Haydn: String Quartet, Op.51

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1. Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross), for string quartet, H. 3/50-56
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn

Haydn: String Quartet, Op.51, Music, Franz Joseph Haydn, Chamber, Classical, Orchestral & Symphonic, Quartet for Four String Instruments

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Tracks:

1. Orchestra Tune-Up
2. Bartered Bride Overture
3. Symphony 5, 1st Movement
4. The Four Seasons, Autumn, RV293, 1st Movement
5. Divertimento In F, K.138, 1st Movement
6. March Militaire
7. Symphony 5, 4th Movement
8. Annen Polka
9. Capriccio Espagnol, Alborada
10. Trish-Trash Polka
11. Concerto In C, RV537, 3rd Movement
12. Capriccio Espagnol, Fandango
13. The Four Seasons, Spring, RV269, 1st Movement
14. Serenade For Strings, Waltz
15. The Bartered Bride, Polka
16. Symphony 100, 'Military' 2nd Movement
17. Piano Sonata 15, Op.28, 4th Movement
18. Waltz In G Flat Op.70, No.1
19. Symphony 101, 'Clock' 2nd Movement
20. 6 Children Pieces, Op.72, 2nd Movement
21. Lullaby

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. 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.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. 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...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. 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
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. 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.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. 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.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. 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.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. 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)
42. 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....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. 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...
32. 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)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. 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).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. 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
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. 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.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. 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.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. 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...
15. 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)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. 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.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. 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.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. 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
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. 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.

Average customer rating: A superb Haydn benchmark Perfect Dinner Music Delightful Background Music He truly is the father of string quartets! A matter of taste?

