Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Estrellita (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

In their liner notes for this string of estrellitas (‘small stars’), Elena Urioste and Tom Poster admit to a shared love for ‘an old-world, golden sound and for melodies that tug at the heartstrings’. This has resulted in a deeply personal collection of miniatures full of winks, sighs and tears aimed at transporting the listener to bygone eras of fireside salon concerts. With a few exceptions, including Elgar’s Chanson de Nuit and Salut d’amour, the pieces are arrangements by the great violinists of that bygone, golden age: Auer, Kreisler, Zimbalist, Heifetz … while the originals they are based upon range from Gluck’s Melodie from Orpheus and Euridice and Liszt’s Consolation No. 3 to Beau soir by Debussy and Estrellita by Manuel Ponce. In a closing section Elena Urioste and Tom Poster also pay their respects to the Great American Songbook, with new arrangements, signed Tom Poster, of Moon River, When I Fall in Love and Over the Rainbow.

Tracklist:
1-01. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Preghiera in the Style of Martini (03:41)
1-02. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104 – No. 4, Songs My Mother Taught Me (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) (02:57)
1-03. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Consolations, S. 172 – No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento placido (Arr. N. Milstein for Violin & Piano) (04:21)
1-04. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – 2 Canciones Mexicanas – No. 2, Estrellita (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano) (03:05)
1-05. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Caprice viennois in B Minor, Op. 2 (04:27)
1-06. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Hebrew Melody, Op. 33 (05:17)
1-07. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Sicilienne in E-Flat Major (Attrib. M.T. von Paradis) (03:04)
1-08. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 – Melodie (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) (03:31)
1-09. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Beau soir, L. 6 (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano) (02:27)
1-10. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Sea-Shell (Arr. E. Zimbalist for Violin & Piano) (03:27)
1-11. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 (03:52)
1-12. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Der Opernball, Op. 40 – Midnight Bells (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) (03:32)
1-13. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Suite for Violin & Piano – II. Mother & Child (06:10)
1-14. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Salut d’amour, Op. 12 ‘Liebesgruss’ (02:40)
1-15. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Suite populaire espagnole – V. Asturiana (After M. de Falla) (02:28)
1-16. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Porgy & Bess – My Man’s Gone Now (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano) (03:54)
1-17. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Moon River (From ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s) [Arr. T. Poster for 2 Violins & Piano] (03:51)
1-18. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Young – When I Fall in Love (Arr. T. Poster for Violin & Piano) (03:20)
1-19. Elena Urioste & Tom Poster – Over the Rainbow (From ‘The Wizard of Oz’) [Arr. T. Poster for Violin & Piano] (03:28)