Track Listing

1. Con, Op.4 No.6: 1. Allegro Moderato
2. Con, Op.4 No.6: 2. Larghetto
3. Con, Op.4 No.6: Cadenza - Marcel Grandjany
4. Con, Op.4 No.6: 3. Allegro Moderato
5. Str Qt On Negro Themes, Op.19: 1. Allegro Commodo, Ma Con Spirto
6. Str Qt On Negro Themes, Op.19: 2. Larghetto Tranquillo-Allegro Scherzoso-Tempo 1
7. Str Qt On Negro Themes, Op.19: 3. Allegro Moderato, Drammatico-Allegro Vivace
8. Danse Sacree Et Danse Profane
9. Two Sketches Based On Indian Themes: 1. Lento E Mesto - The Budapest Str Qt
10. Two Sketches Based On Indian Themes: 2. Allegro Giocoso - The Budapest Str Qt
11. Str Qt in F, Op.96 'The American': Lento
12. Dinah - The Budapest Str Qt

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #372571 in Music
• Released on: 1997-10-21
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Here is a real rarity- music that the legendary Budapest String Quartet never recorded commercially- released for the first time ever! This disc also features as guest artist the great French-American harp virtuoso, Marcel Grandjany, in two favorites- Handel's Harp Concerto, and Debussy's gorgeous Harp Dances. Included here are Daniel Gregory Mason's forgotten masterpiece, Quartet on Negro Themes, Griffes' Sketches on Indian Themes, and a haunting live performance of the Lento from Dvorak's "American" Quartet, a work the Budapest recorded in the studio several times. As an added bonus, the fabulous foursome is heard in an arrangement of the pop tune "Dinah"- a hilarious sendup of both classical and pop music. Souvenir allows the listener to sample a hitherto little known side of the Budapest's work, all in superbly restored sound from Bridge's path breaking Great Performances from The Library of Congress series.