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Classic Meets Jazz

Kazumi Tateishi Trio

Released
2018
Label
JINUROCK Entertainment
Forces
Piano, Trio
Personnel
Kazumi Tateishi, Shinobu Sato and Mao Suzuki

Tateishi is best known outside Japan for his trio’s jazz versions of Studio Ghibli music, but this record applies the same melodic clarity to the standard classical canon.

The arrangements favour concise, song-like statements, which makes even Finlandia and Swan Lake feel at home beside Satie and Elgar.

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 originalsTchaikovsky; Beethoven; Sibelius; Schumann; Mozart; Chopin; Ravel; Satie; Elgar; J.S. Bach · classical source works

The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.

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Source works

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

  1. Traumerai from Kinderszenen Op.17 No.7Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7, Träumerei
  2. Nocturne Op.9, No.2 in E-Flat MajorChopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
  3. The Swan LakeTchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II No. 10, Scène
  4. Finlandia HymnSibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
  5. Piano Sonata No.8 (Pathetique): IIBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: II. Adagio cantabile
  6. Je te vousSatie: Je te veux
  7. Pavane pour une infante defunteRavel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
  8. Salut d’amourElgar: Salut d’Amour, Op. 12
  9. Turkish MarchMozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca
  10. Aria on G StringsJ.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air