George Enesco: Prelude a L’Unisson

Malcom Arnold: Concerto for 2 violins and strings, op. 77

• I. Allegro risoluto
• II. Andantino
• III. Vivace

Jacob Gade: Tango Jalousie, arr. S. Grapelli

Edvard Grieg: Serenade for Strings in G minor, transcribed by Eduard Schmieder from String Quartet No. 1

• I. Un poco Andante – Allegro molto et agitato
• II. Romanze: Andantino
• III. Intermezzo: Allegro molto marcato
• IV. Finale: Lento-Presto al Saltarello

Sayako Kusaka, violin soloist

DISC ONE

Antonio Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)

La primavera (Spring) Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1

L’estate (Summer) Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2

L’autunno (Autumn) Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3

L’inverno (Winter) Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4

Astor Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas/The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Verano Porteno/Summer (8:57)

Otono Porteno/Autumn (6:16)

Inverno Porteno/Winter (7:14)

Primavera Porteno/Spring (6:12)

Sayako Kusaka, violin/Bill Cunliffe, pianist/Nicholas Canellakis, cello

Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b October – “Autumn Song” (4:45)

DISC TWO

Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round. Muertes Del Angel/Deaths of the Angel

10th anniversary: Selections from iPalpiti festivals

Heidrich Happy Birthday Variations (theme by Mildred J. Hill)

Mozart March Alla Turca 2006

Bach Air/ Concertbouw, Amsterdam 1997

Ysaye Poeme Elegiac/Raitt Hall, Los Angeles 1998 Alexandru Tomescu, violin/Valentina Lisitsa, piano

Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence/ Bing Theater, Los Angeles 2001, Adagio cantabile e con moto

Sayako Kusaka/Yamei Yu, violins. Alexander Akimov, viola.Timo-Veikko Valve/Adolfo Gutierrez Arenas, cellos

Rachmaninov Prelude in E-flat, Op.23 N 6/Bing Theater, Los Angeles 2000

Valentina Lisitsa, piano

Mozart Sinfonia-Concertante, Andante/ Ford Amphitheatre, Los Angeles 2000

Ida Haendel, violin/David Garrett, viola

Elgar Salute d’Amour/Ford Theatre, Los Angeles 2001

Sayako Kusaka, violin

Albinoni Adagio in g minor/Zipper Hall, Los Angeles 2001

Ida Haendel, leader

Tchaikovsky Walzer from Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles 2004

Mozart Presto from Divertimento in D major KV136

Recorded live at Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, August 1, 2004

Dmitri Shostakovich

Prelude and Scherzo Op. 11

1. Prelude (6:46)

2. Scherzo (4:48)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C-Minor, Op. 35

3. Allegro moderato (5:55)

4. Lento (8:09)

5. Moderato – Allegro brio (8:16)

Stanislaw Drzewiecki. piano

Jens Lindemann, trumpet

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

6. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina (9:48)

7. Walzer (3:50)

8. Elegie (11:08)

9. Finale (7:35)

10. Elegie (1884) (10:11)

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 29, 1997

TELOS Records

Anton Arensky (1861 -1906)

Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky Opus 35a

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D810

“Der Tod und das Madchen” (“Death and the Maiden”)

(arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1683 -1750)

Air

Recorded live in Los Angeles, California, August 2-6, 2000 during the International Laureates Festival

DISC1

George Enescu (1881 -1955)

Prelude a L’unisson

Recorded live from Ford Amphitheatre

Mark Kopytman (1929- )

Kaddish for Viola and String Orchestra

Ken Aiso, viola

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)

Intermezzo

Recorded live from Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles

P. I. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)

Serenade for Strings, op. 48

Eduard Schmieder, conductor

DISC 2

Special Bonus: Live Recordings with violinist Ida Haendel, CBE

W.A. Mozart (1756 -1791)

Sinfonia-Concertante

Ida Haendel, violin

David Garrett, viola

Eduard Schmieder, conductor

Recorded live from Ford Amphitheatre

Eduard Schmieder, conductor

Ida Haendel, guest violinist

Henry Purcell (arr. Benjamin Britten)

Chacony for Strings in g minor

Bela Bartok (arr. Gabriel Ruben Bussi)

Tempo di Ciaccona for Strings

Tommaso Antonio Vitali (arr. Ottorino Respighi)

Chaconne for violin, organ and strings

Ida Haendel, soloist

Arnold Schoenberg

Verklarte Nacht Op. 4

Tomaso Albinoni

Adagio in a minor / Ida Haendel, leader

Live Festival Recordings 2001

Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles

DISC1

J.S. Bach (arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Preludio from Partita in E Major

Ford Amphitheatre, August 2, 2001

Astor Piazzolla

Las Cuatro Estaciones Potenas /

The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Verano Poteno Summer

Otano Poteno Autumn

Inverno Poteno Winter

Primavera Poteno Spring

Ford Amphitheatre, August 2, 2001

Camille Saint-Saens

Le Carnaval des Animaux (Grande Fantaisie Zoologique)

Valentina Lisista/Alexei Kuznetsoff Piano Duo

Hon. Zev Yarovslavsky, Narrator

Zipper Hall, August 2, 2000

Giacomo Puccini

Cristantemi

Bing Theatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 29, 2001

DISC2

Felix Mendelssohn

Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D minor

Sayako Kusaka, violinist

Alex Slobodyanik, pianist

Ford Amphitheatre, August 2, 2001

Live Festival Recordings

DISC1

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

String sextet, op. 70,

“Souvenir de Florence”

Sayako Kusaka/Yamei Yu, violins

Alexander Akimov/Robert Ashworth, violas

Timo-Veikko Valve/ Adolfo Gutierrez Arenas,violoncellos

Bing Theatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2001

DISC2

Sergei Rachmaninov

-Prelude in b minor, Op. 32, No. 10

-Prelude in E-flat, Op. 23 No. 6

Valentina Lisista, pianist

Bing Theatre, August 6, 2001

Cesar Franck

Piano Quintett

Valentina Lisitsa

Alexandru Tomescu/ Liza Kerob, violins, Yoko Hatoyama, violist, Eugeni Sakakuschev, violincellist

Ft. Burgwin, Taos, August 13, 2000

Ludvig van Beethoven

String trio, Op. 9, No. 3 in c minor

Alexandru Tomescu, violinist, Misha Galaganov, violist, Adolfo Guitierrez Arenas, violoncellist

Korn Convocation Hall, July 29, 1999

DISC1

P. I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Trio, op. 50

Boris Brovtsyn-Gruzenberg, violin

Jonathan Karoly, cello

Robert Thies, piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Trio N 1, op. 4 in d minor

Boris Brovtsyn-Gruzenberg, violin

Jonathan Karoly, cello

Robert Thies, piano

DISC 2

Handel-Halvorsen

Passacagalia

Alexandru Tomescu, violin

Fumino Ando, viola

Eugene Ysaye (1854-1931), Poeme Elegiac, Alexandru Tomescu, violin

Valentina Lisista, piano

Georges Enesco (1881-1955), Sonata N 3, op.25,(dans le caractere populaire roumain)

Alexandru Tomescu, violin

Valentina Lisista, piano

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brilliante, Op. 22

Schubert-Liszt

Der Muller und der Bach

Valentina Lisista, piano