Why Cello and Beatles?

Music is the only language that is understood without exception by all people on Earth. In early childhood, without understanding a single word in English, we listened to the beautiful music of The Beatles again and again, as did millions of others around the world.  The message of The Beatles:  Unification and love are what the world has needed since time immemorial.  This universally understood sentiment conveyed through their music continues to connect us all, and to touch our souls. In this album, we wish to share with you our versions of the songs that we hold dear, in the genre of chamber music, and to invite you to join with us in our alliance through the language of music as expressed by The Beatles.  Enjoy!

Gratefully yours, Kira, Misha, Kirill and Sergio

01. I Saw Her Standing There - Lennon – McCartney

02. Things We Said Today - Lennon – McCartney

03. If I Fell - Lennon – McCartney

04. Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band - With A Little Help of My Friends - Lennon – McCartney

05. Because - Lennon – McCartney

06. Till There was you - Meredith Willson

07. The Night before - Lennon – McCartney

08. Michelle - Lennon – McCartney

09. Here comes the Sun – Harrison  - Penny Lane - Lennon – McCartney

10. Honey Pie - Lennon – McCartney

11. Here There and Everywhere - Lennon – McCartney

12. Help! - Lennon – McCartney

13. Yesterday - Lennon – McCartney

14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams

15. Obladi - Oblada - Lennon – McCartney

ARRANGED FOR CELLO QUARTET BY SERGIO DRABKIN & KIRA KRAFTZOFF

1. Sergei Prokofiev (from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64) "Juliet as a Young Girl"
2. Sergei Prokofiev "Mercutio"
3. Sergei Prokofiev "Dance of the Girls with Lilies"
4. Sergei Prokofiev "Masks"
5. Sergei Prokofiev "Dance of the Knights"
6. Giacomo Puccini Aria “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca
7. Sergei Rachmaninoff "Vocalise" Op. 34, No. 14
8. Antônio Carlos Jobim "Desafinado" (1958)
9. William Christopher Handy "St. Louis Blues"
10. Dave Brubeck "Blue Rondo à la Turk"
11. Leroy Anderson "The Syncopated Clock"
12. Antônio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça "One Note Samba"
13. Traditional "Bublichki"
14. Bobby Timmons "Moanin"
15. Paul Desmond "Take Five"
16. Piotr Tchaikovsky "Valse Sentimentale" in F minor, Op. 51, No. 6

1. Paganissimo
2. G. Puccini Air from "Tosca": E Luchevan Le Stelle
3. D. Popper "Tarantelle"
4. P. Tchaikovsky "Canzonette"
5. M. Mussorgsky "Night on Bald Mountain"
6. R. Strauss "One night in Venice"
7. H. Carmichael "Stardust"
8. Anton S. Walloch "Vegas Weekend"

1. G. Puccini Air "E Luchevan Le Stelle"
2. P. Tchaikovsky "Canzonette" 2nd movement Violin Concerto
3. A. Piazzolla "Oblivion"
4. Villa-Lobos "Modihna" from Bachiana Brasiliera Nr.1
5. Jules Massenet "Meditation"
6. R. Wagner " O Du, mein holder Abendstern"
7. H. Carmichel "Stardust"
8. N. Sokolov "Melody"
9. M. Degtjareff "Lullaby"
10. S. Drabkin "Jewish Song"
11. J. Forrest "Night Train"
12. L. Anderson "Plink, Plank, Plunk"

1. Verano Porteno: Summer
2. Otono Porteno: Autumn
3. Inwierno Porteno: Winter
4. Primavera Porteno: Spring
5. "Oblivion"
6. A. Chang "Adiós Nonino"