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Stephen Sondheim: New Chamber Music Arrangements
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Stephen Sondheim:
New Chamber Music Arrangements

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​Opus Two gives us the premiere recording of arranger Eric Stern's suite from Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. 
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 A Little Night Music (Suite for Violin and Piano)

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 A Little Night Music 
(Suite for Violin and Piano)

​Opus Two gives us the premiere recording of arranger Eric Stern's suite from Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. About Sondheim's brilliant show, Stern writes that, "each moment, from the opening Night Waltz to A Weekend In The Country to the iconic Send In The Clowns is its own take on a triplet feel, perfectly suited to the individual characters and the situations they find themselves in. I am extremely grateful for his permission to arrange this suite".
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Complete Solo Works for Piano
Andrew Cooperstock, piano

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Complete Solo Works for Piano
Andrew Cooperstock, piano

Disc A
1-7      Seven Anniversaries
 
8-11    Four Anniversaries:
12-16  Five Anniversaries
17-29  Thirteen Anniversaries
Disc B

1         Touches: - Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
2-3      Sonata for the Piano
4         Non Troppo Presto
5-7      Music for the Dance, No. II
8-11    Four Sabras
12       El Salón México  (arr. L. Bernstein)
13-23  Bridal Suite*: In 2 Parts with 3 encores
​                     (One Piano, 2 Players)
                     * first complete recording
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In celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary (1918-2018), this recording features the composer’s complete solo piano works, plus, as special bonus, the witty and charming “Bridal Suite” for piano four-hands, heard here in its first complete recording​                           ...more 

Opus Two - Gershwin: Music for Violin and Piano
Included on the Grammy Award ballot for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (2014)!

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Gershwin: Music for Violin and Piano
with guest artist Ashley Brown, Soprano
       2014, Azica Records

1-4     Suite from Girl Crazy  (1930/2012) 
             (arr. Eric Stern)
5-7     Three Preludes for Piano  (1926)
             (trans. Jashcha Heifetz)  (1940-44)
8         Short Story  (1925) 
             (arr. Samuel Dushkin)
9         An American in Paris (Excerpts)  (1928/2000)
              (trans. Jashcha Heifetz/Ake Agus)
10      "Love Walked In"  (1938/2012)
              (arr. Eric Stern)
11      "Nice Work if You Can Get It"  (1937/2012)
              (arr. Eric Stern)
12-16 Selections from Porgy and Bess  (1935)
              
(transc. Jashcha Heifetz)  (1944)
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Bernstein
Violin Sonata; Piano Trio;
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New Transcriptions
with guest artists Marin Mazzie and Charles Bernard
       2010, Naxos, 8.559643

Clarinet Sonata 
    (arr. W. Terwilliger, violin & piano)
Violin Sonata
Piano Trio with Charles Bernard, cello
Peter Pan: My House 
    with Marin Mazzie, soprano
    (arr. Eric Stern, soprano, violin & piano)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Take Care of this House
    (arr. Eric Stern, soprano, violin & piano)
    with Marin Mazzie, soprano
Four Moments from Candide* 
    (arr. Eric Stern, violin & piano)
              *(Request on-demand publishing of this arrangement)
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Souvenirs: Music of Paul Schoenfield
with guest artist Andrés Díaz
    2007, Azica Records, ACD-71241

Four Souvenirs (1990)  
Partita for Violin and Piano (2002)
Three Country Fiddle Pieces, for Electric Violin,
    Percussion, and Amplified Piano
 (1979)
Café Music (1987)  
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Chamber Music of Lowell Liebermann 
with guest artists Andrés Díaz, Erika Eckert, and Ying Quartet
    2004, Albany Records, TROY684

Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 32 
Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 28
Two Pieces for Violin and Viola, Op. 4
Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano, Op. 46  
Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 77
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Aaron Copland: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano
    2000, Azica Records, ACD-71205

Prelude for Violin and Piano, 1919 unpublished
Prelude (Second) for Violin and Piano, 1921 unpublished
Waltz and Celebration, 1938 arr. 1950 from Billy the Kid
Duo for Violin and Piano, 1971 arr. 1977
Nocturne and Ukelele Serenade, 1926
Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1943
Hoe-Down, 1942 arr. 1946 from Rodeo 

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Robert Starer: Chamber Works
    1995, Albany Records, TROY152

Duo for Violin & Piano

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