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At home with friends [sound recording] / Joshua Bell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 88697 52716 2 | Sony ClassicalSpoken language: English, Italian Original language: English, Italian, Russian Publication details: New York, NY : Sony Classical : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Sony Music Entertainment, p2009.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Joshua Bell at home with friends
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Contents:
I loves you Porgy (featuring Chris Botti, trumpet) -- Come again (featuring Sting, vocals) -- Oblivión (featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon) -- Cinema Paradiso (featuring Josh Groban, vocals) -- Para tí (featuring Tiempo Libre) -- My funny Valentine (featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals) -- Maybe so (featuring Edgar Meyer, double bass, Sam Bush, mandolin, and Mike Marshall, guitar) -- Sonata no. 3 in C minor for violin and piano. Movement II / Grieg (featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (Zenph re-performance)) -- Eleanor Rigby (featuring Frankie Moreno, piano and vocals) -- O cease they singing, maiden fair : op. 4 no. 4 / Rachmaninoff (featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone) -- Il postino (featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon) -- Left hand song (featuring Regina Spektor, piano and vocals) -- Chovendo na roseira (featuring Dave Grusin, piano) -- Look away (featuring Chris Thile, mandolin, and Edgar Meyer, bass) -- Variant moods : duet for sitar & violin (abridged version) (featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar) -- I'll take Manhattan (featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano).
Production credits:
  • Produced by Steven Epstein.
Joshua Bell, violin; with various featured performers.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Dr. James Carlson Library CD CLASSICAL Bell, Joshua Available 33111006055210
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A former child prodigy who performed as a featured soloist with Ricardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the tender age of 14, Joshua Bell garnered an unusual degree of celebrity (for a classical artist) as result with his astonishing, beyond-his-years command of the instrument, movie star good looks, and adventurous choice of repertoire. He eventually also made inroads into the crossover market, working with artists such as legendary jazz-fusion keyboardist Chick Corea and hit-making singer-songwriter James Taylor. AT HOME WITH FRIENDS comes as advertised; the disc features a collection of intimate duets inspired by Bell’s frequent musical get-togethers in his Manhattan apartment. Of course, Bell numbers some of the world’s finest musicians among his friends, so the proceedings range from a particularly romantic, lyrical take on the Gershwin standard “I Loves You Porgy” with Chris Botti (interestingly, based on a Keith Jarrett solo piano version), to "Left Hand Song," a spooky, Russian folk music-influenced original number performed with quirky chanteuse Regina Spektor. Throughout, the violinist proves himself to be a sympathetic and open-eared ensemble player comfortable and natural-sounding in a variety of musical venues, and the stripped-down format wisely avoids the grand, overly-smooth production style which plagues many superstar collaborations.

Compact disc.

I loves you Porgy (featuring Chris Botti, trumpet) -- Come again (featuring Sting, vocals) -- Oblivión (featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon) -- Cinema Paradiso (featuring Josh Groban, vocals) -- Para tí (featuring Tiempo Libre) -- My funny Valentine (featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals) -- Maybe so (featuring Edgar Meyer, double bass, Sam Bush, mandolin, and Mike Marshall, guitar) -- Sonata no. 3 in C minor for violin and piano. Movement II / Grieg (featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (Zenph re-performance)) -- Eleanor Rigby (featuring Frankie Moreno, piano and vocals) -- O cease they singing, maiden fair : op. 4 no. 4 / Rachmaninoff (featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone) -- Il postino (featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon) -- Left hand song (featuring Regina Spektor, piano and vocals) -- Chovendo na roseira (featuring Dave Grusin, piano) -- Look away (featuring Chris Thile, mandolin, and Edgar Meyer, bass) -- Variant moods : duet for sitar & violin (abridged version) (featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar) -- I'll take Manhattan (featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano).

Produced by Steven Epstein.

Joshua Bell, violin; with various featured performers.

Recorded Apr.-June 2009.

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