Word: youman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last piece on the disc is the widelyknown "Tahiti Trot," based on the popular Vincent Youman tune "Tea for Two." As the story goes, Shostakvich orchestrated the theme in 40 minutes after a challenge by a friend. Chintz turns into schmaltz at this point; the listener is treated to a seemingly endless (actually only three-minute-33-second) passing of the mindless theme from section to section. The best advice here is to listen for the melding of one texture into the next. Shostakovich manages to keep within the same balance of bass and treble parts, though he sometimes bursts...
...cover photographs reveals Shaham & Sollscher in a blue-washed cafe--a rather clumsy allusion to Vincent Youman's "Tea for Two"--with their respective instruments, complemented by coffee cups and an open score. But, the intimacy which looks rather staged on cover appears very convincingly in the actual playing. Deutsche Grammophon's sound engineers have even gone so far as to use a new 21 bit recording technique dubbed...