Instruments of the Orchestra (The) (Siepmann)
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Author(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Artist(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Label: Naxos Educational
Genre: Music Education
Catalogue No: 8.558040-46
Barcode: 0636943804025
Release Date: 10/2002

Instruments of the Orchestra (The) (Siepmann)

Instruments of the orchestra, yes, but not just instruments in the orchestra. This is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk, solo, operatic, cinematic, even jazz and avant-garde music) and in pieces from the Middle Ages to the present. Joining regular members are such exotic visitors as the eerie ondes martenot, the wind machine, banjos, bagpipes, coconuts, typewriters, six-shooters, taxi horns, and migrating swans – and the hundreds of examples range from illustrative snippets to entire movements. The first CD is devoted entirely to the violin, and the last to the greatest instrument of all, the orchestra itself.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Siepmann, Jeremy - Author
1 Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture 02:06
2 Anonymous: Domna, pos vos ay chausida 00:28
3 We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. 01:19
4 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 01:39
5 The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented. 00:45
6 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major: II. Adagio 01:08
7 But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. 00:17
8 Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March of the Devil 00:45
9 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 00:32
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
Disc 2
1 Introduction to the viola 00:42
2 Telemann: Viola Concerto: I. Largo 02:46
3 Khachaturian gets a very different sound from it: fuller, fruitier, more exotic. 00:14
4 Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: III. Armen's Solo 01:15
5 Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register is also available to the viola. 00:39
6 Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b 01:00
7 Strauss: Don Quixote 01:03
8 Berlioz: Harold in Italy: IV. Orgy of Brigands 02:00
9 The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorak 00:34
10 Dvorak: Cypresses: IX. Thou Only Dear One 03:00
11 The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler 00:40
12 Mahler: Symphony No. 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio 01:13
13 The "period" viola in Bach 01:05
14 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: III. Allegro 05:18
15 The cello: a voice of unique nobility 00:28
16 Bach: Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello: I. Prelude 02:30
17 Brahms and the "soul" of the cello 00:19
18 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Andante 01:04
19 Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register. 00:27
20 Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu 03:03
21 In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever. 00:14
22 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale 00:46
23 But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement. 00:33
24 Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39 02:55
25 Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cello used in its highest register. 00:10
26 Tavener: The Protecting Veil: opening 02:54
27 A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flamencan 00:15
28 Tagell: Flamenco 02:48
29 Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range 00:31
30 Cassado: Solo Suite for Cello and Piano: Sardana 01:08
31 It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own. 00:21
32 Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2, No. 2 01:32
33 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: II. Andante con moto 00:54
34 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale 00:54
35 Introduction to the double-bass 00:43
36 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant 01:32
37 But the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful. 00:10
38 Bottesini: Elegy No. 1 in D Major 02:37
39 Bottesini: Allegro di concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn" 00:47
40 Bottesini: Capriccio di bravura 04:42
41 Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen / Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kräftig 01:33
42 Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: III. Kije's Wedding / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act III 02:25
43 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro 01:20
Disc 3
1 The antiquity and magic of the flute 00:20
2 Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 03:19
3 The versatility and agility of the flute 00:21
4 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor: VII. Badinerie 01:18
5 The flute in fifteenth-century Spain 00:24
6 Anonymous: Sa'dawi 00:55
7 Other flutes: the bass and alto 00:29
8 Sallinen: Chamber Music II 01:12
9 The Piccolo - aptly named 00:19
10 Rameau: La Naissance d'Osiris: VI. Premier et deuxieme tambourin 00:47
11 From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its descendants in the twentieth 00:09
12 Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra: II. Valse 00:54
13 A variety of techniques 00:19
14 Sallinen: Chamber Music II 00:31
15 Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty years before. 00:28
16 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II, No. 2: Scene 00:44
17 From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque recorder 00:40
18 Telemann: Recorder Suite in A Minor: Menuet II 02:12
19 An unfamiliar, early vision of the instrument 00:23
20 Baston: Naelden, Naelden 01:09
21 The Bachian oboe 00:35
22 Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: Duetto: Wie selig sind doch die 03:34
23 Introduction to the cor anglais or 'English horn' 00:41
24 Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": II. Largo 01:24
25 The loneliness of the cor anglais 00:11
26 Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela 01:49
27 The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn. 00:17
28 Haydn: Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher": I. Adagio 01:43
29 Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but also of Ravel 00:22
30 Ravel: Bolero 00:50
31 Herrmann: The Egyptian: Violence / Janacek: Taras Bulba: The Death of Ostap 00:37
32 Stravinsky: Petrushka: Peasant with Bear / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II 01:38
33 As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tends to be soft 00:18
34 Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: V. Gayane's Solo 00:54
35 Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Albeniz: Iberia: Almeria 01:44
36 The range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high... 00:14
37 Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden: Scene 5: Melodrama 01:17
38 ....and quite low. 00:05
39 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Cat 00:45
40 The clarinet as concerto soloist 00:19
41 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major: III. Rondo 02:48
42 But that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this is: 00:16
43 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major: III. Rondo 02:47
44 Introduction to the saxophone 02:47
45 Kodaly: Háry János Suite: IV. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon 01:03
46 The soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it 00:09
47 Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuet 01:17
48 The little sopranino sax goes even higher 00:12
49 Ravel: Bolero 00:53
50 The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestration by Ravel 00:16
51 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition: The Old Castle 00:55
