The Instruments of the Orchestra [Box Set]

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1 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: "Oh! to be a conductor..." Includes excerpt from Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser 2:06
2 Domna, pos vos ay chausida: Excerpt 0:28
3 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. 1:19
4 Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 7 1:39
5 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented 0:45
6 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: Adagio (excerpt) 1:08
7 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. 0:17
8 L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments: Triumphal March of the Devil (excerpt) 0:45
9 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin 0:43
10 Csárdás, for violin & piano 3:33
11 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The violin and the imitation of nature 0:23
12 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269: No. 1. (excerpt) 0:35
13 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite 0:09
14 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315: No. 1. (excerpt) 0:41
15 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise. 0:18
16 Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano 1:55
17 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin 0:15
18 Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra): Excerpt 0:51
19 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just jet. 0:15
20 Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24: Excerpt 0:48
21 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The many effects of the string tremolando. Includes excerpt from Bach's Brandenburg Concert 1:57
22 Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: No. 7 1:06
23 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime 0:22
24 Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 4. (excerpt) 0:46
25 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice 0:14
26 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297: No. 1 (excerpt) 0:57
27 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The violin muted 0:31
28 Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3 1:41
29 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays 0:30
30 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467: excerpt 1:26
31 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The pizzicato violin 0:38
32 Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234 2:29
33 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato 0:26
34 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: Excerpt 2:02
35 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Varieties of pizzicato. Includes excerpt from Kabalevsky's Colas Breugon; Warlock's Capriol 3:09
36 The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Mars - The bringer of War (excerpt) 1:27
37 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The technique of double-stopping enables the violin to play duets with itself. Includes exc 2:09
38 Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 4 3:51
39 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Double-stopping is a standerd feature of a lot of folk music 0:14
40 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293: Movement 1. (excerpt) 0:37
41 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world 0:30
42 Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt 0:49
43 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet. 0:20
44 Cadenza for Brahms Violin Concerto: Excerpt 0:44
45 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Now compare that with a real violin duet 0:12
46 Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 1: Teasing Song 0:52
47 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Another Duo by Bartök, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register 0:10
48 Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 2: Maypole Dance 0:40
49 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history 0:17
50 Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043: Largo 6:43
51 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this wierd passage? 0:42
52 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19: Movement 2 (excerpt) 0:34
53 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling 0:29
54 Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan"): Movement 1. (opening) 1:33
55 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring 0:11
56 The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 2. No. 15. Entr'acte (excerpt) 0:33
57 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation 0:29
58 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Beauty and the Beast (excerpt) 0:36
59 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Stravinsky's harmonies in The Firebirg transport us almost into another world. Includes exc 0:46
60 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The Natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab" 0:32
61 Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Of the Afterworldsmen (excerpt) 0:55
62 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt 0:14
63 Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: No. 4 1:10
64 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood 0:11
65 Sea Interludes (4) from Peter Grimes, for orchestra, Op. 33a: Dawn (excerpt) 1:08
66 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance 0:12
67 Elfenreigen, for salon orchestra: Excerpt 1:29
68 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Introduction to the viola 0:42
69 Concerto for viola, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9: Movement 1 2:46
70 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Khatchaturian gets a very different sound from it: fuller, fruitier, more exotic 0:14
71 Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1: Armen's Solo (excerpt) 1:15
72 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register is also available to the viola 0:39
73 Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"): excerpt 1:00
74 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The viola can bring a special, rich tranginess to pizzicato that the violins lack. I 1:03
75 Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), symphony for viola & orchestra, H. 68 (Op. 16): No. 4 (excerpt) 2:00
76 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorák 0:34
77 Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152: No. 9 3:00
78 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler 0:40
79 Symphony No. 4 in G major: Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:13
80 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The "period" viola in Bach 1:05
81 Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051: Allegro 5:18
82 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The cello: a voice of unique nobility 0:28
83 Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude 2:30
84 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Brahms and the "soul" of the cello 0:19
85 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83: Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:04
86 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register 0:27
87 Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu 3:03
88 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever 0:14
89 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55: Finale (excerpt) 0:46
90 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement 0:33
91 Elfentanz for cello & piano, Op 39 "Dance of the Elves" 2:55
92 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cello used in its highest register 0:10
93 The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: Opening (excerpt) 2:54
94 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flamencan 0:15
95 Flamenco 2:48
96 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range 0:31
97 Suite for cello solo: Sardana (excerpt) 1:08
98 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own 0:21
99 Pieces (2) for cello & piano, Op. 2: No. 2, Oriental Dance (excerpt) 1:32
100 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: It was to the cellos that Beethoven gave two of his most famous themes. Includes exc 0:54
101 Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: Finale (excerpt) 0:54
102 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Introduction to the double-bass 0:43
103 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Elephant 1:32
104 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: but the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful 0:10
105 Elegy for double bass & piano No. 1 in D major: excerpt 2:37
106 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The range of the double-bass is the greatest of all the string instruments. Includes 0:47
107 Capriccio di Bravura for double bass & piano: Excerpt 4:42
108 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Double-bass solos in orchestral scores are rare but often memorable. Includes excerp 1:33
109 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The Double-bass muted in Prokofiev. Includes excerpt from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kij 2:25
110 Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67: Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:20