Haydn: Complete String Quartets Angeles String Quartet Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Haydn: Complete Piano Trios Haydn: Complete Symphonies (Box Set) Haydn: The Complete Piano Sonatas Schubert: The String Quartets Brahms: Complete String Quartets, Quintets & Sextets ASIN: B0000501PC Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in E flat, Op.0: I. Presto
2. Str Qt in E flat, Op.0: II. Menuetto
3. Str Qt in E flat, Op.0: III. Adagio
4. Str Qt in E flat, Op.0: IV. Menuetto
5. Str Qt in E flat, Op.0: V. Finale: Presto
6. Str Qt in B flat, Op.1 No.1: I. Presto
7. Str Qt in B flat, Op.1 No.1: II. Menuetto
8. Str Qt in B flat, Op.1 No.1: III. Adagio
9. Str Qt in B flat, Op.1 No.1: IV. Menuetto
10. Str Qt in B flat, Op.1 No.1: V. Presto
11. Str Qt in E flat, Op.1 No.2: I. Allegro
12. Str Qt in E flat, Op.1 No.2: II. Menuetto
13. Str Qt in E flat, Op.1 No.2: III. Adagio
14. Str Qt in E flat, Op.1 No.2: IV. Menuetto
15. Str Qt in E flat, Op.1 No.2: V. Presto
16. Str Qt in D, Op.1 No.3: I. Adagio
17. Str Qt in D, Op.1 No.3: II. Menuetto
18. Str Qt in D, Op.1 No.3: III. Presto
19. Str Qt in D, Op.1 No.3: IV. Menuetto
20. Str Qt in D, Op.1 No.3: V. Finale: Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in G, Op.1 No.4: I. Presto
2. Str Qt in G, Op.1 No.4: II. Menuetto
3. Str Qt in G, Op.1 No.4: III. Adagio Ma Non Tanto
4. Str Qt in G, Op.1 No.4: IV. Menuetto
5. Str Qt in G, Op.1 No.4: V. Presto
6. Str Qt in C, Op.1 No.6: I. Presto Assai
7. Str Qt in C, Op.1 No.6: II. Menuetto
8. Str Qt in C, Op.1 No.6: III. Adagio
9. Str Qt in C, Op.1 No.6: IV. Menuetto
10. Str Qt in C, Op.1 No.6: V. Finale: Presto
11. Str Qt in A, Op.2 No.1: I. Allegro
12. Str Qt in A, Op.2 No.1: II. Menuetto
13. Str Qt in A, Op.2 No.1: III. Adagio
14. Str Qt in A, Op.2 No.1: IV. Menuetto
15. Str Qt in A, Op.2 No.1: V. Allegro Molto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in E, Op.2 No.2: I. Allegro Molto
2. Str Qt in E, Op.2 No.2: II. Menuetto
3. Str Qt in E, Op.2 No.2: III. Adagio
4. Str Qt in E, Op.2 No.2: IV. Menuetto
5. Str Qt in E, Op.2 No.2: V. Finale: Presto
6. Str Qt in F, Op.2 No.4: I. Presto
7. Str Qt in F, Op.2 No.4: II. Menuetto
8. Str Qt in F, Op.2 No.4: III. Adagio
9. Str Qt in F, Op.2 No.4: IV Menuetto: Allegretto
10. Str Qt in F, Op.2 No.4: V. Allegro
11. Str Qt in B flat, Op.2 No.6: I. Adagio
12. Str Qt in B flat, Op.2 No.6: II. Menuetto
13. Str Qt in B flat, Op.2 No.6: III. Presto: Scherzo
14. Str Qt in B flat, Op.2 No.6: IV. Menuetto
15. Str Qt in B flat, Op.2 No.6: V. Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in C, Op.9 No.1: I. Moderato
2. Str Qt in C, Op.9 No.1: II. Menuetto: Un Poco Allegretto
3. Str Qt in C, Op.9 No.1: III. Adagio
4. Str Qt in C, Op.9 No.1: IV. Finale: Presto
5. Str Qt in E flat, Op.9 No.2: I. Moderato
6. Str Qt in E flat, Op.9 No.2: II. Menuetto
7. Str Qt in E flat, Op.9 No.2: III. Adagio
8. Str Qt in E flat, Op.9 No.2: IV. Finale: Allegro Molto
9. Str Qt in G, Op.9 No.3: I. Allegro Moderato
10. Str Qt in G, Op.9 No.3: II. Menuetto
11. Str Qt in G, Op.9 No.3: III. Largo
12. Str Qt in G, Op.9 No.3: IV. Finale: Presto
13. Str Qt in d, Op.9 No.4: I. Moderato
14. Str Qt in d, Op.9 No.4: II. Menuetto
15. Str Qt in d, Op.9 No.4: III. Adagio Cantabile
16. Str Qt in d, Op.9 No.4: IV. Finale: Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in B flat, Op.9 No.5: I. Poco Adagio: Theme And Vars
2. Str Qt in B flat, Op.9 No.5: II. Menuet: Allegretto
3. Str Qt in B flat, Op.9 No.5: III. Largo Cantabile
4. Str Qt in B flat, Op.9 No.5: IV. Finale: Presto
5. Str Qt in A, Op.9 No.6: I. Presto
6. Str Qt in A, Op.9 No.6: II. Menuetto
7. Str Qt in A, Op.9 No.6: III. Adagio
8. Str Qt in A, Op.9 No.6: IV. Finale: Presto
9. Str Qt in E, Op.17 No.1: I. Moderato
10. Str Qt in E, Op.17 No.1: II. Menuet
11. Str Qt in E, Op.17 No.1: III. Adagio
12. Str Qt in E, Op.17 No.1: IV. Finale: Presto
13. Str Qt in F, Op.17 No.2: I. Moderato
14. Str Qt in F, Op.17 No.2: II. Menuet: Poco Allegretto
15. Str Qt in F, Op.17 No.2: III. Adagio
16. Str Qt in F, Op.17 No.2: IV. Finale: Allegro Di Molto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in E flat, Op.17 No.3: I. Andante Grazioso
2. Str Qt in E flat, Op.17 No.3: II. Menuet: Allegretto
3. Str Qt in E flat, Op.17 No.3: III. Adagio
4. Str Qt in E flat, Op.17 No.3: IV. Allegro Di Molto
5. Str Qt in c, Op.17 No.4: I. Moderato
6. Str Qt in c, Op.17 No.4: II. Menuet: Allegretto
7. Str Qt in c, Op.17 No.4: III. Adagio Cantabile
8. Str Qt in c, Op.17 No.4: IV. Finale: Allegro
9. Str Qt in G, Op.17 No.5: I. Moderato
10. Str Qt in G, Op.17 No.5: II. Menuet: Allegretto
11. Str Qt in G, Op.17 No.5: III. Adagio
12. Str Qt in G, Op.17 No.5: IV. Finale: Presto
13. Str Qt in D, Op.17 No.6: I. Presto
14. Str Qt in D, Op.17 No.6: II. Menuet
15. Str Qt in D, Op.17 No.6: III. Largo
16. Str Qt in D, Op.17 No.6: IV. Finale: Allegro

