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Listen to and pre-order David Garrett’s new album ‘ICONIC’ here: Inspired by the legendary violinists whose dazzling showpieces and heart-melting melodies Garrett fell in love with as a child, Iconic includes more than twenty tracks and is set for release on 4 November 2022. Music by Bach, Dvořák, Gluck, Kreisler, Mendelssohn and Schumann, among many others, is presented in new arrangements for violin, guitar and orchestra (by Franck van der Heijden and David Garrett). David Garrett is accompanied by his guitarist Franck van der Heijden – who also conducts the players of Orchestra The Prezent – as well as being joined in duet arrangements by his former teacher Itzhak Perlman, star tenor Andrea Bocelli, flautist Cocomi and trumpeter Till Brönner. David Garrett’s personal choice of music evokes the golden era of violin virtuosi, when performers such as Zino Francescatti, Arthur Grumiaux, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler and Yehudi Menuhin delighted audiences with popular encores and other minatures. As a young musician, he looked up to these and other players from the past, aspired to emulate their artistry and immersed himself in their historic recordings. In this magical new arrangement of Debussy’s much-loved prelude La fille aux cheveux de lin, the virtuoso violinist duets with rising-star Japanese flautist Cocomi. La fille aux cheveux de lin (“The Girl with the Flaxen Hair”), is one of the best-known pieces Debussy ever wrote. Originally composed for solo piano as part of his first book of Préludes (1910), it is a work of lyrical, wistful beauty. Its melodic and harmonic simplicity is captured in this brand-new arrangement for violin, flute and orchestra. Watch more from David Garrett here: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: Website:
