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  • Audio CD (December 3, 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 7
  • Format: Box set
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  • Label: Naxos
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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Instruments of the Orchestra: Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture 2:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Instruments of the Orchestra: Anonymous: Domna, pos vos ay chausida0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Instruments of the Orchestra: We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. 1:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 1:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Instruments of the Orchestra: The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented.0:45$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major: II. Adagio 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Instruments of the Orchestra: But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil.0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March of the Devil0:45$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Instruments of the Orchestra: The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin0:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Instruments of the Orchestra: Anonymous: Csardas Music 3:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Instruments of the Orchestra: The violin and the imitation of nature0:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Instruments of the Orchestra: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro0:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Instruments of the Orchestra: Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite.0:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Instruments of the Orchestra: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer: I. Allegro non molto0:41$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Instruments of the Orchestra: Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise.0:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Instruments of the Orchestra: Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin 1:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Instruments of the Orchestra: The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin:0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Tzigane0:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Instruments of the Orchestra: Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just yet.0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Instruments of the Orchestra: Paganini: Caprice No. 240:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: III. Presto / Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor 1:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Instruments Of The Orchestra: Britten: Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge: VIII. Moto Perpetuo 1:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime0:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act IV0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Instruments of the Orchestra: Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice.0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Instruments of the Orchestra: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter: I. Allegro non molto0:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Instruments of the Orchestra: The violin muted0:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Instruments of the Orchestra: Debussy: Clair de lune 1:41$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Instruments of the Orchestra: The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays.0:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante 1:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Instruments of the Orchestra: The pizzicato violin0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Pizzicato Polka 2:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Instruments of the Orchestra: In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato.0:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor: II. Andante assai 2:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Instruments of the Orchestra: Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon / Warlock: Capriol Suite: III. Tordion / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act I 3:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Instruments of the Orchestra: Holst: The Planets: I. Mars: The Bringer of War 1:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C major for unaccompanied violin: II. Fugue 2:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4 3:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Instruments of the Orchestra: Double-stopping is a standard feature of a lot of folk music.0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Instruments of the Orchestra: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn: I. Allegro0:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Instruments of the Orchestra: Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world.0:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Bolero0:50$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Instruments of the Orchestra: Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet.0:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen44. Instruments of the Orchestra: Joachim: Cadenza to the Violin Concerto by Brahms0:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen45. Instruments of the Orchestra: Now compare that with a real violin duet.0:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen46. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: 44 Duos: I. Teasing Song0:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen47. Instruments of the Orchestra: Another duo by Bartok, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register0:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen48. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: 44 Duos: II. Maypole Dance0:40$0.99 Buy Track
listen49. Instruments of the Orchestra: And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen50. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto 6:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen51. Instruments of the Orchestra: The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this weird passage?0:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen52. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major: II. Scherzo0:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen53. Instruments of the Orchestra: The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling.0:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen54. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": I. Langsam, schleppend (opening) 1:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen55. Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring.0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen56. Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Act II, No. 15: Entr'acte0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen57. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation.0:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen58. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast0:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen59. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: The Firebird: Introduction0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen60. Instruments of the Orchestra: The natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab"0:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen61. Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Of the Afterworldsmen0:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen62. Instruments of the Orchestra: Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt.0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen63. Instruments of the Orchestra: Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: V. Aria Italiana 1:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen64. Instruments of the Orchestra: Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood.0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen65. Instruments of the Orchestra: Britten: Peter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: I. Dawn 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen66. Instruments of the Orchestra: To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance0:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen67. Instruments of the Orchestra: Hellmesberger: Elfenreigen 1:29$0.99 Buy Track


