Quartet Suite On Mexican

Demanding salon music for string quartet (with double-bass ad libitum) is provided by Wolfgang Birtel in his 'Latin Dances' with four titles which can be played individually or as a little suite. The first dance is the chorinho 'Não me toques' by Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935) who not only wrote 'Tico Tico' but also other rousing pieces of music. Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934) is considered to be the 'inventor' of the Brazilian tango and waltz: He titled the waltz, which follows as second title, 'Ingenious'. These rather unknown titles are followed by two absolute worldwide hits: 'Bolada de Aficionado' by A.G. Villoldo and then the everlasting beguine 'Bésame Mucho' by the Mexican composer Consuelo Velázques (1916-2005). Whether individually or as a 'four-pack' - the fingers will be twitching and the toes will be tingling for this music carries away musicians and audience alike. / Quatuor A Cordes

CDs Only-Contents include: Allegro Moderato; Cathedral Chimes; Niagra Falls; Taps; 'O Sole Mio!; Somewhere My Love; Brahms; Lullaby; Over the Rainbow; Allefro in F Major; Singin' in the Rain; Scale Etude in F; Chord Caper; The Londonderry Air; Malaguena; Lean on Me; Aura Lee; Westminster Chimes; Gavotte; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Song of Joy; Coffee House Boogie; Blue Moon; Looking Glass River; Shenandoah; Kum Ba Yah; I Want to Hold Your Hand; Theme from Scheherazade; Ashokan Farewell; Auld Lang Syne; Sakura; Etude in A Minor (Kohler); The James Bond Theme; Finale from The New World Symphony (Dvorak); Greensleeves; 7th St. Blues; Land of the Silver Birch; Give My Regards toBroadway; Fanfare Etude; Mexican Clapping Song; Habanera from Carmen; Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho; Dark Eyes; Scarborough Fair; Send in the Clowns; Campbells are Coming; Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman; March Slav; The Erie Canal; Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; The Glow Worm; Lunar Eclipse; Pink Panther; House of the Rising Sun; Song of Joy; I Will Always Love You; Worried Man Blues; Theme from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Wedding March; Fiesta Espana; Liebestraum; Sea Chantey; Musetta's Waltz; Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2; Pachelbel Canon.