major: III. Finale 00:03:06
27. Hoser: Romance For Trombone And Organ / Berlioz: Requiem: Dies Irae 00:02:18
28. Liszt: Hosannah, S. 677/R. 409 00:01:20
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra 00:00:47
30. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro 00:02:46
31. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture 00:01:04
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist 00:00:13
33. Stravinsky: Pulcinella: No. 19: Vivo 00:01:37
34. Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo Interrotto 00:01:46
35. The Horn And The Hunt 00:00:40
36. Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 In E-Flat, K. 495: III. Rondo 00:03:39
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque 00:00:42
38. Rameau: Abaris Ou Les Boréades: II. Menuet 00:01:20
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time 00:00:24
40. Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 1 In F Major, HWV 348: Menuet 00:01:57
41. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Finale 00:00:59
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility 00:00:12
43. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture (Opening) 00:00:56
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register 00:00:11
45. Bach: Mass In B Minor: Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus 00:04:15
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns 00:00:21
47. Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig (Opening) 00:00:38
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned? 00:00:49
49. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6: III. Vivace 00:01:07
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel 00:00:26
51. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo 00:03:00
CD 5
01. Introduction. And we begin with a bang. (00:01:02)
02. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (opening) (00:01:03)
03. At the opposite extreme Is the triangle. (00:00:26)
04. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major: Scherzo (00:01:21)
05. Categories of percussion: Tuned and untuned. The side drum (00:00:36)
06. Rossini: La gazza ladra (the Thieving Magpie): Overture [opening] (00:00:52)
07. Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (opening) (00:01:08)
08. The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world (00:00:21)
09. Anonymous: Den hoboecken dans (00:01:43)
10. Even older Is the originally oriental gong. (00:00:28)
11. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette (00:01:00)
12. Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b (00:01:00)
13. Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2 (00:01:02)
14. Elgar: The Sanguine fan / Cymbals clashed softly / Cymbals struck singly / Cymbals stroked with wire brushes (00:01:28)
15. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (opening) / Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I Scene 5 (00:01:05)
16. Wood blocks (00:00:31)
17. Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down (00:00:44)
18. Glinka: Jota aragonesa (00:01:09)
19. Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali: Damigella tutta bella (00:01:50)
20. A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain (00:00:30)
21. Traditional: Yo m'enamori d'un aire (00:01:06)
22. The birth of the bongo (00:00:33)
23. Bernstein: West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) (00:01:39)
24. Verdi: II Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus (00:01:08)
25. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail / Varese: Arcana (00:01:27)
26. Moncayo: Huapango (00:01:20)
27. Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani (00:00:14)
28. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction (00:01:48)
29. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (00:00:29)
30. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat (00:00:37)
31. Taking advantage of tunability (00:00:22)
32. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro (00:02:25)
33. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard (00:01:01)
34. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera (00:01:15)
35. Saint-Saens and the xylophone (00:00:16)
36. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils (00:01:18)
37. Ravel and the xylophone (00:00:11)
38. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette (00:02:37)
39. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo (00:00:38)
40. Introducing the vibraphone (00:00:20)
41. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce (00:01:25)
42. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera (00:00:57)
43. Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom (00:00:23)
44. Traditional: Folk Dances (00:03:00)
45. The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra (00:00:10)
46. Kodaly: Háry János Suite : III. Song (00:01:30)
47. Introducing the tubular bells (00:00:17)
48. Kodaly: Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock (00:02:04)
49. A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin (00:00:06)
50. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction (00:01:08)
51. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude (00:00:38)
52. Introducing the celesta (00:00:14)
53. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (00:02:10)
54. Magic, in the use of collective percussion (00:00:19)
55. Ravels: Miroirs: V. La vallee des cloches (00:01:39)
56. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene (00:01:25)
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 (00:00:48)
59. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: II. Andante (00:03:11)
60. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato (00:01:28)
61. Stravinsky: Petrushka: Russian Dance (00:04:28)
62. The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra (00:00:23)
63. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto (00:05:06)
CD 6
01. Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - The most powerful of them all: (00:00:18)
02. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto (00:01:49)
03. But things in Handel's day were very different. (00:00:15)
04. Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte (00:03:44)
05. The organ Is difficult to classify. (00:00:24)
06. An unexpected, organ-related guest (00:00:14)
07. Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro (00:01:59)
08. Peasant-fancying… And a touch of the roaming cowboy (00:00:40)
09. Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me (00:01:02)
10. Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3 (00:01:16)
11. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen (00:00:47)
12. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig (00:00:53)
13. Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade (00:02:46)
14. Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet (00:02:35)
15. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude (00:01:42)
16. Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII (00:01:13)
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 (00:00:20)
25. Karas: The Third Man: Theme (00:00:25)
26. Traditional: Folk Dances (00:00:21)
27. Albeniz: Rondena (00:01:20)
28. Traditional: Svetit Mesiats (00:01:02)
29. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude (00:01:27)
30. Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes (00:04:15)
31. Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo (00:00:42)
32. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo (00:01:46)
33. The flute as an all-purpose aviary (00:00:14)
34. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary (00:01:08)
35. The oboe as duck (00:00:36)
36. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck (00:01:55)
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 (00:01:12)
43. Some importable casting: The violin as braying donkey (00:00:33)
44. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears (00:00:47)
45. A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with (00:00:09)
46. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture (00:00:29)
47. A thunderstorm in a million (00:00:17)
48. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm (00:03:57)
49. The instrumental depiction of a silent world (00:02:07)
50. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium (00:02:20)
51. Saint-Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call (00:00:24)
52. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale (00:02:09)
CD 7
01. The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins. (00:01:20)
02. Bartok: 44 Duos: IV. Midsummer Night Song (00:00:47)
03. A greater contrast, of both pitch and character, violin and viola (00:00:27)
04. Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-Flat Major, K. 424: Finale: Variations 1 and 2 (00:02:18)
05. Arrival at the standard string trio: Violin, viola and cello (00:00:12)
06. Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major: III. Menuetto (00:01:09)
07. The string quartet: Two violins, viola and cello (00:00:20)
08. Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: III. Scherzo (00:01:53)
09. 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 (00:02:21)
11. The string quintet - When the extra instrument Is a second cello (00:00:19)
12. Schubert: String Quintet in C Major: III. Scherzo (00:02:12)
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 (00:02:16)
17. Double the string octet: A fully fledged string orchestra (00:00:15)
18. Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace (00:02:12)
19. The massed strings of a symphony orchestra (00:00:37)
20. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (00:02:58)
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 (00:01:10)
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 (00:01:28)
25. In Variation Two the torch Is handed to the bassoon (00:00:07)
26. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 2 (00:01:08)
27. In Variation Three the oboe leads (00:00:13)
28. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 3 (00:01:12)
29. Variation Four: Conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture (00:00:07)
30. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 4 (00:01:17)
31. And Variation Five Is dominated by the clarinet (00:00:04)
32. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 5 (00:01:12)
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 (00:01:22)
35. Individual farewells and a closing chorus (00:00:19)
36. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 7 (00:00:40)
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 (00:02:01)
39. The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart (00:00:34)
40. Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito (00:03:32)
41. Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew (00:00:34)
42. Gabrieli: Canzon 28 (00:01:39)
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team (00:00:58)
44. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro (00:04:28)
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. (00:00:47)
47. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig (00:01:44)
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 (00:01:10)
51. Debussy: Images: I. Gigues (00:01:50)
52. A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but It still develops. The ondes martenot: (00:02:41)
53. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony: II. Chant d'amour I (00:01:14)
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 (00:02:13)
58. Bach: Mass in B Minor: Dona nobis pacem (00:03:24)
CD 1
01. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture - 02:06
02. Anonymous: Domna, pos vos ay chausida - 00:28
03. We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. - 01:19
04. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 - 01:39
05. The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented. - 00:45
06. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major: II. Adagio - 01:08
07. But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. - 00:17
08. Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March of the Devil - 00:45
09. The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin - 00:43
10. Anonymous: Csardas Music - 03:33
11. The violin and the imitation of nature - 00:23
12. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro - 00:35
13. Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite. - 00:09
14. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer: I. Allegro non molto - 00:41
15. Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise. - 00:18
16. Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin - 01:55
17. The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin: - 00:15
18. Ravel: Tzigane - 00:51
19. Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just yet. - 00:15
20. Paganini: Caprice No. 24 - 00:48
21. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: III. Presto / Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor - 01:57
22. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: VIII. Moto Perpetuo - 01:06
23. Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime - 00:22
24. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act IV - 00:46
25. Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice. - 00:14
26. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter: I. Allegro non molto - 00:57
27. The violin muted - 00:31
28. Debussy: Clair de lune - 01:41
29. The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays. - 00:30
30. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante - 01:26
31. The pizzicato violin - 00:38
32. Strauss: Pizzicato Polka - 02:29
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato. - 00:26
34. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor: II. Andante assai - 02:02
35. Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon / Warlock: Capriol Suite: III. Tordion / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act I - 03:09
36. Holst: The Planets: I. Mars: The Bringer of War - 01:27
37. Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major for unaccompanied violin: II. Fugue - 02:09
38. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4 - 03:51
39. Double-stopping is a standard feature of a lot of folk music. - 00:14
40. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn: I. Allegro - 00:37
41. Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world. - 00:30
42. Ravel: Bolero - 00:49
43. Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet. - 00:20
44. Joachim: Cadenza to the Violin Concerto by Brahms - 00:44
45. Now compare that with a real violin duet. - 00:12
46. Bartok: 44 Duos: I. Teasing Song - 00:52
47. Another duo by Bartok, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register - 00:10
48. Bartok: 44 Duos: II. Maypole Dance - 00:40
49. And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history - 00:17
50. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins: II. Largo ma non tanto - 06:43
51. The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this weird passage? - 00:42
52. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Scherzo - 00:34
53. The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling. - 00:29
54. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": I. Langsam, schleppend (opening) - 01:33
55. Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring. - 00:11
56. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Act II, No. 15: Entr'acte - 00:33
57. Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation. - 00:29
58. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast - 00:36
59. Stravinsky: The Firebird: Introduction - 00:46
60. The natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab" - 00:32
61. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Of the Afterworldsmen - 00:55
62. Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt. - 00:14
63. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: V. Aria Italiana - 01:10
64. Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood. - 00:11
65. Britten: Peter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: I. Dawn - 01:08
66. To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance - 00:12
67. Hellmesberger: Elfenreigen - 01:29
CD 2
01. Introduction to the Viola 00:00:42
02. Telemann: Viola Concerto: I. Largo 00:02:46
03. Khachaturian gets a very different sound from It 00:00:14
04. Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: III. Armen's Solo 00:01:15
05. Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register 00:00:39
06. Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b 00:01:00
07. Strauss: Don Quixote 00:01:03
08. Berlioz: Harold in Italy: IV. Orgy of Brigands 00:02:00
09. The muted viola: Intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorak 00:00:34
10. Dvorak: Cypresses: IX. Thou Only Dear One 00:03:00
11. The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler 00:00:40
12. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio 00:01:13
13. The "period" viola in Bach 00:01:05
14. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: III. Allegro 00:05:18
15. The cello: A voice of unique nobility 00:00:28
16. Bach: Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello: I. Prelude 00:02:30
17. Brahms and the "soul" of the cello 00:00:19
18. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Andante 00:01:04
19. Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register 00:00:27
20. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Aria 00:03:03
21. In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever 00:00:14
22. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale 00:00:46
23. But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement 00:00:33
24. Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39 00:02:55
25. Not only in recital showpieces is the cello used in its highest register 00:00:10
26. Tavener: The Protecting Veil: Opening 00:02:54
27. A cello with an identity-crisis: The pizzicato Flamencan 00:00:15
28. Tagell: Flamenco 00:02:48
29. Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range 00:00:31
30. Cassado: Solo Suite for Cello and Piano: Sardana 00:01:08
31. It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own 00:00:21
32. Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2, No. 2 00:01:32
33. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: II. Andante con moto 00:00:54
34. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale 00:00:54
35. Introduction to the Double-Bass 00:00:43
36. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant 00:01:32
37. But the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful 00:00:10
38. Bottesini: Elegy No. 1 in D Major 00:02:37
39. Bottesini: Allegro di concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn" 00:00:47
40. Bottesini: Capriccio di bravura 00:04:42
41. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": III. Feierlich und gemessen / Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig 00:01:33
42. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: III. Kije's Wedding /
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act III 00:02:25
43. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro 00:01:20
CD 3
01. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute 00:00:20
02. Debussy: Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune 00:03:19
03. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute 00:00:21
04. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor: VII. Badinerie 00:01:18
05. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain 00:00:24
06. Anonymous: Sa'dawi 00:00:55
07. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto 00:00:29
08. Sallinen: Chamber Music II 00:01:12
09. The Piccolo - Aptly Named 00:00:19
10. Rameau: La Naissance D'Osiris: VI. Premier Et Deuxième Tambourin 00:00:47
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth 00:00:09
12. Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 For Small Orchestra: II. Valse 00:00:54
13. A Variety Of Techniques 00:00:19
14. Sallinen: Chamber Music II 00:00:31
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before. 00:00:28
16. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II, No. 2: Scene 00:00:44
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder 00:00:40
18. Telemann: Recorder Suite In A Minor: Menuet II 00:02:12
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument 00:00:23
20. Baston: Naelden, Naelden 00:01:09
21. The Bachian Oboe 00:00:35
22. Bach: Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott, BWV 80: Duetto. Wie Selig Sind Doch Die 00:03:34
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Horn' 00:00:41
24. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, "From The New World": II. Largo 00:01:24
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais 00:00:11
26. Sibelius: The Swan Of Tuonela 00:01:49
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn 00:00:17
28. Haydn: Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher": I. Adagio 00:01:43
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel 00:00:22
30. Ravel: Bolero 00:00:50
31. Herrmann: The Egyptian: Violence / Janáček: Taras Bulba: The Death Of Ostap 00:00:37
32. Stravinsky: Petrushka: Peasant With Bear / Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: V. Songe D'Une Nuit / Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet: Act II 00:01:38
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft 00:00:18
34. Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: V. Gayane's Solo 00:00:54
35. Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Albéniz: Iberia: Almería 00:01:44
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High... 00:00:14
37. Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden: Scene 5: Melodrama 00:01:17
38. ...And Quite Low. 00:00:05
39. Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf: The Cat 00:00:45
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist 00:00:19
41. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto In A Major: III. Rondo 00:02:48
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is: 00:00:16
43. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto In A Major: III. Rondo 00:02:47
44. Introduction To The Saxophone 00:01:06
45. Kodály: Háry János Suite: IV. The Battle And Defeat Of Napoleon 00:01:03
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It 00:00:09
47. Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuet 00:01:17
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher 00:00:12
49. Ravel: Bolero 00:00:53
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel 00:00:16
51. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: The Old Castle 00:00:55
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured. 00:00:11
53. Wiedoeft: Sax-O-Phun 00:00:22
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon 00:00:25
55. Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf: Grandfather 00:00:46
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode 00:00:20
57. Bach: Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria No. 1 00:01:19
58. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les Dragons D'Alcala 00:00:56
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise 00:00:16
60. Ravel: Bolero 00:00:59
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness 00:00:15
62. Bax: Symphony No. 3: I. Lento Moderato 00:01:03
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register 00:00:15
64. Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring: Opening 00:00:58
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy. 00:00:21
66. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Berceuse 00:01:01
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration 00:00:14
68. Molter: Bassoon Concerto In G Minor: III. — 00:02:02
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast 00:00:28
70. Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty And The Beast 00:01:30
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat 00:00:25
72. Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43: III. Praeludium - Tema Con Variazioni 00:01:42
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era 00:00:12
74. Reicha: Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: II. Andante Con Variazioni 00:01:32
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet 00:00:16
76. Mozart: Horn Quintet In E-Flat Major, K. 407: III. Rondeau 00:03:55
CD 4
01. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist 00:01:02
02. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro Assai 00:02:37
03. The Special Brilliance Of Paired Trumpets 00:00:19
04. Vivaldi: Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV 537: I. Allegro 00:02:54
05. The Ceremonial Trumpet 00:00:36
06. Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man 00:01:25
07. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance 00:00:34
08. Handel: Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound 00:04:10
09. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely 00:00:38
10. Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F: II. Andante Con Moto - Adagio 00:01:14
