Editorial Product Review: :Every track on this CD contains a beautiful melody, many of them easily recognizable, all of them exuding tranquility. 'O mio babbino caro' from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi opens the disc, with Bell delicately accompanied by a harp and spinning the long melody with great sensitivity. Bellini's 'Casta diva' from Norma lives up to its reputation as the epitome of bel canto in Bell's hands; his violin sings. The middle movement of Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto takes well to the violin, and Debussy's 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair' is played with great ...
Editorial Product Review: : Constantly exhorted to 'sing,' string players naturally try to emulate that most beautiful musical instrument, the human voice; no wonder they literally want to get their fingers on the treasures of the vocal repertoire. Joshua Bell has appropriated some of its best-loved songs and operatic arias, from Mozart through the romantics to Orff. Slow, sustained, lovely and yes, singing, these beguiling melodies and wide emotional range are eminently well suited to the violin. Credit for most of the arrangements is given to J.A.C. Redford, a well-known film and television composer, and ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:On Gershwin Fantasy, Joshua Bell's Stradivari embraces the lyrical spirit of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with more success than most vocalists. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra, Bell's violin literally sings through 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' 'Summertime,' 'I Got Rhythm,' and 'Love Is Here to Stay,' while John Williams (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) serves double duty as conductor and pianist on several tracks. Three Preludes employs the violin and piano transcription by Jascha Heifetz, a longtime Gershwin friend, and features Bell at his jazziest. Even Gershwin himself--well, the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:On Gershwin Fantasy, Joshua Bell's Stradivari embraces the lyrical spirit of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with more success than most vocalists. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra, Bell's violin literally sings through 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' 'Summertime,' 'I Got Rhythm,' and 'Love Is Here to Stay,' while John Williams (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) serves double duty as conductor and pianist on several tracks. Three Preludes employs the violin and piano transcription by Jascha Heifetz, a longtime Gershwin friend, and features Bell at his jazziest. Even Gershwin himself--well, the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:This all-Bernstein disc includes four compositions in addition to the title piece, of which only the 'Serenade' was originally written for solo violin and orchestra. John Corigliano made the arrangement of 'Make Our Garden Grow,' the famous final song from Candide, and William David Brohn, who had long been close to Bernstein's music, arranged two songs from On the Town. His West Side Story Suite is a free adaptation rather than an arrangement; he calls it the greatest adventure of his musical life. However, the real hero of the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:This all-Bernstein disc includes four compositions in addition to the title piece, of which only the 'Serenade' was originally written for solo violin and orchestra. John Corigliano made the arrangement of 'Make Our Garden Grow,' the famous final song from Candide, and William David Brohn, who had long been close to Bernstein's music, arranged two songs from On the Town. His West Side Story Suite is a free adaptation rather than an arrangement; he calls it the greatest adventure of his musical life. However, the real hero of the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:This all-Bernstein disc includes four compositions in addition to the title piece, of which only the 'Serenade' was originally written for solo violin and orchestra. John Corigliano made the arrangement of 'Make Our Garden Grow,' the famous final song from Candide, and William David Brohn, who had long been close to Bernstein's music, arranged two songs from On the Town. His West Side Story Suite is a free adaptation rather than an arrangement; he calls it the greatest adventure of his musical life. However, the real hero of the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:This all-Bernstein disc includes four compositions in addition to the title piece, of which only the 'Serenade' was originally written for solo violin and orchestra. John Corigliano made the arrangement of 'Make Our Garden Grow,' the famous final song from Candide, and William David Brohn, who had long been close to Bernstein's music, arranged two songs from On the Town. His West Side Story Suite is a free adaptation rather than an arrangement; he calls it the greatest adventure of his musical life. However, the real hero of the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:This all-Bernstein disc includes four compositions in addition to the title piece, of which only the 'Serenade' was originally written for solo violin and orchestra. John Corigliano made the arrangement of 'Make Our Garden Grow,' the famous final song from Candide, and William David Brohn, who had long been close to Bernstein's music, arranged two songs from On the Town. His West Side Story Suite is a free adaptation rather than an arrangement; he calls it the greatest adventure of his musical life. However, the real hero of the recording ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:This all-Bernstein disc includes four compositions in addition to the title piece, of which only the 'Serenade' was originally written for solo violin and orchestra. John Corigliano made the arrangement of 'Make Our Garden Grow,' the famous final song from Candide, and William David Brohn, who had long been close to Bernstein's music, arranged two songs from On the Town. His West Side Story Suite is a free adaptation rather than an arrangement; he calls it the greatest adventure of his musical life. However, the real hero of the recording ...
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