Achron / Urioste / Poster- Estrellita

In their liner notes for this string of estrellitas (‘small stars’), Elena Urioste and Tom Poster admit to a shared love for ‘an old-world, golden sound and for melodies that tug at the heartstrings’. This has resulted in a deeply personal collection of miniatures full of winks, sighs and tears aimed at transporting the listener to bygone eras of fireside salon concerts. With a few exceptions, including Elgar’s Chanson de Nuit and Salut d’amour, the pieces are arrangements by the great violinists of that bygone, golden age: Auer, Kreisler, Zimbalist, Heifetz… while the originals they are based upon range from Gluck’s Melodie from Orpheus and Euridice and Liszt’s Consolation No. 3 to Beau soir by Debussy and Estrellita by Manuel Ponce. In a closing section Elena Urioste and Tom Poster also pay their respects to the Great American Songbook, with new arrangements, signed Tom Poster, of ‘Moon River,’ ‘When I Fall in Love’ and ‘Over the Rainbow.’

Tracklist:

1. Preghiera In The Style Of Martini
2. Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Songs My Mother Taught Me (Arr. F. Kreisler For Violin & Piano)
3. Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 In D-Flat Major. Lento Placido (Arr. N. Milstein For Violin & Piano)
4. 2 Canciones Mexicanas: No. 2, Estrellita (Arr. J. Heifetz For Violin & Piano)
5. Caprice Viennois In B Minor, Op. 2
6. Hebrew Melody, Op. 33
7. Sicilienne In E-Flat Major (Attrib. M.T. Von Paradis)
8. Orfeo Ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Melodie (Arr. F. Kreisler For Violin & Piano)
9. Beau Soir, L. 6 (Arr. J. Heifetz For Violin & Piano)
10. Sea-Shell (Arr. E. Zimbalist For Violin & Piano)
11. Chanson De Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1
12. Der Opernball, Op. 40: Midnight Bells (Arr. F. Kreisler For Violin & Piano)
13. Suite For Violin & Piano: II. Mother & Child
14. Salut D’amour, Op. 12 “Liebesgruss”
15. Suite Populaire Espagnole: V. Asturiana (After M. De Falla)
16. Porgy & Bess: My Man’s Gone Now (Arr. J. Heifetz For Violin & Piano)
17. Moon River (From “Breakfast At Tiffany’s) [Arr. T. Poster For 2 Violins & Piano]
18. When I Fall In Love (Arr. T. Poster For Violin & Piano)
19. Over The Rainbow (From “The Wizard Of Oz”) [Arr. T. Poster For Violin & Piano]