111 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The antiquity and magic of the flute 0:20
112 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86: Excerpt 3:19
113 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The versatility and agility of the flute 0:21
114 Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie (excerpt) 1:18
115 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The flute in fifteenth-century Spain 0:24
116 Sa'dâwî: Excerpt 0:55
117 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Other flutes: the bass and alto 0:29
118 Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41: excerpt 1:12
119 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The piccolo - aptly named 0:19
120 La Naissance d'Osiris ou La Fête Pamilie, acte de ballet: No. 6 (excerpt) 0:47
121 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its descendants in the twentieth 0:09
122 Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: Valse (excerpt) 0:54
123 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: A variety of techniques 0:19
124 Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41: excerpt 0:31
125 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty years before 0:28
126 Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. No. 2. Scène (excerpt) 0:44
127 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque recorder 0:40
128 Overture, suite for recorder (or flute), strings & continuo in A minor, TWV 55:a2: Menuet II 2:12
129 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: An unfamiliar, early version of the instrument 0:23
130 Needles, needles 1:09
131 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Bachian oboe 0:35
132 Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," BWV 80 (BC A183): No. 7. Duetto (excerpt) 3:34
133 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Introduction to the cor anglais or "English horn" 0:41
134 Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5): Movement 2 (excerpt) 1:24
135 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The loneliness of the cor anglais 0:11
136 The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemminkäinen Suite No. 3), Op. 22/3: Excerpt 1:49
137 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn 0:17
138 Symphony No. 22 in E flat major ("Philosopher"), H. 1/22: Opening (excerpt) 1:43
139 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but also of Ravel 0:22
140 Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt 0:50
141 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Clarinet family: boxing the compass, from the depths of the bass clarinet... Include 0:37
142 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: ... to the shrill and complaining.... Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petrushka (No. 1:38
143 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tends to be soft 0:18
144 Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1: No. 5 (excerpt) 0:54
145 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The bass clarinet is used by most composers mainly as a colouring agent.... Includes exc 1:44
146 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high 0:14
147 The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12: Scene 5: Melodrama (excerpt) 1:17
148 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: ... and quite low 0:05
149 Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: The Cat (excerpt) 0:45
150 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The clarinet as concerto soloist 0:19
151 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: Rondo (excerpt) 2:48
152 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: but that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this is: 0:16
153 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: Rondo (excerpt) 2:47
154 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Introduction to the saxophone 1:06
155 Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra: No. 4 (excerpt) 1:03
156 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it 0:09
157 L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: Minuet (excerpt) 1:17
158 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The little sopranino sax goes even higher 0:12
159 Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt 0:53
160 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestration by Ravel 0:16
161 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: The Old Castle (excerpt) 0:55
162 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The saxophhone can be quite contagiously good-humored 0:11
163 Sax-O-Phun for saxophone & piano: Excerpt 0:22
164 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon 0:25
165 Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: Grandfather (excerpt) 0:46
166 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: the Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode 0:20
167 Cantata No. 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata"), BWV 202 (BC G41): Aria No. 1 (excerpt) 1:19
168 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Bizet leaves the puffa-puffa image out, allowing the bassoon to sing. Includes excerpt f 0:56
169 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: And Ravel, also in spanish mode, does likewise 0:16
170 Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt 0:59
171 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed desolate loneliness 0:15
172 Symphony No. 3: Opening (excerpt) 1:03
173 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The eerie bassoon in its highest register 0:15
174 Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Opening (excerpt) 0:58
175 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and melancholy 0:21
176 L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Berceuse (excerpt) 1:01
177 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggeration 0:14
178 Bassoon Concerto in G minor: Finale (excerpt) 2:02
179 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: the deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast 0:28
180 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Beauty and the Beast (excerpt) 1:30
181 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The French horn under its woodwind hat 0:25
182 Wind Quintet, FS 100 (Op. 43): Last movement (excerpt) 1:42
183 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from an earlier era 0:12
184 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: No. 2 (excerpt) 1:32
185 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another quintet 0:16
186 Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas & cello in E flat major, K. 407 (K. 386c): Finale 3:55
187 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as virtuoso soloist 1:02
188 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Allegro assai 2:37
189 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The special brilliance of paired trumpets 0:19
190 Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537: No. 1 2:54
191 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The ceremonial trumpet 0:36
192 Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3): Excerpt 1:25
193 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance 0:34
194 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: The Trumpet Shall Sound 4:10
195 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the most lonely 0:38
196 Concerto in F, for piano & orchestra: Excerpt 1:14
197 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as the voice of the city. Includes excerpt from Gershwin's An American in Paris; 2:05
198 Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Habanera (excerpt) 0:55
199 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage 0:13
200 Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Toreador's Song (excerpt) 2:20
201 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet muted. Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petrushka (No. 4. The Blackamoor); Pro 1:41
202 Billy the Kid, ballet: Excerpt 1:16
203 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as a character actor 0:31
204 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: No. 6 2:25
205 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as the voice of God 0:15
206 Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Et exspecto 4:35
207 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The birth of the trombone 0:38
208 Aenmerckt nu hier 1:36
209 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The birth of the brass as a family 1:24
210 Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 12: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni for 10 parts 3:18
211 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombone in the eighteenth century 0:36
212 Trombone Concerto in B flat: Finale 3:06
213 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The tone of the tenor trombone. Includes excerpt from Höser's Romance for Trombone and Organ 2:18
214 Hosannah (Alleluja del Cantico del sol), for organ & trombone ad lib, S. 677 (LW F2): Excerpt 1:20
215 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombones become part of the orchestra 0:47
216 Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67: Finale (excerpt) 2:46
217 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The Wagnerian trombone. Includes excerpt from Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser 1:04
