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Borodin: Petite Suite (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)

Dr. Kok

Composer
Borodin
Released
2019
Label
Dr. Kok
Forces
Piano, Trio
Personnel
Dr. Kok

Dr. Kok keeps Borodin’s complete suite intact rather than extracting only the Nocturne, its best-known movement.

The alternate take at the end also reveals that the jazz element lies in performance as much as arrangement: the same source produces a genuinely different result on a second pass.

Hear both

The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsBorodin · classical source works

One complete performance of Borodin’s Petite Suite represents the album, which follows all seven movements in order and then returns to the Nocturne for an alternate take.

Jazzed upDr. Kok · 2019
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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Petite Suite: I. Au Couvent (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: I. Au couvent
  2. Petite Suite: II. Intermezzo (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: II. Intermezzo
  3. Petite Suite: III. Mazurka I (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: III. Mazurka
  4. Petite Suite: IV. Mazurka II (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: IV. Mazurka
  5. Petite Suite: V. Rêverie (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: V. Rêverie
  6. Petite Suite: VI. Sérénade (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: VI. Sérénade
  7. Petite Suite: VII. Nocturne (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble)Petite Suite: VII. Nocturne
  8. Petite Suite: VII. Nocturne (Arr. for Jazz Ensemble) - Alternate TakePetite Suite: VII. Nocturne