Joshua Bell Joshua Bell with Friends @ the Penthouse

Joshua Bell is the first American-born violinist to star in the Live From Lincoln Center series on PBS. Included on the program are performances of "Come Again" with Sting, "My Funny Valentine" with Kristin Chenoweth, "I Loves You Porgy" with jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, "O, Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair" with baritone Nathan Gunn, "I'll Take Manhattan" with composer/pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch, "Eleanor Rigby" with rock musician Frankie Moreno, "Left Hand Song" with singer/songwriter Regina Spektor, "Para Tí" by Cuban music sensation Tiempo Libre, "Oblivion" with Dutch bandóneon master and tango phenomenon Carel Kraayenhof, in addition to frequent collaborator, pianist Jeremy Denk.

Joshua Bell is the first American-born violinist to star in the Live From Lincoln Center series. Included on the program are performances of I Loves You Porgy with jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, O, Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair with acclaimed baritone Nathan Gunn, I'll Take Manhattan with the incomparable composer/pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch, Left Hand Song with singer/songwriter Regina Spektor, Para Tí by Grammy-nominated Cuban music sensation Tiempo Libre, Oblivion with Dutch bandóneon master and tango phenomenon Carel Kraayenhof, in addition to frequent collaborator, pianist Jeremy Denk. Running time is one hour, 21 minutes.


Track List:


1. Dvorak/Kreisler: Slavonic Fantasy


2. Piazzolla: Oblivion (with Carel Kraayenhof)


3. My Funny Valentine (with Jane Monheit)


4. Para Ti (with Tiempo Libre)


5. Richard Strauss, Morgen (with Renée Fleming)


6. Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Movement II (with Sergei Rachmaninoff)


7. Rachmaninoff: O, Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair (with Nathan Gunn)


8. Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantelle, Op. 43


9. Left Hand Song (with Regina Spektor)


10. I Loves You Porgy (with Chris Botti)


11. I'll Take Manhattan (with Marvin Hamlisch)


12. Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique - Variations burlesques sur Yankee Doodle, Op. 17 (1844)