| 1. Madrugada |
| 2. Saturday Night Shuffle |
| 3. Medley |
| 4. Medley |
| 5. Walkin The Strings |
| 6. Oh By Jingo Oh By Gee |
| 7. Hawaiian Slack Key |
| 8. Medley |
| 9. Rose Time |
| 10. Claw |
| 11. Medley |
| 12. Black Mountain Rag |
| 13. Mayan Dance |
| 14. Cannonball Rag |
| 15. Windy & Warm |
| 16. Drive In |
| 17. Blue Finger |
| 18. When You Wish Upon A Star |
| 19. Third Man Theme |
| 20. Mister Lucky |
Editorial Reviews
Import exclusive compilation for the world renowned French guitarist. 33 tracks. EMI. 1992.
La Guitare a Dadi V.2,Marcel Dadi,EMI,French,World Music
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25 Vivaldi Favorites
Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IPS5 Release Date: 1999-12-13 |
Tracks:
- I. Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi
- I. Allegro - Paul Grund
- I. Allergro - I Musici di Zagreb
- II. Largo - Edward Carroll
- III. Alegro - Gli Accadmici di Milano
- Et In Terra Pax - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
- II. Adagio Molto - Susanne Lautenbacher
- I. Allegro - Musici Di San Marco
- II. Largo - Musici Di San Marco
- III. Allegro - Melvin Berman
- II. Largo - Anton Stingl
- I. Allegro - Alois Sprach
- II. Adagio - Susanne Lautenbacher
- Stabat Mater Dolorosa (Opening Movement) - Margarethe Bence
- III. Allegro - I Musici di Zagreb
- II. Largo - Gunter Lemmen
- III. Allegro - Hans-Martin Linde
- III. Allegro - Susanne Lautenbacher
- I. Allegro - Musici Di San Marco
- III. Allegro - Susanne Lautenbacher
- I. Allegro - Musici Di San Marco
- II. Larghetto - I Musici di Zagreb
- Chamber Concerto In G Minor For Recorder And Oboe - Baroque Trio Of Montreal
- Opening Movement From 'Gloria' - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
- Concerto In C For 2 Trumpets, PV 75: III Allegro - Edward Carroll
Customer Reviews:
superb.......2007-07-29
terrific.......2006-04-23
Get what you pay for........2005-10-15
-Rupa
Wonderful!.......2004-11-26
If only the Amazon discography was as good..........2004-02-14
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Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti ~ the three tenors in concert / Mehta
Francesco Cilea , Giacomo Meyerbeer , Giacomo Puccini , Franz Lehar , Vencenzo De Crescenzo , Salvatore Cardillo , Ernesto de Curtis , Agustin Lara , Pablo Sorozabal , Umberto Giordano , Leonard Bernstein , Vincenzo d' Annibale , Anonymous , Andrew Lloyd Webber , Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky , Juan De Dios Filiberto , Louis Louiguy , Ruggiero Leoncavallo , Rudolf Sieczynski , Joseph M. Lacalle , Eduardo di Capua , Zubin Mehta , Plácido Domingo , Luciano Pavarotti , and José Carreras Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000041XX Release Date: 1990-09-05 |
Tracks:
- Il Lamento Di Federico
- O Paradis
- Recondita Armonia - Luciano Pavarotti
- Dein ist Mein Ganzes Herz
- Rondine Al Nido - Luciano Pavarotti
- Core 'ngrato
- Torna A Surriento - Luciano Pavarotti
- Granada
- No Puede Ser
- L'impovviso
- E Lucevan Le Stelle
- Nessun Dorma
- Finale Medley: Maria - Tonight, 'O paese d' 'o sole, Cielito lINDO
- Memory, Ochi tchorniye, Caminito
- Mattinata ; Wien, Wien, Nur Du Allein, Amapola, 'O sole mio
- Encore: 'O sole mio
- Encore: Nessun Dorma
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Magic was created one starlit night in July 1990, when Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras met onstage at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome and became the Three Tenors. They eschewed competitive instincts and cooperated in the spirit of mutual admiration to create one of the greatest musical events ever. This concert is an awe-inspiring orgy of the greatest hits for the tenor voice. Domingo and Pavarotti sing perfectly. The audience wins as these vocal supermen compete to seduce the hearts of the audience. One moment Domingo brings thrilling fire and pain to "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca; the next, Pavarotti rises to heavenly heights in an inspired rendition of "Nessun dorma" from Turandot. Carreras is the competent little brother, one step behind the greatness of the big brothers from opera's Ponderosa. His singing isn't as captivating as that of the big boys; but his enthusiasm and passion are unrivaled. Mehta exquisitely captures the largeness of this bonanza through the grandiose orchestra. --Barbara Eisner BayerCustomer Reviews:
delivery went ok.......2006-11-14
A knockout performance .......2006-05-28
One of the most remarkable music performances I have seen.
