Delights & Dances is the first new Chicago Sinfonietta CD in nearly a decade. Featuring special guests the Harlem Quartet,  the recording puts a spotlight on music for string quartet and orchestra,including World Premiere recordings of Michael Abels’ Delights & Dances and Leonard Bernstein / Randall Craig Fleischer’s West Side Story Concerto, plus Benjamin Lees’ rarely heard Concerto. A Mei‐Ann Chen and audience favorite, Saibei Dance, written by An‐Lun Huang, rounds out the selections.

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1. Delights & Dances for String Quartet and String Orchestra(13:08)
2. Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~1. Allegro con brio(7:45)
3. Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~2. Andante cantando(7:35)
4. Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~3. Allegro energico(5:34)
5. Saibei Suite No. 2~Saibei Dance(4:13)
6. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Mambo(2:06)
7. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Cha Cha(2:02)
8. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Maria(2:32)
9. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Tonight(3:17)
10. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Cadenza(4:44)
11. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Prologue(2:42)
12. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~America(2:56)
13. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Quintet(3:18)
14. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Cadenza(0:59)
15. West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra~Finale(1:11)