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Gold Concert II: Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy - Tokunaga

Exton  OVCL-739

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Saint-Saens: Rondo et Capriccioso
Bazzini: La ronde des lutins
Kreisler: Caprice Viennois, Liebesfreud
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, 2 Spanish Dances
Prokofiev: March from the Love for Three Oranges

Tsugio Tokunaga, violin
Yuko Umemura, piano

All

Works (8)

• Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins (Dance of the Goblins), Op. 25
• Fritz Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2
• Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
• Serge Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter Pieces (2)
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
• Pablo de Sarasate: Fantaisie on Carmen (Bizet), Op. 25
• Pablo de Sarasate: Playera, Op. 23 No. 1
• Pablo de Sarasate: Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2