Petits-fours: Favourite Encores

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
February 28, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SARASATE DE FALLA ELGAR DVO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Brodsky Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Fisher, Smissen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 28, 2012
    • UPC
      095115170823
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10708
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Spanish Dances, Op. 23: No. 1. Playera (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    2. No. 7. Polo

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    3. No. 5. Nana

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    4. Spanish Dances, Op. 23: No. 2. Zapateado (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    5. Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    6. La capricieuse, Op. 17 (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    7. Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    8. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7. Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    9. Album für die Jugend (Album for the Young), Op. 68: No. 30. Sehr langsam (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    10. Caprice viennois, Op. 2 (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    11. 6 Gesang, Op. 34: No. 2. Auf Flugeln des Gesänges (On Wings of Song) (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    12. Triakontameron, 30 Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure: No. 11. Alt-Wien (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    13. No. 1. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    14. No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    15. No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

    16. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI. Vif (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    17. Violin Sonata in G Major: II. Blues: Moderato (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    18. The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis: III. March (arr. A. Haveron)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    19. 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano: No. 1. Prelude (arr. from The Gadfly, Op. 97: Guitars) (arr. I. Belton for string quartet)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    20. Suite for Variety Orchestra, "Jazz Suite No. 2": VII. Waltz No. 2 (arr. J. Thomas for string quartet)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet

    21. Beau soir (arr. P. Cassidy)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet


Chandos Records has signed an exclusive contract with the Brodsky Quartet in time for the celebrations of its fortieth anniversary in 2012. Formed in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet quickly emerged at the forefront of the international chamber music scene. It has performed more than 2000 concerts and made more than fifty highly acclaimed recordings. This is the Quartet’s first release on Chandos, and includes many of the encores it has performed over the years, notable for their novelty and diverse range of styles and emotions. All the pieces have been arranged by past or current members of the Quartet, and together form an entertaining and original collection.