Disc 2:

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Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introduction to the viola0:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Instruments of the Orchestra: Telemann: Viola Concerto: I. Largo 2:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Instruments of the Orchestra: Khachaturian gets a very different sound from it: fuller, fruitier, more exotic.0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Instruments of the Orchestra: Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: III. Armen's Solo 1:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Instruments of the Orchestra: Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register is also available to the viola.0:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Instruments of the Orchestra: Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b 1:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Don Quixote 1:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Instruments of the Orchestra: Berlioz: Harold in Italy: IV. Orgy of Brigands 2:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Instruments of the Orchestra: The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorak0:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Instruments of the Orchestra: Dvorak: Cypresses: IX. Thou Only Dear One 3:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Instruments of the Orchestra: The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler0:40$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio 1:13$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Instruments of the Orchestra: The "period" viola in Bach 1:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: III. Allegro 5:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Instruments of the Orchestra: The cello: a voice of unique nobility0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello: I. Prelude 2:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms and the "soul" of the cello0:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major: III. Andante 1:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Instruments of the Orchestra: Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register.0:27$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu 3:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Instruments of the Orchestra: In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever.0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Instruments of the Orchestra: But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement.0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Instruments of the Orchestra: Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39 2:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Instruments of the Orchestra: Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cello used in its highest register.0:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Instruments of the Orchestra: Tavener: The Protecting Veil: opening 2:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Instruments of the Orchestra: A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flamencan0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Instruments of the Orchestra: Tagell: Flamenco 2:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Instruments of the Orchestra: Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range0:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Instruments of the Orchestra: Cassado: Solo Suite for Cello and Piano: Sardana 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Instruments of the Orchestra: It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own.0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Instruments of the Orchestra: Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2, No. 2 1:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: II. Andante con moto0:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale0:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introduction to the double-bass0:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant 1:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Instruments of the Orchestra: But the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful.0:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bottesini: Elegy No. 1 in D major 2:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bottesini: Allegro di concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn"0:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bottesini: Capriccio di bravura 4:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan": III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen / Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig 1:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: III. Kije's Wedding / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act III 2:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro 1:20$0.99 Buy Track


Disc 3:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Instruments of the Orchestra: The antiquity and magic of the flute0:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Instruments of the Orchestra: Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune 3:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Instruments of the Orchestra: The versatility and agility of the flute0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor: VII. Badinerie 1:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Instruments of the Orchestra: The flute in fifteenth-century Spain0:24$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Instruments of the Orchestra: Anonymous: Sa'dawi0:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Instruments of the Orchestra: Other flutes: the bass and alto0:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Instruments of the Orchestra: Sallinen: Chamber Music II 1:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Instruments of the Orchestra: The Piccolo - aptly named0:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Instruments of the Orchestra: Rameau: La Naissance d'Osiris: VI. Premier et deuxieme tambourin0:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Instruments of the Orchestra: From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its descendants in the twentieth0:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra: II. Valse0:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Instruments of the Orchestra: A variety of techniques0:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Instruments of the Orchestra: Sallinen: Chamber Music II0:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Instruments of the Orchestra: Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty years before.0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II, No. 2: Scene0:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Instruments of the Orchestra: From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque recorder0:40$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Instruments of the Orchestra: Telemann: Recorder Suite in A minor: Menuet II 2:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Instruments of the Orchestra: An unfamiliar, early vision of the instrument0:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Instruments of the Orchestra: Baston: Naelden, Naelden 1:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Instruments of the Orchestra: The Bachian oboe0:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: Duetto: Wie selig sind doch die 3:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introduction to the cor anglais or 'English horn'0:41$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Instruments of the Orchestra: Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": II. Largo 1:24$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Instruments of the Orchestra: The loneliness of the cor anglais0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Instruments of the Orchestra: Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela 1:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Instruments of the Orchestra: The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn.0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Instruments of the Orchestra: Haydn: Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher": I. Adagio 1:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but also of Ravel0:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Bolero0:50$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Instruments of the Orchestra: Herrmann: The Egyptian: Violence / Janacek: Taras Bulba: The Death