Composer: Aaron Copland, Claude Achille Debussy, George Gershwin, Wilhelm Grosz, Louis Gruenberg, Darius Milhaud, Maurice Ravel, Erwin Schulhoff, Alexandre Tansman
Performer: Ursula Schoch, Marcel Worms
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Zefir
Catalogue: ZEF9652
Release: 2017
Size: 1.42 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tansman: Sonatina for Piano No 2 “Transatlantique”
01. I. Foxtrot
02. II. Spiritual & Blues
03. III. Charleston
Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major
04. I. Allegretto
05. II. Blues
06. III. Perpetuum mobile
07. Grosz: Jazzband
Gruenberg: Jazzettes, Op. 26
08. I. Allegretto grazioso
09. II. Lento sostenuto
10. III. Allegro ritmico
Copland: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
11. No. 2, Ukelele Serenade
Schulhoff: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2, WV 91
12. I. Allegro impetuoso
13. II. Andante
14. III. Burlesca
15. IV. Finale
Gershwin: Preludes
16. No. 1 in B-Flat Major. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
17. No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor. Andante con moto e poco rubato
18. No. 3 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Milhaud: Scaramouche, suite for two pianos, Op. 165b
19. III. Brasileira (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano)
20. Debussy: Le petit nègre, L. 114 (Arr. S. Frenkel for Violin & Piano)
Ursula Schoch (violin) and Marcel Worms (piano) play through jazz-inspired music from the interbellum. For many composers, the introduction of jazz at the beginning of the twentieth century in Europe did not go unnoticed. The spontaneity of the new music, the new sound possibilities, the vital rhythms, the refined, swinging rubato – and improvisation, inseparably integrated with jazz – they were all features which speak to the imagination. The influence of jazz became audible in symphonic repertoire as well as in chamber music. Although in jazz itself, the violin had never taken a prominent place, many composers chose the instrument for their jazz-inspired works. Even though an essential element of jazz – improvisation – is missing in their music, other elements justify the term “jazzy”: the lively rhythms, the free and whimsical melody lines and above all a light-hearted kind of energy, which mirrors the innovative and optimistic spirit of the Interbellum years.