· Spectacular virtuoso playing, bravura passagework and
show-stopping melodies are balanced with wistful lyricism
and sublime tone painting in this irresistible program of
perennial favorites, played with elan by the violinist Arabella
Steinbacher.
·
"Great violinists like Heifetz, Kresler, Menuhin...played
virtuosic pieces in their concerts," recalled Steinbacher
in a recent interview. She lamented that such pieces are
infrequently played owing to the perception that "...this kind
of repertoire is `not serious enough' which I find is really a
pity and also not true."
·
In a change of pace, the album also features the work which
has topped Classic FM's listeners' "Hall of Fame" for the last
three years running: the much-loved and achingly lyrical
The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams completed it
following the horrors of the First World War.
·
For this recording Arabella Steinbacher plays the "Booth"
Stradivari from 1716, a generous loan from the Nippon
Music Foundation.
01. Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasie
02. Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
03. Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
04. Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83
05. Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
06. Jules Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
07. Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
ARABELLA STEINBACHER
August 9
HOLLYWOOD BOWL / LA PHILHARMONIC
Los Angeles, CA
August 12
Montreal, QC
August 13
MAISON SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
Montreal, QC
TRACK LIST:
TOUR DATES:
FANTASIES, RHAPSODIES &
DAYDREAMS
ARABELLA STEINBACHER
COMPOSER:
Jules Massenet · Maurice Ravel · Camille Saint-
Saëns · Pablo de Sarasate · Franz Waxman · Ralph Vaughan
Williams
ARTIST:
Arabella Steinbacher (violin) · Orchestre
Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo · Lawrence Foster (conductor)
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$19.99
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$23.99
09/09/16
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