We thoroughly recommend this disc and are certain beyond doubt that those who acquire it, will be both entertained and beguiled. Pieces include Monti: Czardas, Faure: Apres un Reve, Gershwin: It Ain’t Necessarily So, Debussy: Beau Soir, Krein: Gipsy Carnival, and many others ending in the formidable Trad.: Orange Blossom Special.
Katharine Gowers – Violin
Charles Owen – Piano
What makes this such a hugely entertaining and absorbing disc is the wonderful chemistry between the two artists, each gifted with a unique ear and a penchant for creating an intimate sound picture which draws the listener in and stays in the memory long after.
On This Recording
- Czardas
- Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1 (arr. P. Casals for violin and piano)
- Piece en forme de habanera
- Porgy and Bess: Porgy and Bess: Act II: It Ain't Necessarily So (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano)
- Beau soir (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano)
- Baal shem: Baal shem: II. Nigun (version for violin and piano)
- Estrellita: Estrellita (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano)
- Gipsy Carnival
- Ballade: Balada (Ballade) in D Minor (version for violin and piano)
- La Gitana
- Der Opernball (The Opera Ball): Der Opernball (The Opera Ball), Op. 40, Act III: Geh'n wir ins Chambre separee, "Midnight Bells" (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
- 2 Hebrew Pieces: 2 Hebrew Pieces, Op. 35: Hebrew Melody (L. Auer for violin and piano)
- Scenes de la Csarda No. 4: Scenes de la Csarda, No. 4, Op. 32, "Hejre Kati" (Hey, Katie)
- Orange Blossom Special: Orange Blossom Special (arr. K. Gowers and S. Read for violin and piano)
