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The graphics for this BIS release by American violinist Elena Urioste and British pianist Tom Poster strongly suggest that their partnership is personal as well as musical. And indeed the pair, who met as BBC Young Artists, have a rapport in these romantic (as well as Romantic) little pieces, many of them arranged years ago as encores or intermezzi by the likes of Jascha Heifetz, Leopold Auer, or Nathan Milstein. The players bring a level of focus that keeps the program going through fairly homogeneous material: the tempo doesn't vary from moderate, and the mood is lush. The program leads off with a composition by Fritz Kreisler and an arrangement by him of one of Dvorák's Songs My Mother Taught Me, and Urioste is a Kreisler kind of violinist: not brilliant, but with an appealing rich tone in her middle register that grabs your attention and holds it. The pair mostly offer pieces that would have been part of the violinist's practice book a century ago but were pushed out by modernism. They also play a few comparative rarities that are quite lovely; these include William Grant Still's "Mother and Child", and Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicilienne, the latter arranged by Samuel Dushkin. Sample that for an idea of Urioste's style and also for the sound, a rare misstep by BIS engineers: in an attempt to heighten the intimate atmosphere, one imagines, they move in too close and pick up extraneous instrument noise. These pieces were meant for big auditoriums. A positive feature is the extension of the repertory into American popular music by Gershwin, Arlen, Victor Young, and Henry Mancini, all in arrangements by Poster; there is no reason to believe that Heifetz and the others would have objected to this. Likely destined to become a popular Valentine's gift for several seasons.
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Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104 (Antonín Dvořák)
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, Arranger - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Consolations, S. 172 (Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt, Composer - Nathan Milstein, Arranger - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
2 Canciones mexicanas (Manuel Maria Ponce)
Manuel Maria Ponce, Composer - Jascha Heifetz, Arranger - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Achron, Composer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Samuel Dushkin, Composer - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, Arranger - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jascha Heifetz, Arranger - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Engel, Composer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Efrem Zimbalist Sr., Arranger
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Edward Elgar, Composer - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Der Opernball, Op. 40 (Richard Heuberger)
Fritz Kreisler, Arranger - Richard Heuberger, Composer - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Suite for Violin & Piano (William Grant Still)
Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Grant Still, Composer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Edward Elgar, Composer - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Suite populaire espagnole (Paul Kochanski)
Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Kochanski, Composer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Porgy & Bess (George Gershwin)
George Gershwin, Composer - Jascha Heifetz, Arranger - Tom Poster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Henry Mancini, Composer - Magnus Johnston, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Poster, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Victor Young, Composer - Tom Poster, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Harold Arlen, Composer - Tom Poster, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elena Urioste, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Album review
The graphics for this BIS release by American violinist Elena Urioste and British pianist Tom Poster strongly suggest that their partnership is personal as well as musical. And indeed the pair, who met as BBC Young Artists, have a rapport in these romantic (as well as Romantic) little pieces, many of them arranged years ago as encores or intermezzi by the likes of Jascha Heifetz, Leopold Auer, or Nathan Milstein. The players bring a level of focus that keeps the program going through fairly homogeneous material: the tempo doesn't vary from moderate, and the mood is lush. The program leads off with a composition by Fritz Kreisler and an arrangement by him of one of Dvorák's Songs My Mother Taught Me, and Urioste is a Kreisler kind of violinist: not brilliant, but with an appealing rich tone in her middle register that grabs your attention and holds it. The pair mostly offer pieces that would have been part of the violinist's practice book a century ago but were pushed out by modernism. They also play a few comparative rarities that are quite lovely; these include William Grant Still's "Mother and Child", and Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicilienne, the latter arranged by Samuel Dushkin. Sample that for an idea of Urioste's style and also for the sound, a rare misstep by BIS engineers: in an attempt to heighten the intimate atmosphere, one imagines, they move in too close and pick up extraneous instrument noise. These pieces were meant for big auditoriums. A positive feature is the extension of the repertory into American popular music by Gershwin, Arlen, Victor Young, and Henry Mancini, all in arrangements by Poster; there is no reason to believe that Heifetz and the others would have objected to this. Likely destined to become a popular Valentine's gift for several seasons.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Elena Urioste Tom Poster
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
2018 BIS 2018 BIS
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