The night that started it all!.......2005-11-02
If you are just discovering opera, suffice it to say; Buy this album!!! It was the concert that launched the 3 Tenors phenomenon. It is full of uplifting, heart- tugging favorites, and you will find yourself listening to it over and over. Buy the dvd as well. It imparts absolute electricity! I am a young pianist and vocalist, and this concert is truly inspiring to me! You won't regret one penny you spend on this!
Great singing from the three tenors.......2005-06-23
First of all I have to comment on the editorial review of this cd. I felt the reviewer is "belittling" José Carreras here by saying he's one step behind the big brothers and his singing isn't as captivating as that of the big boys.....?!?!? Of course I can only speak for myself, but I feel she's way out of line. And I'm starting to wonder if she's been listening to the cd at all? In my opinion you have to be dead not to be touched by his rendition of "Lamento di Federico" and "L'improvviso". If anybody can deliver a line it has to be Carreras. When it comes to his interpretation of "Granada" even conductor Zubin Mehta was gobsmacked. Watching the dvd you can see him putting down his baton and applauding. He even steps down from his podium to hug José.
I have to say I'm not too keen on the two other tenors, although I have to admit I loved Pavarotti's "Torna a Surriento" and "Rondine al nido". The thing about Pavarotti is that he has a great singing technique and he's also in possession of this "push-button" which make him sing a lot of high notes, but that alone isn't enough to stir emotion.
As for Domingo, even if he's giving it all in every song, and his "No puede ser" was great,I think he's a bit too much on the nasal side. He's okay when they all perform together, but his "E lucevan le stelle" is sending shivers down my spine - and not of delight. I'm practically unable to sit still and listen to his solos. If you really want "fire and pain" you should check out Carreras in the Tosca-recording from -80, or his recording from -76. It's really breathtaking and I promise you'll end up in tears!
At the end of this concert the three tenors perform a medley together. Their voices blend perfectly and it's powerful to listen to them giving it all. A lot of people are talking about their mis-pronounciations. I for one, think it only adds to the charm of the performers. Pavarotti has some problems with the English songs (okay, big problems..), Domingo stumbles in the words in the beginning of "Wien Wien nur du allein", and (this you'll see in the dvd) in the same song Carreras is actually reading the text from a piece of paper as he's singing and his facial expressions when getting his head around the German words are really hilarious. O sole mio as an encore is fabulous when Pavarotti pushes his button and shakes out all his high notes.... And I love it when the two other join forces and repeat his stunt to perfection.
All in all this is a wonderful album. And well worth 5 stars.... José alone gets 10 stars!!!
Excellent. Like summer sunshine. manna from heaven!.......2004-05-28
The concert was held during the World Cup in 1990 at the Baths of Caracella, which are ruins of the once great Roman baths. In this beautiful setting Luiciano Pavrotti, Jose Carreas and Placido Domingo came together for one of the best CD's ever made.
The singing is exquisite. The passion of the crowd in this live performance should equal the reaction of the listener. This is art at its highest level. It is a celebration of great music, not just of opera, but in my opinion, the soaring human spirit. What power to move the soul! You don't need to be an opera fan to enjoy this music. If you like any kind of music, you cannot help but be affected by the power of this special evening. And what an evening, those in attendance were lucky to have been there!!
