The instruments of the orchestra : Interlopers / Jeremy Siepmann, written and narrated [grabación sonora]

Instruments of the Orchestra, Siepmann, Jeremy

1. Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all:
2. Saint - Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto
3. But things in Handel's day were very different.
4. Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte
5. The organ is difficult to classify.
6. An unexpected, organ - related guest 00
7. Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro
8. Peasant - fancying… and a touch of the roaming cowboy
9. Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me
10. Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3
11. Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen
12. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig
13. Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade
14. Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet
15. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude
16. Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII
17. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: III. Allegro gentile
18. Seeger / Hays: Washington Breakdown
19. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Packing Up
20. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II: No. 14
21. Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: EI Desayuno
22. The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums from Africa and Central America
23. Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. Ferre: Paris cancaille
25. Karas: The Third Man: Theme
26. Traditional: Folk Dances
27. Albeniz: Rondena
28. Traditional: Svetit Mesiats
29. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude
30. Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes
31. Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo
32. Saint - Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo
33. The flute as an all - purpose aviary
34. Saint - Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary
35. The oboe as duck
36. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck
37. The recording of reality. Does it work as well
38. Respighi: The Pines of Rome: III. The Pines of the Janiculum
39. The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises
40. Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy)
41. Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail
42. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach
43. Some importable casting: the violin as braying donkey
44. Saint - Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears
45. A truly orchestral hee - haw to be reckoned with
46. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
47. A thunderstorm in a million
48. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm
49. The instrumental depiction of a silent world
50. Saint - Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium
51. Saint - Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call
52. Saint - Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale

Instruments of the orchestra, yes. But not just instruments in the orchestra. This is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk, solo, operatic, cinematic, even jazz and avant-garde music) and in pieces from the Middle Ages to the present. Joining regular orchestra members are such exotic visitors as the eerie ondes martenot, the wind machine, banjos, bagpipes, coconuts, typewriters, six-shooters, taxi horns, and migrating swans - and the hundreds of examples range from illustrative snippets to entire movements. The first CD is devoted entirely to the violin, and the last to the greatest instrument of all, the orchestra itself.

This intoxicating, energetic, and remarkably informative survey of musical instruments is unprecedented in its scope and achievement. All the lively descriptions are followed by striking musical examples, of which there are over 200, spanning all eras, styles, and genres. As well as a full transcript of the text, the comprehensive booklet contains clear illustrations and background historical information on each instrument.