Dvorák: Double Bass Quintet; The American Quartet

On this CD:

1. String Quintet for 2 violins, viola, cello, & double bass in G major (once listed as Op. 18), B. 49 (Op. 77)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Julia Adams, Gary Karr, Stephen Kecskemethy, Ronald Lantz, Paul Ross

2. String Quartet No. 12 in F major ("American"), B. 179 (Op. 96)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Julia Adams, Gary Karr, Stephen Kecskemethy, Ronald Lantz, Paul Ross

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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: Narration with music

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Tracks:

1. Furiant
2. Allegro Grazioso
3. Allegro Grazioso
4. Scherzo
5. Opening
6. Serbian Dance
7. You Ask Why My Songs
8. Kolo
9. Nature, Life And Love Motive
10. Kolo
11. Allegro Non Troppo
12. Kolo
13. Allegro Assai
14. Eja, Mater Fons Amoris
15. Kolo
16. Allegro Molto
17. Dumka
18. Scherzo Caprccioso, Op. 66
19. Allegro Moderato
20. Allegro Moderato
21. Largo
22. Vivace Non Troppo
23. Humoresque In G Flat Major, Op. 108 No. 7
24. Allegro
25. Allegro
26. Polka
27. Slavonic Dances
28. Slavonic Dances
29. Slavonic Dances
30. Slavonic Dances

Customer Reviews:

Narration with music.......2006-01-07

Average customer rating: breakdown by cd. I'm not a music expert

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Customer Reviews:

breakdown by cd........2007-01-14

I'm not a music expert.......2005-08-25

Average customer rating:

Dvorák: String Quintets, Opp. 77 & 97; Intermezzo in B major Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Chilingirian String Quartet | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000AP3 Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. String Quintet In G Major Op. 77: I Allegro con fuoco
2. String Quintet In G Major Op. 77: II Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio. L'istesso tempo, quasi allegretto
3. String Quintet In G Major Op. 77: III Poco andante
4. String Quintet In G Major Op. 77: IV Finale. Allegro assai
5. Intermezzo In B Major Op. 40: Andante religioso
6. String Quintet In E Flat Major Op. 97: I Allegro non tanto
7. String Quintet In E Flat Major Op. 97: II Allegro vivo - Un poco meno mosso
8. String Quintet In E Flat Major Op. 97: III Larghetto
9. String Quintet In E Flat Major Op. 97: IV Finale. Allegro giusto

Average customer rating:

Dvorák: Double Bass Quintet; The American Quartet Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000T6I Release Date: 1993-08-04

Tracks:

1. Qnt, B49: I. Allegro Con Fuoco
2. Qnt, B49: II. Intermezzo-Nocturno
3. Qnt, B49: III. Scherzo/Trio-Allegro Vivace
4. Qnt, B49: IV. Poco Andante
5. Qnt, B49: V. Finale: Allegro Assai
6. Qt in F, B.179 (Op.96) 'American': I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
7. Qt in F, B.179 (Op.96) 'American': II. Lento
8. Qt in F, B.179 (Op.96) 'American': III. Molto Vivace/Poco Meno Mosso
9. Qt in F, B.179 (Op.96) 'American': IV. Finale: Vivace Ma Non Troppo

Average customer rating: Kind of Amazing Almost painfully beautiful music/playing Absolutely Ravishing! Absolutely Ravishing! Absolutely Incredible!

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Tracks:

1. No. 2, My Homeland: Bohemian Fantasie
2. Old Folks At Home
3. Caprice viennois, Op. 2
4. Humoresque, Op. 101, No.7, In G-Flat
5. Thais: Meditation: (C-8944-2)
6. Thais: Meditation: (C-8944-3)
7. Tambourin chinois, Op.3
8. Liebesleid
9. Liebesfreud: (C-8951-1)
10. Liebesfreud: (C-8951-2)
11. No. 2, My Homeland: Bohemian Fantasie
12. Hungarian Dancer No. 5, In G Minor
13. Variations On A Theme Of Corelli
14. Caprice viennois, Op. 2
15. Moment Musical, D.780 - 3
16. Les fetes d'Hebe: Tambourin
17. Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: Chant sans paroles, No. 3
18. Chanson - Meditation
19. Partita No. 3, BWV 1006, In E Major: Gavotte
20. Orphee et Euridice: Melodie and Andante from 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits'
21. Schon Rosmarin
22. Andantino
23. Chanson Louis XIII And Pavane

Tracks:

1. Partita No. 3, BWV 1006, In E: Preludio
2. Liebesleid
3. Berceuse
4. Chanson - Meditation
5. Ombra mai fu: Largo
6. Aus Wien
7. No. 1, Songs Without Words, Op. 62 - Lieder ohne Worte - Romancess sans paroles: May Breezes
8. Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser: Austrian Imperial Hymn
9. No. 5 Of 7 Melodies: Angel's Serenade
10. Le Nil
11. Jocelyn: Lullaby - Berceuse
12. Ave Maria, D.839
13. Humoresque, Op. 101, No.7, In G Flat
14. Standchen, No. 4, Schwanengesang, D957: Serenade
15. Cavalleria Rusticana (Adapted From The Intermezzo): Ave Maria
16. (Melody Adapted From) Bach's Prelude No. 1, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book. I: Ave Maria
17. Larghetto, Sonatina, Op. 100, In G: Indian Lament
18. Concerto For Two Violins, BWV 1043, In D Minor: Vivace
19. Concerto For Two Violins, BWV 1043, In D Minor: Largo ma non tanto
20. Concerto For Two Violins, BWV 1043, In D Minor: Allegro

