Notes and Editorial Reviews
Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano sonata, No 32, Beethoven created the first example of pure swing in the history of music. We might also wonder how the serious-minded Johannes Brahms could open a sonata movement with a walking bass blues that smacks of the Mississippi Delta, or how Modest Mussorgsky, in his Pictures at an Exhibition, foreshadows Quincy Jones. This album makes these extraordinary connections before exploring the profound influence of jazz on composers of the 20th century, from Maurice Ravel to Leonard Bernstein.
Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano sonata, No 32, Beethoven created the first example of pure swing in the history of music. We might also wonder how the serious-minded Johannes Brahms could open a sonata movement with a walking bass blues that smacks of the Mississippi Delta, or how Modest Mussorgsky, in his Pictures at an Exhibition, foreshadows Quincy Jones. This album makes these extraordinary connections before exploring the profound influence of jazz on composers of the 20th century, from Maurice Ravel to Leonard Bernstein. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 2nd movement, Arietta - Excerpt(s) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Yves Nat (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1821-1822
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs.
2.
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99: 2nd movement, Adagio affetuoso - Excerpt(s) by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Juhani Lagerspetz (Piano),
Truls Otterbech Truls Mork (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs.
3.
Pictures at an exhibition: no 9, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 13 Secs.
4.
Children's Corner: no 6, Golliwogg's Cake-walk by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906-1908; France
Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs.
5.
La plus que lente by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; France
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
6.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major: 2nd movement, Blues by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Frank Braley (Piano),
Renaud Capuçon (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923-1927; France
Length: 4 Minutes 59 Secs.
7.
Ebony Concerto: 1st movement, Allegro moderato by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:
Michael Collins (Clarinet)
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1945; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
8.
Scaramouche, Op. 165b: no 3, Brazileira by Darius Milhaud
Performer:
Noël Lee (Piano),
Christian Ivaldi (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937; France
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs.
9.
La création du monde, Op. 81: Excerpt(s) by Darius Milhaud
Conductor:
Alberto Zedda
Period: Modern
Written: 1923; France
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
10.
Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt(s) by George Gershwin
Conductor:
Wayne Marshall
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; USA
Length: 8 Minutes 55 Secs.
11.
Girl Crazy: I got rhythm by George Gershwin
Conductor:
Wayne Marshall
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; USA
Length: 8 Minutes 28 Secs.
12.
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances - Prologue by Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Paavo Järvi
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1957; USA
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
13.
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances - Mambo by Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Paavo Järvi
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1957; USA
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
14.
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances - Blues by Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Paavo Järvi
Period: Modern
Written: 1960
Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs.
15.
Concerto for Clarinet no 2, Op. 115: 3rd movement, The Pre-Goodman Rag by Malcolm Arnold
Performer:
Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
Conductor:
Ingo Metzmacher
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1974; England
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs.
16.
Pianolettes: Jazzartistrix by Billy Mayerl
Performer:
Susan Tomes (Piano)
Period: Modern
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.
17.
Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 24 in A minor by Niccolò Paganini
Performer:
Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
Conductor:
Ingo Metzmacher
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1805; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
18.
The Threepenny Opera: Kanonen-song by Kurt Weill
Conductor:
Otto Klemperer
Period: Modern
Written: 05/1928-08/1928; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
19.
Mikrokosmos, Sz 107: Book 4, no 113, Bulgarian Rhythm I by Béla Bartók
Performer:
Georges Solchany (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926-1939; Budapest, Hungary
Length: 1 Minutes 6 Secs.
20.
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111: 3rd movement, Sebes by Béla Bartók
Performer:
Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Melos Ensemble London
Period: Modern
Written: 1938
Length: 6 Minutes 44 Secs.
Sound Samples
Sonate No.32 En Ut Mineur, Op.111 : II - Arietta (Adagio Molto Simplice E Cantabile)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the unhatched chicks
Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake Walk
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Blues: Moderato
Ebony Concerto: I. Allegro moderato
Mikrokosmos Vol. II Sz.107 : 113. Bulgarian Rhythm
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet & Piano (1998 Digital Remaster): III. Seves (Fast Dance) - Allegro vivace
Scaramouche : III. Brazileira (Remasterisé en 1988)
La Création du monde Op. 81a
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (2000 Digital Remaster): VI. Kanonen-song
I got rhythm: Variations for piano and orchestra
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: I. Prologue
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: IV. Mambo
Divertimento for Orchestra: VII. Blues
Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op.115: III. Allegro non troppo (The Pre-Goodman Rag)
Pianolettes: Jazzaristrix
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