Virtuoso Strings

On this CD:

1. Serenade for string orchestra in E major, B. 52 (Op. 22) Finale-Allegro Vivace
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

2. Sinfonia for string orchestra No. 8 in D major Allegro Molto
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

3. Sonate a quattro (6) for 2 violins, cello & bass, QR i/1 No 05 in Eb Major Allegro Vivo
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

4. Fra Holberg tid (From Holberg’s Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40 Prelude: Allegro Vivace
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Berlin Philharmonische Virtuosen
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

5. Serenade for strings in E Minor, Op.20 First Movement: Allegro Piacevole
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

6. Sinfonia for string orchestra No. 9 in C major ("Swiss") Allegro Vivace
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

7. Sonate a quattro (6) for 2 violins, cello & bass, QR i/1 Sonata No 6 In D Major Allegro Spiritoso
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

8. Serenade for strings (or piano duet), in C major, Op. 48 Finale (Tema Russo)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Berlin Philharmonische Streichersolisten
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

9. Fra Holberg tid (From Holberg’s Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40 Riguadon: Allegro con Brio
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Soloists
Conducted by Hugh Wolf

10. Introduction and Allegro for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

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ASIN: B00006O0NT
Release Date: 2002-12-03

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:

5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

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.
I've Got the World on Six Strings
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Guitar Work on a Great Collection of Classic Tunes
  • Very nice but far from his best
  • He keeps topping himself!
I've Got the World on Six Strings
Laurence Juber
Manufacturer: Solid Air
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IFRQZE
Release Date: 2006-10-10

Tracks:

  1. I've Got The World On A String
  2. Get Happy
  3. If I Only Had A Brain
  4. Stormy Weather
  5. Ac-cen-tu-ate The Positive
  6. Over The Rainbow
  7. That Old Black Magic
  8. Paper Moon
  9. Anyplace I hang My Hat Is Home
  10. Between the Devil And the Deep Blue Sea
  11. The Man That Got Away
  12. Come Rain Or Come Shine

Album Description

Two time GRAMMY winning instrumental acoustic Guitarist Laurence Juber's "I've Got The World On Six Strings" is a salute to one of the greatest composers of the last century: Harold Arlen. Juber's GRAMMY winning arrangement of "The Pink Panther Theme" from "Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar" and his award winning "LJ Plays The Beatles" have firmly established him as not only a great player but a great arranger of classic songs and this recording takes that one step further.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Guitar Work on a Great Collection of Classic Tunes.......2007-05-10

While his choice of tunes may have surprised his fans, Juber really delivers the goods. As with earlier releases by Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart, this CD will introduce a whole new audience to these classic melodies.

For another look at this material on solo guitar, see Acoustic Standards Volume 1 and Acoustic Standards Volume 2 by Rick Kuncicky, an amazing fingerstyle/classical guitarist with a wide range of influences from Chet Atkins & Charlie Byrd to Earl Klugh & Guy Van Duser, but with a fresh style that's all his own.

3 out of 5 stars Very nice but far from his best.......2007-01-10

Laurence Juber is truly a world-class fingerstyle guitarist.

This effort is further evidence of LJ's talent, class, and work ethic.

Each of these pieces was written by "Great American Songbook" tunesmith Harold Arlen. Check out these titles! I especially enjoyed the arrangement of "Stormy Weather." NPR uses Laurence's recordings now and then; maybe they can opt for this one when they're reporting a down market!

5 out of 5 stars He keeps topping himself! .......2007-01-08

As perhaps the current generations top fingerstyle player/composer...Laurence jubers arrangements of Beatles classics at the start of the decade "LJ Plays The Beatles" took us fans of instrumental acoustic guitar by storm! A few years later LJ as he's known answered Sir McCartney's request to turn his arranging skills loose on "One Wing"...and found a depth in some tunes many of us had written off as pop fluff.

On the heels of his GRAMMY winning arrangement of "the Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini....Juber opened up one of the greatest songbooks of the century for "I've Got The World On Six Strings"...which features is solo guitar arrangements of some of the most beloved Harold Arlen songs!

