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
4.
La plus que lente by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; France
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
8.
Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt(s) by George Gershwin
Conductor:
Wayne Marshall
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; USA
Length: 8 Minutes 55 Secs.
9.
Girl Crazy: I got rhythm by George Gershwin
Conductor:
Wayne Marshall
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; USA
Length: 8 Minutes 28 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 Remastered Version): III. Seves (Fast Dance) - Allegro vivace: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet & Piano (1998 Digital Remaster): III. Seves (Fast Dance) - Allegro vivace
Scaramouche : III. Brazileira (Remasterisé en 1988): Scaramouche : III. Brazileira
La Création du monde Op. 81a
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (2000 Remastered Version): VI. Kanonen-song: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (2000 Digital Remaster): VI. Kanonen-song
I got rhythm: Variations for piano and orchestra
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: I. Prologue: Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: I. Prologue
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: IV. Mambo: Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: IV. Mambo
Divertimento for Orchestra: VII. Blues: Bernstein: 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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