Sir Adrian Boult Introduces The Instruments Of The Orchestra

Tracklist

A1	Strings
A2	Brass
B1	Woodwind
B2	Percussion

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.

Credits

• Design – David Wharin
• Photography – Michael Barrington-Martin
• Script By, Producer – John Boyden

Notes

℗ 1968.
Photograph: Michael Barrington-Martin Ltd 1974

With members of The London Philharmonic Orchestra.

1. Strings

Violin
The four strings
The compass
Pizzicato
Muting
Long notes - Scheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Double stopping - Caprice Espagnole (Rimsky-Korsakov)

Viola
The compass
Giselle (Adam)
Harold in Italy (Berlioz)
Arpeggio effect (Harold in Italy - Berlioz)

Cello
Compass
Brahms 3rd movement from 2nd Piano Concerto
Pizzicato

Double Bass
Compass
Pizzicato
1st Symphony, 3rd movement (Mahler)
Harmonic demonstration from Gavotte (Lorinzetti)

Harp
Compass
Caprice Espagnole (Rimsky-Korsakov)

2. Brass

Horn
Compass
4th Horn Concerto (Rondo) (Mozart)
4th Horn Concerto (Romanza) (Mozart)
Open and muted effects from Scheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Horn call from Siegfried (Wagner)

Trumpet
Compass
Fanfare from Caprice Espagnole (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Off-stage effect from Leonore No.3 Overture (Beethoven)
High Baroque (Clarino register)
2nd Brandenburg Concerto (J.S. Bach)
Chromatic Trumpet. Slow movement from Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)
Open and muted effect from Scheherezade (Rimksy-Korsakov)
Cornet part from Capriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky)

Trombone
Compass
Glissando (slides)
Tannhauser Overture (Wagner)
Open and muted effects from Scheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Legato from Tuba Mirum. Requiem Mass (Mozart)

Bass Trombone
Lower notes of register
Overture 1812 (Tchaikovsky)

Tuba
Compass
Theme from Overture The Mastersingers (Wagner)

3. Woodwind

Flute
Compass
Dance from the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)

Piccolo
Compass
Overture Semiramide (Rossini)

Oboe
Compass
Overture The Silken Ladder (Rossini)
The same with piccolo in duet
Slow movement from Eroica Symphony (Beethoven)

Cor Anglais
Compass
Largo From The New World Symphony (Dvorak)
Slow movement from Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz) with oboe contrasted

Clarinet in A
Compass
First movement from Concerto (Mozart)
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)

Bass Clarinet
The Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky) with celeste and Clarinet in A

E-flat Clarinet
Compass
Finale from Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz)

Bassoon
Compass
Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Scheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Overture Leonore No.3 with Flute (Beethoven)

Double (contra) Bassoon
Lower notes
Dies Irae

4. Percussion

Timpani (Kettledrums)
Christmas Oratorio (J.S. Bach)
Soft playing on three drums
The same with harder sticks
Modern chromatic timpani with soft and hard sticks with glissando effect
Glissando alone

Side drum (Snare Drum)
Cymbals
Sleigh Bells and Whip
Glockenspiel and Chinese Block
Xylophone and Chinese Finger Cymbals
Tubular Bells and Tam Tam (Gong)
Tam Tam (Gong) solo
Bass Drum (with different sticks)
Castanets
Tambourine (shaken)
Triangle
Tambourine (struck)
Cymbal beaten with stick

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SCFP 40074 A-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SCFP 40074 B-2

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