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Album guide

The Jazz of Beethoven

Lenny Marcus

Composer
Beethoven
Released
2011
Label
Self-released
Forces
Piano, Quartet
Personnel
Lenny Marcus piano, Rick Eckberg double bass, Larry Scott drums, Vladimir Espinosa congas, bongos and percussion

Marcus treats sonata movements as recurring characters, returning to the Waldstein, Moonlight and Pathétique rather than presenting a one-theme-per-composer sampler.

That repeated engagement gives the record the feel of a personal Beethoven notebook, with freer tributes placed between the recognisable works.

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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.

The originalsBeethoven · classical source works

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Jazzed upLenny Marcus · 2011
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Source works

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

  1. Waldstein OnePiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’: I. Allegro con brio
  2. Waldstein TwoPiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’: III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato
  3. Ode To JoySymphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: IV. Finale (‘Ode to Joy’)
  4. Fur EliseBagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ‘Für Elise’
  5. Ecossaise SevenEcossaise in E-flat major, WoO 86
  6. PastoralSymphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’: I. Allegro ma non troppo, ‘Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande’
  7. Moonlight SonataPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: I. Adagio sostenuto
  8. Second MoonPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: II. Allegretto
  9. Third MoonPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: III. Presto agitato
  10. The Jazz of BeethovenOriginal composition by Lenny Marcus
  11. Peace for BeethovenOriginal composition by Lenny Marcus
  12. Sonata PathetiquePiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
  13. Second PathPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: II. Adagio cantabile
  14. Third PathPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: III. Rondo. Allegro
  15. Beethoven Blues WalkOriginal composition by Lenny Marcus
  16. TwentyOriginal composition by Lenny Marcus