AMERICAN SERENADE - Rachel Kolly d'Alba & John Axelrod

AMERICAN SERENADE - Rachel Kolly d'Alba & John Axelrod present their new album!
Works for violin and orchestra by Bernstein, Waxman & Gershwin
Released on Warner Classics (www.warnerclassics.com) - Sept 2012
Featuring:
Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin (www.racheldalba.com)
John Axelrod, conductor, (www.johnaxelrod.com)
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (www.onpl.fr)
Program:
George Gershwin/Alexander Courage: «Porgy & Bess» Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra
1. "It ain't necessarIly so"
2. "I got plenty o' nuttin' "
3. "My man's gone now"
4. "Summertime"
5. "There's a boat that's leavin' "
6. "Bess you is my woman now"
7. Andantino con molto calore
8. Cadenza and Final
Leonard Bernstein: «Serenade» for Violin & Orchestra after Plato's Symposium
9. I. Phaedrus: Pausanias - lento and allegro
10. II. Aristophanes - allegretto
11. III. Eryximachus - presto
12. IV. Agathon - adagio
13. V. Socrates: Alcibiade - molto tenuto and allegro molto vivace.
14. Franz Waxman: «Carmen Fantaisie» for Violin & Orchestra

[@susanhuber1932]

I love the song Summertime. As a child I would play this song and other Gershwin music on the phonograph. It helped me relax and fall asleep.

[@TheArtefan]

Wow, wonderful! What a collaboration! What a soloist!

[@heidipresslein3540]

Come play in Minnesota!

[@ecocultura]

genial!!! una gran profesional!!!

[@RachelKolly]

Post a comment! Don't be shy! :-)

[@lastchance6845]

I would love to learn the violin but at age 43 I don't think it's possible 🤔 your playing is so beautiful 😍 love it 😍 ❤️ Jo xxx

[@OEMFlores]

Wonderful playing!!! Love the insights of Bernstein’s piece! Did you do a full concert of that program here on RUclips? Love your passion and seriousness when playing!