The casual listener will already know some of these arias, as they are from some the great operas of all time. However, I believe even the most hardenend opera fan, unless he or she is a real stiff, cannot be helped to be but moved by this music.
It is heavenly! I recommend this CD to you, because in my humble opinion, it will bring sunshine to your heart!!! : )
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Tuscany
Andre Rieu Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002SXIQ8 Release Date: 2004-09-21 |
Tracks:
- Romance Anonyme - Jeux Interdits
- I Love You
- Italiana
- Barcarolle
- La Paloma
- Lagune Waltz
- Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana
- Roses From Tyrol
- Chanson d'Amour
- O Mio Babbino Caro From Madame Butterfly
- William Tell Overture
- Opera Medley
- Italian National Anthem
- Light Cavalry
- Ode To Joy From Symphony No. 9
Customer Reviews:
Music to your ears..........2007-04-05
Very relaxing to listen to .......2007-03-07
Outstanding program.......2007-02-10
Andre Rieu's Tuscany.......2007-01-10
"Tuscany" is one of Andre Rieu's best shows! Excellent CD!.......2007-01-10
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Art of Segovia
Andres Segovia Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006B66L Release Date: 2002-10-08 |
Tracks:
- Andante
- Andantino
- Lento
- Romance De Los Pinos
- Madronos
- Serenata Burlesca
- Variations On A Theme From Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
- Mesto E Calmo
- Theme, Variations & Finale
- Cancion Mexicana No.X
- Sevillana, Op.29
- Sarabanda
- Capriccio Diabolico, Op.85
- Tonadilla For Guitar On The Name Of Andres Segovia
- No.1 In E Minor
- No.3 In A Minor
- Guitarreo
- Segovia, Op.29
Tracks:
- If My Complaints
- Now, O Now I Need Must Part
- Sarabande
- 1. Prelude (Transposed In D Major)
- 4. Tempo Di Bourree
- Courante
- 3. Gavotte En Rondeau
- Aria E Corrente
- Moderato
- Menuet In G Major
- Andantino Variato
- No.7 In A Major
- 2. Canzonetta
- 2. Quasi Lento (Preludio)
- 1. Andantino Poco Allegretto (Allegretto)
- 2. Il Vecchio Castello
- Allegretto
- Tres Calme Et Doucement Expressif
- No.4 In E Flat Minor
- 5. Asturias. Leyenda - Preludio
- 7. Zambra Granadina
- Estudio Sin Luz
- Allegro Con Brio
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DG has put together a fascinating compilation of Segovia's art that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 70s, his fingers remain nimble and interpretations lively. Listening straight through, one hears many all-time Segovia favorites as Turina's Sevillana and Albeniz's Asturias and Zambra Granadina and renews appreciation for path-breaking composers like Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He wrote extensively for Segovia and his Capriccio diabolico and Tonadilla are pieces of real substance. Disc two is largely made up transcriptions and it's amazing how well so many of them work on the guitar, at least under Segovia's magic fingers. Thus the transformations of Bach's violin music and even a Chopin Prelude sound idiomatic, and the gorgeous melodies of the Canzonetta from Mendelssohn's Op. 12 String Quartet are irresistible here. An entrancing set. --Dan DavisCustomer Reviews:
A Man and His Art - Magnificently Captured.......2007-04-06
There are a total of 31 pieces played on these CDs and while a playlist would be an unnecessary use of space here, a list of the composers represented is not. More than the specific pieces Segovia gives us here, the range of composers chosen by the compilers and editors - with each piece rearranged by Segovia himself, tells us a great deal about his interests, talents and musical range. These composers include:
Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, John Dowland, Manuel de Falla, Cesar Franke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Edvard Grieg, George Frederic Handel, Felix Mendelsohn, Frederico Moreno Torroba, Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolo Paganini, Felipe Pedrell, Manuel Ponce, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Joaquin Rodrigo, Albert Roussel, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexander Scriabin, Segovia's own composition of Estudio sin luz, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Joaquin Turina and Heitor Villa-Lobos. A truly magnificent and broad ranging collection held together by Segovia's unique personal style, approach and sound.
