The Fiddle Concerto

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The Fiddle Concerto
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Studio album by
Released1995 (1995)
Recorded1994
Genre Classical
Length75:01
Label Warner Brothers
Producer Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor chronology
The Night Before Christmas
(1993)
The Fiddle Concerto
(1995)
Liberty!
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Strad(measured favorable) [2]

The Fiddle Concerto is an album by American musician Mark O'Connor. It contains two pieces written by O'Connor, the first of which is a violin concerto in American fiddle style, commissioned by the Santa Fe Symphony and premiered in 1993. The second piece is a string quartet for violin, viola, cello, and double bass commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 1990.

Contents

Track listing

All music was written by Mark O'Connor.

  1. "The Fiddle Concerto: I" – 13:07
  2. "The Fiddle Concerto: Cadenza" – 4:53
  3. "The Fiddle Concerto: II" – 12:58
  4. "The Fiddle Concerto: III" – 5:45
  5. "The Fiddle Concerto: Cadenza" – 8:26
  6. "Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: I" – 6:40
  7. "Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: II" – 8:21
  8. "Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: III" – 7:51
  9. "Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: IV" – 7:17

Personnel

also

References

  1. The Fiddle Concerto at AllMusic
  2. Nov 1995 (p. 1193)