| 1. First Five Years |
| 2. Koozie Song |
| 3. Colors Are All the Same |
| 4. Way It Used to Be |
| 5. Drunk Driver Song (Please, Mr. Occifler) |
| 6. Last of the Old Time Cowboys |
| 7. Be My Blanket |
| 8. One Way Ticket |
| 9. This House |
| 10. Hollow Spot |
| 11. Jack Daniels and Michelle |
| 12. Dirt Poor |
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Instruments of the Orchestra
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ASIN: B00006O0NT Release Date: 2002-12-03 |
Tracks:
- Overture To 'Tannhauser'
- Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
- We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
- Hungarian Dance No.7
- The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
- Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
- But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
- The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
- The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
- Csardas Music
- The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
- The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
- Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
- The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
- Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
- Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
- The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
- Tzigane
- Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
- Caprice No.24
- The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
- Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
- Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
- Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
- Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
- The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
- The Violin Muted
- Clair De Lune
- The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
- Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
- The Pizzicato Violin
- Pizzicato Polka
- In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
- Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
- Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
- The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
- The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
- Hungarian Dance No.4
- Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
- The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
- Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
- Bolero
- Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
- Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
- Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
- Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
- Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
- Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
- And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
- Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
- The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
- Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
- The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
- Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
- Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
- The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
- Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
- Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
- The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
- Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
- Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
- Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
- Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
- To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
- Elfenreigen
Tracks:
- Introduction To The Viola
- Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
- Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
- Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
- Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
- Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
- The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
- Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
- The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
- Cypresses (No.9)
- The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
- Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
- The 'Period' Viola In Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
- The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
- Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
- Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
- Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
- Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
- Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
- In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
- Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
- But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
- Elfentanz, Op.39
- Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
- The Protecting Veil (Opening)
- A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
- Flamenco
- Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
- Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
- It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
- Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
- It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
- Symphony No.9 (Finale)
- Introduction To The Double-Bass
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
- But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
- Elegy No.1 In D Major
- The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
- Capriccio Di Bravura
- Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
- The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
- Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds
Tracks:
- The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
- Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
- The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
- Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
- The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
- Sa'Dawi
- Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
- Chamber Music No.II
- The Piccolo - Aptly Named
- La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
- From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
- Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
- A Variety Of Techniques
- Chamber Music No.II
- Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
- The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
- From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
- Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
- An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
- Naelden, Naelden
- The Bachian Oboe
- Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
- Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
- Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
- The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
- The Swan Of Tuonela
- The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
- Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
- Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
- Bolero
- The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
- Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
- As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
- Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
- The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
- The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
- The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
- ...And Quite Low.
- Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
- The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
- But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
- Introduction To The Saxophone
- Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
- The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
- The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
- Bolero
- The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
- Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
- The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
- Sax-O-Phun
- The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
- Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
- The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
- Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
- Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
- And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
- Bolero
- The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
- Symphony No.3 (Opening)
- The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
- The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
- Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
- The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
- The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
- Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
- The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
- The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
- Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
- Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
- The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
- Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)
Tracks:
- The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
- The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
- Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
- The Ceremonial Trumpet
- Fanfare For The Common Man
- Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
- Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
- The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
- Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
- Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
- Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
- The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
- Billy The Kid
- The Trumpet As Character Actor
- Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
- Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
- The Birth Of The Trombone
- Aenmerckt Nu Hier
- The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
- Canzon 12 In Double Echo
- The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
- Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
- The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
- Hosannah
- The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
- Symphony No.5 (Finale)
- The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
- The Trombone As Caricaturist
- Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
- The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
- The Horn And The Hunt
- Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
- The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
- Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
- The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
- Walter Music (Minuet 1)
- The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
- Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
- Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
- The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
- Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
- The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
- Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
- The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
- Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
- The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
- Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)
Tracks:
- Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
- Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
- At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
- Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
- Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
- Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
- The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
- The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
- Den Hoboecken Dans
- Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
- No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
- Gymnopedie No.2
- The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
- Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
- More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
- Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
- Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
- Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
- A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
- Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
- The Birth Of The Bongo
- Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
- From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
- Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
- From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
- Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
- But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
- Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
- Taking Advantage Of Tunability
- Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
- The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
- Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
- Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
- Ravel And The Xylophone
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
- Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
- Introducing The Vibraphone
- The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
- The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
- Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
- Folk Dances
- The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
- Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
- Introducing The Tubular Bells
- Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
- A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
- Carmen Suite (Introduction)
- But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
- Introducing The Celeste
- The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
- Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
- Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
- Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
- A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
- The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
- The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
- Petrushka (Russian Dance)
- The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
- Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)
Tracks:
- Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
- Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
- But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
- Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
- The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
- An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
- Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
- Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
- Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
- Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
- Mahler's Sleighbells
- Symphony No.4 (Opening)
- A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
- Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
- Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
- Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
- National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
- And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
- And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
- The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
- The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
- The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
- The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
- The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
- The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
- The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
- The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
- There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
- The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
- Nocturnes
- Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
- The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
- The Oboe As Duck
- Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
- The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
- The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
- The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
- Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
- Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
- Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
- Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
- A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
- Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
- A Thunderstorm In A Million
- Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
- the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
- Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)
Tracks:
- The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
- Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
- A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
- Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
- Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
- String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
- The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
- String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
- The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
- String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
- The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
- String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
- The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
- String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
- The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
- Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
- Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
- String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
- The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
- Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
- Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
- In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
- In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
- In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
- Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
- And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
- The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
- Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
- A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
- Octet In F (Mvt 3)
- The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
- Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
- Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
- Canzon 28
- Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
- Symphony No.5 (Finale)
- From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
- Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
- Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
- The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
- Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
- When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
- Images (Gigues)
- A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
- Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
- The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
- Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
- Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
- Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
- A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')
Customer Reviews:
Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04
Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12
Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20
Frank's view.......2006-08-19
Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08
The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!
I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.
The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
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- Alexander
- Victory
- Motherese
- Palm Of The Prophet
- Spirit Of The Valley
- Ghost Dance
- Olympic Anthem
- Time (Ian's 5AM Mix)
- Victory (Byzantine Mix)
- Bali (Meditation Mix)
- Time (House Mix)
Product Description
Antaeus (phonetic \ An-te-as\) is back with zero4, his first album of new material in five years. This album fuses urban and club beats with ethnic melodies and ambient sensitivity. Antaeus bridges the traditional with the futuristic and delivers a contemporary world music journey of different moods: chill to dance, laid back to hip-hop. zero4 was co-produced by Pete Jatracus. Jatracus is an accomplished composer/arranger/bassist who has studied at the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne, Australia and has toured internationally with several European acts. Other major contributions are by Maria Azzopardi (vocals) and Thanasis Vassilopoulos (clarinet and ney flute). zero4 tracks that have already attracted attention are Time, Alexander, Bali, Palm of the Prophet and Ghost Dance. Time, with vocals in English and three versions, (album cut, Ians 5am mix, House mix), is not only tailor made for Smooth Jazz and Chill Radio, but it can also find its way into clubs and CHR playlists.Customer Reviews:
More trance than downtempo.......2007-07-03
If judged strictly on it's downtempo merits this album falls flat on it's face. Characterized by clunky rhythmic repetition, only "Palm of the Prophet" and "Bali (The Meditation Mix)" have enough middle eastern flavor to overcome the monotony. To contrast, Antaeus & Jatracus simply aren't serving up the rhythm fast enough for this to be judged as a trance album.
What Antaeus & Jatracus do cook up is a delicious blend of trance and downtempo served with a middle eastern reduction sauce. It's truly a combination that I've never heard before. If you're experiencing hunger pangs for a new sound, this album can stand on it's own. Just be warned that it may leave you feeling like you've eaten a bit more than you should have.