218 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombone as a caricaturist 0:13
219 Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: No. 19: Vivo (excerpt) 1:37
220 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombone as raspberry. Includes excerpt from Bartók's Conceto for Orchestra (Intermezzo) 1:46
221 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The horn and the hunt 0:40
222 Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495: Finale 3:39
223 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The challenging horn of the Baroque 0:42
224 Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique: Menuet 1:20
225 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time 0:24
226 Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: Minuet 1 1:57
227 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The horn as magician. Includes excerpt fron Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (1919 version) (fina 0:59
228 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: horns and the sound of nobility 0:12
229 Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Overutre: Opening (excerpt) 0:56
230 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: the special sound of the horn in its higher register 0:11
231 Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Quoniam tu solus sanctus 4:15
232 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet-like sound of massed horns 0:21
233 Symphony No. 3 in D minor: Movement 1 (opening) (excerpt) 0:38
234 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The tuba - Unfairly maligned? 0:49
235 Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111: Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:07
236 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel 0:26
237 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Bydlo 3:00
238 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introduction. And we begin with a bang 1:02
239 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The bass drum on the battlefields. Includes excerpt from Copland's Fanfare for the Comm 1:03
240 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: At the opposite extreme is the triangle 0:26
241 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4): Scherzo (excerpt) 1:21
242 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side drum 0:36
243 La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), opera: Overture: Opening (excerpt) 0:52
244 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The side drum in an effective but unexpected role. Includes excerpt from Nielsen's Clar 1:08
245 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world 0:21
246 Den hoboecken dans 1:43
247 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Even older is the originally oriental gong 0:28
248 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Laideronette (excerpt) 1:00
249 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: No single instrument can match the gong in evoking the breaking of waves. Includes exce 1:00
250 Gymnopedie for piano No. 2 1:02
251 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The cymbals are generally discovered early in life. Includes excerpt from Elgar's The S 1:28
252 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Other untuned percussion instruments include the whip. Includes excerpt from Ravel's Pi 1:05
253 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: More versatile than the whip are the wood blocks.... Includes studio example 0:31
254 Rodeo, ballet: Hoe-Down (excerpt) 0:44
255 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Related to the wood blocks, by sound, are the castanets. Includes excerpt from Glinka's 1:09
256 Damigella tutta bella, madrigal for 3 voices (from Scherzi musicali), SV 235: Excerpt 1:50
257 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain 0:30
258 Yo m'enamori d'un ayre, song 1:06
259 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The birth of the bongo 0:33
260 Symphonic Dances (9) from "West Side Story", for orchestra (orchestrated with Ramin & Kostal): Excerpt 1:39
261 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: From the streets of New York to the blacksmith's shop. Includes excerpt rom Verdi's Il 1:08
262 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Desert-island decibels. Includes excerpt from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (On the Trail) 1:27
263 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: From one vegetable to another: the humble squash, or marrow. Includes excerpt from Monc 1:20
264 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani 0:14
265 Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Introduction (excerpt) 1:48
266 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: But the drum roll can be more effectively frightening than the big band. Includes excer 0:29
267 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Not one drum roll, but many. Includes excerpt from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise) 0:37
268 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Taking advantage of tunability 0:22
269 Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: Movement 2 (excerpt) 2:25
270 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin takes a downward turn. Includes excerpt from Shch 1:01
271 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the glockenspiel. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (Carmen's 1:15
272 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Saint-Saëns and the xylophone 0:16
273 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Fossils 1:18
274 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Ravel and the xylophone 0:11
275 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Laideronette 2:37
276 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the marimba. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (First Intermez 0:38
277 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the vibraphone 0:20
278 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, film score: Narange dolce 1:25
279 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The vibraphone goes Russian.... Includes excerpts from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (Carmen 0:57
280 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom 0:23
281 Work(s): Folk Dances 3:00
282 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra 0:10
283 Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra: No. 3 (excerpt) 1:30
284 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the tubular bells 0:17
285 Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra: Viennese Musical Clock 2:04
286 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin 0:06
287 Carmen-Suite (based on themes of Georges Bizet): Introduction 1:08
288 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: But the bells can also make the sinister even more sinister. Includes excerpt from Vaug 0:38
289 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the celeste 0:14
290 Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 2:10
291 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Magic, in the use of collective percussion 0:19
292 Miroirs, for piano (or orchestra): La Vallée des cloches 1:39
293 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Plucked instruments: the 'undercover percussion'. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Car 1:25
294 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: A prime case in point is the harp, irresistible to the Romantics. Includes excerpt from 1:16
295 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra 0:48
296 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Andante 3:11
297 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The piano: king of the tuned percussion. Includes excerpt from Saint-Saëns' Symphony No 1:28
298 Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Russian Dance 4:28
299 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra 0:23
300 Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: Last mvt 5:06
301 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all 0:18
302 Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78: Finale (excerpt) 1:49
303 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: But things in Handel's day were very different 0:15
304 Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291: Last movement 3:44
305 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The organ is difficult to classify 0:24
306 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: An unexpected, organ-related guest 0:14
307 Concerto in C "Zampogna": last mvt 1:59
308 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Peasant-fancying... and a touch of the roaming cowboy 0:40
309 Les Miserables, musical: Drink with Me (excerpt) 1:02
310 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Outside artefacts and the power of association. Includes excerpt from Mozart's German 1:16
311 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Mahler's sleighbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (opening) 0:47
312 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: In another symphony Mahler used cowbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's Symphony No. 0:53
313 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: A roll-call of some unusual guests. Includes excerpt from Anderson's The Typewriter; S 2:46