of Ostap0:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Petrushka: Peasant with Bear / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II 1:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Instruments of the Orchestra: As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tends to be soft0:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Instruments of the Orchestra: Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 1: V. Gayane's Solo0:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Albeniz: Iberia: Almeria 1:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Instruments of the Orchestra: The range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high...0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden: Scene 5: Melodrama 1:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Instruments of the Orchestra: ....and quite low.0:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Cat0:45$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Instruments of the Orchestra: The clarinet as concerto soloist0:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major: III. Rondo 2:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Instruments of the Orchestra: But that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this is:0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major: III. Rondo 2:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen44. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introduction to the saxophone 1:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen45. Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: IV. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon 1:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen46. Instruments of the Orchestra: The soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it0:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen47. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuet 1:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen48. Instruments of the Orchestra: The little sopranino sax goes even higher0:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen49. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Bolero0:53$0.99 Buy Track
listen50. Instruments of the Orchestra: The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestration by Ravel0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen51. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition: The Old Castle0:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen52. Instruments of the Orchestra: The saxophone can be quite contagiously good-humoured.0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen53. Instruments of the Orchestra: Wiedoeft: Sax-o-phun0:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen54. Instruments of the Orchestra: The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon0:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen55. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Grandfather0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen56. Instruments of the Orchestra: The Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode0:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen57. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Weicher nur, betrubte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria No. 1 1:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen58. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les Dragons d'Alcala0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen59. Instruments of the Orchestra: And Ravel, also in Spanish mode, does likewise0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen60. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Bolero0:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen61. Instruments of the Orchestra: The bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed desolate loneliness0:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen62. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bax: Symphony No. 3: I. Lento moderato 1:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen63. Instruments of the Orchestra: The eerie bassoon in its highest register0:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen64. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: opening0:58$0.99 Buy Track
listen65. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and melancholy.0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen66. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Berceuse 1:01$0.99 Buy Track
listen67. Instruments of the Orchestra: The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggeration0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen68. Instruments of the Orchestra: Molter: Bassoon Concerto in G minor: III. - 2:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen69. Instruments of the Orchestra: The deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen70. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): IV. Beauty and the Beast 1:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen71. Instruments of the Orchestra: The French Horn under its woodwind hat0:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen72. Instruments of the Orchestra: Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43: III. Praeludium - Tema con variazioni 1:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen73. Instruments of the Orchestra: Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from an earlier era0:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen74. Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100, No. 5: II. Andante con variazioni 1:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen75. Instruments of the Orchestra: The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another quintet0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen76. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat major, K. 407: III. Rondeau 3:55$0.99 Buy Track


Disc 4:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Instruments of the Orchestra: The Trumpet as virtuoso soloist 1:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro assai 2:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Instruments of the Orchestra: The special brilliance of paired trumpets0:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Instruments of the Orchestra: Vivaldi: Concerto in C for two trumpets, RV 537: I. Allegro 2:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Instruments of the Orchestra: The ceremonial trumpet0:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Instruments of the Orchestra: Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man 1:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Instruments of the Orchestra: Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance0:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Instruments of the Orchestra: Handel: Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound 4:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Instruments of the Orchestra: The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the most lonely0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Instruments of the Orchestra: Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F: II. Andante con moto - Adagio 1:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Instruments of the Orchestra: Gershwin: An American in Paris / Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: The March 2:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Instruments of the Orchestra: The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage0:13$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Toreador's Song 2:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Petrushka: The Blackamoor / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite: I. The Birth of Kije 1:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Instruments of the Orchestra: Copland: Billy the Kid 1:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Instruments of the Orchestra: The trumpet as character actor0:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 2:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Instruments of the Orchestra: The trumpet as the voice of God0:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Mass in B minor: Et expecto 4:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Instruments of the Orchestra: The birth of the trombone0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Instruments of the Orchestra: Anonymous: Aenmerckt nu hier 1:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Instruments of the Orchestra: The birth of the brass as a family 1:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Instruments