52 The saxophone can be quite contagiously good-humoured. 00:11
53 Wiedoeft: Sax-o-phun 00:22
54 The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon 00:25
55 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Grandfather 00:46
56 The Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode 00:20
57 Bach: Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria No. 1 01:19
58 Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les Dragons d'Alcala 00:56
59 And Ravel, also in Spanish mode, does likewise 00:16
60 Ravel: Bolero 00:59
61 The bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed desolate loneliness 00:15
62 Bax: Symphony No. 3: I. Lento moderato 01:03
63 The eerie bassoon in its highest register 00:15
64 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: opening 00:58
65 Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and melancholy. 00:21
66 Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Berceuse 01:01
67 The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggeration 00:14
68 Molter: Bassoon Concerto in G Minor: III. — 02:02
69 The deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast 00:28
70 Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast 01:30
71 The French Horn under its woodwind hat 00:25
72 Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43: III. Praeludium - Tema con variazioni 01:42
73 Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from an earlier era 00:12
74 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: II. Andante con variazioni 01:32
75 The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another quintet 00:16
76 Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 407: III. Rondeau 03:55
Disc 4
1 The Trumpet as virtuoso soloist 01:02
2 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro assai 02:37
3 The special brilliance of paired trumpets 00:19
4 Vivaldi: Concerto in C for two trumpets, RV 537: I. Allegro 02:54
5 The ceremonial trumpet 00:36
6 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man 01:25
7 Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance 00:34
8 Handel: Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound 04:10
9 The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the most lonely 00:38
10 Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F: II. Andante con moto - Adagio 01:14
11 Gershwin: An American in Paris / Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: The March 02:05
12 Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera 00:55
13 The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage 00:13
14 Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Toreador's Song 02:20
15 Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: I. The Birth of Kije 01:14
16 Copland: Billy the Kid 01:16
17 The trumpet as character actor 00:31
18 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 02:25
19 The trumpet as the voice of God 00:15
20 Bach: Mass in B minor: Et expecto 04:35
21 The birth of the trombone 00:38
22 Anonymous: Aenmerckt nu hier 01:36
23 The birth of the brass as a family 01:24
24 Gabrieli: Canzon a 12 in Double Echo 03:18
25 The trombone in the eighteenth century 00:36
26 Albrechtsberger: Trombone Concerto in B-Flat Major: III. Finale 03:06
27 Hoser: Romance for trombone and organ / Berlioz: Requiem: Dies Irae 02:18
28 Liszt: Hosannah, S677/R409 01:20
29 The trombones become part of the orchestra 00:47
30 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro 02:46
31 Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture 01:04
32 The Trombone as caricaturist 00:13
33 Stravinsky: Pulcinella: No. 19: Vivo 01:37
34 Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto 01:46
35 The horn and the hunt 00:40
36 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K. 495: III. Rondo 03:39
37 The challenging horn of the Baroque 00:42
38 Rameau: Abaris ou les Boréades: II. Menuet 01:20
39 The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time 00:24
40 Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Menuet 01:57
41 Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Finale 00:59
42 Horns and the sound of nobility 00:12
43 Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture (opening) 00:56
44 The special sound of the horn in its higher register 00:11
45 Bach: Mass in B Minor: Quoniam tu solus sanctus 04:15
46 The trumpet-like sound of massed horns 00:21
47 Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kräftig (opening) 00:38
48 The tuba - unfairly maligned? 00:49
49 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6: III. Vivace 01:07
50 The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel 00:26
51 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo 03:00
Disc 5
1 Introduction. And we begin with a bang. 01:02
2 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (opening) 01:03
3 At the opposite extreme is the triangle. 00:26
4 Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major: Scherzo 01:21
5 Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side drum 00:36
6 Rossini: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture (opening) 00:52
7 Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (opening) 01:08
8 The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world 00:21
9 Anonymous: Den hoboecken dans 01:43
10 Even older is the originally oriental gong. 00:28
11 Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette 01:00
12 Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b 01:00
13 Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2 01:02
14 Elgar: The Sanguine fan / Cymbals clashed softly / Cymbals struck singly / Cymbals stroked with wire brushes 01:28
15 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (opening) / Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I Scene 5 01:05
16 Wood blocks 00:31
17 Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down 00:44
18 Glinka: Jota aragonesa 01:09
19 Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali: Damigella tutta bella 01:50
20 A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain 00:30
21 Traditional: Yo m'enamori d'un aire 01:06
22 The birth of the bongo 00:33
23 Bernstein: West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) 01:39
24 Verdi: II Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus 01:08
25 Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail / Varese: Arcana 01:27
26 Moncayo: Huapango 01:20
27 Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani 00:14
28 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction 01:48
29 Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung 00:29
30 Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat 00:37
31 Taking advantage of tunability 00:22
32 Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro 02:25
33 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard 01:01
34 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera 01:15
35 Saint-Saens and the xylophone 00:16
36 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils 01:18
37 Ravel and the xylophone 00:11
38 Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette 02:37
39 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo 00:38
40 Introducing the vibraphone 00:20
41 Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce 01:25
42 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera 00:57
43 Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom 00:23
44 Traditional: Folk Dances 03:00
45 The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra 00:10
46 Kodaly: Háry János Suite : III. Song 01:30
47 Introducing the tubular bells 00:17
48 Kodaly: Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock 02:04
49 A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin 00:06
50 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction 01:08
51 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude 00:38
