Exiles in Paradise - Émigré Composers in Hollywood

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 13, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Smith, Chen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 13, 2020
    • UPC
      747313905577
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8579055
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Triakontameron, 30 Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure: No. 11. Alt-Wien (Old Vienna) (arr. by J. Heifetz and B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    2. Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 5. Serenade (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    3. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird): Berceuse (arr. S. Dushkin, I. Stravinsky and B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    4. Das Buch der hängenden Gärten (The Book of the Hanging Gardens), Op. 15: No. 5. Saget mir, auf welchem Pfade (Tell Me on Which Path) (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    5. Zwei Stimmungen (Two Moods), Op. 32: No. 1 in D Minor (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: Joseph Achron

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    6. Jazzettes, Op. 26: III. Allegro ritmico (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: Louis Gruenberg

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    7. No. 1. Andante cantabile

      Composer: Ernst Toch

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith

    8. No. 2. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Ernst Toch

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith

    9. No. 3. Adagio, con espressione

      Composer: Ernst Toch

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith

    10. I nottambuli (Night Owls), Op. 47

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    11. Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36

      Composer: Miklós Rózsa

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith

    12. No. 1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (Maiden In the Bridal Chamber)

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    13. No. 2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein, "Marsch der Wache" (Dogberry and Verges, "March of the Watch")

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    14. No. 3. Gartenscene (Garden Scene)

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    15. No. 4. Mummenschanz, "Hornpipe"

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    16. Carmen Fantasie (arr. D. Grigorian for cello and piano)

      Composer: Franz Waxman

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen

    17. Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (arr. J. Heifetz and B.A. Smith for cello and piano)

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Performer: Brinton Averil Smith, Evelyn Chen


Political crises and rising anti-Semitism in Europe during the first half of the 20th century prompted many leading musicians to immigrate to America. An influx of refugees formed a flourishing artistic community centered within a few square miles near Hollywood and this exceptional gathering of composers transformed America's musical landscape. This survey explores their diverse output through music for cello and piano, including arrangements by the composers and their fellow expatriate performers never before heard on the cello.