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Cover Me In Sunshine

Chilled out piano covers of well known love songs and rock songs.

I Just Cant Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson  (Instrumental Piano)

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2021, Vol. 2

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I Feel It Coming

VSQ Performs The Weeknd, Vol. 2

Call Out My Name

Espresso

Music: Three Pieces from Schindler's List: III. Remembrances
Composer: John Williams
Artists: Piet Koornhof, violin; Truida van der Walt, piano;
Album: Remembrances
Label: Delos Productions DE 3476
Street Date: May 12, 2015

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Violinist Piet Koornhof, one of South Africa’s most acclaimed musicians, has figured prominently in three prior recordings for Delos. In this release – beautifully partnered by distinguished pianist Truida van der Walt – he has assembled a program of mostly 20th-century works that focus more on his instrument’s lyrical, “singing” qualities than its virtuosic possibilities.

Remembrances, the album’s title, derives from John Williams’ suite from his Schindler’s List film score. The suite demonstrates the violin’s unique propensity for music that conveys deep sentiment and searing nostalgia. The remaining short selections – from Rachmaninoff, Schoenfeld, Bolcom, Scott, Kreisler, Ysaÿe, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Kodály and Piazzolla – all bear potent testimony to the instrument’s supreme ability to express haunting musical beauty and profound emotion.

Captured in radiant sound, these sweet and soulfully attuned performances by Koornhof and van der Walt make for an exceptional album that will beguile any fan of music for violin and piano.

John Williams: Three Pieces from Schindler's List: III. Remembrances

Unser Letzter Walser

Dizzy Dancers

From a collection of tunes found in a charity shop collected by Bill Guest of Nova Scotia.

Battle of Glencoe

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Coldplay

Yellow

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2020, Vol. 2

Dynamite

Into You

Los Angeles, California serves as home base for the concept group called Vitamin String Quartet. The group is made up of studio musicians who are brought together to interpret and record orchestra style covers of music from all types of genres ranging metal, techno, country, pop, rock and hip-hop dance music. While the quartet uses a wide assortment of artists and instruments, one fairly constant member of the group is violinist Tom Tally. Tally has been intimately involved in the composing, arranging and conduction of many songs on approximately 50 of the albums that have been recorded by the group. While the group is referred to as a string quartet, the reality is that more individuals are usually involved, using instruments such as violins, cellos, percussion, brass and woodwinds. The group was originally brought together in 1999 as an experimental project. They wanted to determine the effects of using classical style instruments to create new and different sounds on popular recordings. Early on, the FM broadcast station WWHK in Concord, NH would play the group's music 24 hours a day, every day, for a period of time. The popularity of the group's music has led to the music being featured on TV and in the movies. Credits include So You Think You Can Dance (2008), TV show The Vampire Diaries (2010), the 100th episode of Gossip Girl and the fifth season finale of Modern Family (2014). Throughout the years, the group has been involved in the recording of over 200 different albums. In 2009, the group stepped out of the box a bit and recorded some original material provided by some of the various musicians on the album Per_Versions.

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Vitamin String Quartet

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