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in E flat, Op.20 No.1: I. Allegro Moderato
2. Str Qt in E flat, Op.20 No.1: II. Menuet: Un Poco Allegretto
3. Str Qt in E flat, Op.20 No.1: III. Affettuoso E Sostenuto
4. Str Qt in E flat, Op.20 No.1: IV. Finale: Presto
5. Str Qt in C, Op.20 No.2: I. Moderato
6. Str Qt in C, Op.20 No.2: II. Capriccio: Adagio
7. Str Qt in C, Op.20 No.2: III. Menuet: Allegretto
8. Str Qt in C, Op.20 No.2: IV. Fuga A Quattro Soggeti: Allegro
9. Str Qt in g, Op.20 No.3: I. Allegro Con Spirito
10. Str Qt in g, Op.20 No.3: II. Menuet: Allegretto
11. Str Qt in g, Op.20 No.3: III. Poco Adagio
12. Str Qt in g, Op.20 No.3: IV. Allegro Di Molto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in D, Op.20 No.4: I. Allegro Di Molto
2. Str Qt in D, Op.20 No.4: II. Un Poco Adagio E Affettuoso
3. Str Qt in D, Op.20 No.4: II. Menuet Alla Zingarese
4. Str Qt in D, Op.20 No.4: IV. Presto E Scherzando
5. Str Qt in f, Op.20 No.5: I. Moderato
6. Str Qt in f, Op.20 No.5: II. Menuet
7. Str Qt in f, Op.20 No.5: III. Adagio
8. Str Qt in f, Op.20 No.5: IV. Fuga A Due Soggetti
9. Str Qt in A, Op.20 No.6: I. Allegro Di Molto E Scherzando
10. Str Qt in A, Op.20 No.6: II. Adagio
11. Str Qt in A, Op.20 No.6: III. Menuetto
12. Str Qt in A, Op.20 No.6: IV. Fuga A Tre Soggetti: Allegro