Tracks:

1. Aus Wien
2. Songs Without Words, Op.62: May Breezes, No. 1
3. Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser: Austrian Imperial Hymn
4. Op.46, No. 2 And Op.72, No.1 In G Minor: Slavonic Dance
5. Slavonic Dance, Op.72, No.2, In E Minor
6. The Rosary
7. Serenade espagnole
8. Tambourin chinois, Op.3
9. Mazurka, Op.67, No.4, In A Minor
10. Mighty Lak' a Rose
11. La serenata
12. Connais-tu le pays?
13. Serenata
14. Carme
15. Ballgerfluster, Lieder, Op.73: Flirtation, No.2
16. No.27, Lieder, Op.326: Calm As The Night
17. No.3, Souvenir de Hapsal, Op.2: Chant sans paroles
18. Partita, No.3, BWV 1006, In E Major: Gavotte
19. Wienerisch (Impression No. 12)
20. (Based On 'Du alter Stefansturm' From 'Der liebe Augustin' By Johan Brandl: The Old Refrain
21. Andaluza, Op.37, No.5: Spanish Dance
22. Berceuse romantique, Op.9
23. Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op.55, No.4
24. Thais: Meditation

Tracks:

1. Liebesfreud
2. Aubade provencale (In The Style Of Couperin)
3. OId Folks At Home
4. Hungarian Dance No.5 In G Minor
5. No.2 from My Homeland: Bohemian Fantasie
6. Serenade
7. Les contes d'Hoffman: Barcarolle
8. Quartet, Op.11: Andante cantabile
9. Quintet, B. 11, No.5 In E Major: Minuet
10. Rondino On A Theme By Beethoven
11. L'Arlesienne: Adagietto
12. Underneath The Stars
13. The Big Show: Poor Butterfly
14. Rosamunde: Ballet Music No.2
15. Dream Of Youth
16. Minuet, Op.14, No.1 (Paraphrase By Kreisler)
17. Polichinelle
18. Moment misical, D.780-3
19. Les fetes d'Hebe: Tambourin
20. Beautiful Ohio
21. Paradise
22. La gitana
23. Gypsy Serenade
24. Sadko: Song Of India

Tracks:

1. Forsaken
2. No.1, Bandana Sketches, Op.12: Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen
3. Homoresque, Op.101, No.7 In G-Flat
4. When Night Descends, Op.4, No.3
5. O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair, Op.4, No.4
6. The Last Hour, Op.34, No.6
7. Since You Went Away
8. Apple Blossoms: Who Can Tell?
9. Mary: The Love Nest
10. On Miami Shore
11. No.6, Lyric Pieces, Op.43: To Spring
12. Waltz, Op.39, No.15 In A Major
13. Melody In A Major
14. Toy Soldiers' March
15. Aucassin And Nicolette
16. Souvinir
17. Le Coq d'Or: Hymn To The Sun
18. Scheherazade, Mvt.III (adapted By Kreisler): Chanson arabe
19. Lotus Land, Op.47, No.1
20. Pale Moon (Indian Love Song)
21. Scheherazade, Mvt. IV (Adapted By Kreisler): Danse orientale
22. Cherry Ripe
23. Entr'acte, Op.46, No.2
24. Mazurka, Op.33, No.2 In A Major

Tracks:

1. Melodie, Op.16, No.2
2. Der Opernball: Im Chambre separee: Midnight Bells
3. Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses
4. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
5. Concerto, Op.35 In D Major: II. Canzonetta
6. Elegie slave, Morceaux, Op.53: Slavonic Lament, No.1
7. Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle': Menuet
8. Old French Gavotte
9. Poupee valsante
10. Molly On The Shore
11. Pierrot's Dance Song
12. Thais: Meditation
13. Slavonic Dance, Op.72, No.2 In E Minor
14. Dirge Of The North
15. The Old Refrain
16. Minuet, Op.14, No.1
17. Melody In A Major
18. Orange Blossoms: A Kiss In The Dark
19. Ombra mai fu: Largo
20. Caprice viennois, Op.2
21. Chansonette
22. Souvenir de Hapsal, Op.2: Chant sans paroles No.3
23. Symphonie espagnole, Op.21: Scherzando
24. Caprice antique
25. Legend Of The Canyon

Tracks:

