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The Instruments of the Orchestra, Siepmann, CD1
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Overture To 'Tannhauser' |
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2:07 |
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2 |
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Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida |
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0:29 |
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3 |
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We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play |
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1:20 |
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4 |
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Hungarian Dance No.7 |
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1:40 |
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5 |
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The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments E... |
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0:46 |
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6 |
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Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio) |
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1:09 |
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7 |
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But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil. |
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0:18 |
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8 |
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The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil |
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0:46 |
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9 |
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The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin. |
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0:44 |
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10 |
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Csardas Music |
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3:34 |
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11 |
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The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature |
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0:24 |
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12 |
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The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1) |
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0:36 |
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13 |
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Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music'... |
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0:10 |
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14 |
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The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1) |
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0:42 |
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15 |
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Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise. |
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0:19 |
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16 |
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Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin' |
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1:56 |
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17 |
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The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Sid... |
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0:16 |
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Tzigane |
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0:52 |
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19 |
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Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet... |
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0:16 |
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20 |
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Caprice No.24 |
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0:49 |
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21 |
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The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando |
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1:58 |
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22 |
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Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7) |
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1:07 |
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23 |
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Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just... |
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0:23 |
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Romeo And Juliet: Act IV |
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0:47 |
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25 |
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Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossin... |
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0:15 |
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26 |
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The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1) |
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0:58 |
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The Violin Muted |
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0:32 |
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Clair De Lune |
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1:42 |
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The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orche... |
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0:31 |
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30 |
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Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt) |
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1:27 |
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The Pizzicato Violin |
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0:39 |
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Pizzicato Polka |
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2:30 |
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In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizz... |
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0:27 |
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34 |
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Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt) |
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2:03 |
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Varieties Of Pizzicato |
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3:10 |
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36 |
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The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War) |
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1:28 |
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37 |
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The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duet... |
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2:10 |
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Hungarian Dance No.4 |
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3:52 |
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Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music. |
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0:15 |
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40 |
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The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1) |
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0:38 |
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Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Anoth... |
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0:31 |
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42 |
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Bolero |
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0:50 |
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Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin |
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0:21 |
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44 |
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Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms |
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0:45 |
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45 |
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Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet. |
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0:13 |
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46 |
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Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song) |
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0:53 |
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47 |
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Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Reg... |
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0:11 |
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48 |
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Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance) |
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0:41 |
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49 |
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And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet I... |
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0:18 |
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50 |
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Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo) |
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6:44 |
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51 |
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The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Pas... |
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0:43 |
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52 |
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Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2) |
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0:35 |
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The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Un... |
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0:30 |
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54 |
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Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening) |
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1:34 |
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Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both St... |
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0:12 |
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56 |
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The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte) |
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0:34 |
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57 |
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Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformatio... |
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0:30 |
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58 |
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Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast) |
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0:37 |
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59 |
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Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into |
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0:47 |
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60 |
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The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional '... |
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0:33 |
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61 |
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Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen) |
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0:56 |
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62 |
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Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of... |
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0:15 |
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63 |
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Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4) |
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1:11 |
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64 |
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Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very |
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0:12 |
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65 |
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Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes' |
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1:09 |
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66 |
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To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dan... |
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1:42 |
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67 |
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Elfenreigen |
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1:29 |
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Total time |
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69:02 |
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