America

'American classical music has always been a fascinating melting pot of styles, from the spirituals and jazz of the Deep South to the European influences that Jewish composers escaping Nazi Germany brought with them to the US. On this album, violinist Daniel Hope invites classical and jazz musicians, including the great jazz pianist Marcus Roberts, to explore together the idea of “American” music. Here, there are new arrangements of Gershwin, a West Side Story Suite that breathes new life into Bernstein’s masterful music, Copland’s heartfelt portraits of the Appalachian idyll, and a flavor of Kurt Weill’s seductive cabaret music. Florence Price’s “Adoration,” in a version for solo violin and strings, lies at the album’s heart, a reminder of a composing talent that, until recently, lay unjustly neglected

Tracks

1~1~Gershwin: Gershwin Song Suite - I. Fascinating Rhythm (Version For Solo Violin, Jazz Trio Andstring Orchestra)
1~2~Gershwin: Gershwin Song Suite - Ii. Summertime (Version For Solo Violin, Jazz Trio And String Orchestra)
1~3~Gershwin: Gershwin Song Suite - Iii. 's Wonderful (Version For Solo Violin, Jazz Trio And String Orchestra)
1~4~Gershwin: Gershwin Song Suite - Iv. The Man I Love (Version For Solo Violin, Jazz Trio And String Orchestra)
1~5~Gershwin: Gershwin Song Suite - V. I Got Rhythm (Version For Solo Violin, Jazz Trio And String Orchestra)
1~6~Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come (Version For Voice, Solo Violin And Piano)
1~7~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - I. America (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~8~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - Ii. Maria (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~9~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - Iii. Tonight (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~10~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - Iv. Somewhere (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~11~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - V. A Boy Like That (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~12~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - Vi. I Have A Love (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~13~Bernstein: West Side Story Suite - Vii. Mambo (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~14~Price: Adoration (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~15~Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1 - Iii. Long Time Ago (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~16~Copland: Old American Songs, Set 2 - Iv. At The River (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~17~Copland: Rodeo - Iv. Hoe-Down
1~18~Ellington: Black, Brown And Beige - V. Come Sunday (Version For Solo Violin And String Orchestra)
1~19~Weill: American Song Suite - I. September Song (Version For Violin And Chamber Orchestra)
1~20~Weill: American Song Suite - Ii. My Ship (Version For Violin And Chamber Orchestra)
1~21~Weill: American Song Suite -

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Daniel Hope, Zrcher Kammerorchester
Release Date: 04 February 2022
Genre: Classical Music
Label: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (IMP)
Distributor: Universal Music