314 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Chains, and more. Includes excerpt from Varèse's Intégrales; Gershwin's An American in 2:35
315 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Purpose-built oddities: wind machines. Includes excerpts from Vaughan Williams' Sympho 1:42
316 Don Quixote, fantastic variations for cello & orchestra, Op. 35 (TrV 184): Variation VIII 1:13
317 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: National calling cards: the guitar for Spain. Includes excerpt from Rodrigo's Conciert 0:56
318 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: And the guitar's poor American relative, the banjo. Includes excerpt from Seeger's Was 0:19
319 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: And poorer still, the mouth organ. Includes excerpt from Steiner's The Treasure of the 0:18
320 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The Balalaika for Russia. Includes excerpt from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, N 0:13
321 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The maracas for Mexico. Includes excerpt from Sanchez's The Treasure of the Sierra Mad 0:18
322 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums for Africa and Central Ame 0:26
323 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The sitar for India. Includes excerpt from Evening Raga: Bhapoli 0:17
324 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The accordion for France (especially Paris). Includes excerpt from Ferré's Paris canai 0:20
325 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The zither for Vienna. Includes excerpt from Kárás's The Third Man (Theme) 0:25
326 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The cimbalom for Hungary. Includes excerpt from Traditional Hungarian Folk Dances 0:21
327 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The guitar as an integral part of the orchestra. Includes excerpt from Albéniz's Ronde 1:20
328 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: there are whole orchestras of balalaikas. Includes excerpt from Traditional Russian so 1:02
329 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The effect of the wordless human voice, used purely as an instrument. Includes excerpt 1:27
330 Sirènes, for female chorus & orchestra (Nocturne No. 3), L. 91/3: Unspecified excerpt 4:15
331 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo 0:42
332 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Cuckoo 1:46
333 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The flute as an all-purpose aviary 0:14
334 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Aviary 1:08
335 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The oboe as a duck 0:36
336 Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: The Duck 1:55
337 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The recording of reality. Does it work as well? 0:12
338 Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: The Pines of the Janiculum (excerpt) 1:17
339 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises 0:32
340 Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61: Excerpt (movement 2) 1:12
341 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail 0:26
342 Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68: Andante molto mosso (excerpt) 1:12
343 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Some improbable casting: the violin as braying donkey 0:33
344 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Persons with Long Ears 0:47
345 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with 0:09
346 A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21: Excerpt 0:29
347 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: A thunderstorm in a million 0:17
348 Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68: Allegro - Allegretto (excerpt) 3:57
349 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The instrumental depiction of a silent world 2:07
350 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Aquarium 2:20
351 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Saint-Saëns' menagerie takes a curtain call 0:24
352 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Finale 2:09
353 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins 1:20
354 Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 4 0:47
355 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A greater contrast, both pitch and character: violin and viola 0:27
356 Duo for violin & viola No. 2 in B flat major, K. 424: Finale. Variations 1 & 2 2:18
357 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola, and cello 0:12
358 String Trio in B flat major, D. 581: Menuetto (excerpt) 1:09
359 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string quartet: two violins, viola, and cello 0:20
360 String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Excerpt (Movement 3) 1:53
361 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola 0:30
362 Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 5 in D major ("String Quintet No. 5"), K. 593: Adagio (excerpt) 2:21
363 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello 0:19
364 Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): Movement 3 (excerpt) 2:12
365 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos 0:16
366 String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18: Movement 2 (excerpt) 1:27
367 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string octet: the standard string quartet times two 0:20
368 Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20: Movement 1 (excerpt) 2:16
369 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra 0:15
370 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major ("Lobgesang", "Hymn of Praise"), Op. 52: Finale (excerpt) 2:12
371 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The massed strings of a symphony orchestra 0:37
372 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras: Excerpt 2:58
373 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section 0:44
374 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Theme 1:10
375 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share 0:05
376 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 1:28
377 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon 0:07
378 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Variation 2 1:08
379 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: in Variation Three the oboe leads 0:13
380 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Variation 3 1:12
381 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture 0:07
382 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Variation 4 1:17
383 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet 0:04
384 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Variation 5 1:12
385 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute 0:07
386 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Variation 6 1:22
387 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Individual farewells and a closing chorus 0:19
388 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5: Variation 7 0:40
389 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass 0:19
390 Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings in F major, D. 803 (Op. posth. 166): Movement 3 (excerpt) 2:01
391 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart 0:34
392 Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (K. 186a): Finale (excerpt) 3:32
393 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew 0:34
394 Canzon No. 28 ("Sol sol la sol fa mi"), for 8 parts 1:39
395 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team 0:58
396 Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67: Finale (excerpt) 4:28
397 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler 0:27
398 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever. 0:47
399 Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic"): Movement 1 (excerpt) 1:44
400 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak 1:04
401 Symphony No. 1 in D minor for soloists, chorus, brass bands & orchestra, "The Gothic": VI: Te ergo quaesumus (excerpt) 1:43
402 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy 1:10
403 Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: Gigues (excerpt) 1:50
404 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still 2:41
405 Turangalîla-symphonie, for piano, ondes martenot & orchestra, I/29: Chant d'amour 1 (excerpt) 1:14
406 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The advent of the 'early music' movement brings a new vitality and freshness 0:57
407 Xerxès, ballet (for F. Cavalli's "Serse"), LWV 12: Gavotte en rondeau (excerpt) 0:47
408 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes? 1:35
409 Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043: Largo (excerpt) 2:13
410 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A speculative look ahead. Includes excerpt from Bach's Mass in B minor 3:24

Tracks auf diesem Album

# Titel Dauer
1 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: "Oh! to be a conductor..." Includes excerpt from Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser 2:06
2 Domna, pos vos ay chausida - Excerpt :28
3 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us. 1:19
