THE FOLLOWING CDs BY THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY AND STEVE MOECKEL (Concert Master of The Phoenix Symphony) ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH THE YSA OFFICE FOR $18.

ENEMY SLAYER: A NAVAJO ORATORIO – THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY AND CHORUS

Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio (10:18)
Composer Mark Grey (1967 – )
Conductor Michael Christie
Performer Scott Hendricks [Baritone Vocal]
Genre Oratorio
Period Contemporary
Recorded Live at Symphony Hall, Phoenix, AZ

LIFE GOES ON: THE MUSIC OF DON FREUND, VOL. 2

Steven Moeckel, Violin (Concert Master of The Phoenix Symphony)
Don Freund, Piano

“The full range of a violin’s capacities seems to have been exploited. When beauty and fullness of tone was a requirement, as during a lovely, playful Sonatina-Spring 1967 , that aspect of violin playing was very much present. When slashes, squeaks and rasps were the needs of the moment, as during much of Freund’s 1988 Life Goes On, for Violin and Piano, Moeckel also obliged. He’s a well trained and versatile violinist, by now apparently not phased by much that might be thrown his way.”

Recital Review, Auer Hall
Indiana University School of Music
The Herald Times (March 28, 2002)

Life Goes On for Violin and Piano (1988) (17:57)
Shards of Blues (8:44)
Reds (9:13)
Sonapartita (Noch Nach Bach) for Violin and Piano (2001) (12:42)
Adagio (3:24)
Passepied (1:49)
Presto (4:15)
Siciliano (3:03)
Sonatina-Spring 1967 for Violin and Piano (6:26)
Allegretto Amabile (2:09)
Berceuse (2:22)
Finale: Con Spirito (1:48)
Ukrainian Fantasy for Violin and Collage Tape (1977) (19:57)

HEREIN LIES THE SOUL (Steve Moeckel, Concert Master of The Phoenix Symphony)
You may only find this kind of musical relationship and understanding a few times in your entire career and I find it with Steven,” says pianist Paula Fan. “The click we have musically is electrifying.”

-Interview, Green Valley News and Sun
February, 2007

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15 – Henryck Wieniawsky (13:14)
Liebesleid – Fritz Kreisler (3:51)
Liebesfreud – Fritz Kreisler (3:33)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso – Camille Saint-Saëns (10:13)
La Capricieuse Op. 17 – Edward Elgar (4:55)
Salut d’Amour Op. 12 – Edward Elgar (3:18)
Spanish Dance Op. 26 No. 2 – Pablo de Sarasate (5:35)
Cantabile – Niccolò Paganini (3:43)
Humoresque Op. 87 No. 2 – Jean Sibelius (2:42)
Humoresque Op. 87 No. 4 – Jean Sibelius (3:32)
Ziguenerweisen Op. 20 No. 1 – Pablo de Sarasate (8:36)
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans – Delange & Alter/arr. M. Fan (2:55)

LA VIDA APASIONADA (Steve Moeckel, Concert Master of The Phoenix Symphony)

What a fun project, an immersion into a culture that is so colorful and exciting! All the rhythms in the dances on this album are in some way or another, forms of “Flamenco,” the famous Spanish Dance form. We hope that you are seduced by the passion and pure enjoyment of life that are so much a part of the rhythms and melodies of Spain. ¡Salud! —Steven

Steven Moeckel, violin; Paula Fan, piano

Spanish Dance in E Minor (arr. Kreisler) – Enrique Granados (4:55)
Zapateado op. 23 – Pablo de Sarasate (3:49)
Malagueña Op. 165 no.3 (arr. Kreisler) – Isaac Albeniz (4:33)
Havanaise op.83 – Camille Saint-Saëns (10:12)
Danse Espagnole from La Vida Breve (arr. Kreisler) – Manuel de Falla (3:55)
Tango op. 165 No.2 (arr Kreisler) – Isaac Albeniz (2:44)
Navarra (Danza Espagnole for two violins) op.33
Magdalena Martinic-Jercic, violin
Jeunes Filles au Jardin from Scènes d’enfants (arr. Szigetti) – Federico Mompou (2:52)
Romanza Andaluza op.22 – Pablo de Sarasate (5:09)
Suite Populaire Espagnole – Manuel de Falla
El paño Moruno (2:07)
Nana (2:24)
Canción (1:30)
Polo (1:26)
Asturiana (2:45)
Jota (2:50)
Carmen Fantasy op.25 – Pablo de Sarasate (13:50)
Youkali – Tango Habanera – Kurt Weill (5:39)