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 Joshua Bell - Romance Of The Violin
Release Date: 10/28/2003 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 87894   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Giacomo PucciniClaude DebussyFrédéric ChopinCamille Saint-SaënsFranz Schubert
Vincenzo BelliniWolfgang Amadeus MozartChristoph W. GluckAlexander Borodin
Antonín DvorákJules MassenetRobert SchumannClaudio Monteverdi

Performer:  Joshua BellCraig OgdenGregory KnowlesStephen OrtonJohn Constable
Jacob Heringman
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 52 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Throughout his career, violinist Joshua Bell has always sought to expand the range of works available for his instrument, and with the aptly titled ROMANCE OF THE VIOLIN, he ventures a bit further from the core of the repertoire. None of the selections on the album were composed for violin, and the works were chosen strictly for the beauty of their melody without regard to the original instrumentation.
Bell looks well beyond the confines of the violin for inspiration, tapping into the literature of piano works, vocal music, and even opera arias. The result is a stylistically diverse, but musically coherent, program of transcriptions and arrangements that spans over 400 years of music history, one that the prodigious violinist finds himself right at home in. Bell's interpretations eloquently convey the lyricism of works such as Debussy's "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair," Schumann's "Träumerei," and nocturnes by Chopin and Borodin. He's at his finest in the songs and arias such as "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Puccini's 'Gianni Schicchi,' "Casta Diva" from Bellini's 'Norma,' and Schubert's "Serenade" from the 'Schwanengesang' song cycle, gracefully applying his lush tone and elegant phrasing to the sublime melodies. The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields provides superb accompaniment throughout this fine set.
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1.  Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
2.  Préludes, Book 1: no 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1909-1910; France 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
3.  Nocturne for Piano in C sharp minor, B 49 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
4.  Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
5.  Schwanengesang, D 957: no 4, Ständchen by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Craig Ogden (Guitar), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
6.  Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
7.  Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical 
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 6 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
8.  Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
9.  Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major: 3rd movement, Andante "Nocturne" by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Russia 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 6 Minutes 38 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
10.  Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55: no 4, Als die alte Mutter by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Gregory Knowles (Cimbalom), Craig Ogden (Guitar), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Bohemia 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
11.  O doux printemps d'autrefois by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1869; France 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
12.  Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
13.  L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro [Final Duet] by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:  Stephen Orton (Cello), Joshua Bell (Violin), John Constable (Harpsichord),
Jacob Heringman (Lute)
Conductor:  Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1642; Venice, Italy 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Craig Leon.
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London (06/11/2003 - 06/13/2003) 
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