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in b, Op.33 No.1: I. Allegro Moderato
2. Str Qt in b, Op.33 No.1: II. Scherzo: Allegro
3. Str Qt in b, Op.33 No.1: III. Andante
4. Str Qt in b, Op.33 No.1: IV. Presto
5. Str Qt in E flat, Op.33 No.2 'The Joke': I. Allegro Moderato, Cantabile
6. Str Qt in E flat, Op.33 No.2 'The Joke': II. Scherzo: Allegro
7. Str Qt in E flat, Op.33 No.2 'The Joke': III. Largo Sostenuto
8. Str Qt in E flat, Op.33 No.2 'The Joke': IV. Finale: Presto
9. Str Qt in C, Op.33 No.3 'The Bird': I. Allegro Moderato
10. Str Qt in C, Op.33 No.3 'The Bird': II. Scherzo: Allegretto
11. Str Qt in C, Op.33 No.3 'The Bird': III. Adagio
12. Str Qt in C, Op.33 No.3 'The Bird': IV. Rondo: Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in B flat, Op.33 No.4: I. Allegro Moderato
2. Str Qt in B flat, Op.33 No.4: II. Scherzo: Allegretto
3. Str Qt in B flat, Op.33 No.4: III. Largo
4. Str Qt in B flat, Op.33 No.4: IV. Presto
5. Str Qt in G, Op.33 No.5: I. Vivace Assai
6. Str Qt in G, Op.33 No.5: II. Largo E Cantabile
7. Str Qt in G, Op.33 No.5: III. Scherzo: Allegro
8. Str Qt in G, Op.33 No.5: IV. Finale: Allegretto
9. Str Qt in D, Op.33 No.6: I. Vivace Assai
10. Str Qt in D, Op.33 No.6: II. Andante
11. Str Qt in D, Op.33 No.6: III. Scherzo: Allegretto
12. Str Qt in D, Op.33 No.6: IV. Finale: Allegretto
13. Str Qt in d, Op.42: I. Andante Ed Innocentemente
14. Str Qt in d, Op.42: II. Menuet
15. Str Qt in d, Op.42: III. Adagio E Cantabile
16. Str Qt in d, Op.42: IV. Finale: Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in B flat, Op.50 No.1: I. Allegro
2. Str Qt in B flat, Op.50 No.1: II. Adagio Non Lento
3. Str Qt in B flat, Op.50 No.1: III. Poco Allegretto
4. Str Qt in B flat, Op.50 No.1: IV. Finale: Vivace
5. Str Qt in C, Op.50 No.2: I. Vivace
6. Str Qt in C, Op.50 No.2: II. Adagio Cantabile
7. Str Qt in C, Op.50 No.2: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
8. Str Qt in C, Op.50 No.2: IV. Finale: Vivace Assai
9. Str Qt in E flat, Op.50 No.3: I. Allegro Con Brio
10. Str Qt in E flat, Op.50 No.3: II. Andante Piu Tosto Allegretto
11. Str Qt in E flat, Op.50 No.3: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
12. Str Qt in E flat, Op.50 No.3: IV. Finale: Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in f#, Op.50 No.4: I. Allegro Spirito
2. Str Qt in f#, Op.50 No.4: II. Andante
3. Str Qt in f#, Op.50 No.4: III. Menuetto
4. Str Qt in f#, Op.50 No.4: IV. Fuga: Allegro Moderato
5. Str Qt in F, Op.50 No.5: I. Allegro Moderato
6. Str Qt in F, Op.50 No.5: II. Poco Adagio
7. Str Qt in F, Op.50 No.5: III. Menuetto
8. Str Qt in F, Op.50 No.5: IV. Finale: Vivace
9. Str Qt in D, Op.50 No.6 'The Frog': I. Allegro
10. Str Qt in D, Op.50 No.6 'The Frog': II. Poco Adagio
11. Str Qt in D, Op.50 No.6 'The Frog': III. Menuetto: Allegretto
12. Str Qt in D, Op.50 No.6 'The Frog': IV. Finale: Allegro Con Spirito

Tracks:

1. Str Qt inG, Op.54 No.1: I. Vivace Assai
2. Str Qt inG, Op.54 No.1: II. Allegretto
3. Str Qt inG, Op.54 No.1: III. Menuet
4. Str Qt inG, Op.54 No.1: IV. Vivace
5. Str Qt in C, Op.54 No.2: I. Vivace
6. Str Qt in C, Op.54 No.2: II. Adagio -
7. Str Qt in C, Op.54 No.2: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
8. Str Qt in C, Op.54 No.2: IV. Adagio
9. Str Qt in E, Op.54 No.3: I. Allegretto
10. Str Qt in E, Op.54 No.3: II. Largo
11. Str Qt in E, Op.54 No.3: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
12. Str Qt in E, Op.54 No.3: IV. Finale: Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in A, Op.55 No.1: I. Allegro
2. Str Qt in A, Op.55 No.1: II. Adagio Cantabile
3. Str Qt in A, Op.55 No.1: III. Menuet
4. Str Qt in A, Op.55 No.1: IV. Finale: Vivace
5. Str Qt in f, Op.55 No.2 'The Razor': I. Andante
6. Str Qt in f, Op.55 No.2 'The Razor': II. Allegro
7. Str Qt in f, Op.55 No.2 'The Razor': III. Menuetto: Allegretto
8. Str Qt in f, Op.55 No.2 'The Razor': IV. Presto
9. Str Qt in B flat, Op.55 No.3: I. Vivace Assai
10. Str Qt in B flat, Op.55 No.3: II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
11. Str Qt in B flat, Op.55 No.3: III. Menuetto
12. Str Qt in B flat, Op.55 No.3: IV. Presto

Tracks:

1. Str Qt in C, Op.64 No.1: I. Allegro Moderato
2. Str Qt in C, Op.64 No.1: II. Menuet: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
3. Str Qt in C, Op.64 No.1: III. Allegretto Scherzando
4. Str Qt in C, Op.64 No.1: IV. Finale: Presto
5. Str Qt in b, Op.64 No.3: I. Allegro Spirito
6. Str Qt in b, Op.64 No.3: II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
7. Str Qt in b, Op.64 No.3: III. Menuet: Allegretto -

