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Alexey Shor - Well Tempered Chanson w/Sergey Stadler
1 Antonin Dvorak: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra Op.104 - Allegro  
2 Adagio, ma non troppo  
3 Finale. Allegro moderato  
4 Bartok: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra - Moderato  
5 Adagio religioso  
6 Allegro vivace  
7 Alexey Shor: Seascapes for Viola & Orchestra - Abandoned Lighthouse  
8 Lonely Sail  
9 Calm Before a Storm  
10 Summer Hail  
11 William Walton: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra - Andante comodo  
12 Vivo, e molto preciso  
13 Allegro moderato  
14 Alexey Shor: The Well Tempered Chanson - Murka Metamorphoses  
15 Trans-Siberian Waltz  
16 Samba  
17 Baroken Love  
18 Last Penny  
19 Odessa Walk  
20 Buenos Aires Bonbons  
21 Chicken Tarantella  
22 Nostalgic Waltz  
23 Buggy Bossa Nova  
24 Semi-Cannonical Great Feud  
25 Lament  
26 Murka Variations  
27 Alexey Shor: Lullaby for Mark  
28 Alexey Shor: Natalie's Waltz  
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For his second Warner Classics album, David Aaron Carpenter – "a star violist" in the words of the Los Angeles Times – brings together concertos by Dvořák, Bartók, Walton and a dance cycle by contemporary composer Alexey Shor. Carpenter identifies a connecting theme of "a longing for the homeland … a reverence for native musical folk tunes and language." He is accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under three distinguished conductors: Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry.

  • From mathematician to musician / Times of Malta
    Posted At: January 13, 2019 12:00 AM

    Alexey Shor talks to Anna Marie Galea about how he got into music and the creative process that has gained him the admiration of music lovers the world over. With his pieces being played by the finest contemporary musicians in many of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, Shor took part last year in the Malta International Music Festival, and I grabbed the opportunity to interview him over a c...
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  • CapRadio's 'Classical Sound Advice' features four recordings from Kevin Doherty's fantasy string quartet
    Posted At: October 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    For this week's Sound Advice, classical host Kevin Doherty features four recordings that add up to his fantasy string quartet, featuring violinists Hillary Hahn and Anne Aikiko Meyers, violist David Aaron Carpenter and cellist Kristina Blaumane. Hilary Hahn recorded Bach, when she was 17 to great critical and popular success. Now 38, she completes her recording of the Bach sonatas and partitas f...
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  • CLASSIC fM lists their favorite viola pieces
    Posted At: August 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    The viola is often seen as the awkward child of the string family (and the butt of everyone's jokes). But composers throughout the history of music have written some of their most beautiful work for this unsung hero of the orchestra. One of our favourite pieces of classical music for the viola is the Bartók Viola Concerto. This is one of the last pieces the great Hungarian composer ever wrote and ...
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  • David Aaron Carpenter - Motherland is KDFC: Download Of the Week
    Posted At: May 22, 2018 12:00 AM

    For his second Warner Classics album, David Aaron Carpenter – "a star violist" in the words of the Los Angeles Times – brings together concertos by Dvořák, Bartók, Walton and a dance cycle by contemporary composer Alexey Shor. Carpenter identifies a connecting theme of "a longing for the homeland … a reverence for native musical folk tunes and language." He is accomp...
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  • David Aaron Carpenter - Motherland is KUSC: Download Of the Week
    Posted At: May 22, 2018 12:00 AM

    For his second Warner Classics album, David Aaron Carpenter – "a star violist" in the words of the Los Angeles Times – brings together concertos by Dvořák, Bartók, Walton and a dance cycle by contemporary composer Alexey Shor. Carpenter identifies a connecting theme of "a longing for the homeland … a reverence for native musical folk tunes and language." He is accomp...
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  • David Aaron Carpenter - Motherland is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: May 14, 2018 12:00 AM

    For his second Warner Classics album, David Aaron Carpenter – "a star violist" in the words of the Los Angeles Times – brings together concertos by Dvořák, Bartók, Walton and a dance cycle by contemporary composer Alexey Shor. Carpenter identifies a connecting theme of "a longing for the homeland … a reverence for native musical folk tunes and language." He is accomp...
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  • David Aaron Carpenter - Motherland is KDFC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: May 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    Award-winning American violist, David Aaron Carpenter has just released an album called "Motherland", and, although it's just in time for Mother's Day, it really has more to do with home than mom. Carpenter includes two significant viola concertos, by Bartok and Walton, plus a viola-centric arrangement of the Dvorak Cello Concerto. There's also a dance cycle for viola on the disc by contemporary composer...
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  • David Aaron Carpenter - Motherland is KUSC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: May 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    Award-winning American violist, David Aaron Carpenter has just released an album called "Motherland", and, although it's just in time for Mother's Day, it really has more to do with home than mom. Carpenter includes two significant viola concertos, by Bartok and Walton, plus a viola-centric arrangement of the Dvorak Cello Concerto. There's also a dance cycle for viola on the disc by contempor...
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  • On Motherland, David Aaron Carpenter shows the range and depth of his instrument / WRTI: Classical Album Of the Week
    Posted At: May 1, 2018 12:00 AM

    What a fascinating study of an instrument not frequently heard in a solo role:  the viola! Carpenter is certainly no stranger to Philadelphia audiences.  He won the Greenfield Student Competition with The Philadelphia Orchestra and, in 2005 at age 19, made his debut with them playing the Walton Viola Concerto. Since then he has made concert appearances and recordings with numerous orchestras, c...
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  • David Aaron Carpenter - Motherland is IPR: Featured New Release
    Posted At: April 16, 2018 12:00 AM

    Violist David Aaron Carpenter has just released a two-disc set of music for viola and orchestra. The pieces include two 20th-century viola concertos, an arrangement of Antonin Dvorak's cello concerto for viola and orchestra and three world premieres by the Kiev-born and New York-based composer Alexey Shor. Bela Bartok's concerto for viola and orchestra was left unfinished at the time of ...
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