Salut d'Amour Yuriy Rakevich & Olga Kopylova

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Song Without Words, Op. 2, No. 3 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler):
• 1 Tchaikovsky: Song Without Words, Op. 2, No. 3 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler) 02:53
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Beau Soir, L. 6 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifitz):
• 2 Debussy: Beau Soir, L. 6 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifitz) 01:59
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Salut d'Amour, Op. 12:
• 3 Elgar: Salut d'Amour, Op. 12 02:33
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, No. 4:
• 4 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, No. 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler) 02:18
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931): Rêve d’Enfant, Op. 14:
• 5 Ysaÿe: Rêve d’Enfant, Op. 14 03:54
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936): Meditation, Op. 32 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by V. Artemiev):
• 6 Glazunov: Meditation, Op. 32 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by V. Artemiev) 02:59
• Cyril Scott (1879 - 1970): Lotus Land, Op. 47, No. 1 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler):
• 7 Scott: Lotus Land, Op. 47, No. 1 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler) 04:13
• Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944): Sérénade Espagnole, Op. 150 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler):
• 8 Chaminade: Sérénade Espagnole, Op. 150 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler) 02:11
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): Méditation (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Martin Marsick):
• 9 Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Martin Marsick) 04:04
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): It Ain't Necessarily So (From ''Porgy & Bess'', Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifitz):
• 10 Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So (From ''Porgy & Bess'', Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifitz) 02:41
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Romance in A Major, Op. 94, No. 2 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler):
• 11 Schumann: Romance in A Major, Op. 94, No. 2 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler) 04:00
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): Étude, Op. 2, No. 1 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Alexander Mogilevsky):
• 12 Scriabin: Étude, Op. 2, No. 1 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Alexander Mogilevsky) 02:08
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Daisies (Marguerite) Op. 38, No. 3 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler):
• 13 Rachmaninoff: Daisies (Marguerite) Op. 38, No. 3 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler) 03:11
• Total Runtime 39:04

Info for Salut d'Amour

Elgar wrote "Salut d’Amour" when he was in love with Caroline Alice Roberts, his future wife. The piece soon became famous and inspired arrangements for different combinations of instruments.

Yuriy Rakevich, violin
Olga Kopylova, piano

Olga Kopylova
Pianist with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) since 1999, Olga Kopylova was born in Uzbekistan and studied at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Her solo album Estrela da Manhã (2006) features works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Medtner and Scriabin.

As a soloist, she has performed with the OSESP, the Campinas Symphony Orchestra and the Curitiba Chamber Orchestra, among others. She performs chamber music at the OSESP’s series of chamber concerts and with her own ensembles, such as the Sexteto São Paulo and Duo Virtuose. She also teaches at the Osesp Music Academy.

Yuriy Rakevich
was born in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, in Russia. He began his musical studies at the age of 6 and, at 18, was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory, where he graduated. He graduated from the 2nd Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition. He has been soloist in concertos for violin and orchestra, such as: Sibelius (Russia); Mozart's No. in Mexico, as well as Ravel's Tzigane and Chausson's Poéme.

He has worked as concertmistress with the Orchestra and Opera and Ballet of Fine Arts in Mexico, as soloist with the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra (USA) and as guest spalla with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia. Currently, besides his work with Osesp, he is a member of Quarteti Glazunov.

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