COMPOSER
|
WORK
|
CD
|
EXCERPT
|
COMMENTS
|
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 4
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80555
|
|
Cellos
playing high melody, accompanied by the other strings, clarinet
and cor anglais. |
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 4
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80555
|
|
Solo
violin, playing with scordatura tuning (up a tone). |
Igor
Stravinsky
|
The
Rite of Spring
|
Philharmonia/Salonen
Sony SK45796
|
|
Six
solo violas, with solo cellos and basses in harmonics (plus more
cellos pizzicato). |
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80569
|
|
High
four-part chords in violin 1, with violas marked staccatissimo. |
Edward
Elgar
|
Symphony
No. 1
|
Philharmonia/Haitink
EMI CDC 7 47673 2
|
|
Agility
of the violins, marked pp. |
Edward
Elgar
|
Symphony
No. 1
|
Philharmonia/Haitink
EMI CDC 7 47673 2
|
|
Melody
played by the back desk of violins only - a typically polite Elgar
moment! |
Manuel
de Falla
|
El
Amor Brujo (Love the Magician): Danza del terror
|
Philharmonia/Giulini
EMI CDM 69037 2
|
|
Muted
violins played loud. |
Manuel
de Falla
|
El
Amor Brujo (Love the Magician): Danza rituel del fuego (Ritual
Fire Dance)
|
Philharmonia/Giulini
EMI CDM 69037 2
|
|
Melody
in violins 1 and 2. |
Manuel
de Falla
|
El
Amor Brujo (Love the Magician): Pantomima
|
Philharmonia/Giulini
EMI CDM 69037 2
|
|
High
solo cello melody, accompanied by flutes and strings marked sul
ponticello and sul tasto. |
Claude
Debussy
|
La
Mer
|
Philharmonia/Cantelli
Testament SBT 1011
|
|
Cellos
in the upper register, later joined by violas. |
COMPOSER
|
WORK
|
CD
|
EXCERPT
|
COMMENTS
|
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 4
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80555
|
|
col
legno accompaniment, with woodwind. |
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 4
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80555
|
|
Contrapuntal
string writing. The cello melody is prominent at first, but the
violins gradually take the main theme. |
Camille
Saint-Saëns
|
Symphony
No. 3
|
Philharmonia/Yu
IMP 30366 00012
|
|
All
strings in close harmony. |
Jean
Sibelius
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Salonen
Sony SMK 66234
|
|
Strings
in octaves. |
Jean
Sibelius
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Salonen
Sony SMK 66234
|
|
A
passage for muted strings. |
Igor
Stravinsky
|
The
Rite of Spring
|
Philharmonia/Salonen
Sony SK45796
|
|
Artificial
harmonics in chords. |
Igor
Stravinsky
|
The
Rite of Spring
|
Philharmonia/Salonen
Sony SK45796
|
|
String
melody in harmonics (marked flautando). |
Gustav
Holst
|
The
Planets: Mercury
|
Philharmonia/Gardiner
DG445 860-2
|
|
Staccato
strings in rhythmic unison. |
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80569
|
|
Artificial
harmonics in violins, tune in cellos and basses (plus woodwind and
brass lightly stabbed accaompaniment). |
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80569
|
|
String
passage, featuring wide leaps and imitation. |
Gustav
Mahler
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Zander
Telarc 2CD-80569
|
|
The
opening of the celebrated 'Adagietto', with harp triplets against
rich low writing for the strings. |
Edward
Elgar
|
Symphony
No. 1
|
Philharmonia/Haitink
EMI CDC 7 47673 2
|
|
Melody
in strings, with harp. |
Ludwig
van Beethoven
|
Symphony
No. 7
|
Philharmonia/Klemperer
EMI 7 63354 2
|
|
Melody
in violas and cellos in unison. |
Claude
Debussy
|
Nocturnes
1: Nuages
|
Philharmonia/Cantelli
Testament SBT 1011
|
|
Strings
divisi. |
Claude
Debussy
|
Prélude
a l'après-midi d'un faune |
Philharmonia/Cantelli
Testament SBT 1011
|
|
Tremolo,
punta d'arco. |
Claude
Debussy
|
La
Mer
|
Philharmonia/Cantelli
Testament SBT 1011
|
|
Cellos
divisi. |
Peter
Tchaikovsky
|
Symphony
No. 5
|
Philharmonia/Muti
EMI CZS 7 67314 2
|
|
Violins
and violas in octaves. |