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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

Lowest of the Low
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Some good hardcore

Wrong Band

Solid hardcore

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If You Own The Original, No Need For This One

Lowest of the Low
Terror
Manufacturer: Trustkill Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00096S2I2
Release Date: 2005-05-17

Tracks:

Better Off Without You
Dont Need Yourn Help
Nothing To Me
Keep Your Distance
Another Face
Push It Away
Life And Death
What Have We Done
Lowest Of The Low
Can I Say (Bonus)
Out Of My Face (Bonus)
Nothing To Lose (Bonus)

Customer Reviews:

Some good hardcore.......2007-03-30

Great hardcore band, I just wish the cd was longer than 16 minutes.

Wrong Band.......2005-08-23

The band isnt lowest of the low.. the Album name is Lowest of the Low.. its a Terror CD..

Solid hardcore.......2005-08-22

Like they said before, if you own the first release, you really dont need this one. You get like 2 extra tracks & a bunch of live tracks. But if, like me, you dont have the first release, pick this one up. If you like Underdogs, this one wont let you down. Its not even easy to pick a favorite track. The entire cd is good, fast, hardcore with awesome breakdowns. Like most hardcore albums, its short but if youre a hardcore fan, youre used to that. Terror has risen to one of my favorite hardcore bands & this cd is getting LOTS of play.

trustkill.......2005-08-07

go to trustkill.com you will find it there

If You Own The Original, No Need For This One.......2005-07-21

Review by Tyler Wagnon:

Everyone knows who Terror is by now. Everyone knows that vocalist, Scott Vogel was in Buried Alive. Everyone knows that they play straightforward hardcore. Yadda yadda yadda.

Trustkill brings us the reissue of the classic Terror release Lowest of the Low, originally on Bridge 9. This was the one that really got the buzz building for Vogel and company, and set the stage for One With The Underdog.

The album itself is pretty decent, and if it were not a reissue, it would get higher marks. As a reissue however, there really isn't a whole lot going for it. In addition to the original 9 tracks, there is a Dag Nasty cover, two songs from their split with Ringworm, and a full live set. Also, there are brief comments by the band about the songs; how they were written, etc.

If you don't own the original, the bonuses are decent enough, but if you already have it, they aren't worth the money. Don't get me wrong, Lowest of the Low is good, Trustkill just didn't put together that great of a reissue package.

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Best Album ever!
Withstands the Test of Time
Consistently Thrilling, Nearly Perfect Album
One of the best Albums ever made
an all-time top 5 album

Shakespeare My Butt
The Lowest of the Low
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hallucigenia

ASIN: B000006T5V
Release Date: 1997-04-30

Tracks:

O'Clock Stop
So Long Bernie
Just About "The Only" Blues
Salesmen, Cheats and Liars
Rosy and Grey
Kinda' the Lonely One
Eternal Fatalist
For the Hand of Magdelena
Subversives
Bleed a Little While Tonight
Bloodline
St. Brendan's Way
Letter from Bilbao
Under the Carlaw Bridge
Taming of Carolyn
Gossip Talkin' Blues
Henry Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Album Details

1991 release from the Canadian folk-rockers takes on a decidedly country and western flavor. 'Shakespeare My Butt' features '4 O' Clock Stop', 'Rosy & Grey', 'Gossip Talkin' Blues" and much more.

Customer Reviews:

Best Album ever!.......2006-07-08

I got curious after reading the book of the same name by John Donoghue. The cover of the book gives a sideways nod to the album cover, there are various references to the Lowest of the Low throughout the book, both cryptic and out there in the open ....and as I loved the book I thought why not give the Album that he clearly likes so much a go.
...the best decision I've made!
What a fantastic CD. All the songs are winners!
If I could take just one CD on a desert island, this would be the one.
I can't really praise SMB high enough....my favourite CD of all time

Withstands the Test of Time.......2005-12-03

It is amazing that an album that was "released" over 14 years ago can still be relevant today. I put "released" in quotation marks because it was not promoted by a major record label but rather, was an independent release that sold by word of mouth and by being sold at the Low's concerts.

"Shakespeare My Butt" is a literate effort which mixes melancholy, sentimentality, humor, and leftist politics. A great example of the Low's wry sentimentality and, in my opinion, one of the best verses ever turned in a rock album comes in "Letter From Blibao:" "I was never much on dreams/And they were never big on me/And I can't dream my way home/From a graveside by the sea."

Each song is great in its own way but what is truly great is the way in which the album flows from start to finish - there are no weak links on this disc. "Shakespeare My Butt" has to be my hands-down choice for all of you who want to rock out and think at the same time.

