Album guide
Classic meets Gypsy
Marcus Schinkel Trio and Joscho Stephan
- Released
- 2019
- Label
- MGL Musik Produktion
- Forces
- Piano, Guitar, Quartet
- Personnel
- Marcus Schinkel grand piano, melodica and theremin, Joscho Stephan acoustic guitar, Fritz Roppel double bass, Wim de Vries drums
Gypsy-jazz guitarist Joscho Stephan gives Schinkel’s keyboard trio a sharper attack than a conventional classical crossover group.
The repertoire also suits that meeting unusually well: Beethoven’s comic fury and Mozart’s swaggering aria can survive rhythmic exaggeration without losing their personalities.
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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.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Die Wuth über den verlorenen SwingBeethoven: Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129
- Swingin’ PatetiqueBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: III. Rondo. Allegro
- Nachklänge aus dem TheaterSchumann: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68: No. 25, Nachklänge aus dem Theater
- LiebestraumLiszt: Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-flat major
- Four in FourOriginal composition by Marcus Schinkel
- ReverieDebussy: Rêverie, L. 68
- Non So PiùMozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I Scene 5, No. 6: “Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio”
- Brucia La Terra (The Godfather)Non-classical source
- Ode to New JoyBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale (“Ode to Joy” theme)