Red violin (Motion picture music) Violon rouge (Motion picture)
Notes:
The chaconne is a separate concert piece freely based on motives from the film. Joshua Bell, violin ; vocal and instrumental soloists ; chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. Recorded principally at Abbey Road Studios, London, Dec. 27-31, 1997, and Jan. 2 and 4, 1998. Compact disc. Program notes by the composer and François Girard, in English, French, German, and Italian (23 p. : ill.) in container.
Contents:
Anna's theme (2:50) -- I. CREMONA. Main title (2:42) ; Death of Anna (1:44) ; Birth of the red violin (3:05) ; The red violin (1:34) -- II. VIENNA. The monastery (1:06) ; Kaspar's audition/Journey to Vienna (2:38) ; Etudes/Death of Kaspar (2:48) -- III. OXFORD. The gypsies/Journey across Europe (2:07) ; Pope's gypsy cadenza (1:37) ; Coitus musicalis/Victoria's departure (4:40) ; Pope's concert (1:22) ; Pope's betrayal (3:00) -- IV. SHANGHAI. Journey to China (4:10) ; People's revolution/Death of Chou Yuan (3:15) -- V. MONTREAL. Morritz discovers the red violin (3:38) ; Morritz's theme (1:54) ; The theft (2:10) ; End titles (1:46) -- The red violin : chaconne for violin and orchestra (17:37).
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