No. |
Title |
Length |
1. |
Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang |
1:02 |
2. |
COPLAND. Fanfare For The Common Man - On The Battlefields. BEETHOVEN. Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Opening) |
1:04 |
3. |
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle |
0:27 |
4. |
LISZT. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major - Scherzo |
1:22 |
5. |
Categories Of Percussion. Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum |
0:37 |
6. |
ROSSINI. La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) - Overture (Opening) |
0:53 |
7. |
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role. NIELSEN. Clarinet Concerto (Opening) |
1:09 |
8. |
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World |
0:22 |
9. |
SUSATO (Arr.). Den Hoboecken Dans |
1:43 |
10. |
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong |
0:29 |
11. |
RAVEL. Ma Merel'oye (Mother Goose) - Laideronette |
1:01 |
12. |
In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves. BRITTEN. Passacaglia, Op. 33b (From Peter Grimes) |
1:00 |
13. |
But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck Hard To Be Effective. SATIE. Gymnopedie No. 2 |
1:02 |
14. |
The Cymbals. ELGAR. The Sanguine Fan - STUDIO EXAMPLES. Clashed Softly - Struck Singly - Stroked With Wire Brushes |
1:28 |
15. |
The Whip. RAVEL. Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening) - TCHAIKOVSKY. The Nutcracker. Act I, Scene 5 |
1:06 |
16. |
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks. STUDIO EXAMPLE |
0:32 |
17. |
Cropping Up All Over The Place In 20th C. Music. COPLAND. Rodeo - IV. Hoe-Down |
0:44 |
18. |
The Castanets, Related To Woodblocks. GLINKA. Jota Aragonesa |
1:09 |
19. |
Used In 17th Century. MONTEVERDI. Scherzi Musicali - Damigella Tutta Bella |
1:51 |
20. |
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain |
0:31 |
21. |
Yo M Enamori D'un Aire (Trad. Sephardic) (featuring Traditional) |
1:07 |
22. |
The Birth Of The Bongo |
0:34 |
23. |
BERNSTEIN. Symphonic Dances From West Side Story |
1:40 |
24. |
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop. VERDI. II Trovatore - Act II. Anvil Chorus |
1:08 |
25. |
Desert-Island Decibels. GROFE. Grand Canyon Suite. III. On The Trail - VARESE. Arcana |
1:27 |
26. |
The Humble Squash, Or Marrow. MONCAYO. Huapango |
1:20 |
27. |
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani' |
0:14 |
28. |
R. STRAUSS. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Introduction |
1:49 |
29. |
The Drum Roll. MAHLER. Symphony No. 2, Resurrection' - III. In Ruhig Fliessender Bewegung |
0:29 |
30. |
Many Drum Rolls. GROFE. Grand Canyon Suite. I. Sunrise - BERLIOZ. Symphonie Fantastique. V. Songe D'une Nuit De Sabbat |
0:38 |
31. |
Taking Advantage Of Tunability |
0:23 |
32. |
BARTOK. Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta - II. Allegro |
2:25 |
33. |
A Downward Turn. SHCHEDRIN. Carmen Suite - IV. Changing Of The Guard |
1:02 |
34. |
Introducing The Glockenspiel. SHCHEDRIN. Carmen Suite - V. Carmen's Entrance & Habanera |
1:16 |
35. |
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone |
0:17 |
36. |
SAINT-SAENS. The Carnival Of The Animals - Fossils |
1:18 |
37. |
Ravel And The Xylophone |
0:11 |
38. |
RAVEL. Ma Merel'oye (Mother Goose) - Laideronette |
2:37 |
39. |
Introducing The Marimba. SHCHEDRIN. Carmen Suite - III. First Intermezzo |
0:39 |
40. |
Introducing The Vibraphone |
0:20 |
41. |
STEINER. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre - Narange Dolce |
1:26 |
42. |
The Vibraphone Goes Russian, & Is Joined By The Marimba. SHCHEDRIN. Carmen Suite - V. Carmen's Entrance & Habanera |
0:57 |
43. |
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom |
0:24 |
44. |
Folk Dances (Trad.) |
3:00 |
45. |
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra |
0:10 |
46. |
KODALY. Hary Janos Suite - III. Song |
1:30 |
47. |
Introducing The Tubular Bells |
0:17 |
48. |
KODALY. Hary Janos Suite - II. Viennese Musical Clock |
2:04 |
49. |
A More Up-Front Approach From Rodion Shchedrin |
0:06 |
50. |
SHCHEDRIN. Carmen Suite - I. Introduction |
1:09 |
51. |
The Sinister Made Even More Sinister. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Symphony No. 7, Sinfonia Antartica - I. Prelude |
0:38 |
52. |
Introducing The Celesta |
0:14 |
53. |
TCHAIKOVSKY. The Nutcracker - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy |
2:11 |
54. |
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion |
0:20 |
55. |
RAVEL. Miroirs - V. La Vallee Des Cloches |
1:39 |
56. |
Plucked Instruments, The Undercover Percussion. SHCHEDRIN. Carmen Suite - VI. Scene |
1:25 |
57. |
The Harp. TCHAIKOVSKY. The Nutcracker. Act II, Scene - LISZT. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 |
1:16 |
58. |
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra |
0:49 |
59. |
BACH. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 - II. Andante |
3:12 |
60. |
The Piano, King Of The Tuned Percussion. SAINT-SAENS. Symphony No. 3, Organ' - II. Allegro Moderato |
1:28 |
61. |
A Quarter Of A Century After That. STRAVINSKY. Petrushka - Russian Dance |
4:28 |
62. |
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra |
0:24 |
63. |
BARTOK. Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta - IV. Allegro Molto |
5:07 |