Largely self-taught, Andres Segovia did things with a guitar that others only imagined. He didn't just play Bach, for example - music written for an entirely different type of instrument (keyboards.) He went a step further, and recorder Bach's keyboard lessons written for his students (the Two and Three Part Inventions) and made them sound as if they had been written for the guitar! His artistry is evident to even the casual listener and in this collection, any devote of classical guitar and/or of Segovia as an individual artist, will not be disappointed.
Perfect listening for anytime. Hypnotic and, simply, unsurpassed. A necessary addition to any serious classical guitar collection.
What can you say - it's Segovia!.......2007-02-10
EVERYBODY KNOWS.......2007-01-13
Immortal guitar.......2006-08-02
WOW.......2006-02-23
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Violin Favourites & Virtuoso Showpieces
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007WQHVW Release Date: 2005-04-12 |
Tracks:
- Variations on an original theme, Op.15
- Romance, Op.78, No.2
- Mazurka, Op.81, No.1
- Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor-Transcr. Joseph Joachim
- Cantabile, Op.17
- Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op.16
- Nigun (Improvisation)
- Perpetuum mobile
- The Prophet Bird
- Spanish Dance No.1
- Waves at play (Wellenspiel)
- Carmen Fantasy, Op.25 - Arr. Waxman
Tracks:
- Praeludium and Allegro
- Schosmarin
- Tambourin chinois
- Caprice viennois op.2
- La Preuse (in the style of Louis Couperin)
- Liebesfreud
- Liebesleid
- La Gitana
- Berceuse Romantique (Caprice)
- Polichinelle (Snade)
- Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
- Tempo di menuetto (in the style of Pugnani)
- Toy Soldiers' March
- Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini)
- Marche miniature viennoise
- Aucassin and Nicolette (canzonetta medievale)
- Menuet (in the style of Porpora)
- Sicilienne and Rigaudon (in the style of Francois Francoeur)
- Syncopation
Customer Reviews:
beautiful ,beautiful.......2007-05-27
Great Recording.......2007-01-04
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Rendezvous of Angels - Concert Collection [20 CD Set]
Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000DV5E Release Date: 2003-12-09 |
Tracks:
- Concerto No. 1 in E Major RV 269 Spring: Allegro - Budapest Strings
- Concerto No. 1 in E Major RV 269 Spring: Largo (E Pianissimo Sempre) - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto No. 1 in E Major RV 269 Spring: Allegro - Budapest Strings,
- Concerto No. 2 in G Minor RV 315 Summer: Allegro Non Molto - ... - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 in G Minor RV 315 Summer: Adagio E Piano - Presto E ... - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 in G Minor RV 315 Summer: Presto - German Bach Soloists
- Concerto No. 3 in F Major RV 293 Autumn: Allegro - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto No. 3 in F Major RV 293 Autumn: Largo - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto No. 3 in F Major RV 293 Autumn: Allegro - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto No. 4 in F Minor RV 297 Winter: Allegro Non Molto - Budapest Strings
- Concerto No. 4 in F Minor RV 297 Winter: Largo - Budapest Strings
- Concerto No. 4 in F Minor RV 297 Winter: Allegro - Budapest Strings
- Concerto in C Major RV 425 for Mandolin, Strings and Basso ... - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in C Major RV 425 for Mandolin, Strings and Basso ... - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto in C Major RV 425 for Mandolin, Strings and Basso ... - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto in D Minor RV 454 for Oboe, String and Basso Continuo: ... - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto in D Minor RV 454 for Oboe, String and Basso Continuo: Largo - Rudolf Gleissner, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Concerto in D Minor RV 454 for Oboe, String and Basso Continuo: ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Verhey
- Concerto in C Major RV 537 for Two Trumpets, Strings and Basso ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Verhey
- Concerto in C Major RV 537 for Two Trumpets, Strings and Basso ... - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto in C Major RV 537 for Two Trumpets, Strings and Basso ... - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
Tracks:
- Flute Concerto in F, Op.10, No. 1, La Tempesta Di Mare: Allegro - Monika Rost
- Flute Concerto in F, Op.10, No. 1, La Tempesta Di Mare: Largo - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in F, Op.10, No. 1, La Tempesta Di Mare: Presto - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op.10, No. 2, La Notte: Largo - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op.10, No. 2, La Notte: Presto (Fantasmi) - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op.10, No. 2, La Notte: Largo - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op.10, No. 2, La Notte: Presto - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op.10, No. 2, La Notte: Largo (Il Sonno) - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op.10, No. 2, La Notte: Allegro - Budapest Strings
- Flute Concerto in D, Op.10, No. 3, Il Gardellino: Allegro - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in D, Op.10, No. 3, Il Gardellino: [Without Indication] - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in D, Op.10, No. 3, Il Gardellino: Allegro - Budapest Strings,
