Opus Two - Sondheim- New Chamber Music Arrangements (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The acclaimed Opus Two violin-piano duo presents new arrangements of musical highlights from Stephen Sondheim's brilliant Broadway shows. Arranger Eric Stern reminisces about his work with Sondheim: “I was one of the many lucky ones who got to work with Sondheim and experience close hand his genius, collaborative nature, and inherent kindness." Stern's work with Sondheim included the 1984 revival of Pacific Overtures, conducting Sunday in the Park with George in the second year of its original run, co-music directing the first production of Into the Woods, conducting productions of Follies, and conducting Merrily We Roll Along at the Kennedy Center. Mr. Stern writes that "My last conversation with him was about the Little Night Music suite which you’ll find on this album. We are all extremely grateful for his enthusiastic endorsement of the arrangement and performance, muted only by our sorrow that the rest were written after his passing.”

TRACKLIST

1. Opus Two - Suite (From "A Little Night Music") [Arr. for Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
2. Opus Two - Not While I'm Around (From "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street") [Arr. for Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
3. Opus Two - Broadway Baby (From "Follies") [Arr. for Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
4. Opus Two - I Remember (From "Evening Primrose") [Arr. for Voice, Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
5. Opus Two - Main Title (From "Stavisky") [Arr. for Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
6. Opus Two - Every Day a Little Death (From "A Little Night Music") [Arr. for Violin, Cello & Piano by Eric Stern]
7. William Terwilliger - Sorry-Grateful (From "Company") [Arr. for Violin by Eric Stern]
8. Opus Two - Finishing the Hat (From "Sunday in the Park with George") [Arr. for Voice, Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
9. Andrew Cooperstock - Now You Know (From "Merrily We Roll Along") [Arr. for Piano by Eric Stern]
10. Opus Two - Fleet Street Suite (From "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street") [Arr. for Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]



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