This CD is reissued by ArkivMusic.
Notes and Editorial Reviews
The romance of rail travel, captured by novelists from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene, comes to life in I Salonisti's musical odyssey on the Trans-Siberian Express as it makes its way from Moscow to the shores of the Pacific.
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Visit the Palm Court Orchestra of the great ocean liners of the last century (in this case, the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic). The music is romantic without
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being sentimental, colorful but never flamboyant. A tender soiree, a romantic tete-a-tete, the anticipation of a jour fixe are what come to mind when listening to this album of fond reminiscences from a vanished but perhaps more colorful and intimate era.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Dark Eyes by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Written: Russia
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
2.
Midnight in Moscow by Vasily Solov'yov-Sedoy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: 20th Century
Written: USSR
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
3.
Gayaneh: Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942/1957; USSR
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
4.
Hopak by Modest Mussorgsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866/1868; Russia
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
5.
Ruthenian Folk Dance by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
6.
Age of Gold, Op. 22: Polka by Dmitri Shostakovich
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927-1930; USSR
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
7.
Slavonic Rhapsody no 2 by Carl B. U. Friedemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
8.
Gayaneh: Gopak by Aram Khachaturian
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942/1957; USSR
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
9.
Two guitars by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Written: Russia
Notes: Arranger: Ferraris.
10.
Russian Folk Tunes by Mihaly Hajdu
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
11.
Tango by Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1940; USA
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
12.
The Nightingale by Alexander Alyabyev
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Notes: Arranger: Mondvay.
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