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

The Angeles Quartet is unique in its mastery of early as well as late works, in tune with Haydn's stylistic development and sensitive to the attractions of each of these remarkable pieces. So they infuse the visionary slow movements of the late quartets with the appropriate depth and at the same time revel in the muscularity of the Opus 76 No.2's catchy Menuetto, the humor of the "Joke" Quartet, Opus 33 No.2, and the power of the Allegro con spirito of Opus 76 No.1. Most impressive is their way with the early quartets--no small matter when you consider that the contents of the first six discs precede the Opus 20 set generally considered as signaling the maturity of the form. The Angeles make even the earliest quartets, five-movement divertimentos for four strings, a habit-forming delight. Their playing here is full of exuberance, wittily playful and rough, peasantlike by turns. The sonics are outstanding, too, well-balanced, warm, and lifelike. An indispensable recording. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

A superb Haydn benchmark.......2007-06-28

Perfect Dinner Music.......2007-05-14

Delightful Background Music.......2006-03-04

He truly is the father of string quartets!.......2005-09-27

A matter of taste?.......2005-05-31

Average customer rating: I love it and I give it as a gift MarMSED Diverse range but the songs are butchered...

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Tracks:

1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Academy And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields
2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
3. Zadok The Priest - Ambrosian Singers
4. Miserere Mei, Deus - Gerald Finley
5. Veni Creator Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
6. Lacrimosa - London Philharmonic Choir
7. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Ambrosian Singers
8. The Heavens Are Telling - John Shirley-Quirk
9. Panis Angelicus - Halle Choir
10. Ave Maria - Groupe Vocal De France
11. Ode To Joy - The Westminster Choir
12. Va, Pensiero - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House
13. Chorus Of Slave Girls - Chorus Of The National Theatre Of Sophia
14. Coro De Romanticos - Coro Cantores De Madrid
15. In Paradisum - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge
16. Totus Tuus - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
17. Song For Athene - Winchester Cathedral Choir
18. Celebration - London Symphony Chorus
19. Jerusalem - Royal Choral Society

Tracks:

1. Zion Hort Die Wachter - South German Madrigal Choir
2. Pleni Sunt Coeli Et Terra - Charles Brett
3. Hallelujah Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
4. Thou Knowest, Lord - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
5. Veni Sancte Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
6. Awake The Harp - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
7. And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth - New Philharmonia Chorus
8. L'Adieu Des Bergers - Choeurs Rene Duclos
9. Agnus Dei - Peter Barley
10. Cantique De Jean Racine - MONKS AND CHOIRBOYS OF DOWNSIDE ABBEY
11. Ave Verum Corpus - Schutz Consort
12. Begluckt Darf Nun Dich, O Heimat - Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Munich
13. Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House
14. Laudamus Te - Radio France Chorus
15. Chichester Psalms - Rachel Masters
16. The Lamb - Vasari Singers
17. Agnus Dei - Winchester Cathedral Choir
18. Requiem Aeternam - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge
19. Dies Irae - Philharmonia Chorus
20. O Fortuna - London Philharmonic Choir
21. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 (Land Of Hope Glory) - Royal Choral Society

Customer Reviews:

I love it and I give it as a gift.......2006-12-11

MarMSED.......2005-08-27

Diverse range but the songs are butchered..........2005-07-24

Average customer rating: essential Haydn quartets Rock Me Amadeus

Haydn: String Quartets, Opp. 51, 54, 55, 64, 71, 74 Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: String Quartets Brahms: Complete String Quartets, Quintets & Sextets Beethoven: The String Quartets Haydn: Complete Piano Trios Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 14 - 23 ASIN: B0002U9G9E Release Date: 2004-11-09

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essential Haydn quartets.......2007-07-11

