|
No. |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (featuring Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halász / Michael Halasz) |
2:06 |
| 2. |
Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida (featuring Unicorn Ensemble, Marco Ambrosini, Oni Wytars, Michael Posch) |
0:28 |
| 3. |
We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us |
1:20 |
| 4. |
Hungarian Dance No. 7 For Violin & Piano (featuring John Lenehan, Marat Bisengaliev) |
1:40 |
| 5. |
The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented |
0:45 |
| 6. |
Violin Concerto In D Major - II. Adagio (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra) |
1:08 |
| 7. |
But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil |
0:18 |
| 8. |
The Soldier's Tale (Triumphal March Of The Devil) (featuring Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward) |
0:46 |
| 9. |
The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin |
0:43 |
| 10. |
Csardas Music (featuring His Gypsy Band, Ferenc Santa) |
3:33 |
| 11. |
The Violin And The Imitation Of Nature |
0:24 |
| 12. |
The Four Seasons. Spring - I. Allegro (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser) |
0:36 |
| 13. |
Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite |
0:10 |
| 14. |
The Four Seasons. Summer - I. Allegro Non Molto (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser) |
0:42 |
| 15. |
Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise |
0:19 |
| 16. |
Old Viennese Dance No. 3 'Schon Rosmarin' (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Jeno Jando) |
1:55 |
| 17. |
The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane, A Very Different Side Of The Violin |
0:16 |
| 18. |
Tzigane (featuring Marat Bisengaliev) |
0:51 |
| 19. |
Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument... Not Just Yet |
0:16 |
| 20. |
Caprice No. 24 (featuring Ilya Kaler) |
0:48 |
| 21. |
Many Effects Of String Tremolando. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - III. Presto - From Joy To Fright. Quartettsatz In C Minor (featuring Kodály Quartet / Kodaly Quartet, Robert Hill, Helmut Müller - Brühl / Helmut Muller - Bruhl, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christine Pichlmeier, Corinne Chapelle) |
1:58 |
| 22. |
String Tremolo Spells The Word Agitato. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge - VIII. Moto Perpetuo (featuring The Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt) |
1:07 |
| 23. |
Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime |
0:22 |
| 24. |
Romeo And Juliet - Act IV (featuring National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine, Andrew Mogrelia) |
0:47 |
| 25. |
Vivaldi Uses It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice |
0:14 |
| 26. |
The Four Seasons. Winter - I. Allegro Non Molto (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser) |
0:58 |
| 27. |
The Violin Muted |
0:31 |
| 28. |
Suite Bergamasque - Clair De Lune (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Jeno Jando) |
1:41 |
| 29. |
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays |
0:30 |
| 30. |
Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major, K. 467 - II. Andante (featuring Jeno Jando, Concentus Hungaricus, András Ligeti / Andras Ligeti) |
1:26 |
| 31. |
The Pizzicato Violin |
0:38 |
| 32. |
Pizzicato Polka (featuring Alfred Walter, CSR State Philharmonic Orchestra) |
2:30 |
| 33. |
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato |
0:27 |
| 34. |
Violin Concerto No. 2 In G Minor - II. Andante Assai' (featuring Antoni Wit, Tedi Papavrami, Polish NRSO) |
2:02 |
| 35. |
Varieties Of Pizzicato. Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast) - Drier, Leaner, Hungrier. Capriol Suite. III. Tordion - As Persussion. Romeo And Juliet. Act I - Symphony No. 4 - II. (featuring The Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit, Andrew Mogrelia, Polish NSRO, Vasili Jelvakov) |
3:10 |
| 36. |
Percussion Playing With The Wood Of The Bow. The Planets - I. Mars 'The Bringer Of War' (featuring Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper) |
1:28 |
| 37. |
Double-Stopping Technique Allows The Violin To Play Duets With Itself. Sonata No. 3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin - II. Fugue (featuring Lucy Van Dael) |
2:10 |
| 38. |
Hungarian Dance No. 4 For Violin & Piano (featuring John Lenehan, Marat Bisengaliev) |
3:52 |
| 39. |
Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music |
0:15 |
| 40. |
The Four Seasons. Autumn - I. Allegro (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser) |
0:38 |
| 41. |
Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World |
0:30 |
| 42. |
Bolero (featuring The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper) |
0:50 |
| 43. |
Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet |
0:20 |
| 44. |
Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms (featuring Takako Nishizaki) |
0:45 |
| 45. |
Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet |
0:12 |
| 46. |
Forty-Four Duos - No. 1. Teasing Song (featuring Gyorgy Pauk, Kazuki Sawa) |
0:52 |
| 47. |
Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register |
0:11 |
| 48. |
Forty-Four Duos - No. 2. Maypole Dance (featuring Gyorgy Pauk, Kazuki Sawa) |
0:40 |
| 49. |
And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History |
0:17 |
| 50. |
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins - II. Largo Ma Non Tanto (featuring Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Alexander Jablokov, Oliver Dohnanyi) |
6:43 |
| 51. |
The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song, But What About This Weird Passage… |
0:43 |
| 52. |
Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major - II. Scherzo (featuring Antoni Wit, Tedi Papavrami, Polish NRSO) |
0:34 |
| 53. |
The Use Of Harmonics In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling |
0:29 |
| 54. |
Symphony No. 1, 'Titan' - I. Langsam, Schleppend (Opening) (featuring Michael Halász / Michael Halasz, Polish NRSO) |
1:33 |
| 55. |
Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Daring |
0:12 |
| 56. |
The Sleeping Beauty - Act II, No. 15. Entr'acte (featuring Andrew Mogrelia, CSSR State Philharmonic) |
0:33 |
| 57. |
Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation |
0:29 |
| 58. |
Ma Mere L'oye (Mother Goose) - IV. Beauty And The Beast (featuring Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Jean) |
0:37 |
| 59. |
Harmonics Transport Us Almost Into Another World. The Firebird - Introduction (featuring Alexander Rahbari, BRT Philharmonic Brussels) |
0:47 |
| 60. |
The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'grab' |
0:33 |
| 61. |
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen) (featuring Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler) |
0:56 |
| 62. |
Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt |
0:15 |
| 63. |
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge - IV. Aria Italiana (featuring The Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt) |
1:11 |
| 64. |
Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood |
0:12 |
| 65. |
Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a (From 'Peter Grimes') - I. Dawn (featuring New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman) |
1:09 |
| 66. |
To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance |
0:13 |
| 67. |
Elfenreigen (featuring Christian Simonis, Gottinger Sinfonie Orchestra) |
1:30 |