Its hard to pick a favorite..the opening track "I've Got The World On a String" bounces along quite nicely and the following "Get Happy" is down right propulsive. Juber plays around the melody on track 3 before launching into an arrangement of "If I Only Had a Brain" that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and have guitarists looking for the inevitable transcription! Stormy Weather finds Juber exploring his bluesier picking with predictably excellent results. Over the Rainbow is heartbreakingly beautiful and ...well I don't want to rave about every song...go to iTUNES and download or pick it up...you won't be sorry...

This, Like LJ Plays the Beatles, will thrill guitarists and the non-guitarists in the audience equally!

oh..and the sound is fanatastic...like he's sitting in your living room!
Fernando Ortega - Beginnings
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Collection; Beautiful Piano
Fernando Ortega - Beginnings
Fernando Ortega
Manufacturer: Randolf Productions, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0002E34DY
Release Date: 2004-08-02

Tracks:

  1. Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
  2. Nothing But The Blood
  3. Praise To The Lord The Almighty
  4. As For Us
  5. Con Que Pagaremos
  6. Softly And Tenderly
  7. What Wondrous Love Is This
  8. Teach Me Thy Way
  9. Mi Abuelito
  10. Morningstar
  11. Chimayo
  12. I Love To Praise Your Name
  13. Night Of Your Return
  14. Living Water
  15. I Need Thee Every Hour * Just As I Am * Come Ye Sinners, Poor And Needy (Medley)
  16. Nearer My God To Thee
  17. Here Is Love
  18. God Made Them All
  19. My Song Is Love Unknown
  20. I Remember Well
  21. Road Song
  22. Family
  23. Now That Youre Gone
  24. Creation Sings
  25. Green Pastures
  26. Near The Cross
  27. Jesus Lover Of My Soul
  28. Sacrifice Of Praise
  29. Its Your Love
  30. Stricken, Smitten And Afflicted
  31. Brethren, We Have Met To Worship
  32. O Sacred Head Now Wounded
  33. Tossed On The Wind
  34. This Is My Fathers World

Album Description

BEGINNINGS - the premiere collector's edition of early Fernando Ortega recordings (1993 - 1996). Included in this comprehensive compilation are selections from Fernando's first four albums produced by Randolf Productions, Inc. (RPI),

Meditations Of The Heart (1993)

Meditations Of The Heart - Encore (1994)

Hymns & Meditations (1994)

Night Of Your Return (1996)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Collection; Beautiful Piano.......2005-09-09

BEGINNINGS by Fernando Ortega is a 2 cd set featuring selections of some of the "early" recordings of this great pianist primarily drawn from four albums: Meditations of the Heart, Meditations of the Heart Encore, Hymns and Meditations, and Night of Your Return. While many of these cds are available for purchase online, it is nearly impossible to find them in your typical Christian music store.

Of the thirty-four songs on the album, seventeen are instrumental.

Songs from Meditations of the Heart include: Sacrifice of Praise, Living Water, Morning Star, Family, I Love To Praise Your Name, and As For Us. (Six of the ten songs on the album)

Songs from Meditations of the Heart Encore include: I Remember Well, It's Your Love, Tossed On The Wind, Teach Me Thy Way, and Creation Sings. (Five of the eleven songs on the album).

Hymns and Meditations: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, Near The Cross, Softly and Tenderly, Nothing But The Blood, and I Need Thee Every Hour/Just As I Am/ Come Ye Sinners Medley, What Wondrous Love Is This, Con Que Pagaremos, Brethren We Have Met To Worship, Sacred Head Now Wounded, and Nearer My God To Thee. (Which appears to be the entire album of Hymns and Meditations)

It also seems to include all the songs on Night Of Your Return as well. (My Song Is Love Unknown, Praise To The Lord, The Almighty, Night Of Your Return, Mi Abuelito, Chimayo, Jesus, Lover of My Soul, Here Is Love, Road Song, Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted, This is My Father's World, and Green Pastures.)

With two complete albums and two partial albums, BEGINNINGS is well worth the price and is a great addition for any Fernando Ortega fan's collection.