4 Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 - Hungarian Dance No. 7 1:39
5 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented :45
6 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Adagio (excerpt) 1:08
7 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. :17
8 L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments - Triumphal March of the Devil (excerpt) :45
9 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin :43
10 Csárdás, for violin & piano 3:33
11 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The violin and the imitation of nature :23
12 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 - No. 1. (excerpt) :35
13 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite :09
14 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315 - No. 1. (excerpt) :41
15 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise. :18
16 Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano 1:55
17 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin :15
18 Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra) - Excerpt :51
19 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just jet. :15
20 Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24 - Excerpt :48
21 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The many effects of the string tremolando. Includes excerpt from Bach's Brandenburg Concert 1:57
22 Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10 - No. 7 1:06
23 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime :22
24 Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64 - Act 4. (excerpt) :46
25 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice :14
26 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297 - No. 1 (excerpt) :57
27 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The violin muted :31
28 Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3 1:41
29 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays :30
30 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467 - excerpt 1:26
31 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The pizzicato violin :38
32 Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234 2:29
33 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato :26
34 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 - Excerpt 2:02
35 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Varieties of pizzicato. Includes excerpt from Kabalevsky's Colas Breugon; Warlock's Capriol 3:09
36 The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 - Mars - The bringer of War (excerpt) 1:27
37 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The technique of double-stopping enables the violin to play duets with itself. Includes exc 2:09
38 Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 - Hungarian Dance No. 4 3:51
39 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Double-stopping is a standerd feature of a lot of folk music :14
40 Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293 - Movement 1. (excerpt) :37
41 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world :30
42 Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt :49
43 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet. :20
44 Cadenza for Brahms Violin Concerto - Excerpt :44
45 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Now compare that with a real violin duet :12
46 Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104 - No. 1: Teasing Song :52
47 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Another Duo by Bartök, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register :10
48 Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104 - No. 2: Maypole Dance :40
49 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history :17
50 Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 - Largo 6:43
51 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this wierd passage? :42
52 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 - Movement 2 (excerpt) :34
53 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical and unsettling :29
54 Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") - Movement 1. (opening) 1:33
55 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is both strange and daring :11
56 The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 - Act 2. No. 15. Entr'acte (excerpt) :33
57 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transformation :29
58 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Beauty and the Beast (excerpt) :36
59 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Stravinsky's harmonies in The Firebirg transport us almost into another world. Includes exc :46
60 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: The Natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emotional "grab" :32
61 Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) - Of the Afterworldsmen (excerpt) :55
62 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the energy of a young colt :14
63 Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10 - No. 4 1:10
64 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a very different mood :11
65 Sea Interludes (4) from Peter Grimes, for orchestra, Op. 33a - Dawn (excerpt) 1:08
66 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Violin: To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elfin dance :12
67 Elfenreigen, for salon orchestra - Excerpt 1:29
68 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Introduction to the viola :42
69 Concerto for viola, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9 - Movement 1 2:46
70 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Khatchaturian gets a very different sound from it: fuller, fruitier, more exotic :14
71 Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1 - Armen's Solo (excerpt) 1:15
72 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper register is also available to the viola :39
73 Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes") - excerpt 1:00
74 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The viola can bring a special, rich tranginess to pizzicato that the violins lack. I 1:03
75 Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), symphony for viola & orchestra, H. 68 (Op. 16) - No. 4 (excerpt) 2:00
76 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvorák :34
77 Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152 - No. 9 3:00
78 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra in Mahler :40
79 Symphony No. 4 in G major - Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:13
80 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The "period" viola in Bach 1:05
81 Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 - Allegro 5:18
82 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The cello: a voice of unique nobility :28
83 Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 - Prelude 2:30
84 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Brahms and the "soul" of the cello :19
85 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 - Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:04
86 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cello's lower register :27
87 Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) - Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu 3:03
88 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fundamental as ever :14
89 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55 - Finale (excerpt) :46
90 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in the basement :33
91 Elfentanz for cello & piano, Op 39 "Dance of the Elves" 2:55
92 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cello used in its highest register :10
93 The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra - Opening (excerpt) 2:54
94 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flamencan :15
95 Flamenco 2:48
96 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's range :31
97 Suite for cello solo - Sardana (excerpt) 1:08
98 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: It's in its middle register that the cello really comes into its own :21
99 Pieces (2) for cello & piano, Op. 2 - No. 2, Oriental Dance (excerpt) 1:32
100 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: It was to the cellos that Beethoven gave two of his most famous themes. Includes exc :54
101 Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 - Finale (excerpt) :54
102 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Introduction to the double-bass :43
103 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Elephant 1:32
104 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: but the double-bass can be intensely expressive and graceful :10
105 Elegy for double bass & piano No. 1 in D major - excerpt 2:37
106 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The range of the double-bass is the greatest of all the string instruments. Includes :47
107 Capriccio di Bravura for double bass & piano - Excerpt 4:42
108 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: Double-bass solos in orchestral scores are rare but often memorable. Includes excerp 1:33
109 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Lower Strings: The Double-bass muted in Prokofiev. Includes excerpt from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kij 2:25
110 Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 - Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:20
