Violin Café

Decca Classics is delighted to announce a brand-new recording from Grammy-award-winning violinist Nicola Benedetti. Violin Café is packed full of popular virtuosic and seductive romantic works, freshly arranged for a new dynamic group of instruments. Soon to be taken on tour, this album reunites Nicola with audiences she has known and been supported by for over 22 years. This is a thank you to the people of all ages, from all across the UK and around the world, who share a deep love of classical music and the violin, whose children Nicola has taught after concerts and whose curiosity of the arts she shares. This inventive new line-up of instruments delivers a communal, conversational ‘evening cafe appropriate’ sound. A sound with the flexibility to work across genres, cultures and performance environments.

1 Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise de Concert Opus 4 (arr. Stephen Goss)
2 Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne (arr. Juliette Pochin & James Morgan)
3 Peter Maxwell Davis: Farewell to Stromness (arr. Paul Campbell)
4 Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy Opus 25 (arr. Stephen Goss)
5 Ernest Bloch: Prayer From Jewish Life: I (arr. Simon Parkin
6 Trad: Skye Boat song (arr. Brìghde Chaimbeul)
7 Trad: A' Choille Ghruamach (arr. Brìghde Chaimbeul)
8 Trad: Hacky Honey Reel (arr. Brìghde Chaimbeul)
9 Manuel Ponce: Estrellita (arr. Paul Campbell)
10 Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra Opus 33 (arr. Stephen Goss)
11 Claude Debussy: Beau Soir (arr. Simon Parkin)