1. Two Russian Folk Songs
2. Aloha Oe
3. American Indian Songs, Op.45: From The Land Of The Sky-Blue Water, No.1
4. 'New World' Symphony (Adapted By Kreisler): Negro Spiritual Melody
5. Menuets BWV Anh 114 & 115, Anna Magdalena Notebook: Menuet
6. La ritrovata figlia di Ottone II: Gavotte, No.22
7. The Student Prince: Deep In My Heart, Dear
8. Rose Marie: Indian Love Call
9. Andantino
10. At Dawning
11. Kreisler Serenade
12. Invocation
13. The Rose And The Nightingale, No.2, Songs, Op.2: Oriental Romance
14. Pieces, Op.10: Humoresque, No.2
15. Daisies, Op.38, No.3: Albumblatt
16. Frasquita: Hab' ein blaues Himmelbett: Serenade
17. Caprice viennois, Op.2
18. Liebesfreud
19. Liebesleid: (CVE-8950-6)
20. Liebesleid: (CVE-8950-7)
21. Blue Skies
22. Dance Of The Maidens, Op.48
23. Shepherd's Madrigal

Tracks:

1. Gypsy Caprice
2. Schon Rosmarin
3. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Cancion, No.6
4. Espana, Op.165: Malaguena, No.3
5. Humoresque, Op.101, No.7 In G-Flat
6. Petite Suite: En bateau, No.2
7. Ruralia hungerica, Op.32c: Presto
8. Ruralia hungerica, Op.32c: Gypsy Andante (Andante rubato, alla zingaresca)
9. Ruralia hungerica, Op.32c: Molto vivace
10. Preludes, Book I, No.8: The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
11. Souvenir
12. Thais: Meditation: (CVE-8944-8)
13. Thais: Meditation: (CVE-8944-9)
14. Mighty Lak' A Rose
15. The Rosary
16. Old Folks At Home
17. La Vida breve: Danza espagnola
18. Espana, Op.165: Tango, No.2
19. Tambourin chinois, Op.3
20. Dance Of The Marionette
21. Rapsodie espagnole: Habanera
22. Nocturnal Tangier
23. Rondino On A Theme By Beethoven

Tracks:

1. Sonata, Op. 30, No.3 In G Major: Allegro assai
2. Sonata, Op. 30, No.3 In G Major: Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
3. Sonata, Op. 30, No.3 In G Major: Allegro vivace
4. Sonata, Op.45, In C Minor: Allegro molto ed appassionato
5. Sonata, Op.45, In C Minor: Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
6. Sonata, Op.45, In C Minor: Allegro animato
7. Sonata, D.574, In A Major: Allegro moderato
8. Sonata, D.574, In A Major: Scherzo: Presto; Trio
9. Sonata, D.574, In A Major: Andantino
10. Sonata, D.574, In A Major: Allegro vivace

Tracks:

1. Op.46, No.2 And Op.72, No.1: Slavonic Dance (In G Minor)
2. Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No.8 In G Major
3. Der Oppernball: Im Chambre separee: Midnight Bells
4. Sonatina, Op.100 In G Major: Indian Lament
5. Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op.55, No.4
6. Piece en forme de habenera
7. Londonerrry Air
8. Chanson Louis XIII And Pavane (In The Style Of Couperin)
9. Schon Rosmarin
10. (Based On) 'Du alter Stefansturm' From 'Die Liebe Augustin' By Johann Brandl: The Old Refrain
11. Siete canciones populares spanolas: Jota, No.4
12. Orphee et Euridice (Andante From 'Dance Of The Blessed Spirits'): Melodie
13. Polichinelle
14. La Precieuse (In The Style Of Couperin)
15. Rosamunde: Ballet Music No.2
16. Mvt. I, Concerto No.1 In D Major (Arranged By Kreisler): Concerto In One Movement

Tracks:

1. Caprice viennois, Op.2
2. Tambourin chinois
3. Liebesfreud
4. Liebesleid
5. La gitana
6. Schon Rosmarin
7. Concerto In C Major (In The Style Of Vivaldi): Allegro energico ma non troppo
8. Concerto In C Major (In The Style Of Vivaldi): Andante doloroso
9. Concerto In C Major (In The Style Of Vivaldi): Allegro molto
10. Rondino On A Theme By Beethoven
11. The Old Refrain
12. Londonderry Air
13. Der Opernball: Im Chambre separee: Midnight Bells
14. Marche miniature viennoise
15. Rondo all'ongarese, Trio H.XV, No.25: Hungarian Rondo
16. Chanson Louis XIII And Pavane (In The Style Of Couperin)
17. The Rosary
18. The King Steps Out: Stars In My Eyes
19. RCA Victor Orchestra: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantsietta

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Music Track:

1. Dvorák: Symphony No. 9/String Quartet Op.96
2. Dvorak: Complete Slavonic Dances
3. Edwin Fischer plays Bach, Vol. 1
4. First & Second Sonatas for Viola & Piano
5. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Earl Wild, piano); An American In Paris; Piano Concerto in F (Oscar Levant, piano) - recorded by Arturo Toscanini & the NBC Symphony Orchestra
6. Goldmann: Piano Concerto/Symphony No.4
7. Grieg & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos
8. Hallelujah Handel
9. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351; Water Music Suite No1 HWV348
10. Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass

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