Les Instruments de l'orchestre

Les Instruments de l'orchestre

• Released on 11/2/02 by Naxos
• Main artist: Jeremy Siepmann
• Genre: Comedy/Other

Instruments of the Orchestra (Jeremy Siepmann)

1 Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture

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2 Anonymous: Domna, pos vos ay chausida

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3 We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they play on us.

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4 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7

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5 The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented.

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6 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major: II. Adagio

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7 But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil.

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8 Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March of the Devil

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9 The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin

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10 Anonymous: Csardas Music

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11 The violin and the imitation of nature

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12 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro

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13 Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite.

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14 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer: I. Allegro non molto

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15 Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise.

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16 Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin

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17 The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very different side of the violin:

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18 Ravel: Tzigane

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19 Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not just yet.

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20 Paganini: Caprice No. 24

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21 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: III. Presto / Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor

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22 Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: VIII. Moto Perpetuo

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23 Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be heard just before bedtime

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24 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act IV

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25 Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers crossing the ice.

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26 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter: I. Allegro non molto

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27 The violin muted

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28 Debussy: Clair de lune

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29 The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole orchestra plays.

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30 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

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31 The pizzicato violin

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32 Strauss: Pizzicato Polka

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33 In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment is pizzicato.

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34 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor: II. Andante assai

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35 Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon / Warlock: Capriol Suite: III. Tordion / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act I

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36 Holst: The Planets: I. Mars: The Bringer of War

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37 Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major for unaccompanied violin: II. Fugue

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38 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4

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39 Double-stopping is a standard feature of a lot of folk music.

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40 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn: I. Allegro

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41 Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from another world.

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42 Ravel: Bolero

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43 Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real violin duet.

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44 Joachim: Cadenza to the Violin Concerto by Brahms

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45 Now compare that with a real violin duet.

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46 Bartok: 44 Duos: I. Teasing Song

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47 Another duo by Bartok, demonstrating the violin's rich lower register

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48 Bartok: 44 Duos: II. Maypole Dance

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49 And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin duet in history

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50 Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto

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About the album

• 7 disc(s) - 410 track(s)
• Total length: 07:58:06

• Main artist: Jeremy Siepmann
• Label: Naxos
• Genre: Comedy/Other
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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