Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

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Album Summary

Performers

• Frank Braley (Piano)
• Michael Collins (Clarinet)
• Georges Solchany (Piano)
• Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet)
• Christian Ivaldi (Piano)
• Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Susan Tomes (Piano)
• Yves Nat (Piano)
• Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
• Juhani Lagerspetz (Piano)
• Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Renaud Capuçon (Violin)
• Noël Lee (Piano)

Conductors

• Järvi, Paavo
• Klemperer, Otto
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Marshall, Wayne
• Metzmacher, Ingo
• Rattle, Simon, Sir
• Zedda, Alberto

Ensembles

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• Melos Ensemble of London

Composers

• Billy Mayerl (1902 - 1959)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Kurt Weill (Composer) (1900 - 1950)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

Notes & 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, 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.

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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111 :: Ariatta (Excerpt)

• Performer: Yves Nat (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1821-1822

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99 :: Adagio affetuoso (Excerpt)

• Performers: Truls Truls Mork (Cello); Juhani Lagerspetz (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner :: Golliwogg's Cake-Walk

• Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908

Debussy, Claude : La plus que lente

• Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1910

Ravel, Maurice : Sonata for Violin :: Blues

• Performers: Renaud Capuçon (Violin); Frank Braley (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1923-1927

Stravinsky, Igor : Ebony Concerto :: Allegretto moderato

• Performer: Michael Collins (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1945

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Mikrokosmos, Sz 107 :: 113. Bulgarian Rhythm

• Performer: Georges Solchany (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111 :: Sebes

• Performer: Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet)
• Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Milhaud, Darius : Scaramouche :: Brazileira

• Performers: Christian Ivaldi (Piano); Noël Lee (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Milhaud, Darius : La Création du monde :: (Excerpt)

• Conductor: Alberto Zedda
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1923

Weill, Kurt [Composer] : The Threepenny Opera :: Kanonen-song

• Conductor: Otto Klemperer
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 05/1928-08/1928

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue :: (Excerpt)

• Conductor: Wayne Marshall
• Running Time: 8 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1925

Gershwin, George : Girl Crazy

• Conductor: Wayne Marshall
• Running Time: 8 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Bernstein, Leonard : Symphonic Dances from West Side Story :: Prelude

• Conductor: Paavo Järvi
• Notes: Composition written: 1960.
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960

Bernstein, Leonard : Symphonic Dances from West Side Story :: Mambo

• Conductor: Paavo Järvi
• Notes: Composition written: 1960.
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960

Bernstein, Leonard : Symphonic Dances from West Side Story :: Divertimento

• Conductor: Paavo Järvi
• Notes: Composition written: 1960.
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960

Arnold, Malcolm : Concerto for clarinet no 2, Op. 115 :: Allegro non troppo

• Performer: Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1974

Mayerl, Billy : Pianolettes :: Jazzartistrix

• Performer: Susan Tomes (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1

• Performer: Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1817