The Fiddle Concerto

Infobox Album | Name = The Fiddle Concerto
Type = Album
Artist = Mark O'Connor


Released = start date|1995
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Classical
Length = 75:01
Label = Warner Brothers
Producer = Mark O'Connor
Reviews =
* "The Strad" (measured favorable) Nov 1995 (p. 1193)
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lauw6ja871u0]
Last album = "The Night Before Christmas"
(1993)
This album = "The Fiddle Concerto"
(1994)
Next album = "Liberty!"
(1997)

"The Fiddle Concerto" is an album by Mark O'Connor. It contains two pieces written by O'Connor, the first of which is a violin concerto in American fiddle style, commissioned by the Santa Fe Symphony and premiered in 1993. The second piece is a string quartet for violin, viola, cello, and double bass commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 1990.

Track listing

All music was written by Mark O'Connor.
#"The Fiddle Concerto: I" – 13:07
#"The Fiddle Concerto: Cadenza" – 4:53
#"The Fiddle Concerto: II" – 12:58
#"The Fiddle Concerto: III" – 5:45
#"The Fiddle Concerto: Cadenza" – 8:26
#"Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: I" – 6:40
#"Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: II" – 8:21
#"Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: III" – 7:51
#"Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Doublebass: IV" – 7:17

Personnel

*Mark O'Connor - Violin
*Daniel Phillips - Viola
*Carter Brey - Cello
*Edgar Meyer - Double bass
*The Concordia Orchestra
*Marin Alsop - Conductoralso
*Mark O'Connor - Producer
*Craig Miller - Executive Producer
*Marc Aubort - Recording Engineer