- Flute Concerto in F, Op.10, No. 5: Allegro Ma Non Tanto - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in F, Op.10, No. 5: Allegro Cantabile - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in F, Op.10, No. 5: Allegro - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in C, RV 443: (Allegro) - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in C, RV 443: Largo - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in C, RV 443: Allegro Molto - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in C, RV 444: Allegro Non Molto - Budapest Strings
- Flute Concerto in C, RV 444: Largo - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Flute Concerto in C, RV 444: Allegro Molto - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Tracks:
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major BWV 1046: Allegro - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major BWV 1046: Adagio - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major BWV 1046: Allegro - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major BWV 1046: Menuet-Trio-Menuet ... - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major BWV 1047: Allegro - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major BWV 1047: Andante - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major BWV 1047: Allegro Assai - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048: Allegro - Budapest Strings
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048: Adagio (Cadenza) - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048: Allegro - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo in D Major BWV ... - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo in D Major BWV ... - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo in D Major BWV ... - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Tracks:
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049: Allegro - Daniel Gerard
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049: Andante - German Bach Soloists
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049: Presto - German Bach Soloists
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major BWV 1050: Allegro - German Bach Soloists
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major BWV 1050: Affettuoso - Budapest Strings
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major BWV 1050: Allegro - German Bach Soloists
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major BWV 1051: Allegro - German Bach Soloists
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major BWV 1051: Adagio Ma Non ... - German Bach Soloists
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major BWV 1051: Allegro - German Bach Soloists
Tracks:
- Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042: Allegro - German Bach Soloists
- Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042: Adagio - German Bach Soloists
- Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042: Allegro Assai - German Bach Soloists
- Violin Concerto in a Minor, BWV 1041: Allegro - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Violin Concerto in a Minor, BWV 1041: Andante - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Violin Concerto in a Minor, BWV 1041: Allegro Assai - Budapest Strings
- Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: Vivace - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: Largo Ma Non Tanto - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: Allegro - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Three Violins in D Minor, BWV 1063: Allegro - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Three Violins in D Minor, BWV 1063: Alla Siciliana - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Three Violins in D Minor, BWV 1063: Allegro - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
Tracks:
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 1 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 1 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 1 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 2 - Budapest Strings
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 2 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 2 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 2 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major Op. 3, No. 2 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in G Major Op. 3, No. 3 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in G Major Op. 3, No. 3 [Contin] - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in G Major Op. 3, No. 3 [Contin] - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4 - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4 [Contin] - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Minor Op. 3, No. 5
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Minor Op. 3, No. 5 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Minor Op. 3, No. 5 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Minor Op. 3, No. 5 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Minor Op. 3, No. 5 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 3, No. 6
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 3, No. 6 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 3, No. 6 [Contin]
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4a - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4a [Conti] - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4a [Conti] - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerti Grossi Op. 3: Concerto Grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4a [Conti] - New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum
Tracks:
- Organ Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Major - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
- Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Major (Continued) - Erzst Achim, Budapest Strings
Tracks:
- Concerto in D Major No.116 for Flute, Strings and Continuo QV ...