111 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The antiquity and magic of the flute :20
112 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86 - Excerpt 3:19
113 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The versatility and agility of the flute :21
114 Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - Badinerie (excerpt) 1:18
115 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The flute in fifteenth-century Spain :24
116 Sa'dâwî - Excerpt :55
117 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Other flutes: the bass and alto :29
118 Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41 - excerpt 1:12
119 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The piccolo - aptly named :19
120 La Naissance d'Osiris ou La Fête Pamilie, acte de ballet - No. 6 (excerpt) :47
121 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its descendants in the twentieth :09
122 Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra - Valse (excerpt) :54
123 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: A variety of techniques :19
124 Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41 - excerpt :31
125 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty years before :28
126 Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 - Act 2. No. 2. Scène (excerpt) :44
127 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque recorder :40
128 Overture, suite for recorder (or flute), strings & continuo in A minor, TWV 55:a2 - Menuet II 2:12
129 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: An unfamiliar, early version of the instrument :23
130 Needles, needles 1:09
131 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Bachian oboe :35
132 Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," BWV 80 (BC A183) - No. 7. Duetto (excerpt) 3:34
133 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Introduction to the cor anglais or "English horn" :41
134 Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5) - Movement 2 (excerpt) 1:24
135 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The loneliness of the cor anglais :11
136 The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemminkäinen Suite No. 3), Op. 22/3 - Excerpt 1:49
137 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn :17
138 Symphony No. 22 in E flat major ("Philosopher"), H. 1/22 - Opening (excerpt) 1:43
139 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but also of Ravel :22
140 Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt :50
141 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Clarinet family: boxing the compass, from the depths of the bass clarinet... Include :37
142 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: ... to the shrill and complaining.... Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petrushka (No. 1:38
143 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tends to be soft :18
144 Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1 - No. 5 (excerpt) :54
145 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The bass clarinet is used by most composers mainly as a colouring agent.... Includes exc 1:44
146 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high :14
147 The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12 - Scene 5: Melodrama (excerpt) 1:17
148 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: ... and quite low :05
149 Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 - The Cat (excerpt) :45
150 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The clarinet as concerto soloist :19
151 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 - Rondo (excerpt) 2:48
152 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: but that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this is: :16
153 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 - Rondo (excerpt) 2:47
154 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Introduction to the saxophone 1:06
155 Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra - No. 4 (excerpt) 1:03
156 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it :09
157 L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music - Minuet (excerpt) 1:17
158 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The little sopranino sax goes even higher :12
159 Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt :53
160 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestration by Ravel :16
161 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel - The Old Castle (excerpt) :55
162 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The saxophhone can be quite contagiously good-humored :11
163 Sax-O-Phun for saxophone & piano - Excerpt :22
164 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon :25
165 Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 - Grandfather (excerpt) :46
166 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: the Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode :20
167 Cantata No. 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata"), BWV 202 (BC G41) - Aria No. 1 (excerpt) 1:19
168 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Bizet leaves the puffa-puffa image out, allowing the bassoon to sing. Includes excerpt f :56
169 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: And Ravel, also in spanish mode, does likewise :16
170 Boléro, ballet for orchestra - Excerpt :59
171 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The Bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed desolate loneliness :15
172 Symphony No. 3 - Opening (excerpt) 1:03
173 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The eerie bassoon in its highest register :15
174 Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra - Opening (excerpt) :58
175 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and melancholy :21
176 L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2 - Berceuse (excerpt) 1:01
177 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggeration :14
178 Bassoon Concerto in G minor - Finale (excerpt) 2:02
179 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: the deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast :28
180 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Beauty and the Beast (excerpt) 1:30
181 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The French horn under its woodwind hat :25
182 Wind Quintet, FS 100 (Op. 43) - Last movement (excerpt) 1:42
183 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from an earlier era :12
184 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - No. 2 (excerpt) 1:32
185 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Woodwinds: The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another quintet :16
186 Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas & cello in E flat major, K. 407 (K. 386c) - Finale 3:55
187 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as virtuoso soloist 1:02
188 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 - Allegro assai 2:37
189 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The special brilliance of paired trumpets :19
190 Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537 - No. 1 2:54
191 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The ceremonial trumpet :36
192 Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3) - Excerpt 1:25
193 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance :34
194 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 - The Trumpet Shall Sound 4:10
195 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the most lonely :38
196 Concerto in F, for piano & orchestra - Excerpt 1:14
197 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as the voice of the city. Includes excerpt from Gershwin's An American in Paris; 2:05
198 Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard) - Habanera (excerpt) :55
199 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage :13
200 Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard) - Toreador's Song (excerpt) 2:20
201 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet muted. Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petrushka (No. 4. The Blackamoor); Pro 1:41
202 Billy the Kid, ballet - Excerpt 1:16
203 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as a character actor :31
204 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel - No. 6 2:25
205 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet as the voice of God :15
206 Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) - Et exspecto 4:35
207 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The birth of the trombone :38
208 Aenmerckt nu hier 1:36
209 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The birth of the brass as a family 1:24
210 Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 12: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni for 10 parts 3:18
211 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombone in the eighteenth century :36
212 Trombone Concerto in B flat - Finale 3:06
213 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The tone of the tenor trombone. Includes excerpt from Höser's Romance for Trombone and Organ 2:18
214 Hosannah (Alleluja del Cantico del sol), for organ & trombone ad lib, S. 677 (LW F2) - Excerpt 1:20
215 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombones become part of the orchestra :47
216 Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 - Finale (excerpt) 2:46
