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Celebrates Stephen Sondheim

Award-winning violin-piano duo, Opus Two - violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock - announces the release of their new recording, Opus Two Celebrates Stephen Sondheim New Chamber Music Arrangements (Bridge Records 9605) now available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and major retail outlets.

As a follow-up to their previously released single, A Little Night Music Suite, recognized as “a winner” by BBC Magazine, the recording was also praised by Take Effect Magazine for Cooperstock and Terwilliger's "incredible chemistry and attention to rhythm. Their meticulous dynamics between the strings and keys effectively illuminates Sondheim’s vision with a radiance that does justice to the classic musical.” Now, this new full-length release features world-premiere recordings of highlights from Stephen Sondheim's exceptional Broadway shows. These include Not While I’m Around from Sweeney Todd, Broadway Baby from Follies, I Remember from Evening Primrose with soprano Elena Shaddow, Main Title from Stavisky, Every Day a Little Death from A Little Night Music with cellist Beth Vanderborgh, Sorry/Grateful from Company for violin solo, Finishing the Hat from Sunday in the Park with George with baritone Andrew Garland, Now You Know from Merrily We Roll Along for piano solo and Fleet Street Suite: A Sweeney Todd Medley.

Opus Two:

Sondheim - A Little Night Music: Suite arr. Stern

The acclaimed Opus Two violin-piano duo's world premiere recording of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music: Suite for Violin and Piano arranged by veteran Broadway composer Eric Stern will be released on November 19, 2021 on Bridge Records(4010). The recording is available for pre-order at https://bridgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-little-night-music-suite-for-violin-and-piano and upon release can be streamed on Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, and purchased via iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play, among others.

The four-movement suite, including Night Waltz, You Must Meet My Wife, A Weekend In The Country, and Send In The Clowns, is based on Stephen Sondheim's 1973 Tony-award-winning musical A Little Night Music, inspired by Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night. The show's most famous song Send in the Clowns became a pop standard recorded by Judy Collins, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, and Barbra Streisand, among others.  With a limited number of chamber music scores in his catalogue, Sondheim fans will be delighted to welcome this new addition to the violin/piano duo repertoire.