Orchestral Music - A 'Project Climax' Subcategory - 10 CDs

Orchestral
While symphony and concerto are the most popular types of orchestral music, many composers have written great works for orchestra that don't fall into either of these two categories. The works on this page demonstrate the development of the orchestra over time. The Baroque orchestra was a small collection of strings augmented by a couple of woodwinds and supported by a keyboard instrument, usually a harpsichord. In the mid-eighteenth century the keyboard was eliminated and composers began to score their orchestral works for brass as well as strings and woodwinds. In the nineteenth century the size of the orchestra increased greatly, as did the variety of instruments: tubas, trombones, bass clarinet, more percussion, and sometimes even piano were added to the core strings and winds. Twentieth-century composers used the modern orchestra to create novel effects of color and sonority.




What to do next
Once you have browsed and read about the recommended albums of this section at Classicalcdguide.com, you can come back here and download the albums that has cought your interest. The albums marked by a red number are the ones I have yet been unable to find anywhere so any help on that matter would be very much appreciated.

If you want more
In case you feel inspired to get more you are welcome to visit the main page of project Climax from where you will have access to a virtual library of quality recordings of classical music. Everything indexed into a variety of categories that should suit everyones taste.

01 - Igor Stravinsky; Petroushka, Le Sacre du Printemps - Stravinsky, CSO (Sony 1990)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35384640/133AKAPMADJF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35380576/133AKAPMADJF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35376765/133AKAPMADJF.part1.rar

02 - George Friedrich Händel; Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks - Orpheus CO (DG 1992)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34057591/99ALKJFEHGD.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34053361/99ALKJFEHGD.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34048964/99ALKJFEHGD.part1.rar

03 - Ravel; Bolero - Debussy; La Mer - Mussorgsky; Bilder einer Ausstellung - Karajan, BPO (DG 1996)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35282340/128ADSGJHKTL.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35278411/128ADSGJHKTL.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35274356/128ADSGJHKTL.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35270290/128ADSGJHKTL.part1.rar

04 - Tchaikovsky; Ballet Suites - Mstislav Rostropovich & Berlin Philharmoniker (DG 1997)
http://rapidshare.de/files/33010472/078AEERGFFDG.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32915132/078AEERGFFDG.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32912149/078AEERGFFDG.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32908692/078AEERGFFDG.part1.rar

05 - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Bruno Walter & Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Sony 1990)
http://rapidshare.de/files/32243203/057ATROJGKHK.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32240918/057ATROJGKHK.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32238747/057ATROJGKHK.part1.rar

06 - Gustav Holst; The Planets - Charles Dutoit & Orchestre symphonique de Montreal (Decca 1998)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35745374/148AGAKGOOGO.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35740092/148AGAKGOOGO.part1.rar

07 - Aaron Copland; Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy, Fanfare - Bernstein & NYPO (Sony 1997)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35521219/138ASAXOFKJR.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35513029/138ASAXOFKJR.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35509024/138ASAXOFKJR.part1.rar

08 - Rimsky-Korsakov; Scherazade, Russian Easter Overture - Spano & ASO (Telarc 2001)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35514118/R-K.ScREO.RS.AWO.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35532339/R-K.ScREO.RS.AWO.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35531404/R-K.ScREO.RS.AWO.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35546031/R-K.ScREO.RS.AWO.Cvrs.rar

09 - Bela Bartok; Concerto for Orchestra, Hungarian Sketches - Reiner & CSO (RCA 1993)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35434440/135AGAPMGJDE.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35432287/135AGAPMGJDE.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35430737/135AGAPMGJDE.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35410879/135AGAPMGJDE.part1.rar

10 - Gershwin & Grofe; Rhapsody in Blue, American in Paris - Corigliano, Bernstein, CSO (Sony 1997)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35735878/140ASDJEOVJJ.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35732223/140ASDJEOVJJ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35726645/140ASDJEOVJJ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35704410/140ASDJEOVJJ.part1.rar