The third release for Warner Classics from the award-winning, critically acclaimed Swiss violinist Rachel Kolly d'Alba.
Rachel Kolly D'Alba says: "American Music... seems to discourage any choice between lowbrow and highbrow, so powerfully does it express one key concept - fellowship. All kinds of different music coexisted in the States throughout the twentieth century, and the boundaries between different styles simply vanish when it comes to works such as Gershwin's Porgy and Bess or Bernstein's Serenade. Their origins are secondary: what matters is the message they convey."
Nominated for the ICMA Concerto Award in 2013
Classical CD Choice
"AMERICAN SERENADE: BIZET, BERNSTEIN, WAXMAN Rachel Kolly d’Alba, violin, Orchestre Nationale des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrerod, Warner Classics Three winning and attractive pieces (two of them transcriptions) which make a lively and undemanding programme. Some may be given pause by the surprising number of photographs of the violinist herself, but that’s no doubt an imperative of the art of selling classical music today."
BBC Radio 3 - CD Review
“beautifully played” and “the playing is wonderful”