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Overture To 'Tannhauser'

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Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida

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We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play

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Hungarian Dance No.7

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The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments E

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Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)

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But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.

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The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil

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The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.

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Csardas Music

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The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature

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The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)

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Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music'

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The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)

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Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.

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Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'

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The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Sid

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Tzigane

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Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet

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Caprice No.24

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The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto

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Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)

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Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just

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Romeo And Juliet: Act IV

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Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossin

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The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)

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The Violin Muted

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Clair De Lune

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The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orche

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Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)

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The Pizzicato Violin

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Pizzicato Polka

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In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizz

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Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)

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Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now

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The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)

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The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duet

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Hungarian Dance No.4

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Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.

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The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)

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Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Anoth

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Bolero

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Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin

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Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms

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Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.

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Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)

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Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Reg

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Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)

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And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet I

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Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)

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The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Pas

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Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)

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The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Un

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Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)

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Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both St

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The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)

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Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformatio

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Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)

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Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into

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The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional '

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Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)

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Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of

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Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)

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Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very

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Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'

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To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dan

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Elfenreigen