11. Gershwin: An American In Paris / Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: The March 00:02:05
12. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera 00:00:55
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage 00:00:13
14. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Toreador's Song 00:02:20
15. Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: I. The Birth Of Kije 00:01:41
16. Copland: Billy The Kid 00:01:16
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor 00:00:31
18. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle 00:02:25
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God 00:00:15
20. Bach: Mass In B Minor: Et Expecto 00:04:35
21. The Birth Of The Trombone 00:00:38
22. Anonymous: Aenmerckt Nu Hier 00:01:36
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family 00:01:24
24. Gabrieli: Canzon A 12 In Double Echo 00:03:18
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century 00:00:36
26. Albrechtsberger: Trombone Concerto In B-Flat Major: III. Finale 00:03:06
27. Hoser: Romance For Trombone And Organ / Berlioz: Requiem: Dies Irae 00:02:18
28. Liszt: Hosannah, S. 677/R. 409 00:01:20
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra 00:00:47
30. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro 00:02:46
31. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture 00:01:04
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist 00:00:13
33. Stravinsky: Pulcinella: No. 19: Vivo 00:01:37
34. Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo Interrotto 00:01:46
35. The Horn And The Hunt 00:00:40
36. Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 In E-Flat, K. 495: III. Rondo 00:03:39
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque 00:00:42
38. Rameau: Abaris Ou Les Boréades: II. Menuet 00:01:20
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time 00:00:24
40. Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 1 In F Major, HWV 348: Menuet 00:01:57
41. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Finale 00:00:59
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility 00:00:12
43. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture (Opening) 00:00:56
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register 00:00:11
45. Bach: Mass In B Minor: Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus 00:04:15
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns 00:00:21
47. Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig (Opening) 00:00:38
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned? 00:00:49
49. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6: III. Vivace 00:01:07
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel 00:00:26
51. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo 00:03:00
CD 5
01. Introduction. And we begin with a bang. (00:01:02)
02. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (opening) (00:01:03)
03. At the opposite extreme Is the triangle. (00:00:26)
04. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major: Scherzo (00:01:21)
05. Categories of percussion: Tuned and untuned. The side drum (00:00:36)
06. Rossini: La gazza ladra (the Thieving Magpie): Overture [opening] (00:00:52)
07. Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (opening) (00:01:08)
08. The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world (00:00:21)
09. Anonymous: Den hoboecken dans (00:01:43)
10. Even older Is the originally oriental gong. (00:00:28)
11. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette (00:01:00)
12. Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b (00:01:00)
13. Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2 (00:01:02)
14. Elgar: The Sanguine fan / Cymbals clashed softly / Cymbals struck singly / Cymbals stroked with wire brushes (00:01:28)
15. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (opening) / Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I Scene 5 (00:01:05)
16. Wood blocks (00:00:31)
17. Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down (00:00:44)
18. Glinka: Jota aragonesa (00:01:09)
19. Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali: Damigella tutta bella (00:01:50)
20. A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain (00:00:30)
21. Traditional: Yo m'enamori d'un aire (00:01:06)
22. The birth of the bongo (00:00:33)
23. Bernstein: West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) (00:01:39)
24. Verdi: II Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus (00:01:08)
25. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail / Varese: Arcana (00:01:27)
26. Moncayo: Huapango (00:01:20)
27. Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani (00:00:14)
28. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction (00:01:48)
29. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (00:00:29)
30. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat (00:00:37)
31. Taking advantage of tunability (00:00:22)
32. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro (00:02:25)
33. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard (00:01:01)
34. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera (00:01:15)
35. Saint-Saens and the xylophone (00:00:16)
36. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils (00:01:18)
37. Ravel and the xylophone (00:00:11)
38. Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette (00:02:37)
39. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo (00:00:38)
40. Introducing the vibraphone (00:00:20)
41. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce (00:01:25)
42. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera (00:00:57)
43. Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom (00:00:23)
44. Traditional: Folk Dances (00:03:00)
45. The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra (00:00:10)
46. Kodaly: Háry János Suite : III. Song (00:01:30)
47. Introducing the tubular bells (00:00:17)
48. Kodaly: Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock (00:02:04)
49. A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin (00:00:06)
50. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction (00:01:08)
51. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude (00:00:38)
52. Introducing the celesta (00:00:14)
53. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (00:02:10)