Rock Me Amadeus.......2005-08-31

Average customer rating: Sweet Lilting Flute Music to Unwind With

The Most Relaxing Flute Album in the World...Ever! Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Honegger | Honegger, Arthur | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ibert, Jacques | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Telemann, Georg Philipp | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Telemann, Georg Philipp | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Most Relaxing Harp Album in the World... Ever! The Most Relaxing Violin Album in the World ... Ever! The Most Relaxing Chamber Music Album in the World ... Ever! The Most Relaxing Cello Album in the World Ever The Most Relaxing Guitar Album in the World... Ever! ASIN: B000AXWGYU Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K.313 - II Adagio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Concerto in G, Op. 10 No. 4 - II Largo - Antonio Vivaldi
3. Gymnope No. 1 - Erik Satie
4. Sonata in C (after Hob.III.72) - Andantino - Franz Joseph Haydn
5. Sicilienne, Op. 78 - Gabriel Faur
6. Flute Quartet No. 2 in G, K. 285a - I Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7. Concerto in F, Op. 10 No. 5 - II Largo e cantabile - Antonio Vivaldi
8. Romance - Arthur Honegger
9. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - III Sarabande - Johann Sebastian Bach
10. Beau Soir - Claude Debussy
11. Sonata for Two Flutes in B Minor, Op. 2 No. 4 - I Largo - Georg Philipp Telemann
12. Sonata for Two Flutes in B Minor, Op. 2 No. 4 - II Grazioso - Georg Philipp Telemann
13. Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K.314 - II Andante ma non troppo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1034 - III Andante - Johann Sebastian Bach
15. Gymnope No. 2 - Erik Satie

Tracks:

1. Concerto in D, Op. 10 No. 3 Il Cardellino - II Cantabile - Antonio Vivaldi
2. Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D - II Adagio - attr. Franz Joseph Haydn
3. Flute Quartet No. 3 in C, K. 285b - II Andantino con variazioni: Variation 5 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. Concerto in G for Flute & Strings - II Adagio - Georg Philipp Telemann
5. Arabesque No. 1 in E - Claude Debussy
6. Concerto Secondo in D (Paris Quartets) - II Affettuoso - Georg Philipp Telemann
7. Berceuse (from Dolly Suite) - Gabriel Faur
8. Mtation (from Tha) - Jules Massenet
9. Concerto in D, RV 429 - II Largo - Antonio Vivaldi
10. En bateau (from Petite Suite) - Claude Debussy
11. Andante in C, K.315 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12. Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute, BWV 1013 - III Sarabande - Johann Sebastian Bach
13. Morceau de concours - Gabriel Faur
14. Concerto for Flute & Harp in C, K.299 - II Andantino - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15. Aria - Jacques Ibert
16. Paris Quartet No. 4 in B Minor - V Triste - Georg Philipp Telemann
17. Syrinx for Solo Flute - Claude Debussy

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Sweet Lilting Flute Music to Unwind With.......2006-01-10

Average customer rating: Relaxing and wonderful music Excellent CD for bedtime

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Tracks:

1. Canon In D
2. Fur Elise / Ode To Joy
3. Sonata In C Major - (Mozart's Lullaby)
4. On The Beautiful Blue Danube
5. Andante Con Variazioni
6. Two German Dances
7. Rondino
8. Sonata In C Minor
9. Largo
10. Minuet / Organ Fugue In G Minor
11. Waltz (Opus 39-No. 15)
12. Serenade
13. To A Wild Rose
14. Spring Song

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Customer Reviews:

Relaxing and wonderful music.......2002-12-11

Excellent CD for bedtime.......2001-09-03

Average customer rating: Exploring the Haydn Quartets -- Opus 64 Nos.4-6 more of the same old...

Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64, Nos. 4-6 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Haydn: String Quartets Op. 64, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 "Russian", No. 3 "The Bird", 4 and 6 Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 "Sun", Nos. 4-6 Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 "Russian", No. 1, No. 2 "The Joke", No. 5 "How do you do?" Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 71, Nos. 1-3 "Apponyi Quartets" ASIN: B0000013W4 Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. String Quartet In G Major, Op.64, No.4, Hob. III: 66: Allegro con brio
2. String Quartet In G Major, Op.64, No.4, Hob. III: 66: Menuetto: Allegretto
3. String Quartet In G Major, Op.64, No.4, Hob. III: 66: Adagio - Cantabile e sostenuto
4. String Quartet In G Major, Op.64, No.4, Hob. III: 66: Finale: Presto
5. String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5, Hob. III: 63 'The Lark': Allegro moderato
6. String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5, Hob. III: 63 'The Lark': Adagio - Cantabile
7. String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5, Hob. III: 63 'The Lark': Menuetto: Allegretto
8. String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5, Hob. III: 63 'The Lark': Finale: Vivace
9. Allegro
10. Andante
11. Menuetto: Allegretto
12. Finale: Presto