217 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The Wagnerian trombone. Includes excerpt from Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser 1:04
218 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombone as a caricaturist :13
219 Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra - No. 19: Vivo (excerpt) 1:37
220 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trombone as raspberry. Includes excerpt from Bartók's Conceto for Orchestra (Intermezzo) 1:46
221 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The horn and the hunt :40
222 Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495 - Finale 3:39
223 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The challenging horn of the Baroque :42
224 Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique - Menuet 1:20
225 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time :24
226 Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348 - Minuet 1 1:57
227 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The horn as magician. Includes excerpt fron Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (1919 version) (fina :59
228 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: horns and the sound of nobility :12
229 Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 - Overutre: Opening (excerpt) :56
230 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: the special sound of the horn in its higher register :11
231 Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) - Quoniam tu solus sanctus 4:15
232 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The trumpet-like sound of massed horns :21
233 Symphony No. 3 in D minor - Movement 1 (opening) (excerpt) :38
234 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The tuba - Unfairly maligned? :49
235 Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111 - Movement 3 (excerpt) 1:07
236 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Brass: The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel :26
237 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel - Bydlo 3:00
238 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introduction. And we begin with a bang 1:02
239 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The bass drum on the battlefields. Includes excerpt from Copland's Fanfare for the Comm 1:03
240 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: At the opposite extreme is the triangle :26
241 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4) - Scherzo (excerpt) 1:21
242 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side drum :36
243 La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), opera - Overture: Opening (excerpt) :52
244 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The side drum in an effective but unexpected role. Includes excerpt from Nielsen's Clar 1:08
245 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the world :21
246 Den hoboecken dans 1:43
247 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Even older is the originally oriental gong :28
248 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Laideronette (excerpt) 1:00
249 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: No single instrument can match the gong in evoking the breaking of waves. Includes exce 1:00
250 Gymnopedie for piano No. 2 1:02
251 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The cymbals are generally discovered early in life. Includes excerpt from Elgar's The S 1:28
252 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Other untuned percussion instruments include the whip. Includes excerpt from Ravel's Pi 1:05
253 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: More versatile than the whip are the wood blocks.... Includes studio example :31
254 Rodeo, ballet - Hoe-Down (excerpt) :44
255 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Related to the wood blocks, by sound, are the castanets. Includes excerpt from Glinka's 1:09
256 Damigella tutta bella, madrigal for 3 voices (from Scherzi musicali), SV 235 - Excerpt 1:50
257 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain :30
258 Yo m'enamori d'un ayre, song 1:06
259 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The birth of the bongo :33
260 Symphonic Dances (9) from "West Side Story", for orchestra (orchestrated with Ramin & Kostal) - Excerpt 1:39
261 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: From the streets of New York to the blacksmith's shop. Includes excerpt rom Verdi's Il 1:08
262 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Desert-island decibels. Includes excerpt from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (On the Trail) 1:27
263 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: From one vegetable to another: the humble squash, or marrow. Includes excerpt from Monc 1:20
264 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani :14
265 Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) - Introduction (excerpt) 1:48
266 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: But the drum roll can be more effectively frightening than the big band. Includes excer :29
267 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Not one drum roll, but many. Includes excerpt from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise) :37
268 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Taking advantage of tunability :22
269 Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 - Movement 2 (excerpt) 2:25
270 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin takes a downward turn. Includes excerpt from Shch 1:01
271 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the glockenspiel. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (Carmen's 1:15
272 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Saint-Saëns and the xylophone :16
273 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - Fossils 1:18
274 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Ravel and the xylophone :11
275 Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra) - Laideronette 2:37
276 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the marimba. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (First Intermez :38
277 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the vibraphone :20
278 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, film score - Narange dolce 1:25
279 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The vibraphone goes Russian.... Includes excerpts from Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (Carmen :57
280 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom :23
281 Work(s) - Folk Dances 3:00
282 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra :10
283 Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra - No. 3 (excerpt) 1:30
284 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the tubular bells :17
285 Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra - Viennese Musical Clock 2:04
286 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin :06
287 Carmen-Suite (based on themes of Georges Bizet) - Introduction 1:08
288 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: But the bells can also make the sinister even more sinister. Includes excerpt from Vaug :38
289 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Introducing the celeste :14
290 Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 2:10
291 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Magic, in the use of collective percussion :19
292 Miroirs, for piano (or orchestra) - La Vallée des cloches 1:39
293 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: Plucked instruments: the 'undercover percussion'. Includes excerpt from Shchedrin's Car 1:25
294 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: A prime case in point is the harp, irresistible to the Romantics. Includes excerpt from 1:16
295 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra :48
296 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 - Andante 3:11
297 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The piano: king of the tuned percussion. Includes excerpt from Saint-Saëns' Symphony No 1:28
298 Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version) - Russian Dance 4:28
299 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Percussion: The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra :23
300 Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 - Last mvt 5:06
301 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all :18
302 Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78 - Finale (excerpt) 1:49
303 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: But things in Handel's day were very different :15
304 Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291 - Last movement 3:44
305 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The organ is difficult to classify :24
306 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: An unexpected, organ-related guest :14
307 Concerto in C "Zampogna" - last mvt 1:59
308 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Peasant-fancying... and a touch of the roaming cowboy :40
309 Les Miserables, musical - Drink with Me (excerpt) 1:02
310 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Outside artefacts and the power of association. Includes excerpt from Mozart's German 1:16
311 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Mahler's sleighbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (opening) :47
