Pistes / Tracks : ► overture to 'tannhauser' ► domna, pos vos ay chausida ► we don't merely use instruments, we play on them. and they play on us. ► hungarian dance no.7 ► the violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instruments ever invented. ► violin concerto in d major (adagio) ► but for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the devil. ► the soldier's tale triumphal march of the devil ► the manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin. ► csardas music ► the violin and the initiation of nature ► the four seasons (spring, mvt 1) ► birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially music's natural favourite. ► the four seasons (summer, mvt 1) ► like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise. ► old viennese dance no.3 'schon rosmarin' ► the menacing sensuality of ravel's tzigane a very different side of the violin ► tzigane ► do we now have the true measure of this instrument? not just yet. ► caprice no.24 ► the many effects of the string tremolando brandenburg concerto no.4 (last mvt)/from joy to fright/quartettsatz in c minor/the string tremolo practically spells the world agitato. |