Consistently Thrilling, Nearly Perfect Album.......2004-11-28

One of the absolute best albums of the last 15 years if not of all time. Its consistent brilliance song to song is stunning. And after more than a decade, it's still in my regular rotation. Filled with just the right mix of attitude, angst, humor, intelligence, and earnestness that you can't help but sing along to each song. This album played a huge part in the golden age of Toronto "alternative" music along with The Tragically Hip and Barenaked Ladies. No jukebox in Buffalo dares to exist without it so bargoers can call up "Rosy and Grey" whenever the spirit moves them. It's so good it may have destroyed the band--fortunately it just knocked them out for 10 years (they're back now). If you like rock and roll, you'll love this album.

One of the best Albums ever made.......2004-05-29

This is a fantastic album and continues to find its way into my CD player on a regular basis. A great variety of intelligent, fun and catchy songs which are well put together. A bargain at twice the price.

an all-time top 5 album.......2004-04-10

and since i have over 2000 of them, that's pretty high praise.

i actually had never heard of the band before i heard a song 'gamble' playing at the patricia hotel bar in saskatoon around 1994. i needed to ask the dj who they were - pretty embarassing seeing as i was working in a comics / record store at the time.

so, i used my staff privileges to order copies of both of their albums - and was blown away. the 2d one, 'hallucigenia' had 'gamble', 'city full of cowards' and 'black monday' as instant sing-along classics. 'shakespeare my butt' sucker punched me out with the politically-minded 'hand of magdelena' (about an ill-fated love affair during the spanish civil war), 'letter to bilbao' and 'henry needs a new pair of shoes'. i was ecstatic when i heard they were coming to town on tour.

but it was not to be - they broke up 2 weeks before they were scheduled to play at louis' (the campus pub). colour me devastated. but at least we had their 2 classic cd's for posterity.

Tracks:

Better Off Without You
Don't Need Your Help
Nothing To Me
Keep Your Distance
Another Face
Push It Away
Life And Death
What Have We Done
Lowest Of The Low

Customer Reviews:

Hardcore masterpiece .......2005-01-04

This is the best hardcore album i've ever heard. If someone out there is just getting into hardcore than I suggest you listen to this album. Scott Vogel and company kick your ass with this short but uncompromising work of brutal hardcore art. This album is definately worth buying, go out and get it!

Scott Vogel hard as nails! and Discontent as hell!.......2004-12-18

I heard Scott had a new band, I used to play in bands that shared the stage with slugfest and despair back in the day. I must say that finally here is a worthy new band that fits in with my old school record/cd collection. Never ceases to amaze. Scott has stayed true for ages it seems, check this band out.

Like a fine wine....gets better with age. (Not the best straight edge analogy, sorry kids)
Tom Slick

This album rules.......2004-10-07

This album is just pure straightforward HARDCORE. When I listen to this kid I feel like punching people in the face and kicking them when they are down. Yeah, it's that good. Songs like "Better off without you", "Nothing to Me", "Another Face", and "What have we done" or some of the best songs written by any band ever. Hatebreed were once the kings of tough guy hardcore, but were overthrown by Throwdown. And for a while Throwdown were the kings of tough guy hardcore, but let me tell you this. Terror are definitely the new kings of tough guy hardcore.

Scott vogel at his best.......2003-10-26

As much as i love Buried Alive, Terror is even better. Scott vogel is one of the most influential guys in hardcore, and Terror is sure to be big with another release or two. They play straight up pissed off hardcore at its finest. They bring the mosh and dont let up, at all. The only complaint is the short-ness of the cd. But other than that, there is not a single thing wrong with it. Their live show is awesome too, so be sure to catch them if they come near you.

17 pummeling minutes of bliss.......2003-08-04

Alright, for those of you out there not familiar with Scott Vogel, you probably wont be as giddy as I was to get my mitts on this. Scott is without a doubt one of the few vocalists in the hardcore scene that I think truly back everything they say, and has been a big influence on me in terms of vocal and lyrical styles. Vogel also served as frontman for Slugfest, Despair and the godly Buried Alive, 3 of the best examples of pure ... off hardcore from the 90's. With such an amazing track record with 3 very good and influential bands, I was quite eager to hear how Terror would turn out.
Upon hearing this CD, I can honestly say I believe Terror is the perfect culmination of everything Vogel has done to date. The music is extremely heavy and moshy, perfect for the rough times in life where you just want to destroy everything in your path. They also dont pretend to be radio hits--the band just finds a nice riff and the occasional groove, and starts wailing and thrashing without mercy. What makes this album so golden is how the songs unleashed are similar in style, but dont sound like carbon clones of each other as times goes by. This keeps the album fresh every time you pop it in.
In usual Vogel style however, the lyrics are extremely uplifting, setting a mindset of perseverance and refusal to be beaten into submission. Nothing negative here (albeit profane, so if that isnt your ideal thing, you might not be as enthused), and it serves perfectly as words of wisdom in tough times.
My only gripe here would be how quick it all goes by--9 tracks in 17 minutes. It leaves you wanting more. However, I cant detract anything from my rating because the band works so well together, moving like a machine, and on top of that, you can tell they enjoy every minute of what theyre accomplishing.
All in all, this is going to be a worthy purchase for any fan of heavy as hell hardcore. I reccomend grabbing it ASAP, and if you get the chance to see them live, dont miss it--they put on an awesome show.