312 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: In another symphony Mahler used cowbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's Symphony No. :53
313 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: A roll-call of some unusual guests. Includes excerpt from Anderson's The Typewriter; S 2:46
314 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Chains, and more. Includes excerpt from Varèse's Intégrales; Gershwin's An American in 2:35
315 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Purpose-built oddities: wind machines. Includes excerpts from Vaughan Williams' Sympho 1:42
316 Don Quixote, fantastic variations for cello & orchestra, Op. 35 (TrV 184) - Variation VIII 1:13
317 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: National calling cards: the guitar for Spain. Includes excerpt from Rodrigo's Conciert :56
318 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: And the guitar's poor American relative, the banjo. Includes excerpt from Seeger's Was :19
319 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: And poorer still, the mouth organ. Includes excerpt from Steiner's The Treasure of the :18
320 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The Balalaika for Russia. Includes excerpt from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, N :13
321 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The maracas for Mexico. Includes excerpt from Sanchez's The Treasure of the Sierra Mad :18
322 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums for Africa and Central Ame :26
323 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The sitar for India. Includes excerpt from Evening Raga: Bhapoli :17
324 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The accordion for France (especially Paris). Includes excerpt from Ferré's Paris canai :20
325 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The zither for Vienna. Includes excerpt from Kárás's The Third Man (Theme) :25
326 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The cimbalom for Hungary. Includes excerpt from Traditional Hungarian Folk Dances :21
327 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The guitar as an integral part of the orchestra. Includes excerpt from Albéniz's Ronde 1:20
328 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: there are whole orchestras of balalaikas. Includes excerpt from Traditional Russian so 1:02
329 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The effect of the wordless human voice, used purely as an instrument. Includes excerpt 1:27
330 Sirènes, for female chorus & orchestra (Nocturne No. 3), L. 91/3 - Unspecified excerpt 4:15
331 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo :42
332 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Cuckoo 1:46
333 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The flute as an all-purpose aviary :14
334 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Aviary 1:08
335 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The oboe as a duck :36
336 Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 - The Duck 1:55
337 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The recording of reality. Does it work as well? :12
338 Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141 - The Pines of the Janiculum (excerpt) 1:17
339 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises :32
340 Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61 - Excerpt (movement 2) 1:12
341 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail :26
342 Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 - Andante molto mosso (excerpt) 1:12
343 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Some improbable casting: the violin as braying donkey :33
344 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - Persons with Long Ears :47
345 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with :09
346 A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21 - Excerpt :29
347 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: A thunderstorm in a million :17
348 Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 - Allegro - Allegretto (excerpt) 3:57
349 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: The instrumental depiction of a silent world 2:07
350 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - The Aquarium 2:20
351 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - Interlopers: Saint-Saëns' menagerie takes a curtain call :24
352 Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble - Finale 2:09
353 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins 1:20
354 Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104 - No. 4 :47
355 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A greater contrast, both pitch and character: violin and viola :27
356 Duo for violin & viola No. 2 in B flat major, K. 424 - Finale. Variations 1 & 2 2:18
357 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola, and cello :12
358 String Trio in B flat major, D. 581 - Menuetto (excerpt) 1:09
359 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string quartet: two violins, viola, and cello :20
360 String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1 - Excerpt (Movement 3) 1:53
361 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola :30
362 Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 5 in D major ("String Quintet No. 5"), K. 593 - Adagio (excerpt) 2:21
363 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello :19
364 Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163) - Movement 3 (excerpt) 2:12
365 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos :16
366 String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 - Movement 2 (excerpt) 1:27
367 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The string octet: the standard string quartet times two :20
368 Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20 - Movement 1 (excerpt) 2:16
369 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra :15
370 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major ("Lobgesang", "Hymn of Praise"), Op. 52 - Finale (excerpt) 2:12
371 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The massed strings of a symphony orchestra :37
372 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras - Excerpt 2:58
373 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section :44
374 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Theme 1:10
375 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share :05
376 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 1:28
377 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon :07
378 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 2 1:08
379 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: in Variation Three the oboe leads :13
380 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 3 1:12
381 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture :07
382 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 4 1:17
383 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet :04
384 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 5 1:12
385 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute :07
386 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 6 1:22
387 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Individual farewells and a closing chorus :19
388 Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100/5 - Variation 7 :40
389 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass :19
390 Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings in F major, D. 803 (Op. posth. 166) - Movement 3 (excerpt) 2:01
391 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart :34
392 Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (K. 186a) - Finale (excerpt) 3:32
393 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew :34
394 Canzon No. 28 ("Sol sol la sol fa mi"), for 8 parts 1:39
395 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team :58
396 Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 - Finale (excerpt) 4:28
397 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler :27
398 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever. :47
399 Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic") - Movement 1 (excerpt) 1:44
400 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak 1:04
401 Symphony No. 1 in D minor for soloists, chorus, brass bands & orchestra, "The Gothic" - VI: Te ergo quaesumus (excerpt) 1:43
402 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy 1:10
403 Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122 - Gigues (excerpt) 1:50
404 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still 2:41
405 Turangalîla-symphonie, for piano, ondes martenot & orchestra, I/29 - Chant d'amour 1 (excerpt) 1:14
406 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: The advent of the 'early music' movement brings a new vitality and freshness :57
407 Xerxès, ballet (for F. Cavalli's "Serse"), LWV 12 - Gavotte en rondeau (excerpt) :47
408 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes? 1:35
409 Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 - Largo (excerpt) 2:13
410 The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts - The Orchestra: A speculative look ahead. Includes excerpt from Bach's Mass in B minor 3:24

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