- Concerto in D Major No.116 for Flute, Strings and Continuo QV ... - Budapest Strings
- Concerto in D Major No.116 for Flute, Strings and Continuo QV ...
- Concerto in D Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Violoncello, Theorbe, ... - Budapest Strings
- Concerto in D Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Violoncello, Theorbe, ... - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in D Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Violoncello, Theorbe, ... - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in E Minor for Flute, Strings and Continuo [Original Version] - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in E Minor for Flute, Strings and Continuo [Original Version] - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in E Minor for Flute, Strings and Continuo [Original Version] - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in B Minor for Flute, Two Violins and Continuo [Dresden Versi] - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in B Minor for Flute, Two Violins and Continuo [Dresden Versi] - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
- Concerto in B Minor for Flute, Two Violins and Continuo [Dresden Versi] - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Benjamin Schmidinger
Tracks:
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Major, K.207: ... - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Major, K.207: Adagio - Budapest Strings
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Major, K.207: Presto - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in D Major, K.211: Allegro ... - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in D Major, K.211: Andante - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in D Major, K.211: ... - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, K.261 - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Rondo in B Flat Major for Violin and Orchestra, K.269 - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K.373 - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
Tracks:
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.495: Allegro Maestoso - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.495: Romance. Andante ... - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.495: Rondo. Allegro ... - New Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.447: Allegro - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.447: Romance. Larghetto - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.447: Allegro - Dresdner Philharmonic, Sebastian Weigle
- Rondo in D Horn and Orchestra [Horn Concerto, K.412, Second Movement] - Daniel Gerard, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.417: Allegro - Daniel Gerard, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.417: Andante - Daniel Gerard, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat, K.417: Rondo. Allegro - Daniel Gerard, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- Concerto in E for Horn and Orchestra K.494a (First Movement; Fragment) - Daniel Gerard, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- Concerto in D for Horn and Orchestra, K.412/514 (386b) [Traditional Ve] - Daniel Gerard, Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- Concerto in D for Horn and Orchestra, K.412/514 (386b) [Traditional Ve] - New Bach Collegium Musicum
- Rondo in E Flat for Horn and Orchestra, K.371 - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto Movement in E Flat for Horn and Orchestra - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
Tracks:
- Piano Concerto No.23 in a Major, K.488: Allegro - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Piano Concerto No.23 in a Major, K.488: Andante - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Piano Concerto No.23 in a Major, K.488: Presto - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat Major, K.271, Jeune Homme: Allegro - Rudolf Gleissner, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat Major, K.271, Jeune Homme: Andante - Rudolf Gleissner, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat Major, K.271, Jeune Homme: Rondo. ... - Rudolf Gleissner, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
Tracks:
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major: Moderato - Rudolf Gleissner, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major: Adagio - New Bach Collegium Musicum
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major: Allegro Molto - Rudolf Gleissner, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major: Allegro Moderato - Rudolf Gleissner, Hermann Herder, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major: Adagio - Rudolf Gleissner, Hermann Herder, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major: Allegro - Rudolf Gleissner, Hermann Herder, Hans Kalafusz, Lajos Lencses, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
Tracks:
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, Hob. Viia: 1: Allegro - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennd
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, Hob. Viia: 1: Adagio - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennd
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, Hob. Viia: 1: ... - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennd
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in a Major, Hob. Viia: 3, "Melk ..." - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Verhey
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in a Major, Hob. Viia: 3, "Melk ..." - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Verhey
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in a Major, Hob. Viia: 3, "Melk ..." - New Bach Collegium Musicum
- Sinfonia in B Flat Major, Hob. I: 105 for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon - Maria Balint, Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana
- Sinfonia in B Flat Major, Hob. I: 105 for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon - Maria Balint, Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana
- Sinfonia in B Flat Major, Hob. I: 105 for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon - Maria Balint, Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana
Tracks:
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23: Allegro - Gary Karr, The London Symphony Orchestra
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23: ... - Maria Balint, Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23: Allegro - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Miklos Szenthelyi
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.35: Allegro Moderato - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Miklos Szenthelyi
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.35: Andante - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Miklos Szenthelyi
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.35: Allegro ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Verhey
Tracks:
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in D Major Op. 6: Allegro ... - Budapest Strings
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in D Major Op. 6: Adagio ... - New Bach Collegium Musicum
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in D Major Op. 6: Rondo. ... - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Verhey
- Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Rossini - Vesselin Eshkenasi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
- Po, Op. 25 - Vesselin Eshkenasi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Tracks:
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op.26: Vorspiel. Allegro Moderato - Vesselin Eshkenasi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op.26: Adagio - Wolfgang Boettcher, Ulf Hoelscher, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op.26: Finale. Allegro Energico - Wolfgang Boettcher, Ulf Hoelscher, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64: Allegro Molto Appassionato - Wolfgang Boettcher, Ulf Hoelscher, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
- Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64: Andante - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64: Allegretto Non Troppo - Allegro ... - New Bach Collegium Musicum
Tracks:
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.77: Allegro Non ... - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.77: Adagio - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.77: Allegro Giocoso - - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Miklos Perenyi
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in a Minor, Op.102 Double ... - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in a Minor, Op.102 Double ... - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in a Minor, Op.102 Double ... - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
Tracks:
- Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104: Allegro - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104: Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104: Finale. Allegro Moderato - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Cello Concerto: Allegro Moderato - Budapest Strings,
- Cello Concerto: Andante Con Moto - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Cello Concerto: Allegro Marciale - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
Tracks:
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in D Major Op.19 - Bulgarian National Choir, Stoika Milanova
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in a Minor Op.82 - Budapest Strings, Zoltan Tokos
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in a Minor Op.77 - Budapest Strings, Zoltan Tokos
Tracks:
- Concierto de Aranjuez: Allegro Con Spirito - Monika Rost
- Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio - Monika Rost
- Concierto de Aranjuez: Allegro Gentile - Budapest Strings,
- Sonata Op.22: Allegro - Budapest Strings,
- Sonata Op.22: Adagio - Budapest Strings,
- Sonata Op.22: Menuetto - Budapest Strings,
- Sonata Op.22: Rondo. Allegretto - Budapest Strings,
- Spanish Dance No. 2 - Budapest Strings
- Castilla No. 7 - Budapest Strings,
- Hommage Debussy - Budapest Strings,
- Spanish Dance - Budapest Strings,
Album Description
This heavenly 20-CD set brings together the most beautiful music of all time...it must be what angels listen to! Float in the clouds as you listen to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez... to name just a few. This Concert Collection will take a winning position in anyone's music library.Customer Reviews:
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Tracks:
- Overture To 'Tannhauser'
- Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
- We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
- Hungarian Dance No.7
- The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
- Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
- But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
- The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
- The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
- Csardas Music
- The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
- The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
- Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
- The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
- Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
- Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
- The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
- Tzigane
- Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
- Caprice No.24
- 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.
- Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
- Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
- Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
- Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
- The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
- The Violin Muted
- Clair De Lune
- The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
- Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
- The Pizzicato Violin
- Pizzicato Polka
- In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
- Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
- 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...