KIND OF LIKE GOOD VS. EVIL.......2006-10-24
Refreshingly different.......2006-01-25
Hidden gem.......2005-06-21
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Havana
John Stewart Manufacturer: Appleseed Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008BXIW Release Date: 2003-03-25 |
Tracks:
- Davey On The Internet
- Who Stole The Soul Of Johnny Dreams
- One-Eyed Joe
- Starman
- Dogs In The Bed
- Rock 'n' Roll Nation
- Cowboy In The Distance
- I Want To Be Elvis
- Star In The Black Sky Shining
- Turn Of The Century (Diana)
- Miracle Girl
- Lucky Old Sun
- Waltz Of The Crazy Moon
- Rally Down The Night
- Waiting For Castro To Die
Album Description
This is the first new CD of studio recordings in five years by John Stewart, one of the overlooked founders of the "Americana" genre, whose musical career encompasses more than 40 years and 40 albums."Havana" features 14 memorable Stewart originals that ponder modern life and materialism ("Davey on the Internet," "Who Stole the Soul of Johnny Dreams"), mortality and existentialism ("Dogs in the Bed," "Starman"), personal and public heroes ("I Want to Be Elvis," "Turn of the Century [Diana]"), love ("Miracle Girl," "Cowboy in the Distance"), and life's cosmic mysteries ("Star in the Black Sky Shining," "Rally Down the Night"). John tackles these issues with unquenched wonder and hard-won experience, a wry cynicism forged by reality but tempered with an optimism based on faith in the individual. The title song expresses John's frustration at his inability to visit the forbidden Cuba. The CD's one borrowed composition is John's version of the standard "Lucky Old Sun," a 1949 hit for Frankie Laine also recorded by Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others.
The CD was produced and mixed by John, who also plays most of the instruments (guitars, banjo, bass, harmonica, keyboards, percussion). His accompanists include wife Buffy Ford Stewart on harmonies and percussion (her backing vocals on "Turn of the Century" make one hunger for the song's chorus) and longtime sideman John Hoke on drums and percussion. Rich, bright layers of ringing guitars, propulsive rhythms, dollops of banjo, lyrics ranging from thoughtful to playful, and John's weathered voice of experience add up to a mature, haunting (but still rocking) high water mark in his lengthy career.
Customer Reviews:
Heartbreaking.......2005-07-01
Then I bought and played "Havana." I cried whan Kennedy was shot. I cried when my high school girlfriend said it was over. I cried when each of my parents died. And I cried when I played this CD.
He can't sing anymore. He doesn't even come close to singing. The people who praise this album are worshipping a fallen god, whose fall from greatness they cannot accept. Stay away from this CD. It hurts. IT HURTS!!!!
There's a Reaon Why the Call Him a Legend.......2005-03-02
A Music Fan...You just don't get it!.......2005-01-23
great songs, voice gone.......2004-11-20
I have seen John in concert 8 times over the last 20 years.
the last time, the first half of the show was weakly sung, then the last half, as if by miracle was very strong.
on this, the whole album suffers from a voice that is now gone
Some of these songs, waiting for Castro to die, Davey, Who stole the soul of Johhny dreams,I want to be elvis, are among his best, but we will never heard them sung as John could once sing them.
