Round About Weill

Round About Weill

Round About Weill

ASIN: B0007DHQ34

On this CD: 1. Dov'è la città?, for clarinet & accordion
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

2. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Ach, bedenken Sie, Herr Jack O'Brien
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

3. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), opera Tango Ballade
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

4. Improvvisamente, for clarinet & accordion
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

5. Youkali, tango habañera for voice & piano
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

6. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Scene 6
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

7. Ein Taifun!... Tifone? No, pioggerella!, for clarinet & accordion
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

8. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Lieben
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

9. Boxen, for clarinet & accordion
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

10. Round About Weill 1 / Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man, for clarinet & accordion
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

11. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Scene 13
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

12. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Essen
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

13. Round About Weill 2, for clarinet & accordion
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

14. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Tief in Alaskas schneeweißen Wäldern
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

15. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Ach, bedenken sie, Herr Jack O'Brien, var.
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

16. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Scene 4
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

17. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Aber dieses ganze Mahagonny
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

18. Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny")
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

19. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera Scene 6, var.
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

20. Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny")
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

21. Interludio "Ma che modi sono?...", for clarinet & accordion Cumparsita Maggiorata
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

22. Interludio "Ma che modi sono?...", for clarinet & accordion Tristezze di Fra' Martino
Composed by Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

23. Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man (As You Make Your Bed), song for voice & orchestra (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonn
Composed by Kurt Weill
with Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia

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Round About Weill
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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  • This is amazing
  • magical music
 Round About Weill

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ASIN: B0007DHQ34
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

  1. Dov'e La Citta
  2. Ach, Bedenken Sie, Herr Jack O'Brien
  3. Tango Ballade
  4. Improvvisamente
  5. Divagazioni Su 'Youlkali'
  6. Mahagonny, Scene 6
  7. Ein Taifun!...Tifone? No, Pioggerella
  8. Lieben
  9. Boxen
  10. Round About Weill I/Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet, So Liegt Man
  11. Mahagonny, Scene 13
  12. Essen
  13. Round About Weill II
  14. Tief In Alaskas Schneeweissen Waldern
  15. Ach, Bedenken Sie, Herr Jack O'Brien, Var
  16. Mahagonny, Scene 4
  17. Aber Dieses Ganze Mahagonny
  18. Alabama Song
  19. Mahagonny, Scene 6, Var.
  20. Alabama Song, Var.
  21. Interludio 'Ma Che Modi Sono?...': Cumparsita Maggiorata
  22. Interludio 'Ma Che Modi Sono?...': Tristezze Di Fra' Martino
  23. Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet, So Liegt Man, Var.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars HIDDEN JEWELS.......2006-04-22

Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinets) & Gianni Coscia (accordion), Round About Weill (5*)
Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinets) & Gianni Coscia (accordion), In Cerca di Cibo (5*)

Gianluigi Trovesi is a hidden jewel in today's jazz. Perhaps he's undersung because he's Italian: he performs and records in Italy, not in American jazz clubs or for a central American jazz label. Maybe, on these two albums, it's because some afficionados look down on the "European" clean jazz typical to ECM records. Above all, I suspect it's because the music he plays --though not the way he plays it-- is hard to classify.

Take these two albums. Are they jazz? Italian folk music? Composed or 'classical' music? Trovesi and Coscia mesh as well as any duo in jazz --think of the exquisite music made by duos such as Charlie Haden and Kenny Baron, Jim Hall and Ron Carter, or Gary Burton and Chick Corea on Crystal Silence. But the music Torvesi and Coscia produce on these two albums is devilishly difficult to classify. Sometimes they settle for composed lines, heartbreaking melodies played simply, simply. At other times, they clearly improvise, but seldom on recognmizable jazz lines. They are demons --Trovesi especially-- at quoting wildly from other pieces: they close one piece on the Weill album with "Blue Moon," another time with (almost) "Frere Jacques." But it's jazz nonetheless, played by two hyper-alert and super-intelligent musicians who mine their musical ancestry to consummate effect.

Of the two albums, my wife has a very slight preference for the Weill album, which is made up half of tunes written by Weill and most of the rest of the artists' own tunes that fit the mood of Weill. Both clarinet and acordion capture well the cabaret atmosphere of so many Weill tunes, including different versions of "Alabama Song" and "Tango Ballade."

On the Weill album, Trovesi continues his fascination with John Lewis's "Django," the moving funeral dirge for French gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt first recorded by the Modern Jazz Quartet. (Trovesi plays "Django" on In Cerca di Cibo and quotes it on Around Small Fairy Tales.) This is appropriate because in some respects, Trovesi is like Lewis, though much hotter and more earthy at times. Both composed and have led groups that played music that critics saw as too 'classical.' Both used non-jazz idioms for jazz purposes.

I own five albums by Trovesi now, which is all I've been able to find and buy to date. Around Small Fairy Tales features Trovesi playing his own compositions with a string orchestra. From G to G and Fugace feature his octet, which sounds at times like a slightly woozy stepchild of the great George Russell experimental groups of the very early sixties. In an age that slights the clarinet as a solo instrument, Trovesi is arguably the best clarinetist in jazz, a major soloist and melodist.

I love this man and he's never sounded better than playing with Coscia. Needless to say, these two ECM albums are impeccably engineered for sound.

Dave Keymer

4 out of 5 stars Innovative and dreamlike.......2005-10-24

The two reed instruments complement each other wonderfully in the tonal range of the human voice. They are smoothly blended even in stacatto pieces. Coscia reminds me of Dino Saluzzi, not as expressive, yet more rhythmically emphatic than Saluzzi and with much more variation in style. Trovesi's clarinet has a beautiful, liquid sound. The music varies from oom-pah folk to hypnotic wandering, all of it inventive. There are no cliches here. Reviewed well in Downbeat, but is it jazz? There is a classical foundation, but the rhythms, harmonies and melodies are all over the map. Even so, there is a certain sameness that sets in after a while, due to the limited pallette.

5 out of 5 stars This is amazing.......2005-07-02

First, this CD is impressible-only two instruments but the music they play is incredible.The music in this CD-slow and fast-emotional.Amazing.And again...highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars magical music.......2005-05-03

Like this duo's ECM release "In cerca di cibo", this disc has a wonderful old world feel. The combination of trovesi's clarinets and Coscia's accordian suite Weil's compostions well. Beatuiful playing and recording quality. Highly recommended.

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