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From The Top Volume 2
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From The Top Volume 2

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This second compilation of From the Top highlights features solo and ensemble performances by some of the most extraordinary pre-college age young musicians ever featured on the program. Host Christopher O'Riley can be heard accompanying soloists on several of the tracks.

Among the highlights of this 16-track CD are:

  • Soliloquy, from Sonata for Cello and Piano, an original composition written by 15-year-old composer Athena Adamopoulos and performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Christopher O'Riley
  • Handel's "V'adoro pupille" from Julius Caesar performed by 17-year-old soprano Lauren Criddle
  • Ravel's Alborada del gracioso performed by 17-year-old pianist Robert Kwok
  • Debussy's Beau Soir performed by 15-year-old violinist Bella Hristova
  • Gliere's Nocturne, Op. 35, No. 10 performed by 17-year-old French horn player Megan Cullen
  • Shostakovich's Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57: Prelude and Scherzo performed by the Versailles Quintet