of the Orchestra: Gabrieli: Canzon a 12 in Double Echo 3:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Instruments of the Orchestra: The trombone in the eighteenth century0:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Instruments of the Orchestra: Albrechtsberger: Trombone Concerto in B flat major: III. Finale 3:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Instruments of the Orchestra: Hoser: Romance for trombone and organ / Berlioz: Requiem: Dies Irae 2:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Instruments of the Orchestra: Liszt: Hosannah, S677/R409 1:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Instruments of the Orchestra: The trombones become part of the orchestra0:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro 2:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Instruments of the Orchestra: Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture 1:04$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Instruments of the Orchestra: The Trombone as caricaturist0:13$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Pulcinella: No. 19: Vivo 1:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto 1:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Instruments of the Orchestra: The horn and the hunt0:40$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K. 495: III. Rondo 3:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Instruments of the Orchestra: The challenging horn of the Baroque0:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Instruments of the Orchestra: Rameau: Abaris ou les Boreades: II. Menuet 1:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Instruments of the Orchestra: The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time0:24$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Instruments of the Orchestra: Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Menuet 1:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919): Finale0:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Instruments of the Orchestra: Horns and the sound of nobility0:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Instruments of the Orchestra: Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture (opening)0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen44. Instruments of the Orchestra: The special sound of the horn in its higher register0:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen45. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Mass in B minor: Quoniam tu solus sanctus 4:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen46. Instruments of the Orchestra: The trumpet-like sound of massed horns0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen47. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig (opening)0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen48. Instruments of the Orchestra: The tuba - unfairly maligned?0:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen49. Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6: III. Vivace 1:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen50. Instruments of the Orchestra: The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel0:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen51. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo 3:00$0.99 Buy Track


Disc 5:

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Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introduction. And we begin with a bang. 1:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Instruments of the Orchestra: Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (opening) 1:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Instruments of the Orchestra: At the opposite extreme is the triangle.0:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Instruments of the Orchestra: Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major: Scherzo 1:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Instruments of the Orchestra: Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side drum0:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Instruments of the Orchestra: Rossini: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture (opening)0:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Instruments of the Orchestra: Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (opening) 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Instruments of the Orchestra: The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Instruments of the Orchestra: Anonymous: Den hoboecken dans 1:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Instruments of the Orchestra: Even older is the originally oriental gong.0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette 1:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Instruments of the Orchestra: Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b 1:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Instruments of the Orchestra: Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2 1:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Instruments of the Orchestra: Elgar: The Sanguine fan / Cymbals clashed softly / Cymbals struck singly / Cymbals stroked with wire brushes 1:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major (opening) / Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I Scene 5 1:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Instruments of the Orchestra: Wood blocks0:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Instruments of the Orchestra: Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down0:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Instruments of the Orchestra: Glinka: Jota aragonesa 1:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Instruments of the Orchestra: Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali: Damigella tutta bella 1:50$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Instruments of the Orchestra: A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain0:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Yo m'enamori d'un aire 1:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Instruments of the Orchestra: The birth of the bongo0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bernstein: West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) 1:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Instruments of the Orchestra: Verdi: II Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Instruments of the Orchestra: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail / Varese: Arcana 1:27$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Instruments of the Orchestra: Moncayo: Huapango 1:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Instruments of the Orchestra: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction 1:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung0:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Instruments of the Orchestra: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat0:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Instruments of the Orchestra: Taking advantage of tunability0:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro 2:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard 1:01$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera 1:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens and the xylophone0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils 1:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel and the xylophone0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette 2:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the vibraphone0:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce 1:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera0:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom0:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen44. Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Folk Dances 3:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen45. Instruments of the Orchestra: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra0:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen46. Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite : III. Song 1:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen47. Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the tubular bells0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen48. Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock 2:04$0.99 Buy Track
listen49. Instruments of the Orchestra: A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin0:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen50. Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction 1:08$0.99 Buy Track