Cello and Piano Recital: Brinton Averil Smith / Evelyn Chen
(Exiles in Paradise - Émigré Composers in Hollywood)

Political crises and rising antisemitism in Europe during the first half of the 20th century prompted many leading musicians to immigrate to America. An influx of refugees formed a flourishing artistic community centred within a few square miles near Hollywood and this exceptional gathering of composers transformed America’s musical landscape. This survey explores their diverse output through music for cello and piano, including arrangements by the composers and their fellow expatriate performers never before heard on the cello.

Catalogue Naxos 8.579055
Release Date: 03/2020
Total Playing Time: 01:05:38

Godowsky, Leopold
Brinton Averil Smith / Heifetz, Jascha, arranger(s)

1.   Triakontameron, 30 Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure: No. 11. Alt - Wien (Old Vienna) (arr. by J. Heifetz and B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:02:28

Rachmaninov, Sergey
Brinton Averil Smith, arranger(s)

2.   Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 5. Serenade (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:03:05

Stravinsky, Igor
Brinton Averil Smith / Stravinsky, Igor / Dushkin, Samuel, arranger(s)

3.   L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird): Berceuse (arr. S. Dushkin, I. Stravinsky and B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:03:03

Schoenberg, Arnold
Brinton Averil Smith, arranger(s)

4.   Das Buch der hängenden Gärten (The Book of the Hanging Gardens), Op. 15: No. 5. Saget mir, auf welchem Pfade (Tell Me on Which Path) (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:01:09

Achron, Joseph
Brinton Averil Smith, arranger(s)

5.   Zwei Stimmungen (Two Moods), Op. 32: No. 1 in D Minor (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:01:51

Gruenberg, Louis
Brinton Averil Smith, arranger(s)

6.   Jazzettes, Op. 26: III. Allegro ritmico (arr. B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:03:11

Toch, Ernst

7.   No. 1. Andante cantabile 00:02:06

8.   No. 2. Allegretto grazioso 00:01:05

9.   No. 3. Adagio, con espressione 00:02:57

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario

10. I nottambuli (Night Owls), Op. 47 00:13:55

Rózsa, Miklós

11. Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36 00:05:49

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Brinton Averil Smith, arranger(s)

12. No. 1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (Maiden In the Bridal Chamber) 00:02:56

13. No. 2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein, "Marsch der Wache" (Dogberry and Verges, "March of the Watch") 00:01:57

14. No. 3. Gartenscene (Garden Scene) 00:04:33

15. No. 4. Mummenschanz, "Hornpipe" 00:01:58

Waxman, Franz
Grigorian, David, arranger(s)

16. Carmen Fantasie (arr. D. Grigorian for cello and piano) 00:10:58

Gershwin, George
Brinton Averil Smith / Heifetz, Jascha, arranger(s)

17. Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (arr. J. Heifetz and B.A. Smith for cello and piano) 00:02:37