Composer: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Aaron Copland, Florence Price, Paul Schoenfield
Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20248
Release: 2022
Size: 1.21 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schoenfield: Four Souvenirs for violin and piano (1989)
01. I. Samba
02. II. Tango
03. III. Tin Pan Alley
04. IV. Square Dance
05. Bridge: Cradle song (H96)
06. Bridge: Romance from Miniatures, Set 2
07. Price: Elfentanz
Copland: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
08. I. Nocturne – To Israel Citkowitz
09. II. Ukelele Serenade – To Samuel Dushkin
10. Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in C minor for violin and piano Op. 73 (1907)
Beach: Compositions, Op. 40
11. I. La Captive (For G-string)
12. II. Berceuse
13. III. Mazurka
Britten: Suite Op. 6
14. I. March
15. II. Lullaby
16. III. Waltz
17. Bridge: Heart’s Ease
Elena Urioste is a musician, yogi, writer, and entrepreneur, while Tom Poster is a musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the conventional role of the concert pianist; they are musical and (now married) life partners. “From Brighton to Brooklyn” is an exploration and celebration of their British and American backgrounds and mutual fascination with music from each-other’s home country.
They comment: “All the pieces by English and American composers on this recording deserve to be heard far more often than they are: none would be considered core repertoire, yet every one of them captivates through its composer’s distinctive voice. Some of the pieces have been known to one or both of us for many years; others we discovered only when we were dreaming up this recording. With the exception of Coleridge-Taylor’s soaring, impassioned Ballade, this is a collection of miniatures and character pieces. Some, such as the works by Beach and Bridge, transport us to a world of elegant salons; others, such as the pieces by Britten and Schoenfeld, are colourfully virtuosic and certainly gave us a shot of adrenaline in the recording studio!
Bridge’s Heart’s Ease, with which the album closes, perfectly encapsulates a more general tendency among our chosen pieces to convey the listener to another world, using relatively few notes, and it has become a particular favourite of ours. We hope that you, too, will discover some new treasures here”.