- The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
- The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
- Hungarian Dance No.4
- Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
- The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
- Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
- Bolero
- Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
- Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
- Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
- Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
- Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
- Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
- And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
- Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
- The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
- Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
- The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
- Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
- Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
- The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
- Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
- Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
- The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
- Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
- Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
- Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
- Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
- To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
- Elfenreigen
Tracks:
- Introduction To The Viola
- Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
- Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
- Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
- Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
- Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
- The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
- Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
- The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
- Cypresses (No.9)
- The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
- Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
- The 'Period' Viola In Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
- The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
- Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
- Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
- Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
- Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
- Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
- In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
- Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
- But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
- Elfentanz, Op.39
- Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
- The Protecting Veil (Opening)
- A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
- Flamenco
- Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
- Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
- It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
- Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
- It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
- Symphony No.9 (Finale)
- Introduction To The Double-Bass
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
- But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
- Elegy No.1 In D Major
- The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
- Capriccio Di Bravura
- Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
- The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
- Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds
Tracks:
- The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
- Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
- The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
- Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
- The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
- Sa'Dawi
- Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
- Chamber Music No.II
- The Piccolo - Aptly Named
- La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
- From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
- Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
- A Variety Of Techniques
- Chamber Music No.II
- Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
- The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
- From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
- Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
- An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
- Naelden, Naelden
- The Bachian Oboe
- Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
- Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
- Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
- The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
- The Swan Of Tuonela
- The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
- Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
- Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
- Bolero
- 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...
- 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)
- As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
- Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
- 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).
- The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
- The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
- ...And Quite Low.
- Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
- The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
- But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
- Introduction To The Saxophone
- Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
- The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
- The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
- Bolero
- The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
- Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
- The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
- Sax-O-Phun
- The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
- Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
- The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
- Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
- Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
- And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
- Bolero
- The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
- Symphony No.3 (Opening)
- The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
- The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
- Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
- The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
- The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
- Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
- The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
- The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
- Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
- Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
- The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
- Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)
Tracks:
- The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
- The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
- Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
- The Ceremonial Trumpet
- Fanfare For The Common Man
- Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
- Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
- The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
- Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
- 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
- Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
- Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
- The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
- Billy The Kid
- The Trumpet As Character Actor
- Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
- The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
- Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
- The Birth Of The Trombone
- Aenmerckt Nu Hier
- The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
- Canzon 12 In Double Echo
- The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
- Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
- 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.
- Hosannah
- The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
- Symphony No.5 (Finale)
- The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
- The Trombone As Caricaturist
- Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
- The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
- The Horn And The Hunt
- Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
- The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
- Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
- The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
- Walter Music (Minuet 1)
- The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
- Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
- Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
- The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
- Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
- The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
- Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
- The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
- Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
- The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
- Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)
Tracks:
- Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
- Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
- At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
- Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
- Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
- Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
- The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
- The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
- Den Hoboecken Dans
- Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
- 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.
- Gymnopedie No.2
- 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...
- 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)
- More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
- Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
- 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.
- Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
- A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
- Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
- The Birth Of The Bongo
- Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
- From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
- Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
- From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
- Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
- But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
- Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
- Taking Advantage Of Tunability
- Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
- 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.
- Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
- Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
- Ravel And The Xylophone
- Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
- Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
- Introducing The Vibraphone
- The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
- The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
- Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
- Folk Dances
- The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
- Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
- Introducing The Tubular Bells
- Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
- A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
- Carmen Suite (Introduction)
- But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
- Introducing The Celeste
- The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
- Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
- Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
- Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
- 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
- The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
- The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
- Petrushka (Russian Dance)
- The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
- Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)
Tracks:
- Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
- Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
- But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
- Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
- The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
- An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
- Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
- Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
- Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
- Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
- Mahler's Sleighbells
- Symphony No.4 (Opening)
- A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
- Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
- Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
- Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
- National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
- And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
- And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
- The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
- The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
- The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
- The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
- The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
- The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
- The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
- The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
- There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
- The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
- Nocturnes
- Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
- The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
- The Oboe As Duck
- Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
- The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
- The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
- The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
- Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
- Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
- Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
- Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
- A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
- Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
- A Thunderstorm In A Million
- Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
- the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
- The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
- Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
- The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)
Tracks:
- The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
- Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
- A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
- Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
- Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
- String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
- The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
- String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
- The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
- String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
- The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
- String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
- The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
- String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
- The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
- Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
- Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
- String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
- The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
- Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
- Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
- In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
- In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
- In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
- Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
- And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
- The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
- Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
- Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
- A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
- Octet In F (Mvt 3)
- The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
- Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
- Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
- Canzon 28
- Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
- Symphony No.5 (Finale)
- From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
- Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
- Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
- The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
- Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
- When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
- Images (Gigues)
- A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
- Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
- The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
- Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
- Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
- Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
- A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')
Customer Reviews:
Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04
Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12
Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20
Frank's view.......2006-08-19
Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08
The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!
I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.
The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
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