54. Magic, in the use of collective percussion (00:00:19)
55. Ravels: Miroirs: V. La vallee des cloches (00:01:39)
56. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene (00:01:25)
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 (00:00:48)
59. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: II. Andante (00:03:11)
60. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato (00:01:28)
61. Stravinsky: Petrushka: Russian Dance (00:04:28)
62. The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra (00:00:23)
63. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto (00:05:06)
CD 6
01. Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - The most powerful of them all: (00:00:18)
02. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto (00:01:49)
03. But things in Handel's day were very different. (00:00:15)
04. Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte (00:03:44)
05. The organ Is difficult to classify. (00:00:24)
06. An unexpected, organ-related guest (00:00:14)
07. Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro (00:01:59)
08. Peasant-fancying… And a touch of the roaming cowboy (00:00:40)
09. Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me (00:01:02)
10. Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3 (00:01:16)
11. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen (00:00:47)
12. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig (00:00:53)
13. Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade (00:02:46)
14. Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet (00:02:35)
15. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude (00:01:42)
16. Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII (00:01:13)
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 (00:00:20)
25. Karas: The Third Man: Theme (00:00:25)
26. Traditional: Folk Dances (00:00:21)
27. Albeniz: Rondena (00:01:20)
28. Traditional: Svetit Mesiats (00:01:02)
29. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude (00:01:27)
30. Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes (00:04:15)
31. Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo (00:00:42)
32. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo (00:01:46)
33. The flute as an all-purpose aviary (00:00:14)
34. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary (00:01:08)
35. The oboe as duck (00:00:36)
36. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck (00:01:55)
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 (00:01:12)
43. Some importable casting: The violin as braying donkey (00:00:33)
44. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears (00:00:47)
45. A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with (00:00:09)
46. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture (00:00:29)
47. A thunderstorm in a million (00:00:17)
48. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm (00:03:57)
49. The instrumental depiction of a silent world (00:02:07)
50. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium (00:02:20)
51. Saint-Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call (00:00:24)
52. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale (00:02:09)
CD 7
01. The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins. (00:01:20)
02. Bartok: 44 Duos: IV. Midsummer Night Song (00:00:47)
03. A greater contrast, of both pitch and character, violin and viola (00:00:27)
04. Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-Flat Major, K. 424: Finale: Variations 1 and 2 (00:02:18)
05. Arrival at the standard string trio: Violin, viola and cello (00:00:12)
06. Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major: III. Menuetto (00:01:09)
07. The string quartet: Two violins, viola and cello (00:00:20)
08. Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: III. Scherzo (00:01:53)
09. 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 (00:02:21)
11. The string quintet - When the extra instrument Is a second cello (00:00:19)
12. Schubert: String Quintet in C Major: III. Scherzo (00:02:12)
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 (00:02:16)
17. Double the string octet: A fully fledged string orchestra (00:00:15)
18. Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace (00:02:12)
19. The massed strings of a symphony orchestra (00:00:37)
20. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (00:02:58)
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 (00:01:10)
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 (00:01:28)
25. In Variation Two the torch Is handed to the bassoon (00:00:07)
26. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 2 (00:01:08)
27. In Variation Three the oboe leads (00:00:13)
28. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 3 (00:01:12)
29. Variation Four: Conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture (00:00:07)
30. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 4 (00:01:17)
31. And Variation Five Is dominated by the clarinet (00:00:04)
32. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 5 (00:01:12)
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 (00:01:22)
35. Individual farewells and a closing chorus (00:00:19)
36. Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 7 (00:00:40)
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 (00:02:01)
39. The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart (00:00:34)
40. Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito (00:03:32)
41. Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew (00:00:34)
42. Gabrieli: Canzon 28 (00:01:39)
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team (00:00:58)
44. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro (00:04:28)
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. (00:00:47)
47. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig (00:01:44)
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 (00:01:10)
51. Debussy: Images: I. Gigues (00:01:50)
52. A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but It still develops. The ondes martenot: (00:02:41)
53. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony: II. Chant d'amour I (00:01:14)
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 (00:02:13)
58. Bach: Mass in B Minor: Dona nobis pacem (00:03:24)
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