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other commercial application but grant you
the right to download it free of charge for
your own personal use.
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grateful if you would make a donation to the
charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift
Rotary Club.
Original
Instrumental Music
Arrangements
Donationware MP3 Recordings
This website presents about 500 mainly
percussion based arrangements of classical
pieces with fresh colours from new world
instruments in exciting ways.
Many of our recordings feature combinations of a
Balinese Gamelan Orchestra, Marimbas, steel
drums and vibraphones. These combinations
have worked particularly well with Ragtime and
other piano music. More surprisingly the addition
of Ocarinas and flutes for orchestral pieces
including symphonies have produced
consistently effective results for all but the
slowest movements.
This project was inspired by Emerson Lake and
Palmer, Wendy Carlos and Evelyn Glennie
amongst others - the percussion arrangements
belong to a Feel Good Electronica musical genre -
more than old wine in new bottles - they are
original recordings which repay active listening.
For example our recordings of Beethoven's 3rd
and 5th Symphonies show how new world
instrumentation can shed new light on even
the greatest classical creations - bringing them
to life in fresh and exciting ways whilst
remaining true to the original spirit. This is
born out with our interpretation of numerous
concertos and two symphonies by Dvorak
including the Largo.
Quality
The digital recordings of these arrangements
were compressed into MP3 files. They are
sampled at 48k Hertz and encoded at 192k bits
per second - slightly better than a CD. They are
suitable for use with all your MP3 Players
including iPods, iPads, iPhones and Android
devices and can readily be added to your
collection by means of the relevant software
such as iTunes. But as with most music they
benefit further from good quality speakers or
headphones.