Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin - 1999 - Two Worlds

Type: Studio Album
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Crossover Jazz
Original Release: 1999 Decca 
Audio CD Release: 2000 Decca [157 960-2] (Sep 12, 2000)
Total Playtime: 00:57:52

01. [04:34] Concerto in A Minor for Four Keyboards and Strings, BWV1065 - Movement 1
02. [05:05] Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 Aria (Cantilena) [feat. Renee Fleming]
03. [04:32] Sonatina: Andante II
04. [03:22] Elegia (A Henri) [feat. Gil Shaham]
05. [03:59] Suite Popular Espanola No.3 Cancion [feat. James Walker]
06. [04:19] Lagrima
07. [07:01] River Songs: The Water is Wide/Shenandoah
08. [06:45] Romanian Folk Dances: Stick Dance / Sash Dance / Horn Dance / Romanian Polka / Fast Dance
09. [04:26] Suite Compostelana III Cuna
10. [03:18] Suite Popular Espanola No.1 el Pano Moruno [feat. James Walker]
11. [02:13] Siciliana [feat. Julian Lloyd Webber]
12. [04:03] Canto Invierno
...[A Japanese version added a bonus track CD'2008 Universal Distribution 1035] 
13. [04:10] Bachianas Brasileiras No.4 Preludio

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Featuring:
- Alex Acuna - Percussion, Drums
- Luis Conte - Percussion
- Renee Fleming - Soprano
- Ed Meares, Tom Kennedy - Bass
- Julian Lloyd Webber - Cello
- Stephen Erdody, Cecilia Tsan, Christina Soule, Paula Hochhalter - Celli
- Renita Koven, Roland Kato, Carrie Holzman-Little, Scott Haupert, Jennie Hansen, Keith Green, Carole Castillo - Viola
- Richard Altenbach, Mario Diaz de Leon, Julie Gigante, Gary Kuo, Ralph Morrison, Natalie Leggett, Michelle Kim, Liane Mautner, Gil Shaham, Mark Sazer, Susan Rishik, Rachel Purkin, Sara Parkins. Margaret Wooten, Roger Wilkie, Lesa Terry, Lisa Sutton - Violin

Credits:
- Lee Ritenour - Producer, Transcription
- Dave Grusin - Arranger, Producer, Transcription
- Mark Wexler - Project Manager
- Elliot Scheiner - Engineer
- John Hendrickson, Charles Paakkari - Assistant Engineer
- Federico Mompou, Federico Moreno Torroba, J.S. Bach - Composer
- Elliot Marks, Lance Staedler - Photography
- John Eidsvoog, Mark Graham, Jim Hoffman, Deborah Mitchell, JoAnn Kane - Copyist

Recorded at Starlight Studio, Capitol Records, Avatar Studio (Dec 1999-Jun 2000)
Produced by Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour

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Billboard Charts:
- 2000 - Top Classical Crossover #6

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- Review by Jonathan Widran - allmusic.com
Forging a unique creative relationship, Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin's mutual professional history extends back some two decades. Ritenour was a core artist on Grusin's label, GRP, throughout the 1980s and early '90s; in 1986, they first collaborated on the Grammy Award winning Harlequin, a critically-acclaimed, Brazilian-themed recording. Ritenour also appeared on many of the pianist/composer's film scores and solo recordings, and the two jammed together on GRP Super Live in 1987. Two Worlds, the classical-oriented labor of love that reunites the two legends, is more than simply a beautiful creative departure from their usual jazz-oriented projects. A blend of original compositions and respectful reworkings of timeless classics from Bach, Bartok, Villalobos, Mompov, and Segovia, the collection -- which features stellar guest performances by opera star Renee Fleming, violinist Gil Shaham, and cellist Julian Lloyd-Webber -- finds Ritenour and Grusin joyously reconnecting with their rich classical roots. Among the highlights are the lush, highly percussive Vivaldi/Bach piece "Bach Concerto, featuring a twenty-piece string section; "Bachianas Aria," a piece from Brazilian composer Villalobos, provides a showcase for opera diva Renee Fleming. As for the original compositions, there's the haunting, melodic "Elegia," which Grusin composed many years ago for his late father, a violinist, featuring Gil Shaham; "Lagrima (Lee's Prelude)," a graceful Ritenour original led by the classical guitar; "River's Song," Grusin's clever medley adaptation of the folk songs "The Water Is Wide" and "Shenandoah," featuring Fleming on vocals and "Canto," an Italian-styled "winter song" which Grusin originally wrote for a Ritenour project in the late '70s. Timeless yet contemporary, Two Worlds is beautiful reunion of these musical soul mates. 

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Lee Ritenour сумел стереть границы музыкальных стилей и направлений в своем творчестве. Пример тому предлагаемый альбом, лежащий в области исполнении классики с участием пианиста Дейва Гразина (Dave Grusin).