Midori - Encore

A Superlative Performance from the Violin Virtuosi Midori! Truly an Extraordinary Collection! Numbered, Limited Edition! Very Limited Quantities! Only 1,000 Numbered Copies Available! 24-Bit/100kHz Mastering! This K2 HD Mastering CD will play on ALL CD players! This recording has been mastered by the K2 HD format of 24-bit 100kHz, which creates an unbelievable sound surpassing other formats! Violinist Midori is accompanied by pianist Robert McDonald for this recording of music by various composers including Shostakovich, Kreisler, Paganini, Prokofiev, and more! Midori Goto, usually simply known as Midori, was taught violin by her mother who recognized her natural musical abilities at the age of two. She began taking piano lessons but quit within three months. Her grandmother gave her a 1/16 size violin for her third birthday and, therefore, her mother began teaching her the violin. The phenom gave her first public performance at the age of six, playing one of Paganini's 24 Caprices in Osaka, Japan. In 1982, she and her mother moved to New York City where Midori began violin studies with Dorothy DeLay at Juilliard Pre-College. That same year, she made her concert debut with the New York Philharmonic under the leadership of Zubin Mehta, a conductor with whom she would record many concertos on the Sony Classical label. Midori is the recipient of the 25th Suntory Music Award, designed to promote Western music in Japan, (1993) and was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize in 2001, given to musicians for outstanding achievement in classical music. "When you hear the performances, don't be surprised if words such as 'definitive' and 'perfection' come to mind -repeatedly." CD Review "Her playing is utterly assured, with a calm and centered tone, and she brings a kind of assertive melancholy to the music...she's also developed a deep-seated belief in the power of music as a positive force throughout the world." - Fred Child, NPR Features: • Numbered, Limited Edition • K2 HD 100kHz / 24-bit Mastering • Made in Japan • Includes Clear Protective Outer Sleeve Musicians: Midori, violin Robert McDonald, piano Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) 1. Praeludium and Allegro (In the Style of Pugnani) Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) 2. Habanera No. 2, Op. 21 Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) 3. Cantabile Cesar Cui (1835-1918) 4. Orientale No. 9, Op. 50 from Kaleidoscope Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) 5. Oberek, No. 2 (1951) Edward Elgar (1857-1934) 6. Salut d'amour, Op. 12 Fritz Kreisler 7. Miniature Viennese March Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Four Preludes from 24 Preludes, Op. 34 8. Op. 34, No. 10: Moderato non troppo 9. Op. 34, No. 15: Allegretto 10. Op. 34, No. 16: Andantino 11. Op. 34, No. 24: Allegretto Edward Elgar 12. Chanson de matin No. 2, Op. 15 Pablo de Sarasate 13. Introduction et Tarentelle Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) 14. Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 72 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 15. March from the Opera "The Love for Three Oranges" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 16. Melodie No. 3, Op. 42 Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) 17. I. La Fontaine d'Arethuse from Mythes, Op. 30 Fritz Kreisler 18. Syncopation Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) 19. Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914) 20. Berceuse, Op. 16 Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) 21. Etude in Thirds No. 10, Op. 8 Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 22. I. Dance With Sticks: Allegro moderato 23. II. Waistband Dance: Allegro 24. III. Stamping Dance: Andante 25. IV. Hornpipe Dance: Molto moderato 26. V. Romanian Polka: Allegro 27. VI. Quick Dance: Allegro Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) 28. Reve d'enfant, Op. 14