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A Guide to Musical Instruments Vol.2: 1800-1950

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Label: Ricercar

Cat No: RIC104

Barcode: 5400439001046

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 8

Release Date: 24th June 2013

Artists

Paul Badura-Skoda
Francette Bartholomee
Ulrich Berg
Luc Berge
Patrick Bismuth
Serge Cahu
Gabriel Capet
Gerard Causse
Laurent Dailleau
Jean-Pierre Dassonville
Christian Debecq
Philippe Defurne
Nicolas Deletaille
Jorg Demus
Luc Devos Roel Dieltiens
Benjamin Dieltjens
Paul Dombrecht
Olivier Douyez
Freddy Eichelberger
Brigitte Engelhard
Melanie Flahaut Bernard Foccroulle
Toon Fret
Anne Gaels
Daniele Galiazzo
Antoine Ganaye
Marc Girardot
Thierry Gomar
Jane Gower
Olivier Haas
Sophie Hallynck
Jerome Hantai
Christophe Henry
Jean-Jacques Herbin
Viktoria Herencsar
Eric Hoeprich
Volny Hostiou
Steve Houben
Monica Huggett
Augustin Humeau
Konrad Hunteler
Jeno Jando
David Joignaux
Piet Kuijken Wieland Kuijken
Joel Lahens
Wanda Landowska
Laurent Le Chenadec
Korneel Le Compte
Philippe Lemaigre
Patrick Leterme
Caterina Lichtenberg
Jean-Francois Madeuf
Laurent Madeuf
Pierre-Yves Madeuf
Claude Maury
Jan Michiels
Nicola Moneta
Jose Miguel Moreno
Gerrit Nulens
Jeremie Papasergio
Guy Penson
Yanna Penson
Cedric Pescia
Marie-Ange Petit
Marcel Ponseele
Michaela Puhn
Sergei Rachmaninov
William Sabatier
Oskar Sala
Richard Savino
Daniel Savoyaud
Lidewij Scheifes
Roland Schneider
Christopher Seed
Daniel Sepec
Christine Simonin
Andreas Staier
Edoardo Torbianelli
Philippe Uyttebrouck
Natalia Valentin
Jos van Immerseel
Guy Van Waas
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Jean-Philippe Vasseur
Stefaan Verdegem
Joris Verdin
Cedric Vinatier
Patrick Wibart
Anima Eterna Brugge
A Venti
Ars Nova
Les Cuivres Romantiques
Octophoros
Terpsycordes
Ricercar Academy
The Sax Players
Trio Van Hengel

Conductors

Jos van Immerseel
Paul Dombrecht

Artists

Conductors

Jos van Immerseel
Paul Dombrecht

About

This second volume of the Guide to Musical/Period/Early Instruments explores the history of musical instruments in the period from 1800 to 1950. Its purpose is both to discuss improvements and transformations of instruments dating from before 1800, and to investigate all the novelties thought up by instrument makers during this era.

All these developments took place in a context in which the process of instrument making moved from artisans’ workshops to commercial firms which became veritable factories, typical of the 'age of industrialisation'. The majority of the musical examples are recordings of individual instruments that allow us to hear timbres often lost under the weight of the orchestral mass.

This second volume of the Guide follows the same principles as the first. The text by Jérôme Lejeune is illustrated by numerous photos of instruments and other iconographic sources; a set of eight CDs, arranged in thematic programmes (‘The orchestra of Berlioz’, ‘Salon music’, ‘Vienna in the time of Beethoven’, ‘Wagner and instrumental innovations’, ‘The Sax workshop’, etc.), illustrates all these instrumental discoveries in sound.

Unlike the first Guide, this second volume is released in two versions, one in French, the other in English. Merely developed the instruments of Beethoven’s orchestra will be surprised to discover an incredible number of instruments that enjoyed only a short lease of life, but also many that brought new colours to the orchestra.