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Chenoweth, Gunn, Groban, Hamlisch & Sting Join Joshua Bell On His New Album

By: Aug. 19, 2009
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Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth and several noted performers will duet with Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell on his new CD, "At Home with Friends."

The album is on the Sony Classical label and will be released on September 29.

The album features guest appearances by Chenoweth, Chris Botti, Sting, Carel Kraayenhof, Josh Groban, Edgar Meyer, Frankie Moreno, Nathan Gunn, Regina Spektor, Chris Thile, Anoushka Shankar, Marvin Hamlisch.

For more information, visit www.sonymasterworks.com.

Track list for "At Home with Friends":

1. Porgy and Bess: I loves you, Porgy by George Gershwin
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin), Chris Botti (Trumpet)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA

2. Firste Booke of Songes: no 17, Come againe, sweet love doth now envite by John Dowland
Performer: Sting (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1597; England

3. Enrico IV: Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla
Performer: Carel Kraayenhof (Bandoneón)
Period: 20th Century

4. Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone
Performer: Josh Groban (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1988; Italy

5. Para Ti by Traditional
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tiempo Libre

6. Babes in arms: My funny valentine by Richard Rodgers
Performer: Kristin Chenoweth (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937; USA

7. Maybe So by Edgar Meyer
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin), Edgar Meyer (Bass)
Period: 21st Century
Written: USA

Notes: Composed with Sam Bush and Mike Marshall.
8. Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 45: Allegretto by Edvard Grieg
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1887; Norway

9. Eleanor Rigby by Paul McCartney
Performer: Frankie Moreno (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1966; England

10. Songs (6), Op. 4: no 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer: Nathan Gunn (Baritone), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia

11. Il Postino: Main Theme by Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Performer: Carel Kraayenhof (Bandoneón)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1994; Argentina

12. Left Hand Song by Regina Spektor
Performer: Regina Spektor (Voice)
Period: 21st Century
Written: USA

13. Chovendo na roseira by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Performer: Edgar Meyer (Double Bass), Chris Thile (Mandolin), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Brazil

14. Look Away by Diane Warren
Performer: Anoushka Shankar (Sitar), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA

15. Variant Moods by Ravi Shankar
Performer: Anoushka Shankar (Sitar), Joshua Bell (Violin)

Notes: This is the shorter version of "Variant Moods" by Ravi Shankar.
16. I'll Take Manhattan by Lee Holdridge
Performer: Marvin Hamlisch (Piano), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA




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