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CD 4002
UPC Code #615594400220
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KING DAVID'S
LYRE
A
CELEBRATION OF JERUSALEM 3,000
ZINA SCHIFF, violin
CAMERON GRANT, piano
Cherina Eisenberg in Gershwin & Achron
CradleSong
CRITIC'S CHOICE
BEST OF 1997
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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"It can take
its place beside Mischa Elman's (collection), to
whichit is equal in depth of musicianship and
superior in recorded sound.
Highlyrecommended"
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Fanfare
"This is one
of the most beautiful recordings of Jewishmusic
I've heard. Schiff is a great violinist in every
way."
- American
Record Guide
"This
collection, in celebration of Jerusalem 3,000, is
an invaluablecontribution"
- Journal
of Jewish Music and Liturgy
"...an
outstanding disk, which I highly recommend to
anyone who is sweptby the emotions, the nostalgia
and the meaning behind this worthy
release.
- David
Amos, San Diego Jewish Times
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Program
- Alexander Krein - Caprice
Hebraique
- Joseph Achron - Hebrew Melody
& Hebrew Cradle Song
- Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. - Hebrew Song
& Dance
- David Hush - Shir Eres
(Lullaby for violin solo) & Sonata
for Violin Solo
- Marc Lavry - Three Jewish
Dances
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -
Sea-Murmurs
- Paul Ben-Haim - Sephardic
Melody
- Hanoch Jacoby - King David's
Lyre
- George Gershwin - Second
Prelude
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CD 4005
UPC Code #615594400527
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HERE'S ONE
AMERICAN
MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
ZINA SCHIFF, violin
AMERON GRANT, piano
CRITIC'S
CHOICE
BEST OF 1997
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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"...Schiff
plays sympathetically, with the clarity of
cloudless skies...Given the excellence of - and the
warm advocacy evident in theserecordings, the
anthology earns a wholehearted
recommendation"
-
Fanfare
"The...
repertoire is as varied as the 50 states and as
colorful asthe American flag."
- North
County (CA) Times
"Indeed,
anyone interested in a program that defines
American musiccould hardly do better than this
one"
- American
Record Guide
Selected by
WGBH radio for its international Art of the
Statesprogram.
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Program:
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- William Grant Still - Here's
One
- Two Vignettes for Violin and
Piano
- Summerland
- Blues (from Lenox Avenue)
- Quit Dat Fool'nish
- Lee Hoiby - Sonata for Violin and
Piano
- Florence Price - The Deserted
Garden
- Henry Cowell - Sonata for Violin
and Piano
- Aaron Copland - Two pieces for
Violin and Piano
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CD 4010
UPC Code #615594401029
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THE AURORA
DUO
Donna
Fairbanks, Violin
Lysa Rytting, Harp
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"...a
pleasant survey of unhackneyed music...the Sonata,
by Adrian Shaposhnikov...sounds like Ravel with a
tinge of Slavic melancholy...The first movement (of
the Donizetti) is a lovely aria in Donizetti's best
manner, which Fairbanks sings with some charm: the
second a sprightly cabaletta...(The Boren) sounds
like a modern dance scores, liturgical mainly in
its serene starkness. The most effective dance
combines harp with pizzicato violin. Rytting
creates an attractive, ghostly tone
quality."
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Fanfare
The
greatly-anticipated debut recording from the superb
Aurora Duo presents unique and beautiful but
rarely-heard repertoire for violin and harp.
Acclaimed violinist Donna Fairbanks and harp
virtuoso Lysa Rytting explore this repertoire in a
musical journey around the world featuring
compositions by America's Alan Hovhaness and Murray
Boren, Italy's Gaetano Donizetti, France's Camille
Saint-Saens, Argentina's Angel Lasala and Russia's
Adrian Shaposhinikov.
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Program:
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- Gaetano Donizetti - Sonata in G
Major for Violin and Harp
- Adrian Shaposhinikov - Sonata in d
minor for Violin and Harp
- Alan Hovhaness - Sonata, op.
406
- Angel E. Lasala - Poema Del Pastor
Coya (World Premiere Recording)
- Murray Boren - Movements from the
Liturgical Dance (World Premiere
Recording)
- Camille Saint-Saens - Fantasie for
Violin and Harp, op. 123
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THE GOLDEN DOVE
Masterpieces from the Jewish Folk Music Society
Zina Schiff, violin
Cameron Grant, piano
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"Chamber music for piano and violin, featuring Zina Schiff and Cameron Grant, respectively (with Cherina Carmel filling in at the keyboard on two selections). The Jewish Folk Music Society was founded in St. Petersburg in 1908 at a time when the then-Russian capital was also a center of musical genius. Encouraged by Rimsky-Korsakov, who died before the organization was officially inaugurated, the Society drew from many of his students and was responsible for some truly magnificent music, including the 19 brief pieces recorded here. Schiff is a wonderfully expressive player, and Grant (and Carmel) offer sympathetic and subtle accompaniment. A very beautiful recording. Rating: AAAAA."
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New York Jewish Week
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Program:
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- Rimsky-Korsakov - Hebrew Love Song
- Joseph Achron - Lullaby & Scher
- Joseph Engel - Chabad Melody & Freilachs
- Zenovi Feldman - Hebrew Melodies I & II
- Jacob Weinberg - Canzona, Scherzo & Berceusse Palestinniene
- Alexander Krein - Air
- Krein-Heifetz - Dance
- Michael Gniessin - Schajke-Pfaifer's Nigun
- Rhapsody & Cradle Song - Solomon Rosowsky
- Lazare Saminsky - Chasidic Suite
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CD 4030
UPC Code #681585403020
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ELIJAH'S VIOLIN
Zina Schiff, violin
Cameron Grant, piano
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Program:
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- David Amram - Sonata for Violin and Piano*
- Abraham Ellstein - Haftorah*
- Menahem Avidom - Concertino*
- Efrem Zimbalist - Orientale*
- JPaul Ben-Haim - Arabic Song & Improvisation and Dance*
- Julius Chajes - Zwei Stucke*
- Paul Kirman - Ancient Hebrew Airs
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*World Premiere Recording
"(The David Amram) is a fascinating sonata and one that makes me keen to hear more...(Ellstein's) Haftorah is loving, impassioned and reverential. It smokes with sinuous ululation...(the Avidom) Concertino is a worldly sweet lilt of a piece with a sort of Havanaise air to it...An attractive and unhackneyed selection of music by Jewish composers much of it with an exotic edginess."
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MusicWeb International
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