Customer Reviews:

Exploring the Haydn Quartets -- Opus 64 Nos.4-6.......2004-06-02

This CD by the Kodaly quartet will help show why Haydn's quartets deserve their high regard. The disc consists of the 4th,5th and 6th quartet of Haydn's opus 64, composed in 1790 just before Haydn's first trip to London. (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and other composers of the classical era frequently published their quartets in sets of three or six.) The CD is part of a complete recording of the 88-some Haydn quartets and is available at a budget price. It is an ideal introduction to the world of the string quartet for the new listener or for the listener wishing to explore Haydn.

In listening to the quartets on this CD and its companion volume (featuring quartets 1 - 3 of opus 64) the listener will notice several repeated patterns. These include the emphasis on the first violin, the repeated placement of passages in the high register, the slow movements consisting of three sections, with a minor key section sandwiched between two outward major key sections, and a quick, perpetuum mobile finale. These outward formalities are the bottles into which Haydn pours an astonishing variety of music.

The CD opens with the quartet in G major, opus 64, No. 4. The opening allegro con brio opens with a jaunty opening theme followed by a distinct more subdued secondary theme. There is a great deal of twittering in the violin's high register near the close of the exposition and recaptitulation before the movement comes to a quiet close. The second movement is a minuet which straddles the line between decor and delicacy and some virtual foot-stomping. The trio features a delightful violin solo with a skipping theme over a plucked accompanyment. The third movement, adagio cantabile e sostenuto is a reverie with a flowing melody in the first violin which is basically repeated in the minor with a change in accompanyment. The final presto opens with a lively dancing theme for all four instruments and includes contrapuntal passages in the middle section. The quartet ends quietly after some high notes in the violin.

The second quartet on this CD (no. 5) is in D major and is known as the "Lark" quartet. The opening movement, allegro moderato, begins with a few bars of a bouncy figure in the lower strings followed by the "lark" theme, a lovely, insouciant, mostly high-pitched melody in the first violin over the opening figure. This melody pervades the movement, including the development section. The second movement, adagio-cantabile features a serene, glowing melody with the first violin again predominant. The first violin alternates nicely with the lower strings and there is a fine chordal passage in the middle and lower strings in mid-movement. The end of the movement features the first violin over the chords in the low strings before the quiet close.
The minuet features the second violin and the viola with the trio featuring lots of movement among the instruments in a minor key. The finale, presto, is a perpetuum mobile, light, short, and quick. The different voices join in seriatim at the end as the work comes to a snappy, unison close.

The final work on this CD (no. 6) is the quartet in E-flat major.
This is probably the most tightly-written quartet of the six, with a great deal of variety in tempo, mood, and instrumentation. The part-writing is fine and close. The opening allegro, begins quietly and in unison at a moderate tempo. There are frequent contrasts between the upper and lower strings, shifts in tempo and key and intricate interplay between the four voices. The second movement is marked andante with quiet duet passages for the violin and viola in the opening and concluding sections. The opening theme flows seamlessly into a middle section which offers a striking passage for the solo violin in a pleading, highly dramatic voice. There is a pause and then a return to the tranquillity of the opening theme. The third movement, menuetto, similarly is notable for its trio. It is of the character of a Schubert landler and consists of a lilting dancelike solo in the second violin with the first violin playing an obligato passage in accompanyment in the instrument's highest register. The finale is a presto which juxtaposes again the high registers of the quartet against the low registers. There is another obligato passage for the violin in its upper register. The movement slows down at the end for a few quizzical bars before a rapid close.

This is a thoroughly enjoyable CD which celebrates the sheer joy of making music.

more of the same old..........1999-12-21

Average customer rating: Heavenly The Holy Grail of Choral Recordings One Small Correction Gorgeous music, gorgeous performances Stunning collection suitable for music nuts or newbies alike

Choral Moods Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Allegri | Allegri, Gregorio | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music