The London Violin Sound

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
July 15, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, George Gershwin, Aram Khatchaturian, Pietro Mascagni, Vittorio Monti
    • PERFORMER
      The London Violin Sound
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 15, 2022
    • UPC
      635212200827
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD2008
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4. Als die alte Mutter (Songs my Mother Taught Me) (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    2. Czárdás (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Vittorio Monti

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    3. Porgy and Bess, Act I: Summertime (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins, double bass and harp)

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    4. Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins and harp)

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    5. Gayane, Act III: Sabre Dance (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    6. The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    7. Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins and harp)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    8. 2 Pieces, Op. 6: No. 2. Hungarian Dance (arr. J. Milone for 48 violins, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: The London Violin Sound

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon


A unique demonstration of massed instrumental playing, featuring no less than 48 violinists under the baton of Geoffrey Simon. Three of London's finest sections drive the concept of the violin ensemble to new heights in these innovative, hugely sonorous treatments of repertoire from Debussy to Gershwin. "Monti's Csardas of course sounds appropriately passionate: and when it gets going the 48 players clearly enjoy their own virtuosity: the result is exhilarating" (Gramophone) "Stand out track is Shostakovich's Romance from The Gadfly which demonstrates how an effective melody can benefit from an arrangement sympathetic to colorful harmonies" (Classic CD)