A Vocal tragedy
Why was this recorded ??????.......2004-01-11
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The First Five Years
Bill Pekar Manufacturer: Big a Dist. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005Y7QO Release Date: 2004-12-14 |
Tracks:
- First Five Years
- Koozie Song
- Colors Are All the Same
- Way It Used to Be
- Drunk Driver Song (Please, Mr. Occifler)
- Last of the Old Time Cowboys
- Be My Blanket
- One Way Ticket
- This House
- Hollow Spot
- Jack Daniels and Michelle
- Dirt Poor
Customer Reviews:
One Of The Best Texas Country Stars.......2005-12-30
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True Grit: The First Five Years
Hammerlock Manufacturer: Steel Cage ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FS2WD0 Release Date: 2006-06-27 |
Tracks:
- Hate Radio
- Sunshine
- Cold Coors
- I Shot My Baby
- When Outlaws Are Outlawed
- Take Me Down the Road
- Battle of New Orleans
- Media Sucker
- California
- He Stopped Loving Her Today
- Carried by Six
- Mexican Sun
- Knock Her Out
- Musta Been Drunk
- Black Foot Stomp
- Whiskey Drinkin Woman
- Born Lucky
- Mississippi Kid
- Pride of Franklin
- Sweet Seniorita
- Thought I Was an Outlaw
- Devil's Gonna Get Ya
- Tear 'Em Down
- American Asshole
- Who Shot Sam
- Devil's Right Hand
- Big City
- Put Another Log on the Fire
- Tennesee Whiskey
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300 Years of Classical
Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000K8A Release Date: 1995-04-16 |
Tracks:
- Canon In D Major - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Sarabande, Giga And Badinerie - The Soloists Of Zagreb
- Adagio In G Major - Garcia Navarro
- Tpt Voluntary - Frank Shipway
- Spring (Allegro, Largo, Allegro) - Rainer Kussmaul
- Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565 - Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss
- Air - Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss
- Overture-Peace - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
- Allegro-Air-Hornpipe - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
- (Andante, Allegro Di Molto) - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
- Menuet In a - PCO Zagreb/Tonko Ninic
Tracks:
- Allegro - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
- Andante - Svetlana Stanceva
- Allegro Con Brio - Anton Nanut
- Adagio Sostenuto - Josef Bulva
- Final Chorus 'Ode To Joy' - William Bolden
- Overture William Tell - Alfred Scholz
- Waltzes: Op. 9 - Peter Schmalfuss
- 'Unfinished': Allgro Moderato - Anton Nanut
- 'The Trout': Thema Con Variazioni - Casper da Salo Quintet
Tracks:
- Wedding March - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Alfred Scholz
- Raindrop Prelude - Ida Cernicka
- Nocturne #2 - Peter Schmalfuss
- Allegro Vivace - Marian Lapsansky
- Love Dream - Josef Bulva
- - The Valkyrie - Southwest Studio Orchestra
- La Traviata - Nuremburg Symphony Orchestra
- The Moldau - Libor Pesek
- The Blue Danube - Vienna Opera Orchestra
- Hungarian Dances - Louis Ablazzo
- Les Toreadors - Loic Bertrand
- Nutcracker Suite - Alberto Lizzo
Tracks:
- Largo - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
- Solveig's Air - Libor Pesek
- Tosca - Alander Von Pitamic
- Moonlight - Peter Schmalfuss
- Prelude In C Sharp Minor - Sylvia Capova
- The Planets - Venus - Symphonic Orchestra Berlin
- Transfigured Night - Martin Sieghart
- Bolero - RSO Ljubljana
- Love The Magician - Anton Nanut
- Allegro Barbaro - Bianca Sitzuis
- The Rite Of Spring - Philharmonic Orchestra
- Rhapsody In Blue - Libor Pesek
Customer Reviews:
3 stars for classical buffs, 5 for beginners!.......2002-12-08
Connoisseurs probably won't find much here: the performances are mostly quite good, but not inspiring.
For beginners, though, interested in getting started in the wonderful world of classical music, this is a great value: an amazing range of music for just a terrific price. Recommended.
3 stars for classical buffs, 5 for beginners!.......2002-12-08
Connoisseurs probably won't find much here: the performances are mostly quite good, but not inspiring.
For beginners, though, interested in getting started in the wonderful world of classical music, this is a great value: an amazing range of music for just a terrific price. Recommended.
