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Gidon Kremer - Happy Birthday

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To celebrate its sixth anniversary as an ensemble, Kremerata Baltica presents a light, loving, and musically interesting confection. After an opening polka by Schnittke (who knew he could be so frothy?), we get 11 variations on the song "Happy Birthday" by Peter Heidrich, � la Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, and some dance movements. Delightful. Elsewhere, Franz Waxman's Variations on "Auld lang syne" are as clever as they are unexpected and charming. More variations--this time on "God save the King" by the 19th century composers Ghys and Servais--afford Kremer and cellist Marta Sudraba a fine time, and Teddy Bor's brief riff on Mozart's omnipresent "Eine kleine nachtmusik" is a hoot. There's more, but the point is made: Classical music can be fun and sophisticated, and Kremer and his group remain virtuosi, one and all. --Robert Levine

Track Listings : Disc 1
- Polka
- Thema
- Variation Nach Joseph Haydn
- Variation Nach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Variation Nach Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Variation Nach Johannes Brahms
- Variation Nach Robert Schumann
- Variation Nach Antonin Dvorak
- Polka/Valse
- Variation Im Stil Von Filmmusik
- Ragtime
- Tango
- Czardas
- Adagio
- Allegretto
- Ad Libitum
- Allegro. Presto
- Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Sur L'air 'God Save The King,' Op.38
- Elegy
- McMozart's Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik
- I. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik
- II. Moonlight Concerto
- III. Chaconne A Son Gout
- IV. Hommage To Shostakofiev
- Souvenir