52 Introducing the celesta 00:14
53 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 02:10
54 Magic, in the use of collective percussion 00:19
55 Ravels: Miroirs: V. La vallee des cloches 01:39
56 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene 01:25
57 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II: Scene / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 01:16
58 The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra 00:48
59 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: II. Andante 03:11
60 Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato 01:28
61 Stravinsky: Petrushka: Russian Dance 01:28
62 The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra 00:23
63 Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto 05:06
Disc 6
1 Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all: 00:18
2 Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto 01:49
3 But things in Handel's day were very different. 00:15
4 Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte 03:44
5 The organ is difficult to classify. 00:24
6 An unexpected, organ-related guest 00:14
7 Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro 00:14
8 Peasant-fancying… and a touch of the roaming cowboy 00:40
9 Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me 01:02
10 Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3 01:16
11 Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen 00:47
12 Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig 00:53
13 Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade 02:46
14 Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet 02:35
15 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude 01:42
16 Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII 01:13
17 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: III. Allegro gentile 00:56
18 Seeger / Hays: Washington Breakdown 00:19
19 Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Packing Up 00:18
20 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II: No. 14 00:13
21 Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: EI Desayuno 00:18
22 The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums from Africa and Central America 00:26
23 Evening Raga: Bhapoli 00:17
24 Ferre: Paris cancaille 00:20
25 Karas: The Third Man: Theme 00:25
26 Traditional: Folk Dances 00:21
27 Albeniz: Rondena 01:20
28 Traditional: Svetit Mesiats 01:02
29 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude 01:27
30 Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes 04:15
31 Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo 01:46
32 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo 01:46
33 The flute as an all-purpose aviary 00:14
34 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary 01:08
35 The oboe as duck 00:36
36 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck 01:55
37 The recording of reality. Does it work as well? 00:12
38 Respighi: The Pines of Rome: III. The Pines of the Janiculum 01:17
39 The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises 00:32
40 Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy) 01:12
41 Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail 00:26
42 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach 01:12
43 Some importable casting: the violin as braying donkey 00:33
44 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears 00:47
45 A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with 00:09
46 Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture 00:29
47 A thunderstorm in a million 00:17
48 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm 03:57
49 The instrumental depiction of a silent world 02:07
50 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium 02:20
51 Saint-Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call 00:24
52 Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale 02:09
Disc 7
1 The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins. 01:20
2 Bartok: 44 Duos: IV. Midsummer Night Song 00:47
3 A greater contrast, of both pitch and character, violin and viola 00:27
4 Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-Flat Major, K. 424: finale: variations 1 and 2 02:18
5 Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola and cello 00:12
6 Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major: III. Menuetto 01:09
7 The string quartet: two violins, viola and cello 00:12
8 Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: III. Scherzo 01:53
9 The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola 00:30
10 Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: II. Adagio 02:21
11 The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello 00:19
12 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major: III. Scherzo 02:12
13 The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos 00:16
14 Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante ma moderato 01:27
15 The string octet: the standard string quartet times two 00:20
16 Mendelssohn: Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: movement 1 02:16
17 Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra 00:15
18 Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace 02:12
19 The massed strings of a symphony orchestra 00:37
20 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis 02:58
21 Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section 00:44
22 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Theme 01:10
23 In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share 00:05
24 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 1 01:28
25 In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon 00:07
26 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 2 01:08
27 In Variation Three the oboe leads 00:13
28 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 3 01:12
29 Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture 00:07
30 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 4 01:17
31 And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet 00:04
32 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 5 01:12
33 The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute. 00:07
34 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 6 01:22
35 Individual farewells and a closing chorus 00:19
36 Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 7 00:40
37 A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass 00:19
38 Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803: III. Trio 02:01
39 The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart 00:34
40 Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito 03:32
41 Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew 00:34
42 Gabrieli: Canzon 28 01:39
43 Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team 00:58
44 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro 04:28
45 From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler 00:27
46 Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever. 00:47
47 Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig 01:44
48 The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak 01:04
49 Brian: Symphony No. 1, "Gothic": VI. Te ergo quaesumus 01:43
50 When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy 01:10
51 Debussy: Images: I. Gigues 01:50
52 A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still develops. The ondes martenot: 02:41
53 Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony: II. Chant d'amour I 01:14
54 The advent of the "early music" movement brings a new vitality and freshness 00:57
55 Lully: Ballet de Xerxes: Gavotte en rondeau 00:47
56 Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes? 01:35
57 Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto 02:13
58 Bach: Mass in B Minor: Dona nobis pacem 03:24

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