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The Lowest of the Low are back!

Sordid Fiction
Lowest of the Low
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00030WW6C
Release Date: 2004-09-22

Tracks:

Concave
Last Recidivist
Everywhere & Nowhere
And Then The Riot
Your Birthday Party
Giulietta The Just
Save Me, Alice Neel!
Sharpest Pain
Casual Overdose
Darkhorse
Winter Sleepers
Sincero

Customer Reviews:

The Lowest of the Low are back!.......2004-09-23

I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of Sordid Fiction during the Low's gig at the Waterats in London UK on September 16th. Seeing the guys playing together again was fantastic, my only complaint is that it left me wanting more!

Luckily for all of us, Sordid Fiction delivers what Lowest of the Low fans have been craving for years; an album full of terrific new songs, beautifully written and arranged.

Tracks:

Pistol
That Song About Trees & Kites
City Full of Cowards
Eating the Rich
Gamble
Dogs of February
Black Monday
Beer, Graffiti Walls...
7th Birthday
Penedono's Hand
Life Imitates Art
Last Lost Generation
Motel 30
Night of the Living Assholes

Customer Reviews:

Buy Shakespeare First.......2005-09-14

The first CD by Lowest Of The Low, called "Shakespeare, My Butt", is one of the greatest pop-alternative albums ever. Period. The lyrics are smart. The songs are hooky. The album is infectious.

This, their second CD, isn't as strong as the first disk - but that's really not a fair comparison being that the first CD was THAT good.

Still, some of my all time favorite songs by any band are on Hallucigenia. It's worth full price if for the song Black Monday alone. City Full Of Cowards is phenomenal as well.

Buy Shakespeare first - but if you've got that and you're considering a second purchase, Hallucigenia is worthy.

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Back Together Again...Like It Was The First Time

Nothing Short of a Bullet
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ASIN: B00006374D
Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

Motel 30 [Live]
Eternal Fatalist [Live]
Gamble [Live]
Kinda' the Lonely One [Live]
Unbearable Lightness of Jean [Live]
Salesmen, Cheats and Liars
Dogs of February [Live]
City Full of Cowards [Live]
Bleed a Little While Tonight [Live]
Gossip Talkin' Blues [Live]
Eating the Rich [Live]
For the Hand of Maddelena [Live]
Black Monday [Live]
Penedono's Hand [Live]
4 O'Clock Stop [Live]
Bear, Graffiti Walls [Live]
Rosy & Grey [Live]

Tracks:

(These Are) The Lives and Times
New Westminister Taxi Squad
Kerosene

Album Description

Limited digipak with an extra CD featuring 3 new (2001) recordings '(These Are) The Lives and Times', 'New Westminster Taxi Squad' & 'Kerosene' (Bad Religion cover). Disc one features 17 live tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Back Together Again...Like It Was The First Time.......2006-11-21

I was at several of these shows in 2000 in both Buffalo and Toronto when The Low got back together. The energy was just over the top all the time. I grooved and reminicsed with my fellow Gen X'ers like it was the early 90s in the Golden Horseshoe again.

This album serves as a good introduction to the meat of the limited Low catalogue and covers almost all the highlights of their two previous albums. You can feel the energy come through the speakers as these four guys get back together for the first time in 6 years and step right back into it without one missed step.

It also serves as a great place to bring back the feeling of hearing this band for the first time or even for the twenty-somethingth time as I did back in 2000.

Awesome.

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I swear to God this is the worst album ever made.

Mister Bass Man Swings Low!

Manufacturer: Roger
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA3O06
Release Date: 2003-08-05

Customer Reviews:

I swear to God this is the worst album ever made........2006-02-11

I'm not kidding. This is not hyperbole. I hope no one ever digs up a copy of this and sells it. Keep it out of circulation. You can hear it on Napster. Be sure and burn anything your headphones come in contact with immediately after listening.

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