General Note:
Compact disc.
Principally jazz arrangements by Ritenour and Grusin of classical and folk music.
Program notes by Albert Imperato ([16] p. : ports.) in container.
Formatted Contents Note:
Concerto in A minor for four keyboards and strings, BWV 1065. Movement 1 / J.S. Bach (4:33) -- Bachianas brasilieras no. 5. Aria (Cantilena) / H. Villa-Lobos (5:05) -- Sonatina. Andante II / F. Moreno Torroba (4:35) -- Elegia (a Henri) / Dave Grusin ; Introduction & epilogue from Liebesleid / Fritz Kreisler (3:36) -- Suite popular española. No. 3, Canción / Manuel de Falla (4:00) -- Lagrima / Lee Ritenour (4:22) -- River songs. The water is wide ; Shenandoah / Traditional (7:01) -- Romanian folk dances. Stick dance ; Sash dance ; Stamping dance ; Horn dance ; Romanian polka ; Fast dance / Bela Bartók (6:47) -- Suite compostelana. III, Cuna / Federico Mompou (4:27) -- Suite popular española. No. 1, El paño moruno / Manuel de Falla (3:17) -- Siciliana / J.S. Bach (2:14) -- Canto invierno / Dave Grusin (4:00).
Participant or Performer Note:
Lee Ritenour, guitar ; Dave Grusin, keyboards ; Renée Fleming, soprano (2nd and 7th works) ; Gil Shaham (4th and 8th works), Ralph Morrison (4th work), violin(s) ; James Walker, flute (5th and 10th works) ; Julian Lloyd Webber, violoncello (11th work) ; unnamed string orchestra.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded Dec. 1999, and Jan.-Mar. and June 2000, at Starlight Studio, Los Angeles, Calif., Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, Calif., and Avatar Studio, N.Y.
Language Note:
The 2nd work in part a vocalise and in part sung in Spanish; the 7th work sung in English.
