WGUC--> Aerophones

Claude Debussy
King Lear: Fanfare
Orchestra of French Radio & TV
Conductor: Jean Martinon
Opens up with loud trumpets or other similar instrument
Melody contains flute, and some horn-like instrument. Soothing.
Horns make it sound like it’s being played in a king’s castle.

Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours
Cincinnati Pops
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Either the flute, but possibly the piccolo starts out the piece very softly. Probably the piccolo.
Easy-going. Not at all like the last piece.
I know this piece. I think it is an older dancing piece, possibly for a Waltz or it could be from a familiar play.
The only other instruments getting really any play is mostly the strings section.
I heard a horn come in around one of the transitions, but I could not figure out what it was. I also heard a loud array of horn-like instruments soon after.

Frederick the Great
Flute Concerto
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Soloist: Manfred Friedrich, flute
The flute will be played a lot just from the title of the song.
The flute’s part was accompanied by a harpsichord? And by a violin or other string instrument
Very long to only feature the flute.

Ottorino Respighi
Fantastic Toy Shop
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Neville Marriner
It sounds like trumpets are the main brass instrument in this piece.
Sounds like a fanfare, similar to the first one.
There are a lot of slow parts and the horns usually help speed up the transition into the faster parts.
I bet there are other horns besides the trumpet, possibly a French horn, but I can’t really tell the difference.
I don’t even have a particular mood when I listen to music like this. There are always the soothing parts, similar to a Disney fairytale. I always feel betrayed or tricked when there is all of a sudden a huge blast in the music. Most composers don’t make the transition from low pace to high too quickly, but I am not too particular about a lot of tempo changes in the music.
I may have heard a trombone. I heard a deep horn that seemed to be leading the orchestra.
As I thought the music was over, another act seems to have started.
I’ve noticed violins and other deeper string instruments play very well alongside horns of different kinds. Although I could not classify any oboes or bassoons, it must mean they play very well with string instruments also. I also have noticed that the horns pretty much guide the tempo. With this being the case, I noticed the horns usually have prevalent soft parts in the beginning and usually close out the act or section of a piece with a lot of power or soft and subtle like the music began.