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300 Years of the Classics
Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000LEC Release Date: 1995-09-01 |
Tracks:
- Canon In D Major
- Sarabande, Giga And Badinerie
- Adagio In G Minor
- Trumpet Voluntary
- The Four Seasons: Spring: Allegro - Largo - Allegro
- Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
- Air From Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
- Fireworks Music: Overture Peace
- Water Music: Allegro - Hornpipe
- Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise': Andante - Allegro di molto
- Menuet In A Major
Tracks:
- 'A Little Night Music': Allegro
- Piano Concerto No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan': Andante
- Symphony No. 5, 'The Fate': Allegro con brio
- Sonata No. 14 , 'Moonlight': Adagio Sostenuto
- Symphony No. 9: Final Chorus 'Ode To Joy'
- Overture William Tell
- Waltzes , Op. 9
- Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished': Allegro moderato
- Piano Quintet, 'The Trout': Thema con variazioni
Tracks:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
- Piano Pieces: Raindrop Prelude
- Piano Pieces: Nocturne No. 2
- Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: Allegro vivace
- Love Dream: No. 3
- The Valkyrie: Ride Of The Valkyries
- La Traviata: Overture
- Smetana: Symphonic Poem
- The Blue Danube: The Waltz
- Hungarian Dances: No. 2
- Carmen: Les Toreadores
- Nutcracker Suite: Flower Waltz
Tracks:
- Symphony No. 9, 'From The New World': Largo
- Peer Gynt-Suite: Solveig's Air
- TOSCA: El lucevan le stelle
- Suite Bergamasque: Cair de Lune - Moonlight
- Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3-2
- The Planets: Venus (AAD)
- Transfigured Night: Final Part
- Bolero (Short Version)
- El amor brujo - Love The Magician: A Media Boche - Firedance
- Allegro barbaro
- The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth (Beginning)
- Rhapsody In Blue: (Short Version)
Customer Reviews:
Great Collection.......2006-04-09
Gotta have it!.......2001-05-21
You don't know what you're missing if you don't have these CDs in your collection. I'm a hip hop and R & B guy myself, but this collection gives me balance. You don't know music or really understand its power unless you hear and absorb the classics.
Gotta have it!.......2001-05-21
You don't know what you're missing if you don't have these CDs in your collection. I'm a hip hop and R & B guy myself, but this collection gives me balance. You don't know music or really understand its power unless you hear and absorb the classics.
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Music from the Hollow Earth
Jack Barakitis , and Steve Canty Manufacturer: Jack Barakitis/Steve Canty ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CA8Y2E Release Date: 2005-09-06 |
Tracks:
- Entrance
- Meeting
- Jaeve Speaks
- Agartha's Message
- Crysillious Caves
- Clearing the Fields
- Returning to the Surface
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Still on Target: The First Five Years
Various Artists Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000W9Q Release Date: 1995-09-12 |
Tracks:
- Frosty - Albert Collins
- I've Got Love If You Want It - John Hammond
- Witchin' Moon - Larry McCray
- Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City - Walter Wolfman Washington
- Thought I Heard - John Lee Hooker
- Too Early To Tell - The Kinsey Report
- Let's Go For A Ride - Terrell
- (You Got My Love) Sewed Up - Duke Robillard
- The Illustrated Man - Johnny Winter
- Why Am I Treated So Bad - Pops Staples
- Get Your Lies Straight - Terry Evans
- Soulsville - Isaac Hayes
- The Night Before - Isaac Hayes
Customer Reviews:
Could Have Waited Another Five Years.......2001-06-22
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History of Now
Preston Reed Manufacturer: Outer Bridge Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B9DAW0 Release Date: 2005-11-08 |
Tracks:
- Dead Cool
- Instrument Landing
- Signal Path
- Woman in the Tower
- Chrod Melody
- Radiance
- Twang Thang
- False Spring
- Corazon
- Franzi's Saw
- Halfway Home
- Lost Time
- Hit the Ground Running
- Valhalla
Music Album:
- The Signature Series, Volume 9: A Little Good News//Heart Over Mind [Import]
- The Very Best of Ozzie Nelson, Vol. 2: 1934-1936
- This Is Country: Country Nights
- Today's Greatest Country
- Too Blue
- Traveling Through
- Travelling Country
- Turn Back the Years: Essential Hank Williams Collection
- Walls of Time
- Waylon Jennings - Greatest Hits (RCA)
