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Joshua Bell: At Home with Friends

Violinist, Joshua Bell, has created a rich catalog of recordings. Now he is adding a compilation of duets to his discography. And he is doing it all at home with friends!







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" Violinist Joshua Bell as creative richly diverse catalogue of recordings from classical favorites like the four seasons and the Oscar winning soundtrack for the red violent. Now the musician batting a compilation -- to his rap it's rock and he's doing at all at home with friends better got -- rare treat -- talking with Joshua. At a home in New York City and work."

" Two."

" Misses the first album. That I've done quite like this is all collaborations with musical friends. Clinton Years."

" And only friend is the perfect pairing a violin virtuoso Joshua Bell. And more than a dozen talented artist."

" An overnight in place like this before but it's really a celebration of the music in the -- its. Supposed to reflect that kind of evenings -- at home or like to have a home where I get my friends together. Take turns getting -- you're doing something very eclectic evening service along this -- using an old -- Really what I designed distasteful and."

" The space also hasn't wall filled with his musical heroes autograph Wallace is a caller. I grew up. Going to lessons and -- And he is always full of so. As I would take my lessons I have. Ghosts of."

" I -- and and Paganini. Staring down at hand and in fact after he died my teacher. I had inherited many things and here's my future. Right here along along with his. 500 ruble notes that the -- over when they emigrated. He gave this one to me and his prized hugging autograph the day before him. Died so it's very special to me now. Einstein and who have gone. Who Vermont who used to on this island and it's nice to have a picture of him and I sent. But then there's one joke -- here and that's -- here which is me could from the red violin film I was invited them. -- I thought. -- characters from the red violin amongst the real heroes there was system kind of them --"

" Spent the last three and a half years building this place from scratch and one of the things that I. Really had a mind was to have these house concerts I've left large space openly with chairs and I've I've had a couple of -- evenings already with. 200 people are so packed into the house and it's it's greatly enjoyed music we hear me right up front and my friends come over. I love doing that."

" And with this base in mind Joshua gathered a list of friends to work on the new outlook for realized it must have been together that I don't."

" a lot of interesting people in the mix seems."

" I -- the okay yeah."

" like sting and that's seven years ago we didn't shoot -- Where he was. Reading letters of Robert Sinclair issue mom and I was playing music and I always want to work with incessant want to come on now. -- I'm ridiculously different song believe for a recorded -- solution so this is to the scenes to trailers."

" Tips from."

" This -- from Indiana Anderson I went to school with in the hands -- become this famous wonderful. From the player. I love you porky was sort of loosely interpreted and feast -- of Keith Jarrett solo piano that I love so much from the eighties is such an. Incredible song. Features such an incredible artists and then and Joshua -- can go wrong that."

" It's a new experience for me to get the studio and then the work begins with us it's. Very very inspiring to be around people think about. In different ways and I -- really feel like bring back. Those. Those things I learned about rhythm on harmony can bring that back and really helps my classical playing tremendous."

" And yeah."

" Kristin Chenoweth was very close to -- into the Central Park concert in New York together and we -- version of my funny Valentine many years ago for Rogers -- excellent. There really wouldn't have been any place to put that any other album."

" One of song I didn't offend Las Vegas wonderful rock pianist who did Eleanor Rigby. The -- I was probably. Maybe the most fun involved was because I was I really. Arranged it myself with him -- said in -- room and improvised on this great Beatles songs I would solid work on the violent. And we came up with this unusual classical relievers."

" My whole life I've done classical records which -- Standard repertory which we all know and which is the meat and potatoes what I do but but it's nice now have these this new repertory haven't. Violent and no Beatles song which -- can do on my on my recitals as an uncle."

" And whether it's Mozart or -- or my funny Valentine you'll feel right -- home. Listening to any rap -- Joshua Bell playing. At home with brand is available now in Joshua Bell's exquisite home will also. Be featured in Architectural Digest."

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