This piano music is wonderful. His style simple but beautiful.
Virtuoso Trumpet
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Trumpet Music From Great Composers
Virtuoso Trumpet

Manufacturer: Teldec
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000000SMX
Release Date: 1994-07-05

Tracks:

  1. Tsar Saltan: Flight Of The Bumble Bee
  2. Concerto In A Flat Major: Allegro
  3. Concerto In E Flat Major For Trumpet And Orchestra, H. VIIe, 1: Finale: Allegro
  4. Suite No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
  5. Concert Valse
  6. Theme And Variations On 'The Carnival Of Venice'
  7. Concerto In D Major For Trumpet And Orchestra: Allegro
  8. Concerto (I) In D Major For Trumpet, Strings And Continuo: Allegro-Adagio-Presto-Adagio-Allegro
  9. Concerto (II) In D Major For Trumpet, Strings And Continuo: Allegro-Adagio-Allegro-Grave-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
  10. Concerto In D Major For 3 Trumpets, 2 Oboes, Strings, Timpani And Continuo: Overture
  11. Arbucklenia Polka
  12. Hora staccato
  13. Concerto In C Major For 2 Trumpets And Orchestra: Largo-Allegro molto
  14. Trumpet Voluntary

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Trumpet Music From Great Composers.......2001-10-01

This CD was great! It has all sorts of cheerful, skilled trumpeting. It has everything from "Flight of the Bumblebee" to "Carnival of Venice" to "Badinerie." My personal favorite is "Carnival of Venice." I also, however, enjoy "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Badinerie," and "Allegro(the second one)." The trumpeting is very nice, and even SOUNDS challenging. The tone quality is perfect, with no static or mistakes in the CD. All in all, I would recommend this CD to anyone who likes trumpet music, anyone who likes good music, or just anyone who likes music.
Virtuoso Timpani Concertos
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Enjoyable music of an unusual sort.
Virtuoso Timpani Concertos

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B0006OS5T8
Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

  1. Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Variazione; Allegro
  4. Marche De Timballes
  5. Moderato
  6. Adagio
  7. Allegretto
  8. Allegro
  9. Andante
  10. Presto
  11. Un Poco Allegro
  12. Menuetto
  13. Vivace
  14. Largo E Piano
  15. Menuetto
  16. Bouree
  17. Air; Andante
  18. Gigue
  19. Allegro Con Brio
  20. Menuetto
  21. Adagio
  22. Rondo; Allegro Con Molto

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable music of an unusual sort........2005-10-23

I purchased this CD on a whim because of the fun thought of hearing timpani as a solo instrument. You know, the sort of CD you anticipate listening to just once, except to share with others as a sort of joke?

But the CD has been a real delight with a lot of listenable music.

The opening and closing pieces are by Georg Druschetzky (apparently a famous timpanist of his time). Both are of a typical classical-period style with enjoyable melodies - especially the "Concerto per sei timpani", which even my fifteen year-old daughter agreed was "kinda catchy".

Of course the most fun comes during the various cadenzas (cadenzi?) throughout the CD, where you just grin at the whole idea. But again it comes off well.

My favorite tracks are #16 (Bouree), and #18 (Gigue), both of a baroque Sinfonia by a guy named Johann Chistroph Graupner. These are engaging dances by any standard. I found myself wondering if the Bouree was inspiration for some Wild West type Hollywood music? Surely this repertoire doesn't get out much -grin.

The orchestra, soloist, and recording all struck my ears of good quality as well. But the real joy was from hearing and enjoying a new ensemble. If that sort of thing excites you, you won't be disappointed by this CD.
Virtuoso Concertos for Corno da cassia
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    Virtuoso Concertos for Corno da cassia
    Johann Friedrich Fasch , Johann Valentin Rathgeber , Johannes Sperger , Antonio Vivaldi , Jan Dismas Zelenka , Virtuosi Saxoniae , and Ludwig Guttler
    Manufacturer: Berlin Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B0000035M2
    Release Date: 2005-10-01

    Tracks:

    1. Capriccio No.5 in G: (Allegro)
    2. Capriccio No.5 in G: (Minuetto 1)-Minuetto 2
    3. Capriccio No.5 in G: 'Il Contento'-(Trio)
    4. Capriccio No.5 in G: 'Il Furibondo'. Presto Assai
    5. Capriccio No.5 in G: Villanella (1)-Vilanella 2
    6. Con in C, Op.6 No.19: Allegro
    7. Con in C, Op.6 No.19: Adagio
    8. Con in C, Op.6 No.19: Allegro
    9. Con in F, RV 539: Allegro
    10. Con in F, RV 539: Larghetto
    11. Con in F, RV 539: Allegro
    12. Con in D: Allegro
    13. Con in D: Andante
    14. Con in D: Allegro
    15. Con in D: Allegro Moderato
    16. Con in D: Andante Poco Adagio
    17. Con in D: Rondo. Allegro Moderato
    Virtuoso Trumpet
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Brass Players Delight
    Virtuoso Trumpet

    Manufacturer: Telarc
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    ASIN: B000003CWD
    Release Date: 1993-11-16

    Tracks:

    1. l. Allegro
    2. ll. Andante
    3. lll. Allegro Assai
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    14. Badinerie
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Brass Players Delight.......2000-10-20

    At age 82, a professional musician and brass player since age 12, I consider this as fine an exhibition of trumpet playing as I have ever heard. The music is Bach (i.e., of the master). The orchestra plays well indeed and the recording quality is excellent. And the trumpet playing? It is masterful. Excellent. Simply superb!
    Virtuoso Brass
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      Virtuoso Brass

      Manufacturer: Delos Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0000006UD
      Release Date: 1992-12-14

      Tracks:

      1. Rondeau
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      3. Three Pieces: Sonatina
      4. Three Pieces: Fugue
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      6. Sound An Alarm: Total Eclipse
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      14. Fanfare
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      16. Suite From The Monteregian Hills: Chansom mncolique
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      19. Enchanted Forest Suite: Dawn
      20. Enchanted Forest Suite: Gnomes
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      22. Enchanted Forest Suite: Unicorn
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      Baroque Favorites
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      ASIN: B00000IKTL
      Release Date: 1999-04-06

      Tracks:

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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Just a Dream CD.......2004-01-25

      Wonderful, Liona manages again to make me feel in heaven. What an artist, what a beautiful performance. Can't recall anyone even coming close to her virtuosity.

      3 out of 5 stars Performance 5 stars; sound quality 2 stars.......2000-12-02

      My first encounter with this recording occurred in 1979 when I acquired it in LP (on a vinyl record for those of you born after 1980) form. I developed a great fondness for it; and I was delighted to discover it now existed in CD format. Delight, unfortunately, soon yielded to disappointment when a few minutes of listening told me that the sound quality of the CD was distinctly inferior to the sound on the LP. Just to make certain, I pulled out the LP once again; and, sure enough, the LP does sound much better. The CD sound is strangled and compressed compared to the open and airy sound of the record; and for some reason there is a noticeable sound of tape hiss on the CD, which is distinctly missing on the LP. The problem: the CD was probably created from second or third generation copies rather than from the original masters. What a shame. I acquired three other Liona Boyd CD's at the same time I got this one; and there are no sonic problems with them. Why did one of her best moments have to be given inferior treatment?

      5 out of 5 stars An addictive listen.......2000-07-21

      I first heard this music, and an interview with Ms Boyd, on a plane in around 1981. I loved the music and her. I got it as soon as I could and it was often on my turntable. I was delighted to find it on CD. This is a great album. Her playing and the orchestral accompaniment, led by the incomparable Andrew Davis, blend into a CD you'll wear out.

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      5 out of 5 stars My favorite album of Liona Boyd.......2000-01-15

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      Virtuoso Reality
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      ASIN: B00000IOBQ
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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Amazing .......2006-07-04

      This is totally amazing. I wish i could play the bass like him, and he uses a German bow, which is less maneuverable than the French bow. A must own for all bassists.

      5 out of 5 stars Virtuoso Reality.......2000-04-27

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      5 out of 5 stars Truly a virtuoso!.......1999-09-19

      The beauty and mystery of Quarrington's technique is partly explained by his unusual and eclectic tuning. His personality shines through, leaving the listener awestruck by his brilliance.

      5 out of 5 stars Fantastic CD!.......1999-09-16

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