Notes and Editorial Reviews
There's some first rate music-making in this eclectic collection, including excellent performances of Sarasate's Concert Fantasy on Gounod's Faust, Korngold's Caprice Fantastique, Bolcom's Graceful Ghost Rag, Bazzini's La Ronde des Lutins, and the obligatory (for any "ghosts and goblins" violin compilation) Tartini "Devil's Trill" Sonata. Other pieces tend to resist being transcribed for violin and piano. Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre sounds a pale shadow of its real self absent the composer's colorful orchestration; nor is John Williams' Devil's Dance (from his film score for The Witches of Eastwick) one of his stronger inspirations, at least in this arrangement. It is fun, though, to have John Morris' title theme from Young Frankenstein
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making an appearance as A Transylvanian Lullabye, and while I understand violinist Gil Shaham's decision to play the music more or less straight, a little additional schlock turns the piece from sweet to hilarious. It is, after all, a parody. But these are quibbles. Collections like this, cleverly put together and very finely executed, basically sell themselves. If you like the concept and the repertoire on offer, there's no reason that you won't enjoy this disc. [10/31/2001]
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Works on This Recording
1.
The Witches of Eastwick: Devil's Dance by John T. Williams
Performer:
Jonathan Feldman (Piano),
Gil Shaham (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: John Williams
2.
Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby by John Morris
Performer:
Jonathan Feldman (Piano),
Gil Shaham (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Jonathan Feldman
3.
Lyric Pieces (7), Book 10, Op. 71: no 3, Puck by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901; Norway
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Joseph Achron
4.
Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; France
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 41 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Camille Saint-Saëns
5.
Ballads and Romances (4), Op. 75: no 4, Walpurgisnacht by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs.
6.
Songs (12), Op. 8: no 8, Andres Maienlied "Hexenlied" by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1828; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs.
7.
La ronde des lutins, Op. 25 by Antonio Bazzini
Performer:
Jonathan Feldman (Piano),
Gil Shaham (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1847; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 17 Secs.
8.
Concert Fantasy on Gounod's "Faust", Op. 13 by Pablo de Sarasate
Performer:
Jonathan Feldman (Piano),
Gil Shaham (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 11 Minutes 23 Secs.
9.
Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 13 in B flat major by Niccolò Paganini
Performer:
Jonathan Feldman (Piano),
Gil Shaham (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1805; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Robert Schumann
10.
Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 1 no 4 "Devil's Trill" by Giuseppe Tartini
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 14 Minutes 17 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Fritz Kreisler
11.
Märchenbilder (7) for Piano, Op. 3: Caprice fantastique "Wichtelmännchen" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Rószika Révay
12.
Concert Variation for Violin and Piano "Graceful Ghost" by William Bolcom
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1988; USA
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 8 Minutes 31 Secs.
13.
Sonatas (6) for Violin solo, Op. 27: no 2 in A minor - 1st movement, Obsession by Eugène Ysaÿe
Performer:
Gil Shaham (Violin),
Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1924; Belgium
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Academy of Music, Munich, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs.
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