It's the Same Old Song [Import]

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. It's the Same Old Song - Lamont Dozier
2. You Beat Me to the Punch - Retta Young
3. Every Little Bit Hurts - Laura Lee
4. Where Did Our Love Go - Donnie Elbert
5. My Girl - The Whispers
6. Ooh Baby Baby
7. Ain't That Peculiar - Jim Gilstrap
8. One More Heartache - Jim Gilstrap
9. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Continental IV
10. Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo - Shalamar
See all 18 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Uptown Festival - Shalamar
2. Superwoman
3. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Bill Wolfer
4. Message from a Black Man - The Whatnauts
5. This Empty Crowded Room - Flaming Ember
6. Robot in a Robot's World - Flaming Ember
7. Working on a Building of Love - Chairmen of the Board
8. Suddenly It's Yesterday - Freda Payne
9. I Shall Not Be Moved - Barrino Brothers
10. Let It Flow - The Glass House
See all 20 tracks on this disc

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It's the Same Old Song [Import]

It's the Same Old Song [Import]
Songs of Borodin & Dargomîzhsky
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Salon music from 19th Century St Petersburg
Songs of Borodin & Dargomîzhsky

Manufacturer: Conifer
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ASIN: B0000024EK
Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

  1. Song Of The Dark Forest
  2. The Sleeping Princess
  3. The Pretty Girl No Longer Loves Me - Sergei Leiferkus/Semion Skigin/Leonid Gorokhov
  4. Fair Fisherman's Daughter - Sergei Leiferkus/Semion Skigin/Leonid Gorokhov
  5. Listen To My Song, Little Friend - Sergei Leiferkus/Semion Skigin/Leonid Gorokhov
  6. For The Shores Of Thy Far Native Land
  7. Pride
  8. Arabic Melody
  9. The Magic Garden
  10. Those Folk
  11. The Sea Princess
  12. How Well I Remember
  13. I Am In Love, Fair Maiden
  14. The Worm
  15. It Is Both Tedious And Sad
  16. The Night Zephyr
  17. I Am Sad
  18. The Miller
  19. Lullaby
  20. Titular Councillor
  21. It's All The Same to Me
  22. Eastern Romance
  23. The Old Corporal

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Salon music from 19th Century St Petersburg.......1999-05-01

I bought this on the strength of the review in Gramophone Good CD Guide 1999 and wasn't disappointed. The music is excellent, for the genre, and Leiferkus gives a wonderful performance - the only one of these songs currently available.

Playing time 63'14. Texts in romanized Russian not Cyrillic, which is a little offputting for those who read Russian but is better than nothing, which is more common with western record companies' treatment of Russian vocal music, and also translations in English, French and German.
It's the Same Old Song
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    It's the Same Old Song
    The Four Tops
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    ASIN: B0000047ID
    Release Date: 1995-03-14

    Tracks:

    1. It's The Same Old Song
    2. Darling, I Hum Our Song
    3. Then
    4. If I Were A Carpenter
    5. Ask The Lonely
    6. Baby I Need Your Loving
    7. I'll Turn To Stone
    8. Helpless
    9. Never My Love
    10. Stay In My Lonely Arms
    11. Cherish
    It's the Same Old Song
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      It's the Same Old Song
      Four Tops
      Manufacturer: Universal Special Products
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      ASIN: B0000047GY
      Release Date: 1996-10-01

      Tracks:

      1. It's The Same Old Song
      2. Darling, I Hum Our Song
      3. Then
      4. If I Were A Carpenter
      5. Ask The Lonely
      6. Baby I Need Your Loving
      7. I'll Turn To Stone
      8. Helpless
      9. Never My Love
      10. Stay In My Lonely Arms
      11. Cherish
      Flirtation Walk
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      • First Rate Light Music
      Flirtation Walk

      Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion
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      ASIN: B00005UKDH
      Release Date: 2002-03-12

      Tracks:

      1. Yes! We Have No Bananas
      2. Always
      3. Blue Skies
      4. In the Blue of the Evening
      5. When I Grow Too Old to Dream
      6. Don't Blame Me
      7. To a Wild Rose
      8. Dawn to Dusk
      9. Laura
      10. Would You Like to Take a Walk?
      11. Reflections in the Water
      12. It's Always You
      13. Two Little Girls in Blue
      14. Sweet and Lovely
      15. So Do I
      16. Flirtation Walk
      17. By a Waterfall
      18. Can I Forget You?
      19. It's Easy to Remember
      20. Flirtation Waltz
      21. Down by the River
      22. My Foolish Heart
      23. I Love a Lassie

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars First Rate Light Music.......2004-08-31

      Dacades ago on FM radio I heard a medium tempo version of "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" that knocked my socks off. Simply beautiful. It took me this long to find out that it was Robert Farnon's Orchestra that performed that gem! And now, not only do I finally have it, I have also discovered more of Mr. Farnon's wonderful repertoire on these two albums.

      This may be considered "Light Music" but it is certainly not boring. There are uptempo romps like "Yes, we have no Bananas" and "Blue Skys" as well as near classical beauties like "Can I Forget You?" and "Down By the River." Farnon takes full advantage of his rather sizeable orchestra which consists of strings, brass, reeds, percussion, rhythm and harp.

      The cd is a nice production as well with interesting liner notes about Robert Farnon and the music per se. There are reproductions of the original album covers released both in the UK and U.S. There are also track times and composer listings, but, sadly, no mention of the orchestra members other than specific soloists. Originally the sound quality, even in 1953 and 1954 when these albums were recorded, was excellent. Fifty years has taken some of the edge off of that sound from the master tapes, but it is still very good.

      It's easy for me to recommend this cd and I will be forever grateful to Amazon for giving me the resources to finally track down Farnon and his beautiful arrangement and performance of "Would You Like to Take a Walk?"
      It's the Same Old Song
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        It's the Same Old Song
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B00008YJH7
        Release Date: 2003-04-22

        Tracks:

        1. It's the Same Old Song - Lamont Dozier
        2. You Beat Me to the Punch - Retta Young
        3. Every Little Bit Hurts - Laura Lee
        4. Where Did Our Love Go - Donnie Elbert
        5. My Girl - The Whispers
        6. Ooh Baby Baby
        7. Ain't That Peculiar - Jim Gilstrap
        8. One More Heartache - Jim Gilstrap
        9. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Continental IV
        10. Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo - Shalamar
        11. Who's Lovin' You - Honey Cone
        12. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Honey Cone
        13. If This World Were Mine - Coffee
        14. Forever Came Today - Shalamar
        15. For Once in My Life [Live] - Lonnie Youngblood
        16. I Can't Get Next to You [Live] - Lonnie Youngblood
        17. My Cherie Amour - Soul Train Gang
        18. It's a Shame (Mt. Airy Groove) - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

        Tracks:

        1. Uptown Festival - Shalamar
        2. Superwoman
        3. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Bill Wolfer
        4. Message from a Black Man - The Whatnauts
        5. This Empty Crowded Room - Flaming Ember
        6. Robot in a Robot's World - Flaming Ember
        7. Working on a Building of Love - Chairmen of the Board
        8. Suddenly It's Yesterday - Freda Payne
        9. I Shall Not Be Moved - Barrino Brothers
        10. Let It Flow - The Glass House
        11. Come Back - The Jones Girls
        12. Let Love Grow - Brenda Holloway
        13. Growing Pains - Brotherly Love
        14. Rip Off - Laura Lee
        15. Everybody's Got a Song to Sing - Chairmen of the Board
        16. I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Be Lonely) - 8th Day
        17. Why Can't We Be Lovers - Lamont Dozier
        18. Nothing Sweeter Than Love - 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
        19. Love Factory - Eloise Laws
        20. Love's Calling - Zingara
        It's the Same Old Song
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          It's the Same Old Song
          Various Artists
          Manufacturer: Castle
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B00006JIZH
          Release Date: 2003-05-05

          Tracks:

          1. It's the Same Old Song - Lamont Dozier
          2. You Beat Me to the Punch - Retta Young
          3. Every Little Bit Hurts - Laura Lee
          4. Where Did Our Love Go - Donnie Elbert
          5. My Girl - The Whispers
          6. Ooh Baby Baby
          7. Ain't That Peculiar - Jim Gilstrap
          8. One More Heartache - Jim Gilstrap
          9. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Continental IV
          10. Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo - Shalamar
          11. Who's Lovin' You - Honey Cone
          12. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Honey Cone
          13. If This World Were Mine - Coffee
          14. Forever Came Today - Shalamar
          15. For Once in My Life [Live] - Lonnie Youngblood
          16. I Can't Get Next to You [Live] - Lonnie Youngblood
          17. My Cherie Amour - Soul Train Gang
          18. It's a Shame (Mt. Airy Groove) - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

          Tracks:

          1. Uptown Festival - Shalamar
          2. Superwoman
          3. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Bill Wolfer
          4. Message from a Black Man - The Whatnauts
          5. This Empty Crowded Room - Flaming Ember
          6. Robot in a Robot's World - Flaming Ember
          7. Working on a Building of Love - Chairmen of the Board
          8. Suddenly It's Yesterday - Freda Payne
          9. I Shall Not Be Moved - Barrino Brothers
          10. Let It Flow - The Glass House
          11. Come Back - The Jones Girls
          12. Let Love Grow - Brenda Holloway
          13. Growing Pains - Brotherly Love
          14. Rip Off - Laura Lee
          15. Everybody's Got a Song to Sing - Chairmen of the Board
          16. I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Be Lonely) - 8th Day
          17. Why Can't We Be Lovers - Lamont Dozier
          18. Nothing Sweeter Than Love - 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
          19. Love Factory - Eloise Laws
          20. Love's Calling - Zingara

          Album Description

          Subtitled - More Songs Of The Motor City. Another installment in the popular 'Songs Of...' series. Boasts 38 versions of memorable Detroit soul from the pens of Holland, Dozier, Holland et al, recorded by some of the greatest black American performers including Shalamar, The Whispers, Brook Benton, & more. Includes rarities previously unavailable on CD. Castle. 2003.

          Album Details

          "it's the Same Old Song" Pays Tribute to the Golden Era of Charbound Soul, with Re-recordings of Numerous Motown Classics by Subsequent Black American Singers.
          Instruments of the Orchestra
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          ASIN: B00006O0NT
          Release Date: 2002-12-03

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          2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
          3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
          4. Hungarian Dance No.7
          5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
          6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
          7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
          8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
          9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
          10. Csardas Music
          11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
          12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
          13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
          14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
          15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
          16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
          17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
          18. Tzigane
          19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
          20. Caprice No.24
          21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
          22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
          23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
          24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
          25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
          26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
          27. The Violin Muted
          28. Clair De Lune
          29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
          30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
          31. The Pizzicato Violin
          32. Pizzicato Polka
          33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
          34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
          35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
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          38. Hungarian Dance No.4
          39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
          40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
          41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
          42. Bolero
          43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
          44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
          45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
          46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
          47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
          48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
          49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
          50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
          51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
          52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
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          57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
          58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
          59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
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          65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
          66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
          67. Elfenreigen

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          3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
          4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
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          17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
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          19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
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          28. Flamenco
          29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
          30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
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          13. A Variety Of Techniques
          14. Chamber Music No.II
          15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
          16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
          17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
          18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
          19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
          20. Naelden, Naelden
          21. The Bachian Oboe
          22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
          23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
          24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
          25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
          26. The Swan Of Tuonela
          27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
          28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
          29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
          30. Bolero
          31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
          32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
          33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
          34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
          35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
          36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
          37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
          38. ...And Quite Low.
          39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
          40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
          41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
          42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
          43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
          44. Introduction To The Saxophone
          45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
          46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
          47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
          48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
          49. Bolero
          50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
          51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
          52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
          53. Sax-O-Phun
          54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
          55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
          56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
          57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
          58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
          59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
          60. Bolero
          61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
          62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
          63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
          64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
          65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
          66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
          67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
          68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
          69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
          70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
          71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
          72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
          73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
          74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
          75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
          76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

          Tracks:

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

          Tracks:

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

          Tracks:

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

          Tracks:

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

          Customer Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

          I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

          The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

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